{"id":131,"date":"2016-08-03T13:07:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T13:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hpipro.com\/blog\/?p=131"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:46:15","slug":"what-are-emulsion-breakers-and-why-do-process-industries-need-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hpipro.com\/blog\/what-are-emulsion-breakers-and-why-do-process-industries-need-them\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Emulsion Breakers and Why do Process Industries Need Them?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Water and oil are two substances that don\u2019t mix with each other, but they often found together in nature. This water-oil emulsion makes the resulting compound unusable. This emulsion causes a major problem in crude oil refining plants and various other industries. These emulsions may hamper equipment or processes, causing expensive breakdowns, and downtime. A variety of electrolytic, physical, and chemical methods are adopted for separating these emulsions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpipro.com\/productdetail\/emulsion-breaker\/\">Chemical emulsion breakers<\/a> are economical and effective than other methods. This post will help a novice understand emulsion breakers, and their importance in the process industries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hpipro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Emulsion-Breakers-for-Industries-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Emulsion Breakers for Industries\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hpipro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Emulsion-Breakers-for-Industries-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hpipro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Emulsion-Breakers-for-Industries.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Understanding Emulsion Breakers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Emulsion breakers, also known as demulsifiers, are a group of specialty chemicals used to separate emulsions of water-in-oil and oil-in-water (reverse emulsions). These chemicals are used for effective oil recovery, and to improve the quality of reusable water. These emulsion breakers also help protect downstream facilities.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Types of Emulsion Breakers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There are various types of emulsion breakers available in the market. This abundant variety is due to two reasons: companies manufacturing and labeling their own brands, and high demand for specific emulsion breakers. However, the most common types of chemical emulsifiers include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Epoxy resins<\/li>\n<li>Acid or base catalyzed phenol-formaldehyde resins<\/li>\n<li>Polyethylenimines<\/li>\n<li>Polyamines<\/li>\n<li>Dendrimer<\/li>\n<li>Di-epoxides<\/li>\n<li>Polyols<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The commercial demulsifier formulas are usually a mixture of two, or three types of different chemicals in carrier solvents. Some of these solvents used for creating these breakers are heavy aromatic naphtha, xylene, diesel, isopropanol, 2-ethylhexanol, and methanol.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Demulsification can be a Challenge to Process Industries?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Demulsification is an advantage as well as a challenge to process industries. The selection of a poor demulsifier can affect an application in the following ways.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corrosion damage to storage tanks and pipelines<\/li>\n<li>Substance foaming<\/li>\n<li>Increase in emulsion viscosity<\/li>\n<li>Increase in power and energy consumption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>5 Reasons Why Process Industries Should Use Emulsion Breakers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Process industries should use chemical emulsion breakers because they contribute in the following ways:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>High operational efficiency<\/li>\n<li>Low maintenance costs<\/li>\n<li>Eco-friendly operation through effective oil recycling<\/li>\n<li>They reduce wear on pumps while increasing production rates<\/li>\n<li>They improve vessel efficiency<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Finding a right emulsion breaker for your industrial process is very essential. You can always check with your manufacturer or supplier if a particular demulsifier will work for light, or heavy crude oils. Also, if they are suited for different environmental conditions \u2013 such as winter and summer. HPI Processes, Inc. is a manufacturer of environmental friendly technology products for process industries. 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