| 摘要 |
A system for producing emulsions includes a liquid supply system, an emulsification system in liquid connection with the liquid supply system to receive a first liquid and a second liquid from the liquid supply system while in operation to be used to produce an emulsion therefrom, and a surfactant recovery system connected to the emulsification system to receive the emulsion when produced from the first and second liquids. The second liquid is immiscible with the first liquid, and the surfactant recovery system recovers at least a portion of surfactant from the emulsion when the emulsion is received from the emulsification system. A method of producing an emulsion includes providing first and second immiscible liquids, emulsifying the first and second liquids to provide an emulsion comprising a plurality of droplets of the first liquid in the second liquid, the emulsion having a first concentration of a surfactant, subjecting the emulsion to a change in an environmental condition that causes the surfactant to coalesce into localized regions of concentrated surfactant, and removing at least some of the localized regions of concentrated surfactant from the emulsion such that the emulsion has a second concentration of the surfactant that is less than the first concentration of the surfactant. |
