INFLUENCE OF ABIOTIC ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE STABILIZATION OF PETROLEUM EMULSIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF HUMIC ACIDS
The stabilizing ability of peats humic acids of various genesis in the relation to oil and petroleum products under abiotic stress has been studied. It was found that the universal stabilizing agents to hexadecane, diesel fuel and crude oil, acting both in salt water at room temperature and in fresh water at a low temperature, are humic acids of black alder fen peat: for the entire time of the experiment, the emulsion transmission value toxicants decreased by 11-32% relative to control. The similarities were revealed according to the results of the stabilizing ability of the emulsion of hexadecane and diesel fuel at increased salinity and low temperatures: humic acids belonging to the same type of starting material exhibit the maximum stabilizing effect; the difference in transmittance relative to the control was 2%.