A rotating viscometer was used to measure the viscosity of the three-phase emulsion composed of diesel
methanol and water
and the two-phase emulsion composed of diesel and water
respectively. An experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of the mass fraction of the emulsifier and the dispersed phase on the emulsion viscosity. The results show that the viscosity of the three-phase emulsion is greater than that of the two-phase emulsion when the mass fraction of the emulsifier is less than 4.8%. If the mass fraction of the emulsifier is greater than 4.8% and the mass fraction of the dispersed phase is less than 20%
the viscosity of the three-phase emulsion is less than that of the two-phase emulsion. However
the viscosity of the three-phase emulsion is greater than that of the two-phase emulsion when the mass fraction of the dispersed phase is greater than 20%
and their difference increases with the increase in the mass fraction of the dispersed phase. For the three-phase emulsion
even if the mass fraction of the dispersed phase is same
the viscosity will vary with the different proportion of methanol to water. In addition
the influence of the emulsifier mass fraction on the emulsion viscosity is weaker than that of the dispersed phase mass fraction.
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