It is worth noting that the adsorpt

It is worth noting that the adsorption of wax crystals at oil–water interface has beenobserved in waxy w/o emulsions using a polarizing microscope, and theobservation results revealed that the precipitated wax crystals weregenerally at the micron level [56,66]. During the critical time of CPhydrates, wax clusters form and surround the water droplets, which hinders the mass transfer of CP and subsequently results in the fewnucleus appearing on the surface of water droplets. Consequently, it isdifficult for CP hydrates to nucleate in the waxy w/o emulsionscompared to the wax-free w/o emulsions.As discussed above, the presence of wax crystals can prolong CPhydrate critical time. Prediction model is needed for predicting the inhibition tendency at different wax contents. CP hydrate critical timewithout considering wax at different water cuts can be characterized asshown in Eq. (2) [65].