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A novel cationic-modified chitosan flocculant efficiently treats alkali‒surfactant‒polymer flooding-produced water. Polym Bull (Berl) 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-023-04682-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Improvement of a Surfactant Blend for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Carbonate Reservoirs by Means of an Ionic Liquid. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:ijms24010726. [PMID: 36614169 PMCID: PMC9821681 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The promising experimental performance of surfactant blends encourages their use in recovering the large quantity of crude oil still remaining in carbonate reservoirs. Phase behavior studies were carried out in this work to propose a blend for practical application. To that aim, the surfactants dioctyl sulfosuccinate sodium (AOT) and polyoxyethylene(8) octyl ether carboxylic acid (Akypo LF2) were mixed. A formulation consisting of 1 wt% of AOT50wt%/LF250wt% blend in synthetic sea water (SSW) led to a low value of interfacial tension with crude oil of 1.50·10-2 mN/m, and 0.42 mg/grock of dynamic adsorption. A moderate additional oil recovery (7.3% of the original oil in place) was achieved in a core flooding test. To improve this performance, the surface-active ionic liquid 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([C12mim]Br) was added to the system. The electrostatic interactions between the oppositely charged surfactants (AOT and [C12mim]Br) led to a higher surface activity. Thus, a formulation consisting of 0.8 wt% of AOT20.7wt%/[C12mim]Br25.3wt%/LF254wt% in SSW reduced the interfacial tension and surfactant adsorption achieved with the binary blend to 1.14 × 10-2 mN/m and 0.21 mg/grock, respectively. The additional oil recovery achieved with the blend containing the ionic liquid was 11.5% of the original oil in place, significantly improving the efficiency of the binary blend.
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Ghayour A. A methodology for measuring the characteristic curvature of technical-grade ethoxylated nonionic surfactants: the effects of concentration and dilution. TENSIDE SURFACT DET 2022. [DOI: 10.1515/tsd-2022-2464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Characterization of the behaviour of commercially available non-ionic surfactants has received considerable attention due to their efficacy in a variety of applications. The main challenge in the application of these types of surfactants is that the hydrophilicity of the surfactant varies with concentration and dilution due to the polydispersity of the ethylene oxide groups. The hydrophilicity of a surfactant can be quantified by the characteristic curvature (Cc) parameter of the hydrophilic–lipophilic difference (HLD) framework. In this work, a model based on natural logarithmic regression was developed to calculate the Cc value of commercial surfactants as a function of surfactant concentration by a fast and simple phase scan. The slope of the Cc curve and the measured Cc at a reference concentration were used to develop the model. The Cc values determined with the model agreed with the measured values from the phase scans. Furthermore, the linear mixing rule proved to be reliable for mixtures of polydisperse ethoxylated surfactants. Finally, the impact of the water-to-oil ratio on the Cc was evaluated and the implications were discussed.
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- Amir Ghayour
- Syngenta, Honeywood Research Facility , Plattsville , Canada
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Evaluation of surfactant blends for enhanced oil recovery through activity maps. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chen C, Shen H, Harwell JH, Shiau BJ. Characterizing oil mixture and surfactant mixture via hydrophilic-lipophilic deviation (HLD) principle: An insight in consumer products development. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dado GP, Knox PW, Lang RM, Knock MM. Non‐linear
changes in phase inversion temperature for oil and water emulsions of nonionic surfactant mixtures. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Acosta E, Natali S. Effect of surfactant concentration on the hydrophobicity of polydisperse alkyl ethoxylates. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Edgar Acosta
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Chemical Intermediates ExxonMobil Chemical Company Houston Texas USA
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Ren L, Zhang D, Chen Z, Meng X, Gu W, Chen M. Study on Basic Properties of Alkali‒Surfactant‒Polymer Flooding Water and Influence of Oil-Displacing Agent on Oil–Water Settlement. ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13369-021-06065-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The Oscillatory Spinning Drop Technique. An Innovative Method to Measure Dilational Interfacial Rheological Properties of Brine-Crude Oil Systems in the Presence of Asphaltenes. COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/colloids5030042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The oscillatory spinning drop method has been proven recently to be an accurate technique to measure dilational interfacial rheological properties. It is the only available equipment for measuring dilational moduli in low interfacial tension systems, as it is the case in applications dealing with surfactant-oil-water three-phase behavior like enhanced oil recovery, crude oil dehydration, or extreme microemulsion solubilization. Different systems can be studied, bubble-in-liquid, oil-in-water, microemulsion-in-water, oil-in-microemulsion, and systems with the presence of complex natural surfactants like asphaltene aggregates or particles. The technique allows studying the characteristics and properties of water/oil interfaces, particularly when the oil contains asphaltenes and when surfactants are present. In this work, we present a review of the measurements of crude oil-brine interfaces with the oscillating spinning drop technique. The review is divided into four sections. First, an introduction on the oscillating spinning drop technique, fundamental and applied concepts are presented. The three sections that follow are divided according to the complexity of the systems measured with the oscillating spinning drop, starting with simple surfactant-oil-water systems. Then the complexity increases, presenting interfacial rheology properties of crude oil-brine systems, and finally, more complex surfactant-crude oil-brine systems are reviewed. We have found that using the oscillating spinning drop method to measure interfacial rheology properties can help make precise measurements in a reasonable amount of time. This is of significance when systems with long equilibration times, e.g., asphaltene or high molecular weight surfactant-containing systems are measured, or with systems formulated with a demulsifier which is generally associated with low interfacial tension.
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Phaodee P, Sabatini DA. Anionic and Cationic Surfactant Synergism: Minimizing Precipitation, Microemulsion Formation, and Enhanced Solubilization and Surface Modification. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Parichat Phaodee
- School of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
- Institute for Applied Surfactant Research University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
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- School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
- Institute for Applied Surfactant Research University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
- Research Program of Industrial Waste Management‐Policies and Practices, Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management (HSM) Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand
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Salager JL. A Normalized
Hydrophilic–Lipophilic
Deviation Expression
HLD
N
Is Necessary to Avoid Confusion Close to the Optimum Formulation of
Surfactant‐Oil–Water
Systems. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jean Louis Salager
- Laboratorio FIRP, Escuela de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Los Andes Mérida 5101 Venezuela
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Ontiveros JF, Hong B, Aramaki K, Pierlot C, Aubry J, Nardello‐Rataj V. Cation Effect on the Binary and Ternary Phase Behaviors of
Double‐Tailed
Methanesulfonate Amphiphiles. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jesús F. Ontiveros
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois UMR 8181 ‐ UCCS ‐ Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solided'Ascq Cité Scientifique F‐59655 Villeneuve France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois UMR 8181 ‐ UCCS ‐ Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solided'Ascq Cité Scientifique F‐59655 Villeneuve France
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- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences Yokohama National University Tokiwadai 79‐7, Hodogaya‐ku, Yokohama 240‐8501 Japan
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois UMR 8181 ‐ UCCS ‐ Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solided'Ascq Cité Scientifique F‐59655 Villeneuve France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois UMR 8181 ‐ UCCS ‐ Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solided'Ascq Cité Scientifique F‐59655 Villeneuve France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois UMR 8181 ‐ UCCS ‐ Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solided'Ascq Cité Scientifique F‐59655 Villeneuve France
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Marquez R, Meza L, Alvarado JG, Bullón J, Langevin D, Forgiarini AM, Salager J. Interfacial Rheology Measured with a Spinning Drop Interfacial Rheometer: Particularities in More Realistic Surfactant–Oil–Water Systems Close to Optimum Formulation at
HLD
N
= 0. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ronald Marquez
- FIRP Lab. Ingeniería Química, Universidad de los Andes Mérida Venezuela
- Department of Forest Biomaterials North Carolina State University Raleigh NC USA
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- FIRP Lab. Ingeniería Química, Universidad de los Andes Mérida Venezuela
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- FIRP Lab. Ingeniería Química, Universidad de los Andes Mérida Venezuela
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- FIRP Lab. Ingeniería Química, Universidad de los Andes Mérida Venezuela
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides Université Paris Saclay, CNRS, 91405 Orsay France
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- FIRP Lab. Ingeniería Química, Universidad de los Andes Mérida Venezuela
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How to Use the Normalized Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Deviation (HLDN) Concept for the Formulation of Equilibrated and Emulsified Surfactant-Oil-Water Systems for Cosmetics and Pharmaceutical Products. COSMETICS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/cosmetics7030057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The effects of surfactant molecules involved in macro-, mini-, nano-, and microemulsions used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals are related to their amphiphilic interactions with oil and water phases. Basic ideas on their behavior when they are put together in a system have resulted in the energy balance concept labeled the hydrophilic-lipophilic deviation (HLD) from optimum formulation. This semiempirical equation integrates in a simple linear relationship the effects of six to eight variables including surfactant head and tail, sometimes a cosurfactant, oil-phase nature, aqueous-phase salinity, temperature, and pressure. This is undoubtedly much more efficient than the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) which has been used since 1950. The new HLD is quite important because it allows researchers to model and somehow predict the phase behavior, the interfacial tension between oil and water phases, their solubilization in single-phase microemulsion, as well as the corresponding properties for various kinds of macroemulsions. However, the HLD correlation, which has been developed and used in petroleum applications, is sometimes difficult to apply accurately in real cases involving ionic–nonionic surfactant mixtures and natural polar oils, as it is the case in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. This review shows the confusion resulting from the multiple definitions of HLD and of the surfactant parameter, and proposes a “normalized” Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Deviation (HLDN) equation with a surfactant contribution parameter (SCP), to handle more exactly the effects of formulation variables on the phase behavior and the micro/macroemulsion properties.
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Zhao X, Huang L, Wu J, Huang YD, Zhao L, Wu N, Zhou WQ, Hao DX, Ma GH, Su ZG. Fabrication of rigid and macroporous agarose microspheres by pre-cross-linking and surfactant micelles swelling method. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2019; 182:110377. [PMID: 31351275 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A novel combined method of pre-cross-linking and surfactant micelles swelling was proposed in this study to fabricate highly cross-linked and macroporous agarose (HMA) microspheres. Agarose was chemically modified by allylglycidyl ether (AGE) as heterobifunctional cross-linker via its active glycidyl moieties before gel formation and pre-cross-linking was achieved. By this means, the effective concentration of cross-linker presented in agarose gel increased significantly, and thus cross-linking with a high-efficiency was achieved. Further to enhance the intraparticle mass transfer of agarose microspheres, the surfactant micelles swelling method was utilized to create interconnected macropores. Under the optimal condition, HMA microspheres with homogeneous reticular structure and pore size of hundreds nanometers were successfully prepared. They exhibited a low backpressure with a flow velocity as high as 1987 cm/h, which was much higher than that of commercial Sepharose 4 F F. HMA microspheres were then derivatized with carboxymethyl (CM) groups and applied in ion-exchange chromatography. As expected, CM-HMA column separated model proteins effectively even at a flow velocity three times higher than that of commercial CM-4 F F. Visualization of dynamic protein adsorption by confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) revealed that the intraparticle mass transfer of CM-HMA microspheres was intensified due to its macroporous structure. All of the results indicated the newly developed agarose microspheres were a promising medium for high-speed chromatography.
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- Xi Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China; School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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Salager JL, Forgiarini A, Marquez R. Extended Surfactants Including an Alkoxylated Central Part Intermediate Producing a Gradual Polarity Transition-A Review of the Properties Used in Applications Such as Enhanced Oil Recovery and Polar Oil Solubilization in Microemulsions. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Hussain AAA, Vincent-Bonnieu S, Bahrim RZK, Pilus RM, Rossen WR. Impact of Different Oil Mixtures on Foam in Porous Media and in Bulk. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- A. A. A. Hussain
- Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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- Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
- Shell Global Solutions International BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Malaysia
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- Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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da Cunha JA, de Ávila Scheeren C, Fausto VP, de Melo LDW, Henneman B, Frizzo CP, de Almeida Vaucher R, Castagna de Vargas A, Baldisserotto B. The antibacterial and physiological effects of pure and nanoencapsulated Origanum majorana essential oil on fish infected with Aeromonas hydrophila. Microb Pathog 2018; 124:116-121. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Revised: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/18/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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How to Attain Ultralow Interfacial Tension and Three-Phase Behavior with Surfactant Formulation for Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review. Part 4: Robustness of the Optimum Formulation Zone Through the Insensibility to Some Variables and the Occurrence of Complex Artifacts. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-017-2000-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Synergism and Performance for Systems Containing Binary Mixtures of Anionic/Cationic Surfactants for Enhanced Oil Recovery. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-016-1892-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Detergency of Vegetable Oils and Semi-Solid Fats Using Microemulsion Mixtures of Anionic Extended Surfactants: The HLD Concept and Cold Water Applications. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-014-1659-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kiran SK, Nace VM, Silvestri MA, Monk KA, Moloney J, Schmidt L, Acosta EJ. The HLD Study of Surfactant Partitioning for Oilfield Corrosion Inhibitors. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-014-1631-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Al-Faraji S, Al-Maamari RS, Aoudia M. Sodium Alkyl Ether Sulfonates (SAES): Dual Anionic-Nonionic Behavior in Synthetic Brine Having High Salinity and Hardness. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-014-1593-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Charin RM, Nele M, Tavares FW. Transitional phase inversion of emulsions monitored by in situ near-infrared spectroscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:5995-6003. [PMID: 23656562 DOI: 10.1021/la4007263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Water-heptane/toluene model emulsions were prepared to study emulsion transitional phase inversion by in situ near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR). The first emulsion contained a small amount of ionic surfactant (0.27 wt % of sodium dodecyl sulfate) and n-pentanol as a cosurfactant. In this emulsion, the study was guided by an inversion coordinate route based on a phase behavior study previously performed. The morphology changes were induced by rising aqueous phase salinity in a "steady-state" inversion protocol. The second emulsion contained a nonionic surfactant (ethoxylated nonylphenol) at a concentration of 3 wt %. A continuous temperature change induced two distinct transitional phase inversions: one occurred during the heating of the system and another during the cooling. NIR spectroscopy was able to detect phase inversion in these emulsions due to differences between light scattered/absorbed by water in oil (W/O) and oil in water (O/W) morphologies. It was observed that the two model emulsions exhibit different inversion mechanisms closely related to different quantities of the middle phases formed during the three-phase behavior of Winsor type III.
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- R M Charin
- Programa de Engenharia Química, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Salager JL, Forgiarini AM, Márquez L, Manchego L, Bullón J. How to Attain an Ultralow Interfacial Tension and a Three-Phase Behavior with a Surfactant Formulation for Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review. Part 2. Performance Improvement Trends from Winsor's Premise to Currently Proposed Inter- and Intra-Molecular Mixtures. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2013; 16:631-663. [PMID: 23946640 PMCID: PMC3740119 DOI: 10.1007/s11743-013-1485-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The minimum interfacial tension occurrence along a formulation scan at the so-called optimum formulation is discussed to be related to the interfacial curvature. The attained minimum tension is inversely proportional to the domain size of the bicontinuous microemulsion and to the interfacial layer rigidity, but no accurate prediction is available. The data from a very simple ternary system made of pure products accurately follows the correlation for optimum formulation, and exhibit a linear relationship between the performance index as the logarithm of the minimum tension at optimum, and the formulation variables. This relation is probably too simple when the number of variables is increased as in practical cases. The review of published data for more realistic systems proposed for enhanced oil recovery over the past 30 years indicates a general guidelines following Winsor's basic studies concerning the surfactant-oil-water interfacial interactions. It is well known that the major performance benefits are achieved by blending amphiphilic species at the interface as intermolecular or intramolecular mixtures, sometimes in extremely complex formulations. The complexity is such that a good knowledge of the possible trends and an experienced practical know-how to avoid trial and error are important for the practitioner in enhanced oil recovery.
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- Lab. FIRP, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela
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- Lab. FIRP, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela
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How to Attain Ultralow Interfacial Tension and Three-Phase Behavior with Surfactant Formulation for Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review. Part 1. Optimum Formulation for Simple Surfactant–Oil–Water Ternary Systems. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-013-1470-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pizzino A, Molinier V, Catté M, Ontiveros JF, Salager JL, Aubry JM. Relationship between Phase Behavior and Emulsion Inversion for a Well-Defined Surfactant (C10E4)/n-Octane/Water Ternary System at Different Temperatures and Water/Oil Ratios. Ind Eng Chem Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ie302772u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Aldo Pizzino
- Laboratorio
FIRP, Ingeniería
Química, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida 5101, Venezuela
- Equipe “Oxydation et Physicochimie de la Formulation”, Université Lille Nord de France, USTL & ENSCL, Cité Scientifique, EA-CMF 4478, F-59652 Villeneuve d’Ascq cedex, France
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- Equipe “Oxydation et Physicochimie de la Formulation”, Université Lille Nord de France, USTL & ENSCL, Cité Scientifique, EA-CMF 4478, F-59652 Villeneuve d’Ascq cedex, France
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- Equipe “Oxydation et Physicochimie de la Formulation”, Université Lille Nord de France, USTL & ENSCL, Cité Scientifique, EA-CMF 4478, F-59652 Villeneuve d’Ascq cedex, France
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- Laboratorio
FIRP, Ingeniería
Química, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida 5101, Venezuela
- Equipe “Oxydation et Physicochimie de la Formulation”, Université Lille Nord de France, USTL & ENSCL, Cité Scientifique, EA-CMF 4478, F-59652 Villeneuve d’Ascq cedex, France
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- Laboratorio
FIRP, Ingeniería
Química, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida 5101, Venezuela
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- Equipe “Oxydation et Physicochimie de la Formulation”, Université Lille Nord de France, USTL & ENSCL, Cité Scientifique, EA-CMF 4478, F-59652 Villeneuve d’Ascq cedex, France
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Fraaije JGEM, Tandon K, Jain S, Handgraaf JW, Buijse M. Method of moments for computational microemulsion analysis and prediction in tertiary oil recovery. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:2136-2151. [PMID: 23297863 DOI: 10.1021/la304505u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We discuss the application of Helfrich's surface torque density concept to microemulsion design and analysis from three different angles: (i) from the point of view of coarse-grained molecular simulations, using Dissipative Particle Dynamics, including charge interactions and added salt, (ii) using an approximate double-film model for the surface, and (iii) comparison with formulation approaches. The simulations use that the surface torque can be calculated unambiguously from the stress profile, provided the surface is tensionless. Very good agreement is found on predicting optimal salinity (or the absence of that) for a range of surfactants: dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, various twin-tailed sulfonates and sodium dodecyl sulfate. The simulations are very fast, on par with times for experiments, thus they could lead to a practical tool for discovery of more efficient surfactants, although much remains to be done with respect to other important variables: oil composition, surfactant mixtures, aggregation in solution, and so on. The microscopic model (second approach) is highly approximate: it is essentially based on two opposing swelling tendencies, that are both of osmotic nature. In accordance with the model, the tails are swollen by the oil and the charged head groups are confined in a salty layer in Donnan equilibrium with the salt solution. In this way, the surface interactions are purely entropic. The comparison of the film model with existing formulation approaches (third approach) covers the interfacial tension minimum, Winsor R theory, quantitative structure property relations (QSPR), hydrophilic-lipophilic deviation (HLD), HLD-net average curvature, and temperature coefficients. Using the surface torque analysis, we succeed in deriving in an ab initio way QSPR empirical coefficients that have been known for decades, but until now, have been obscure in origin.
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Arandia MA, Forgiarini AM, Salager JL. Resolving an Enhanced Oil Recovery Challenge: Optimum Formulation of a Surfactant-Oil–Water System Made Insensitive to Dilution. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-009-1171-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Scorzza C, Nieves J, Vejar F, Bullón J. Synthesis and Physicochemical Characterization of Anionic Surfactants Derived from Cashew Nut Shell Oil. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-009-1143-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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