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Sun Y, Zhang W, Tian J, Meng Y, Zhang L. Research Progress on Displacement Mechanism of Supercritical CO 2 in Low-Permeability Heavy Oil Reservoir and Improvement Mechanism of Displacement Agents. Molecules 2023; 28:6154. [PMID: 37630406 PMCID: PMC10460007 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28166154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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With the continuous growth of global energy demand and the late stage of conventional oilfield exploitation, the demand for developing and utilizing low-permeability heavy oil reservoirs is becoming increasingly urgent. However, the exploitation of low-permeability heavy oil reservoirs faces many challenges due to their high viscosity, low permeability, and complex geological conditions. To overcome these challenges, researchers have gradually introduced SC-CO2 as an oil displacement agent in the exploitation of heavy oil reservoirs. However, the oil displacement mechanism of SC-CO2 in low-permeability heavy oil reservoirs and its improvement mechanism are still not completely understood. The article provides a detailed study and understanding of the oil displacement mechanism of SC-CO2, which involves the expansion of heavy oil volume through SC-CO2 dissolution. This mechanism reduces the capillary resistance and flow resistance during the oil flow process. The permeation of CO2 disrupts the internal structure and arrangement of heavy oil, reducing its viscosity. CO2 extracts both light and heavy components from the heavy oil, reducing the residual oil saturation. In addition, the mechanism of improving the effect of oil displacement agents such as nanoparticles, polymers, and surfactants on SC-CO2 displacement was also explored. By further exploring the mechanisms and improvement mechanisms of SC-CO2 displacement for heavy oil, it can guide the selection and optimization of oil displacement agents. Furthermore, understanding the mechanism can also provide a theoretical basis for engineering practice and technical innovation. While the research on CO2 flooding is analyzed and evaluated, the obstacles and challenges that still exist at this stage are indicated, and future research work on CO2 in low-permeability heavy oil reservoirs is proposed.
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- Yuanxiu Sun
- College of Petroleum Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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- College of Petroleum Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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- Baikouquan Oil Production Plant of Petrochina Xinjiang Oilfield Branch, Karamay 834000, China; (J.T.); (Y.M.)
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- Baikouquan Oil Production Plant of Petrochina Xinjiang Oilfield Branch, Karamay 834000, China; (J.T.); (Y.M.)
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- D&P Technology Research Institute, Petrochina Liaohe Oilfield Company, Panjin 124000, China;
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Hatchell D, Chen X, Daigle H, Hartmann M, Ordonez‐Varela J, Blondeau C, Johnston K. Stable
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- Daniel Hatchell
- Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA
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- Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA
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Chen X, Da C, Hatchell DC, Daigle H, Ordonez-Varela JR, Blondeau C, Johnston KP. Ultra-stable CO2-in-water foam by generating switchable Janus nanoparticles in-situ. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 630:828-843. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ge XH, Huang XL, Huang SZ, Zhang HF, Wang XD, Ye CS, Qiu T, Xu K. Enhanced solvent extraction in a serial converging-diverging microchannel at high injection ratio. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Li W, Zeng H. Effect of temperature on the stability of supercritical CO2 foam stabilized with a betaine surfactant at high pressure. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mixtures of CO2 and Poly(fluoroacrylate) Based on Monomers Containing Only Six or Four Fluorinated Carbons - Phase Behavior and Solution Viscosity. J Supercrit Fluids 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2022.105728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Effect of surfactant types on the foam stability of multiwalled carbon nanotube stabilized foam. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Zhu J, Da C, Chen J, Johnston KP. Ultrastable N 2/Water Foams Stabilized by Dilute Nanoparticles and a Surfactant at High Salinity and High Pressure. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:5392-5403. [PMID: 35439013 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The rapid development of unconventional oil and gas resources presents challenges for foam flooding for reservoirs with high salinity and high heterogeneity at elevated temperatures. In this study, hydrophilic anionic sulfonate-modified nanoparticles (NPs) exhibited a synergistic effect with a cationic surfactant in stabilizing N2/water foam in the presence of concentrated divalent ions from ambient temperature up to 70 °C. With low concentrations of both the sulfonated NPs (SNPs) and cationic surfactant, the foams remained stable for 4 days at 50 °C and atmospheric pressure, while the surfactant-stabilized foams collapsed completely in 1 day. This stability mechanism of foams by the SNPs and cationic surfactant is described in terms of phase behavior, bulk shear rheology of the aqueous phase, and the dilational modulus of the gas-brine interface. The high surface elastic dilational modulus E' observed upon addition of the SNP provided stability against coarsening according to the Gibbs criteria. The cryo-SEM images also showed the compact bubble structure of foams provided by the SNPs. Consequently, very minor changes in the foam bubble size were observed at 208 bar (3000 psi) and 50 °C for up to 48 h with only 0.1 wt % or 0.3 wt % SNPs and 0.01 wt % Arquad 12-50, indicating excellent foam stability. The ability of the surfactant and NPs to stabilize foams at low concentrations broadens the application of foams in subsurface reservoirs at high temperatures and salinities.
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- Jingyi Zhu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, P. R. China
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Effect of surface functionalized silica nanoparticles on interfacial behavior: Wettability, interfacial tension and emulsification characteristics. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Da C, Chen X, Zhu J, Alzobaidi S, Garg G, Johnston KP. Elastic gas/water interface for highly stable foams with modified anionic silica nanoparticles and a like-charged surfactant. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 608:1401-1413. [PMID: 34749135 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.10.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Surface active anionic nanoparticles (NPs) with strategically designed covalent ligands may be combined with a liked-charged surfactant to form a highly elastic gas-water interface leading to highly stable gas/water foams. EXPERIMENTS The colloidal stability of the NPs was determined by dynamic light scattering, and the surface elastic dilational modulus E' of the interface by sinusoidal oscillation of a pendant droplet at 0.1 Hz, which was superimposed on large-amplitude compression-expansion cycles. The foam stability was measured with optical microscopy of the bubble size distribution and from the macroscopic foam height. FINDINGS The NPs played the key role the formation of a highly elastic air-water interface with a high E' despite a surfactant level well above the critical micelle concentration. Unlike the case for most previous studies, the NP amphiphilicity was essentially independent of the surfactant given the very low adsorption of the surfactant on the like-charged NP surfaces. With high E' values, both coalescence and coarsening were reduced leading to highly foam up to 80 °C. However, the surfactant facilitated foam generation at much lower shear rates than with NPs alone. The tuning of NP surfaces with ligands for colloidal stability in brine and simultaneously high amphiphilicity at the gas-water interface, over a wide range in surfactant concentration, is of broad interest for enabling the design of highly stable foams.
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- Chang Da
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
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Effecting factor analysis to stability of ultra-dry CO2-in-water foams stabilized with zwitterionic surfactants, polymers and nanoparticles. J Supercrit Fluids 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2021.105487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Improved foam stability through the combination of silica nanoparticle and thixotropic polymer: An experimental study. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Griffiths MZ, Shinoda W. Analyzing the Role of Surfactants in the Colloidal Stability of Nanoparticles in Oil through Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:6315-6321. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Mark Z. Griffiths
- Department of Materials Chemistry, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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Alzobaidi S, Da C, Wu P, Zhang X, Rabat-Torki NJ, Harris JM, Hackbarth JE, Lu C, Hu D, Johnston KP. Tuning Nanoparticle Surface Chemistry and Interfacial Properties for Highly Stable Nitrogen-In-Brine Foams. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:5408-5423. [PMID: 33881323 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The design of surface chemistries on nanoparticles (NPs) to stabilize gas/brine foams with concentrated electrolytes, especially with divalent ions, has been elusive. Herein, we tune the surface of 20 nm silica NPs by grafting a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic ligand to achieve two seemingly contradictory goals of colloidal stability in brine and high NP adsorption to yield a viscoelastic gas-brine interface. Highly stable nitrogen/water (N2/brine) foams are formed with CaCl2 concentrations up to 2% from 25 to 90 °C. The viscoelastic gas-brine interface retards drainage of the lamellae, and the high dilational elasticity arrests coarsening (Ostwald ripening) with no observable change in foam bubble size over 48 h. The ability to design NP-laden viscoelastic interfaces for highly stable foams, even with high divalent ion concentrations, is of fundamental mechanistic interest for a broad range of foam applications and in particular foams for CO2 sequestration and enhanced oil recovery.
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- Shehab Alzobaidi
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712-1139, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712-1139, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712-1139, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712-1139, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712-1139, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712-1139, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712-1139, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712-1139, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712-1139, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712-1139, United States
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Kang W, Jiang H, Yang H, Li Z, Zhou B, He Y, Sarsenbekuly B, Gabdullin M. Study of nano-SiO2 reinforced CO2 foam for anti-gas channeling with a high temperature and high salinity reservoir. J IND ENG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2021.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Majeed T, Kamal MS, Zhou X, Solling T. A Review on Foam Stabilizers for Enhanced Oil Recovery. ENERGY & FUELS 2021; 35:5594-5612. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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- Talha Majeed
- Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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Raj I, Liang T, Qu M, Xiao L, Hou J, Xian C. An experimental investigation of MoS2 nanosheets stabilized foams for enhanced oil recovery application. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Dehdari B, Parsaei R, Riazi M, Rezaei N, Zendehboudi S. New insight into foam stability enhancement mechanism, using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and nanoparticles. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Li W, Wei F, Xiong C, Ouyang J, Shao L, Dai M, Liu P, Du D. A Novel Supercritical CO 2 Foam System Stabilized With a Mixture of Zwitterionic Surfactant and Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oil Recovery. Front Chem 2019; 7:718. [PMID: 31737598 PMCID: PMC6828982 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In order to improve the CO2 foam stability at high temperature and salinity, hydrophilic silica nanoparticles (NPs) were added into a dilute zwitterionic surfactant solution to stabilize supercritical CO2 (SC-CO2) foam. In the present paper, the foaming capacity and stability of SC-CO2 foam were investigated as a function of NP concentration at elevated temperatures and pressures. It was observed that the drainage rate of SC-CO2 foam was initially fast and then became slower with NPs adsorption at the gas-liquid interface. The improved foam stability at high temperature was attributed to the enhanced disjoining pressure with addition of NPs. Furthermore, an obvious increase in the foam stability was noticed with the increasing salinity due to the screening of NP charges at the interface. The rheological characteristics including apparent viscosity and surface elasticity, resistance factor, and microstructures of SC-CO2 foam were also analyzed at high temperature and pressure. With addition of 0.7% NPs, SC-CO2 foam was stabilized with apparent viscosity increased up to 80 mPa·s and resistance factor up to 200. Based on the stochastic bubble population (SBP) model, the resistance factor of SC-CO2 foam was simulated by considering the foam generation rate and maximum bubble density. The microstructural characteristics of SC-CO2 foam were detected by optical microscopy. It was found that the effluent bubble size ranged between 20 and 30 μm and the coalescence rate of SC-CO2 foam became slow with the increasing NP concentration. Oscillation measurements revealed that the NPs enhanced surface elasticity between CO2 and foam agents for resisting external disturbances, thus resulting in enhanced film stability and excellent rheological properties.
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- Weitao Li
- Department of Oilfield Chemicals, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oilfield Chemicals, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oilfield Chemicals, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oilfield Chemicals, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oilfield Chemicals, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oilfield Chemicals, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oilfield Chemicals, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina, Beijing, China
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- College of Electromechanical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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A novel acidizing technology in carbonate reservoir: In-Situ formation of CO2 foamed acid and its self-diversion. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.123787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Numerical investigations of key aspects influencing CO2 foam performance in fractured carbonate system using CO2 soluble surfactants. J CO2 UTIL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Li C, Jin M, Wan D. Evolution of a Radical‐Triggered Polymerizing High Internal Phase Emulsion into an Open‐Cellular Monolith. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Chenhui Li
- Department of Polymer Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tongji University 4800 Caoan Road Shanghai 201804 China
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- Department of Polymer Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tongji University 4800 Caoan Road Shanghai 201804 China
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- Department of Polymer Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tongji University 4800 Caoan Road Shanghai 201804 China
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Selection of surfactants for enhanced oil recovery and other upstream applications is a challenging task. For enhanced oil recovery applications, a surfactant should be thermally stable, compatible with reservoir brine, and have lower adsorption on reservoir rock, have high foamability and foam stability, and should be economically viable. Foam improves the oil recovery by increasing the viscosity of the displacing fluid and by reducing the capillary forces due to a reduction in interfacial tension. In this work, foamability and foam stability of two different surfactants were evaluated using a dynamic foam analyzer. These surfactants were fluorinated zwitterionic, and hydrocarbon zwitterionic surfactants. The effect of various parameters such as surfactant type and structure, temperature, salinity, and type of injected gas was investigated on foamability and foam stability. The foamability was assessed using the volume of foam produced by injecting a constant volume of gas and foam stability was determined by half-life time. The maximum foam generation was obtained using hydrocarbon zwitterionic surfactant. However, the foam generated using fluorinated zwitterionic surfactant was more stable. A mixture of zwitterionic fluorinated and hydrocarbon fluorinated surfactant showed better foam generation and foam stability. The foam generated using CO2 has less stability compared to the foam generated using air injection. Presence of salts increases the foam stability and foam generation. At high temperature, the foamability of the surfactants increased. However, the foam stability was reduced at high temperature for all type of surfactants. This study helps in optimizing the surfactant formulations consisting of a fluorinated and hydrocarbon zwitterionic surfactant for foam injections.
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Sagisaka M, Saito T, Yoshizawa A, Rogers SE, Guittard F, Hill C, Eastoe J, Blesic M. Water-in-CO 2 Microemulsions Stabilized by Fluorinated Cation-Anion Surfactant Pairs. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:3445-3454. [PMID: 30739456 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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High-water-content water-in-supercritical CO2 (W/CO2) microemulsions are considered to be green, universal solvents, having both polar and nonpolar domains. Unfortunately, these systems generally require environmentally unacceptable stabilizers like long and/or multifluorocarbon-tail surfactants. Here, a series of catanionic surfactants having more environmentally friendly fluorinated C4-C6 tails have been studied in terms of interfacial properties, aggregation behavior, and solubilizing power in water and/or CO2. Surface tensions and critical micelle concentrations of these catanionic surfactants are, respectively, lowered by ∼9 mN/m and 100 times than those of the constituent single fluorocarbon-tail surfactants. Disklike micelles in water were observed above the respective critical micelle concentrations, implying the catanionic surfactants have a high critical packing parameter, which should be suitable for the formation of reverse micelles. Based on visual observation of phase behavior and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic and small-angle neutron scattering studies, one of the three catanionic surfactants tested was found to form transparent single-phase W/CO2 microemulsions with a water-to-surfactant molar ratio of up to ∼50. This is the first successful demonstration of the formation of W/CO2 microemulsions by synergistic ion-pairing of anionic and cationic single-tail surfactants. This indicates that catanionic surfactants offer a promising approach to generate high-water-content W/CO2 microemulsions.
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- Masanobu Sagisaka
- Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology , Hirosaki University , 3 Bunkyo-cho , Hirosaki , Aomori 036-8561 , Japan
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- Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology , Hirosaki University , 3 Bunkyo-cho , Hirosaki , Aomori 036-8561 , Japan
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- Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology , Hirosaki University , 3 Bunkyo-cho , Hirosaki , Aomori 036-8561 , Japan
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- ISIS-CCLRC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Chilton OX11 0QX , Oxon , U.K
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- Univ. Cote d'Azur, NICE-Lab , 61-63 av. S. Viel , 06200 Nice , France
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- School of Chemistry , University of Bristol , Cantock's Close , Bristol BS8 1TS , U.K
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- School of Chemistry , University of Bristol , Cantock's Close , Bristol BS8 1TS , U.K
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Queen's University Belfast , University Road , Belfast BT7 1NN , U.K
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Tang Q, Huang Z, Zheng C, Lu H, Liu D. Switchable Surfactant-Based CO2-in-Water Foam Stabilized by Wormlike Micelle. Ind Eng Chem Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b03103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Oil & Gas Field Applied Chemistry Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610500, People’s Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Oilfield Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610500, People’s Republic of China
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- Oil & Gas Field Applied Chemistry Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610500, People’s Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Oilfield Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610500, People’s Republic of China
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Pu W, Wei P, Sun L, Pu Y, Chen Y. Investigation on stabilization of foam in the presence of crude oil for improved oil recovery. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2018.1476153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Wanfen Pu
- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Synergy of surface-treated nanoparticle and anionic-nonionic surfactant on stabilization of natural gas foams. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Elhag AS, Da C, Chen Y, Mukherjee N, Noguera JA, Alzobaidi S, Reddy PP, AlSumaiti AM, Hirasaki GJ, Biswal SL, Nguyen QP, Johnston KP. Viscoelastic diamine surfactant for stable carbon dioxide/water foams over a wide range in salinity and temperature. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 522:151-162. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Wen L, Wang L, Fang S, Bao L, Hu D, Zong Y, Zhao L, Liu T. Stabilization of CO 2-in-water emulsions with high internal phase volume using PVAc- b-PVP and PVP- b-PVAc- b-PVP as emulsifying agents. J Appl Polym Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/app.46351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Li Wen
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Materials Chemical Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Materials Chemical Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Materials Chemical Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Materials Chemical Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Materials Chemical Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Materials Chemical Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Materials Chemical Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Materials Chemical Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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Wang J, Liang M, Tian Q, Feng Y, Yin H, Lu G. CO 2-switchable foams stabilized by a long-chain viscoelastic surfactant. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 523:65-74. [PMID: 29609125 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.03.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Smart foams sensitive to external stimulation have gained increasing attention recently. However, reversibly switchable CO2 foams have been less documented. In this work, a novel kind of CO2-switchable foams was developed using a long-chain cationic surfactant, N-erucamidopropyl-N,N-dimethylammonium bicarbonate (UC22AMPM⋅H+), as both the foaming agent and stabilizer. The foams can be rapidly transformed between stable and unstable states at ambient temperature with CO2/NH3·H2O as the triggers. The foaming properties and switchable performance were examined by a combination of confocal microscopy, cryogenic transmission electron microscopy, and rheological techniques. The results demonstrated that the enhanced foam stability in the presence of CO2 is attributed to the high bulk phase viscosity and gas/liquid surface viscosity, resulting from the entanglement of wormlike micelles (WLMs) formed from UC22AMPM⋅H+. When NH3·H2O is added, the network structure of WLMs is disrupted, and the bulk phase viscosity and surface viscosity subsequently drop, consequently leading to an ultimate foam destabilization. Such a CO2-sensitive viscoelastic surfactant could not only be used to fabricate smart CO2 foams but can also enable CO2 to play dual roles as both the dispersed phase, as most gases do, and an "activator" to protonate long-chain tertiary surfactants into cationic analogs to form viscoelastic WLMs to stabilize foams.
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- Ji Wang
- Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China; Polymer Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People's Republic of China.
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- Polymer Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People's Republic of China
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- West Sichuan Gas Production Plant of SINOPEC Southwest Branch, Deyang 618000, People's Republic of China
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Xu K, Bonnecaze R, Balhoff M. Egalitarianism among Bubbles in Porous Media: An Ostwald Ripening Derived Anticoarsening Phenomenon. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:264502. [PMID: 29328713 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.264502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We show that smaller gas bubbles grow at the expense of larger bubbles and all bubbles approach the same surface curvature after long times in porous media. This anticoarsening effect is contrary to typical Ostwald ripening and leads to uniformly sized bubbles in a homogeneous medium. Evolution dynamics of bubble populations were measured, and mathematical models were developed that fit the experimental data well. Ostwald ripening is shown to be the driving mechanism in this anticoarsening phenomenon; however, the relationship between surface curvature and bubble size determined by the pore-throat geometric confinement reverses the ripening direction.
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- Ke Xu
- The Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- The Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Liebum MM, Hirasaki G, Nguyen QP. Solubility of Alkyl Amine Surfactants in Mixed Gas and Pure CO2 Environments. Ind Eng Chem Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b02369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Madalyn M. Liebum
- Petroleum and Geosystems
Engineering Department, The University of Texas at Austin, 200
E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Petroleum and Geosystems
Engineering Department, The University of Texas at Austin, 200
E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Petroleum and Geosystems
Engineering Department, The University of Texas at Austin, 200
E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Li D, Ren S, Zhang P, Zhang L, Feng Y, Jing Y. CO 2 -sensitive and self-enhanced foams for mobility control during CO 2 injection for improved oil recovery and geo-storage. Chem Eng Res Des 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2017.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Alzobaidi S, Da C, Tran V, Prodanović M, Johnston KP. High temperature ultralow water content carbon dioxide-in-water foam stabilized with viscoelastic zwitterionic surfactants. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 488:79-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.10.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Revised: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Hydraulic Properties of Porous Media Saturated with Nanoparticle-Stabilized Air-Water Foam. SUSTAINABILITY 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/su8121317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Jian G, Puerto MC, Wehowsky A, Dong P, Johnston KP, Hirasaki GJ, Biswal SL. Static Adsorption of an Ethoxylated Nonionic Surfactant on Carbonate Minerals. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:10244-10252. [PMID: 27673699 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The static adsorption of C12-14E22, which is a highly ethoxylated nonionic surfactant, was studied on different minerals using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined with an evaporative light scattering detector (ELSD). Of particular interest is the surfactant adsorption in the presence of CO2 because it can be used for foam flooding in enhanced oil recovery applications. The effects of the mineral type, impurities, salinity, and temperature were investigated. The adsorption of C12-14E22 on pure calcite was as low as 0.01 mg/m2 but higher on dolomite depending on the silica and clay content in the mineral. The adsorption remained unchanged when the experiments were performed using a brine solution or 0.101 MPa (1 atm) CO2, which indicates that electrostatic force is not the governing factor that drives the adsorption. The adsorption of C12-14E22 on silica may be due to hydrogen bonding between the oxygen in the ethoxy groups of the surfactant and the hydroxyl groups on the mineral surface. Additionally, thermal decomposition of the surfactant was severe at 80 °C but can be inhibited by operating in a reducing environment. Under reducing conditions, adsorption of C12-14E22 increased at higher temperatures.
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- Guoqing Jian
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Shi S, Wang Y, Bai S, Li Z, Ding M, Chen W. Pore-Scale Studies on the Stability of Microfoam and the Effect of Parameters on Its Bubble Size. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2015.1058168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Phase behavior and interfacial properties of a switchable ethoxylated amine surfactant at high temperature and effects on CO2-in-water foams. J Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 470:80-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Revised: 02/07/2016] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Zhang C, Li Z, Sun Q, Wang P, Wang S, Liu W. CO2 foam properties and the stabilizing mechanism of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate and hydrophobic nanoparticle mixtures. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:946-956. [PMID: 26563818 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01408e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this work, we have prepared CO2-in-water foam by mixing partially hydrophobic SiO2 nanoparticles and sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) and studied its properties. The observation of the appearance of the foam revealed that, with the continuous addition of AOT, the phase behavior of the SiO2 nanoparticle and the AOT mixed system transformed from that of a two-phase system of aggregated nanoparticles into that of a uniform dispersed phase. Both foaming ability and foam stability were optimized when the nanoparticles and the AOT were mixed in a proportion of 1 : 5. On the basis of our findings from measurements of the dispersion properties, including measurements of the adsorption isotherm of the surfactant on the nanoparticles, zeta potentials, interfacial tension and the three-phase contact angle, we concluded that the synergistic interactions between the SiO2 nanoparticles and the AOT led to the adsorption of nanoparticles around the bubble surface and the formation of a spatial network structure of nanoparticles in the film, thereby enhancing the mechanical strength of the bubble and improving the resistance to outside disturbances, deformation and drainage. Laser scanning confocal microscopy (LCSM) analysis of the same foams further confirmed the existence of a "viscoelastic shell" wrapped around and protecting the bubble.
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- Chao Zhang
- College of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China.
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Xue Z, Worthen AJ, Da C, Qajar A, Ketchum IR, Alzobaidi S, Huh C, Prodanović M, Johnston KP. Ultradry Carbon Dioxide-in-Water Foams with Viscoelastic Aqueous Phases. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:28-37. [PMID: 26666311 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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For foams with ultra low water contents, the capillary pressure is very large and induces rapid drainage that destabilizes the aqueous lamellae between the gas bubbles. However, we show that high-pressure CO2-in-water foams can be stabilized with a viscoelastic aqueous phase composed of entangled wormlike micelles, even for extremely high CO2 volume fractions ϕ of 0.95 to 0.98; the viscosity of these ultradry foams increased by up to 3-4-fold, reaching more than 100 cP relative to foams formed with conventional low viscosity aqueous phases. The foam morphology consisted of fine ∼20 μm polyhedral-shaped CO2 bubbles that were stable for hours. The wormlike micelles were formed by mixing anionic sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) with salt and a protonated cationic surfactant, as shown by cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) and large values of the zero-shear viscosity and the dynamic storage and loss moduli. With the highly viscous continuous aqueous phases, the foam lamella drainage rates were low, as corroborated by confocal microscopy. The preservation of viscous thick lamellae resulted in lower rates of Ostwald ripening relative to conventional foams as shown by high-pressure optical microscopy. The ability to stabilize viscous ultra high internal phase foams is expected to find utility in various practical applications, including nearly "waterless" fracturing fluids for recovery of oil and gas in shale, offering the possibility of a massive reduction in the amount of wastewater.
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- Zheng Xue
- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Unosson J, Montufar EB, Engqvist H, Ginebra MP, Persson C. Brushite foams--the effect of Tween® 80 and Pluronic® F-127 on foam porosity and mechanical properties. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2016; 104:67-77. [PMID: 25615405 PMCID: PMC5024005 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Revised: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Resorbable calcium phosphate based bone void fillers should work as temporary templates for new bone formation. The incorporation of macropores with sizes of 100 -300 µm has been shown to increase the resorption rate of the implant and speed up bone ingrowth. In this work, macroporous brushite cements were fabricated through foaming of the cement paste, using two different synthetic surfactants, Tween® 80 and Pluronic® F-127. The macropores formed in the Pluronic samples were both smaller and less homogeneously distributed compared with the pores formed in the Tween samples. The porosity and compressive strength (CS) were comparable to previously developed hydroxyapatite foams. The cement foam containing Tween, 0.5M citric acid in the liquid, 1 mass% of disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate mixed in the powder and a liquid to powder ratio of 0.43 mL/g, showed the highest porosity values (76% total and 56% macroporosity), while the CS was >1 MPa, that is, the hardened cement could be handled without rupture of the foamed structure. The investigated brushite foams show potential for future clinical use, both as bone void fillers and as scaffolds for in vitro bone regeneration.
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- Johanna Unosson
- Department of Engineering Sciences, Division of Applied Materials Science, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), ETSEIB, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Spain
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- Department of Engineering Sciences, Division of Applied Materials Science, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), ETSEIB, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Spain
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- Department of Engineering Sciences, Division of Applied Materials Science, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Viscosity and stability of ultra-high internal phase CO2-in-water foams stabilized with surfactants and nanoparticles with or without polyelectrolytes. J Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 461:383-395. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Revised: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Luo W, Zhang S, Li P, Xu R, Zhang Y, Liang L, Wood CD, Lu Q, Tan B. Surfactant-free CO2-in-water emulsion-templated poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogels. POLYMER 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Tóth GI, Kvamme B. Analysis of Ginzburg-Landau-type models of surfactant-assisted liquid phase separation. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2015; 91:032404. [PMID: 25871120 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.91.032404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this paper diffuse interface models of surfactant-assisted liquid-liquid phase separation are addressed. We start from the generalized version of the Ginzburg-Landau free-energy-functional-based model of van der Sman and van der Graaf. First, we analyze the model in the constant surfactant approximation and show the presence of a critical point at which the interfacial tension vanishes. Then we determine the adsorption isotherms and investigate the validity range of previous results. As a key point of the work, we propose a new model of the van der Sman/van der Graaf type designed for avoiding both unwanted unphysical effects and numerical difficulties present in previous models. In order to make the model suitable for describing real systems, we determine the interfacial tension analytically more precisely and analyze it over the entire accessible surfactant load range. Emerging formulas are then validated by calculating the interfacial tension from the numerical solution of the Euler-Lagrange equations. Time-dependent simulations are also performed to illustrate the slowdown of the phase separation near the critical point and to prove that the dynamics of the phase separation is driven by the interfacial tension.
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- Gyula I Tóth
- Institute of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Allégaten 55, N-5007 Bergen, Norway and Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, P.O. Box 49, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Allégaten 55, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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Chen Y, Elhag AS, Cui L, Worthen AJ, Reddy PP, Noguera JA, Ou AM, Ma K, Puerto M, Hirasaki GJ, Nguyen QP, Biswal SL, Johnston KP. CO2-in-Water Foam at Elevated Temperature and Salinity Stabilized with a Nonionic Surfactant with a High Degree of Ethoxylation. Ind Eng Chem Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/ie503674m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yunshen Chen
- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1589, United States
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- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1589, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1589, United States
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- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1589, United States
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- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1589, United States
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- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1589, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1585, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- McKetta
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1589, United States
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Yu H, Xu D, Xu Q. Dual template effect of supercritical CO2 in ionic liquid to fabricate a highly mesoporous cobalt metal–organic framework. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:13197-200. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04009d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dual template effect of supercritical CO2 in ionic liquid to fabricate a highly mesoporous cobalt metal–organic framework.
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- Huanan Yu
- College of Material Science and Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou 450001
- P. R. China
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- College of Material Science and Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou 450001
- P. R. China
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- College of Material Science and Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou 450001
- P. R. China
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Tóth GI, Kvamme B. Phase field modelling of spinodal decomposition in the oil/water/asphaltene system. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:20259-73. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp02357b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this paper the quantitative applicability of van der Sman/van der Graaf type Ginzburg–Landau theories of surfactant assisted phase separation [van der Smanet al.,Rheol. Acta, 2006,46, 3] is studied for real systems displaying high surfactant concentrations at the liquid–liquid interface.
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- Gyula I. Tóth
- Department of Physics and Technology
- University of Bergen
- 5007 Bergen
- Norway
- Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics
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- Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics
- 1525 Budapest
- Hungary
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Luo W, Xu R, Liu Y, Hussain I, Lu Q, Tan B. Emulsion-templated poly(acrylamide)s by using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) stabilized CO2-in-water emulsions and their applications in tissue engineering scaffolds. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra14345d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Commercially available polymer i.e., polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), is used to produce stable CO2/water emulsions. These emulsions were then used to produce emulsion templated hierarchically porous materials with interesting tissue engineering applications.
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- Wei Luo
- Key Laboratory for Large-Format Battery Materials and System
- Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Ministry of Education
- School of Life Science and Technology
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Large-Format Battery Materials and System
- Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
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- Department of Chemistry
- SBA School of Science & Engineering
- Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
- Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Ministry of Education
- School of Life Science and Technology
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Large-Format Battery Materials and System
- Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
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