Effect of ZrO2 nanoparticles on the interfacial behavior of surfactant solutions at air–water and n-heptane–water interfaces

Esmaeilzadeh, Pouriya; Hosseinpour, Negahdar; Bahramian, Alireza; Fakhroueian, Zahra; Arya, Sharareh

doi:10.1016/j.fluid.2013.11.014

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“…As the high concentration slug moves through the reservoir, it is diluted by the formation's fluids and the process reverts to a lowconcentration flood. There are numerous mathematical modeling and experimental studies of various aspects of surfactant flooding in the literature [57][58][59][60][61][62][63].…”

Section: Surfactantmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review on applications of nanotechnology in the enhanced oil recovery part A: effects of nanoparticles on interfacial tension

2016

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Chemical enhanced oil recovery is another strong growing technology with the potential of a step change innovation, which will help to secure future oil supply by turning resources into reserves. While Substantial amount of crude oil remains in the reservoir after primary and secondary production, conventional production methods give access to on average only one-third of original oil in place, the use of surfactants and polymers allows for recovery of up to another third of this oil. Chemical flooding is of increasing interest and importance due to high oil prices and the need to increase oil production. Research in nanotechnology in the petroleum industry is advancing rapidly and an enormous progress in the application of nanotechnology in this area is to be expected. Nanotechnology has the potential to profoundly change enhanced oil recovery and to improve mechanism of recovery. This paper, therefore, focuses on the reviews of the application of nano technology in chemical flooding process in oil recovery and reviews the application nano in the polymer and surfactant flooding on the interfacial tension process.

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Section: Surfactantmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review on applications of nanotechnology in the enhanced oil recovery part A: effects of nanoparticles on interfacial tension

2016

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“…Furthermore, according to the results of Zargartalebi et al (), the IFT between the SDS solutions with small inclusions of either hydrophobic or hydrophilic nanoparticles (1000 ppm SiO 2 ) and oil significantly decreased when the surfactant concentration was below the critical micelle concentration (CMC). Contrary to this, Esmaeilzadeh et al () observed a slight IFT reduction between diluted surfactant solutions with 0.5 wt.% ZnO 2 and oil. A further increase of surfactant concentration in solutions showed constant IFT for all nanoparticles concentrations tested (Esmaeilzadeh et al, ).…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Contrary to this, Esmaeilzadeh et al () observed a slight IFT reduction between diluted surfactant solutions with 0.5 wt.% ZnO 2 and oil. A further increase of surfactant concentration in solutions showed constant IFT for all nanoparticles concentrations tested (Esmaeilzadeh et al, ).…”

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confidence: 81%

Effect of Nanoparticles on Viscosity and Interfacial Tension of Aqueous Surfactant Solutions at High Salinity and High Temperature

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Surfactant flooding has widely been used as one of the chemically enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques. Surfactants majorly influence the interfacial tension, γ, between oil and brine phase and control capillary number and relative permeability behavior and, thus, influence ultimate recovery. Additives, such as nanoparticles, are known to affect surfactant properties and are regarded as promising EOR agents. However, their detailed interactions with surfactants are not well understood. Thus, in this work, we examined the influence of silica nanoparticles on the ability of surfactants to lower γ and to increase viscosity at various temperatures and salinities. Results show that the presence of nanoparticles decreased γ between n‐decane and various surfactant formulations by up to 20%. It was found that γ of nanoparticles–surfactant solutions passed through a minimum at 35 °C when salt was added. Furthermore, the viscosity of cationic surfactant solutions increased at specific salt (1.5 wt.%) and nanoparticle (0.05 wt.%) concentrations. Results illustrate that selected nanoparticles–surfactant formulations appear very promising for EOR as they can lower brine/n‐decane interfacial tension and act as viscosity modifiers of the injected fluids.

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“…This can be attributed to the electrostatic repulsive interaction between the nanoparticles and the surfactant that promoted the diffusion of the surfactant towards the interface [66]. Nanoparticles can act as a carriers of surfactant molecules towards the interface, but at high concentration the nanoparticles attract the surfactant molecules which can lead to aggregation of the surfactant molecules [67]. One of the major challenges of nanomaterial design is the control of colloidal stability of the particles to prevent aggregation and damaging interaction with the surrounding, as tiny particles tends to aggregate and form bigger particle cluster.…”

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Mechanism governing nanoparticle flow behaviour in porous media: insight for enhanced oil recovery applications

2018

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Nanotechnology has found its way to petroleum engineering, it is well-accepted path in the oil and gas industry to recover more oil trapped in the reservoir. But the addition of nanoparticles to a liquid can result in the simplest flow becoming complex. To understand the working mechanism, there is a need to study the flow behaviour of these particles. This review highlights the mechanism affecting the flow of nanoparticles in porous media as it relates to enhanced oil recovery. The discussion focuses on chemical-enhanced oil recovery, a review on laboratory experiment on wettability alteration, effect of interfacial tension and the stability of emulsion and foam is discussed. The flow behaviour of nanoparticles in porous media was discussed laying emphasis on the physical aspect of the flow, the microscopic rheological behaviour and the adsorption of the nanoparticles. It was observed that nanofluids exhibit Newtonian behaviour at low shear rate and non-Newtonian behaviour at high shear rate. Gravitational and capillary forces are responsible for the shift in wettability from oil-wet to water-wet. The dominant mechanisms of foam flow process were lamellae division and bubble to multiple bubble lamellae division. In a water-wet system, the dominant mechanism of flow process and residual oil mobilization are lamellae division and emulsification, respectively. Whereas in an oil-wet system, the generation of pre-spinning continuous gas foam was the dominant mechanism. The literature review on oil displacement test and field trials indicates that nanoparticles can recover additional oil. The challenges encountered have opened new frontier for research and are highlighted herein.

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Effect of ZrO2 nanoparticles on the interfacial behavior of surfactant solutions at air–water and n-heptane–water interfaces

Cited by 116 publications

References 30 publications

A review on applications of nanotechnology in the enhanced oil recovery part A: effects of nanoparticles on interfacial tension

A review on applications of nanotechnology in the enhanced oil recovery part A: effects of nanoparticles on interfacial tension

Effect of Nanoparticles on Viscosity and Interfacial Tension of Aqueous Surfactant Solutions at High Salinity and High Temperature

Mechanism governing nanoparticle flow behaviour in porous media: insight for enhanced oil recovery applications

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