Design of extended surfactant-only EOR formulations for an ultrahigh salinity oil field by using hydrophilic lipophilic deviation (HLD) approach: From laboratory screening to simulation

Wang, Shuoshi; Chen, Changlong; Yuan, Na; Ma, Yixin; Ogbonnaya, Onyekachi; Harwell, Jeffrey H.

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2019.115698

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“…Due to the drawbacks of the HLB concept and the Winsor R ratio in calculating the optimum surfactant formulation processes [ 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 ], researchers [ 93 , 176 , 177 , 178 ] proposed a relatively newer approach that has gained significant support: the hydrophilic-lipophilic deviation (HLD). It is an improvement on the HLB system because it includes terms that account for the salinity, temperature, pressure, oil, and alcohol, as well as the surfactant’s hydrophobicity [ 157 , 179 , 180 ].…”

Section: Bitumen Emulsion Formulation Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Current Research and Challenges in Bitumen Emulsion Manufacturing and Its Properties

Al-Mohammedawi

Mollenhauer

2022

Materials

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The global increase of road infrastructure and its impact on the environment requires serious attention to develop sustainable and environmentally friendly road materials. One group of those materials is produced by using bitumen emulsion. However, there are still scientific and technical obstacles standing against its regular application. The bitumen emulsion formulation process and compositional optimization are subjected to a high number of degrees of freedom. Consequently, obtaining the desired product is mostly based on a series of random and tedious trials because of the enormous number of tests that are carried out to meet the required properties, such as emulsion stability, viscosity, droplet size (and distribution), and bitumen emulsion chemistry. Several pre-established formulation procedures have been presented in the literature. Some of them have technical limitations to be utilized for practical industrial application, whereas others are still not understood enough to be applied in bitumen emulsion formulation. Therefore, discussing some important issues in this field could be useful to offer a practical guide for bitumen emulsion manufacturers when trying to formulate a well-defined bitumen emulsion to best fit its use in pavement infrastructure rather than to simply to meet standard specifications. This review paper aims to enable the ultimate potential of bitumen emulsion by further reviewing the research progress of bitumen emulsion manufacturing and discussing the literature available up to now on this topic, in the realm of bitumen emulsion manufacturing and emulsion chemistry.

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Section: Bitumen Emulsion Formulation Toolsmentioning

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Current Research and Challenges in Bitumen Emulsion Manufacturing and Its Properties

Al-Mohammedawi

Mollenhauer

2022

Materials

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“…Due to the drawbacks of the HLB concept and Winsor R ratio in calculating the optimum surfactant formulation processes [170]- [175], researchers [93], [176]- [178] proposed a relatively newer approach that's gained significant support is the hydrophilic-lipophilic deviation (HLD). It's an improvement on the HLB system because it includes terms that account for the salinity, temperature, pressure, oil, and alcohol, as well as surfactant's hydrophobicity [157], [179], [180].…”

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“…When these terms are balanced (optimum formulation), the HLD is zero, the surfactant interacts with the water and oil phases equally [181], so Type III microemulsions form, or Type IV if using an excessive surfactant, which gives the largest reduction of interfacial tension (ultra-low surface tension) and the largest increase in the solubility. Due to the drawbacks of the HLB approach and the Winsor R ratio in determining the surfactant formulation procedures [170]- [175], researchers [93], [176]- [178] developed a comparatively recent technique, the hydrophilic-lipophilic deviation, which has garnered substantial acceptance (HLD). It's kind of an enhancement on the HLB system by including variables for salinity, temperature, pressure, oil, and alcohol, as well as the hydrophobicity of the surfactant [157], [179], [180].…”

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Current Research and Challenges in Bitumen Emulsion Manufacturing and Its Properties

Al-Mohammedawi¹,

Mollenhauer²

2022

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The global increase of road infrastructure and its impact on the environment requires serious attention to develop sustainable and environmentally friendly road materials. One group of those materials is produced by using bitumen emulsion. However, there are still scientific and technical obstacles standing against its regular application. The bitumen emulsion formulation process and compositional optimization are subjected to a high number of degrees of freedom. Consequently, obtaining the desired product is mostly based on a series of random and tedious trials because of the enormous number of tests to be carried out. The current review of the physicochemical formulation may indeed be extensively used in helping to reduce the number of unnecessary experimentations as well as discuss the vital aspects in the bitumen emulsion production process. Among these, emulsion stability, viscosity, droplet size (and distribution), bitumen emulsion chemistry, the function of the emulsion components, surfactant type, acids or alkalis, and additives are all discussed and used to define the emulsion's physical properties and reactivity. Besides, current developments in the mechanisms of breaking and setting processes are also summarized. It is discussed how emulsions are graded based on their reactivity, particle charge, and physical features. Two emulsification techniques are outlined namely the colloid mill method and the High Internal Phase Ratio (HIPR) method. Furthermore, some emulsion formulation tools/theories were identified and are explained. In that way, optimized formulations can be used to offer a practical guide for bitumen emulsion manufacturers when trying to formulate a well-defined bitumen emulsion for its use in pavement infrastructure rather than simply to meet standard specifications. This review paper aims to enable the ultimate potential of the bitumen emulsion in the field of cold recycling technology by further following up the research progress of bitumen emulsion manufacturing, therefore, this paper reviews and discusses the literature available up to now on this topic, in road engineering and emulsion chemistry.

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“…Many researchers have demonstrated the use of the HLD concept as a guideline for microemulsion formulations. It has been used in various applications, such as oil and gas recovery (Jin et al, 2017; Nguyen et al, 2019; Wang et al, 2019), detergents (Do et al, 2015), soil washing (Arpornpong et al, 2018), dispersants (Rongsayamanont et al, 2017), and pharmaceutical products (Salager et al, 2020). Recently, mixtures of surfactants ( e.g ., anionic‐anionic or nonionic‐anionic mixtures) have been widely used in various applications due to their synergistic effects.…”

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“…The HLD concept has been used to design surfactant formulations for use in many industrial applications, including laundry detergents (Do et al, 2015), oil and gas recovery (Salager et al, 1979; Wang et al, 2019), and pharmaceutical products (Salager et al, 2020). The HLD, which was proposed in the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) work of Salager et al (1979), is an empirical equation for predicting the optimum formulation.…”

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Application of Hydrophilic–Lipophilic Deviation Equations to the Formulation of a Mixed‐Surfactant Washing Agent for Crude Rice Bran Oil Removal from Spent Bleaching Earth

Panumonwatee

Charoensaeng

Arpornpong

2021

J Surfact & Detergents

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In Thailand, spent bleaching earth (SBE) (20–40 wt.% remaining oil), an industrial waste from edible oil refineries, has usually been disposed of by improper landfilling at industrial sites. This study aims to formulate microemulsion‐based washing solutions from mixed surfactants for cleaning SBE contaminated with crude rice bran oil using the hydrophilic–lipophilic deviation (HLD) concept. Binary nonionic‐anionic surfactant mixtures consisting of System A (Dehydol LS3TH‐Levenol WX), System B (Dehydol LS5TH‐Levenol WX), and System C (Dehydol LS7TH‐Levenol WX) were formulated for use as microemulsion‐based washing formulations. A HLDmixed equation extended with the excess free energy term (GEX/RT) was developed and proposed for predicting the optimum salinity. The optimum salinities obtained from the HLDmixed equation were close to those obtained from the phase behavior. In the SBE washing study, the mixed‐surfactant systems showed a washing efficiency of 90% with low surfactant adsorption capacity on bleaching earth (qmax = 0.01–0.03 mol g−1). The mixed surfactants showed improved washing performance compared to that of the single‐surfactant system. This work highlights the utility of using the HLD concept in designing microemulsion‐based washing formulations from surfactants for the removal of vegetable oil from SBE.

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Design of extended surfactant-only EOR formulations for an ultrahigh salinity oil field by using hydrophilic lipophilic deviation (HLD) approach: From laboratory screening to simulation

Cited by 35 publications

References 40 publications

Current Research and Challenges in Bitumen Emulsion Manufacturing and Its Properties

Current Research and Challenges in Bitumen Emulsion Manufacturing and Its Properties

Current Research and Challenges in Bitumen Emulsion Manufacturing and Its Properties

Application of Hydrophilic–Lipophilic Deviation Equations to the Formulation of a Mixed‐Surfactant Washing Agent for Crude Rice Bran Oil Removal from Spent Bleaching Earth

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