Influence of whey protein isolate on CO2 foams stability in three different types of crude oil

Said, Mohamed Sasi; Jaafar, Mohd Zaidi; Omar, Shaziera; Sharbini, Sairoz Norazlan

doi:10.1016/j.cscee.2022.100191

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“…Figure shows the effect of the WT concentration in the modification of the crude oil WAT. WC oil has a WAT value of 25.35 °C, which is a typical value for crude oil with wax deposition issues. , When WT1 is added to crude oil for concentrations between 5000 and 50,000 mg·L –1 , it is observed that the treatment can reduce the WAT to 24.68 °C at 5000 mg·L –1 , which correspond to a reduction of 2.6%. However, when the concentration of WT1 is raised, there is no effect of the treatment in the reduction of the WAT.…”

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SiO₂-Based Nanofluids for the Inhibition of Wax Precipitation in Production Pipelines

López,

Ríos,

Marín

et al. 2023

ACS Omega

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Wax deposition in high-wax (waxy) crude oil has been an important challenge in the oil and gas industry due to the repercussions in flow assurance during oil extraction and transportation. However, the nanotechnology has emerged as a potential solution for the optimization of conventional wax removal and/or inhibition processes due to its exceptional performance in the alteration of wax morphology and co-crystallization behavior. In this sense, this study aims to study the performance of two commercial wax inhibitor treatments (WT1 and WT2) on the wax formation and crystallization due to the addition of SiO 2 nanoparticles. Differential scanning calorimetry experiments and cold finger tests were carried out to study the effect of the WT on wax appearance temperature (WAT) and the wax inhibition efficiency (WIE) in a scenario with an initial temperature difference. In the first stage, the behavior of both WT in the inhibition of wax deposition was achieved, ranging in the concentration of the WT in the waxy crude (WC) oil from 5000 to 50,000 mg•L −1 . Then, NanoWT was prepared by the addition of SiO 2 nanoparticles on WT1 and WT2 for concentrations between 1000 and 500 mg•L −1 , and the performance of the prepared NanoWT was studied at the best concentration of WIT in the absence of nanoparticles. Finally, the role of the nanofluid concentration in wax inhibition was accomplished for the best NanoWT. Selected NanoWT with nanoparticle dosage of 100 mg•L −1 added to WC oil at 5000 mg•L −1 displays reductions in WAT and WIE of 15.3 and 71.6 for NanoWT1 and −2.2 and 42.5% for NanoWT2. In flow loop experiments for the crude oil at temperatures above (30 °C) and below (16 °C), the WAT value indicates an increase of 8.3 times the pressure drops when the crude oil is flowing at a temperature below the WAT value. Therefore, when NanoWT1 is added to the crude oil, a reduction of 31.8% was found in the pressure drop in comparison with the scenario below the WAT value, ensuring the flow assurance in the pipeline in an unfavorable environment. Based on the pressure-drop method, a reduction greater than 5% in the wax deposit thickness confirms the wax deposition inhibitory character of the designed NanoWT.

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SiO₂-Based Nanofluids for the Inhibition of Wax Precipitation in Production Pipelines

López,

Ríos,

Marín

et al. 2023

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“…WPI is a protein of animal origin, an isolate's short chain proteins that are extracted from Whey Protein Concentrate also known as WPC, derived from milk. Technophysical properties such as ST (Bazinet, Trigui, and Ippersiel 2004), viscosity (Bazinet, Trigui, and Ippersiel 2004;Wang et al 2021) or gas solubility (Said et al 2022) of WPI-based solutions are available in the literature. This is why we chose to use this first protein solution in order to reconcile our results with existing data.…”

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“…However, it should be noted that the droplet deformed more at lower voltages than in the distilled water case. This can be explained by a cumulative effect due to the presence of the WPI: the proteins have their own surface active effect (Said et al 2022), which reduced the ST and came in synergy to the effect of the electrostatic field. It was not possible to take pictures of droplets at 8 and 10 kV because the surface voltage was too low to generate a droplet at the tip of the syringe.…”

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Impact of external static electric field on surface tension of model solutions

García¹,

Dessev²,

Guihard³

et al. 2023

Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies

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“…To maximize the potential of foam for EOR, several surface-active agents have been explored to stabilize foams. These include surfactants, proteins, polymers, ionic liquids, and more recently nanoparticles [ 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 ].…”

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Application of Polymers for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review

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Polymers play a significant role in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) due to their viscoelastic properties and macromolecular structure. Herein, the mechanisms of the application of polymeric materials for enhanced oil recovery are elucidated. Subsequently, the polymer types used for EOR, namely synthetic polymers and natural polymers (biopolymers), and their properties are discussed. Moreover, the numerous applications for EOR such as polymer flooding, polymer foam flooding, alkali–polymer flooding, surfactant–polymer flooding, alkali–surfactant–polymer flooding, and polymeric nanofluid flooding are appraised and evaluated. Most of the polymers exhibit pseudoplastic behavior in the presence of shear forces. The biopolymers exhibit better salt tolerance and thermal stability but are susceptible to plugging and biodegradation. As for associative synthetic polyacrylamide, several complexities are involved in unlocking its full potential. Hence, hydrolyzed polyacrylamide remains the most coveted polymer for field application of polymer floods. Finally, alkali–surfactant–polymer flooding shows good efficiency at pilot and field scales, while a recently devised polymeric nanofluid shows good potential for field application of polymer flooding for EOR.

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Influence of whey protein isolate on CO2 foams stability in three different types of crude oil

Cited by 5 publications

References 79 publications

SiO₂-Based Nanofluids for the Inhibition of Wax Precipitation in Production Pipelines

SiO₂-Based Nanofluids for the Inhibition of Wax Precipitation in Production Pipelines

Impact of external static electric field on surface tension of model solutions

Application of Polymers for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review

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Influence of whey protein isolate on CO2 foams stability in three different types of crude oil

Cited by 5 publications

References 79 publications

SiO2-Based Nanofluids for the Inhibition of Wax Precipitation in Production Pipelines

SiO2-Based Nanofluids for the Inhibition of Wax Precipitation in Production Pipelines

Impact of external static electric field on surface tension of model solutions

Application of Polymers for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review

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SiO₂-Based Nanofluids for the Inhibition of Wax Precipitation in Production Pipelines

SiO₂-Based Nanofluids for the Inhibition of Wax Precipitation in Production Pipelines