Reduction of Surfactant Adsorption in Porous Media Using Silica Nanoparticles

Suresh, Radhika; Kuznetsov, O. V.; Agrawal, Devesh; Darugar, Qusai; Khabashesku, Valéry N.

doi:10.4043/28879-ms

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“…Hence, surfactant nanofluids, otherwise referred to as nanosurfactants, achieve ultra-low IFT and generate stable emulsions where precursor nanoparticles or surfactants separately do not [125]. Besides, adsorption interaction of the surfactant on the nanoparticles surface lowers the adsorption of surfactant on rock pores via competitive adsorption mechanism [126,127]. Nonetheless, the relative concentration ratio between the nanoparticle and the surfactant is paramount and defines the properties of the system.…”

Section: Types Of Nanofluid Floodingmentioning

confidence: 99%

An overview of chemical enhanced oil recovery: recent advances and prospects

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Despite the progress made on renewable energy, oil and gas remains the world's primary energy source. Meanwhile, large amounts of oil deposits remain unrecovered after application of traditional oil recovery methods. Chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has been adjudged as an efficient oil recovery technique to recover bypassed oil and residual oil trapped in the reservoir. This EOR method relies on the injection of chemicals to boost oil recovery. In this overview, an up-to-date synopsis of chemical EOR with detailed explanation of the chemicals used, and the mechanism governing their oil recovery application have been discussed. Challenges encountered in the application of the various conventional chemical EOR methods were highlighted, and solutions to overcome the challenges were proffered. Besides, the recent trend of incorporating nanotechnology and their synergistic effects on conventional chemicals stability and efficiency for EOR were also explored and analysed. Finally, laboratory results and field projects were outlined. The review of experimental studies shows that porescale mechanisms of conventional chemical EOR is enhanced by incorporating nanotechnology, hence, resulted in higher efficiency. Moreover, the use of ionic liquid chemicals and novel alkaline-cosolvent-polymer technology shows good potentials. This overview presents an extensive information about chemical EOR applications for sustainable energy production.

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Section: Types Of Nanofluid Floodingmentioning

confidence: 99%

An overview of chemical enhanced oil recovery: recent advances and prospects

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“…A surfactant consists of both hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts which make the surfactant molecule susceptible to adsorption onto rock surfaces. Suresh et al (2018) reported the applicability of nanoparticle to reduce surfactant adsorption unto the rock surface. This is due to the electrostatic repulsion induced by the nanoparticle which reduced the bridging polar heads of the surfactant.…”

Section: Surfactant Adsorptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review on polymer, gas, surfactant and nanoparticle adsorption modeling in porous media

Mohammed

Afagwu

Adjei

et al. 2020

Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles

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Adsorption is a rock surface phenomenon and has increasingly become popular, especially in particle-transport applications across many fields. This has drawn a remarkable number of publications from the industry and academia in the last decade, with many review articles focused on adsorption of polymers, surfactants, gas, and nanoparticles in porous media with main applications in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). The discussions involved both experimental and modeling approaches to understanding and efficiently mimicking the particle transport in a bid to solve pertinent problems associated with particle retention on surfaces. The governing mechanisms of adsorption and desorption constitute an area under active research as many models have been proposed but the physics has not been fully honored. Thus, there is a need for continuous research effort in this field. Although adsorption/desorption process is a physical phenomenon and a reversible process resulting from inter-molecular and the intramolecular association between molecules and surfaces, modeling these phenomena requires molecular level understanding. For this reason, there is a wide acceptance of molecular simulation as a viable modeling tool among scientists in this area. This review focuses on existing knowledge of adsorption modeling as it relates to the petroleum industry cutting across flow through porous media and EOR mostly involving polymer and surfactant retention on reservoir rocks with the associated problems. The review also analyzes existing models to identify gaps in research and suggest some research directions to readers.

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“…Stable foams ensure fluid diversion from thief zones to lower permeability regions in the reservoir, while emulsions ensure conformance efficiency of the injectant [27,28]. Furthermore, surfactant nanofluids have been reported to have lower adsorption onto rock surface compared to ordinary surfactant solutions [29,30].…”

Section: Surfactant Nanofluidmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The dynamic adsorption of the surfactant was calculated from the difference between injected and effluent concentration of the surfactant. Results showed that the addition of 0.5 wt.% SiO 2 nanoparticle to the surfactant solution reduced the surfactant adsorption by a factor of 3 times from 0.810 to 0.265 mg/g [30].…”

Section: Adsorption Reductionmentioning

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Nanotechnology Application in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery: Current Opinion and Recent Advances

Gbadamosi¹,

Junin²,

Manan³

et al. 2019

Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes - New Technologies

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Chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has been adjudged as an efficient oil recovery technique to recover bypassed oil and residual oil trapped in the reservoir. This EOR method relies on the injection of chemicals to boost oil recovery. Recently, due to the limitations of the application of chemical EOR methods to reservoirs having elevated temperatures and high salinity and hardness concentrations, nanotechnology have been applied to enhance its efficiency and improve oil productivity. The synergistic combination of nanoparticles and conventional EOR chemicals has opened new routes for the synthesis and application of novel materials with sterling and fascinating properties. In this chapter, an up-to-date synopsis of nanotechnology applications in chemical EOR is discussed. A detailed explanation of the mechanism and applications of these novel methods for oil recovery are appraised and analyzed. Finally, experimental and laboratory results were outlined. This overview presents extensive information about new frontiers in chemical EOR applications for sustainable energy production.

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Reduction of Surfactant Adsorption in Porous Media Using Silica Nanoparticles

Cited by 20 publications

References 9 publications

An overview of chemical enhanced oil recovery: recent advances and prospects

An overview of chemical enhanced oil recovery: recent advances and prospects

A review on polymer, gas, surfactant and nanoparticle adsorption modeling in porous media

Nanotechnology Application in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery: Current Opinion and Recent Advances

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