A critical review of synthesis parameters affecting the properties of zinc oxide nanoparticle and its application in wastewater treatment

EY Shaba, JO Jacob, JO Tijani, MAT Suleiman - Applied Water Science, 2021 - Springer
In this era, nanotechnology is gaining enormous popularity due to its ability to reduce
metals, metalloids and metal oxides into their nanosize, which essentially alter their …

Application of bare nanoparticle-based nanofluids in enhanced oil recovery

MS Alnarabiji, MM Husein - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanofluids offer many advantages over surfactant and polymer solutions during enhanced
oil recovery (EOR). This review discusses the current state and future prospects of …

Partitioning behaviour of novel surfactant mixture for high reservoir temperature and high salinity conditions

AF Belhaj, JABM Shuhli, KA Elraies, SM Mahmood… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Investigating the use of surfactants in high temperature and high salinity conditions can
assist expanding the application of surfactant-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to more …

Nanofluid enhanced oil recovery using induced ZnO nanocrystals by electromagnetic energy: Viscosity increment

MS Alnarabiji, N Yahya, S Nadeem, M Adil, MK Baig… - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Extracting the trapped oil in the pores and channels of rock reservoirs, after secondary
recovery, using traditional enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques is still a challenging …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation of surfactant partitioning in pre-CMC and post-CMC regimes for enhanced oil recovery application

AF Belhaj, KA Elraies, MS Alnarabiji, JABM Shuhli… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The applications of surfactants in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) have received more
attention in the past decade due to their ability to enhance microscopic sweep efficiency by …

Surfactant partitioning and adsorption in chemical EOR: the neglected phenomenon in porous media

AF Belhaj, KA Elraies, HK Sarma, JA Shuhili… - SPE Asia Pacific Oil …, 2021 - onepetro.org
During chemical EOR, surfactants encounter significant losses when injected into porous
media mainly due to retention. The key mechanisms of surfactant retention are adsorption …

Investigations of graphene impact on oil mobility and physicochemical interaction with sandstone surface

AO Yusuff, N Yahya, MA Zakariya, S Sikiru - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is the recovery of oil trapped in the reservoir after primary and
secondary recovery processes through novel techniques. Viscosity is primarily a major …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of electromagnetic energy on net spin orientation of nanocatalyst for enhanced green urea synthesis

B Alqasem, S Sikiru, EM Ali, KA Elraies, N Yahya… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Catalytic activity of nanomaterials under applied electromagnetic field is a green method
which is based on change in spin orientation of nanocatalyst. However, interaction of …

Scalable bio-friendly method for production of homogeneous metal oxide nanoparticles using green bovine skin gelatin

MS Alnarabiji, N Yahya, Y Hamed… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of bovine skin gelatin in the synthesis of variety of nanostructures is a bio-friendly
approach. In the current study, we investigated experimentally, for the first time, scalable …

Electromagnetic waves-induced hydrophobic multiwalled carbon nanotubes for enhanced oil recovery

AF Belhaj, KA Elraies, HT Janjuhah, SFH Tasfy… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Springer
Extracting the trapped oil into the pores is still a massive challenging. In this work,
multiwalled carbon nanotubes were utilized to investigate the influence of the nanofluid's …