Effects of emulsifiers on the physicochemical stability of Oil-in-water Nanoemulsions: A critical review

M Marhamati, G Ranjbar, M Rezaie - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
The thermodynamic instability of food nanoemulsions may occur during production and
storage due to environmental stress or reaction with other constituents, appearing in the …

Formation, characteristics and oil industry applications of nanoemulsions: A review

N Kumar, A Verma, A Mandal - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoemulsions are kinetically stable homogeneous dispersions of immiscible liquids with
droplet sizes in the order of 500 nm. The nano-size droplets are advantageous in enhancing …

Comprehensive review on the role of surfactants in the chemical enhanced oil recovery process

S Chowdhury, S Shrivastava, A Kakati… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
With a constant upsurge in energy demand, production from depleted and harsh reservoirs
through enhanced oil recovery techniques (EOR) has significantly increased. Among many …

Crude oil/water nanoemulsions stabilized by rhamnolipid biosurfactant: Effects of acidity/basicity and salinity on emulsion characteristics, stability, and demulsification

MK Al-Sakkaf, SA Onaizi - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The superiority of nanoemulsions over the traditional emulsions makes the former more
attractive for various industrial applications. In this study, crude oil-in-water (O/W) …

A review on surfactant retention on rocks: mechanisms, measurements, and influencing factors

S Kalam, SA Abu-Khamsin, MS Kamal, S Patil - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Surfactants play a vital role in chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR). The amount of
surfactant loss caused by retention during flooding through reservoir rock is still a challenge …

Formation and characterization of nanoparticle assisted surfactant stabilized oil-in-water nanoemulsions for application in enhanced oil recovery

A Kaushik, D Joshi, RK Saw, KB Rathi, S Mitra… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanoemulsions (NEs) are emerging as attractive injecting fluids for enhanced oil recovery
because of their abilities to reduce interfacial tension, alter the rock wettability, improve the …

Current developments and future outlook in nanofluid flooding: A comprehensive review of various parameters influencing oil recovery mechanisms

F Yakasai, MZ Jaafar, S Bandyopadhyay… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Utilization of nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has attracted great attention in
recent decades. However, various constraints influence fluid-fluid and fluid-rock interactions …

A comprehensive review of emulsion and its field application for enhanced oil recovery

Y Zhou, D Yin, W Chen, B Liu… - Energy Science & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Emulsification plays an important role in enhancing oil recovery. Experiments and field
applications of alkali/surfactant/polymer (ASP) flooding indicated that the amount of oil …

Stability of the emulsion during the injection of anionic and cationic surfactants in the presence of various salts

H Garmsiri, S Jahani, Y Kazemzadeh, M Sharifi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Smart water injection is one of the engineering techniques to enhance oil recovery (EOR)
from carbonate and sandstone reservoirs that have been widely used in recent decades …

Rheology, characteristics, stability, and pH-responsiveness of biosurfactant-stabilized crude oil/water nanoemulsions

MK Al-Sakkaf, SA Onaizi - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The successful utilization of nanoemulsions in several applications would require the
formulation of emulsions with excellent characteristics. Ideally, the nanoemulsions should be …