A review on the application of nanofluids in enhanced oil recovery

J Hou, J Du, H Sui, L Sun - Frontiers of Chemical Science and …, 2022 - Springer
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has been widely used to recover residual oil after the primary
or secondary oil recovery processes. Compared to conventional methods, chemical EOR …

Systematic investigation of the effects of mixed cationic/anionic surfactants on the interfacial tension of a water/model oil system and their application to enhance crude …

H Jia, X Leng, M Hu, Y Song, H Wu, P Lian… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2017 - Elsevier
A mixed cationic surface-active ionic liquid/anionic surfactant system consisting of N-dodecyl-
N-methylpyrrolidinium bromide (L12) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was used for …

Performance evaluation of novel sunflower oil-based gemini surfactant (s) with different spacer lengths: application in enhanced oil recovery

N Pal, N Kumar, A Verma, K Ojha, A Mandal - Energy & Fuels, 2018 - ACS Publications
A series of novel, nonionic gemini surfactants (GSs) with varying spacer lengths were
synthesized from sunflower (Helianthus) oil for application in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) …

The ultra-low interfacial tension behavior of the combined cationic/anionic-nonionic gemini surfactants system for chemical flooding

H Feng, J Hou, T Ma, Z Meng, H Wu, H Yang… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2018 - Elsevier
Gemini surfactants have attracted intensive attention owning to their unique physical and
chemical properties and have gradually been applied in the field of enhanced oil recovery …

Influences and mechanisms of imidazolium-based ionic liquids on oil–water interfacial tension and quartz wettability: Experiment and molecular dynamics simulations

Q Ma, W Zhu, Z Song, J Zhang, B Li, W Bu, B Pan - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Interfacial tension (IFT) and wettability are two key parameters determining pore-scale
oil/water distributions and reservoir-scale hydrocarbon production performances. However …

Systematic investigation of ionic liquid-type gemini surfactants and their abnormal salt effects on the interfacial tension of a water/model oil system

H Zhou, Y Liang, P Huang, T Liang, H Wu… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ionic liquid-type gemini surfactants have the advantages of both a gemini surfactant and a
surface active ionic liquid and have been widely applied in multiple fields. A series of ionic …

Dynamic interfacial properties and tuning aqueous foamability stabilized by cationic surfactants in terms of their structural hydrophobicity, free drainage and bubble …

V Kumar, N Pal, AK Jangir, DL Manyala… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work reports the aqueous foaming behavior of the synthesized quaternary ammonium-
based conventional and Gemini surfactants (GS) varying in degree of hydrophobicity …

Amphiphilic hemicellulose based-biosurfactants for the efficient hydrocarbons separation from oily sludge

H Huang, Z Li, Y Qing, C Hu, C Qin - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents an improved sustainable approach to produce high-performance
hemicellulose-based biosurfactants for environmentally friendly oily sludge remediation and …

Controllable emulsion phase behaviour via the selective host-guest recognition of mixed surfactants at the water/octane interface

H Jia, X Leng, Q Wang, Y Han, S Wang, A Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Emulsions are deeply involved in almost all aspects of the petroleum industry, especially in
enhanced oil recovery. Supramolecular chemistry proposes a facile and controllable method …

Systematic investigation of the effects of zwitterionic surface-active ionic liquids on the interfacial tension of a water/crude oil system and their application to enhance …

H Jia, P Lian, Y Liang, Y Zhu, P Huang, H Wu… - Energy & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two zwitterionic surface-active ionic liquids (SAILs), 3-(1-hexadecyl-3-imidazolio)
propanesulfonate (C16IPS) and 3-(1-hexadecyl-3-imidazolio) propanesulfonate β …