Wettability alteration of sandstone rock by surfactant stabilized nanoemulsion for enhanced oil recovery—A mechanistic study

N Kumar, A Mandal - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Oil wettability of reservoir rock hinders the hydrocarbon recovery by conventional recovery
techniques. This study aims to examine the potency of nanoemulsion systems …

Gemini surfactant/polymer/silica stabilized oil-in-water nanoemulsions: Design and physicochemical characterization for enhanced oil recovery

N Pal, N Kumar, RK Saw, A Mandal - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study deals with the synthesis and characterization of oil-in-water
nanoemulsion systems for application in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Nanoemulsions …

Influence of surfactant crystallization on the aggregation rate of dodecane-in-water nanoemulsions. Changes in the viscosity of the external phase

D Díaz, K Rahn-Chique, N García-Valera… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Rates of aggregation of dodecane-in-water (d/w) nanoemulsions stabilized with 7.5 mM
sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) are evaluated beyond 500 mM NaCl. As in the case of …

Turbidimetric evaluation of the solubilization rate: dissolution of dodecane nanodrops in 7.5 mM sodium dodecylsulfate solutions at selected sodium chloride …

JD Rodríguez, M Espinoza, K Rahn-Chique… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
The rate of micelle solubilization (SR) can be appraised following the decrease of the radius
of a macroscopic drop of oil in contact with a surfactant solution [Todorov, 2002] …