Extraction and Characterization of an Eco-Friendly Surfactant for Its Use in Enhanced Oil Recovery

著者

  • Abhijit Samanta
  • Keka Ojha
  • Ajay Mandal Department of Petroleum Engineering Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India
  • Keka Ojha
  • Ashis Sarkar

キーワード:

Soapnut、 surfactant、 polymer、 enhanced oil recovery、 flooding

要旨

Experimental studies have been performed to explore the suitability of an eco-friendly surfactant in enhanced oil recovery. In this respect, herbal surfactant has been isolated from soap nut and characterized by its morphology and physico-chemical properties. The extracted surfactant reduces the interfacial tension significantly over a wide range of concentrations. A series of flooding experiments have been carried out using the extracted surfactant and substantial incremental recoveries have been observed after the conventional water flooding. Use of alkali and polymer were found to improve the incremental recovery because of synergistic effects of surfactant, polymer and alkali. 

著者略歴

  • Ajay Mandal、 Department of Petroleum Engineering Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India
    Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, ISM DHANBAD is pineer in Petroleum Engineering in India and one of the best in world.

発行日

2013-04-08

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