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 Volume 5, Issue 1 (January 2018), Pages: 113-122

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Effect of SiO2 on the foamability, thermal stability and interfacial tension of a novel nano-fluid hybrid surfactant

 Author(s): Mohammed Falalu Hamza 1, 2, Chandra Mohan Sinnathambi 1, 2, Zulkifli Merican Aljunid Merican 1, 2, Hassan Soleimani 1, 2, *, Karl D. Stephen 2, 3

 Affiliation(s):

 1Fundamental and Applied Science Department, UTP, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
 2Center of Research in Enhanced Oil Recovery, UTP, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
 3Petroleum Engineering Department, UTP, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.01.015

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 Abstract:

In foam assisted water alternating gas (FAWAG) method, thermal stability, foamability and interfacial effect of foaming agents (surfactants) are important properties governing the success of oil recovery. The effect of high reservoir temperature is detrimental to these properties, which becomes a great challenge for the applications of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Silica nano-fluid (SiO2), which is a recently employed technology, has been utilized to improve the rheology, stability and interfacial properties of surfactants. This study is aimed at investigating the effect of SiO2 in improving the thermal stability, relative foamability and interfacial (IFT) effect of industrial based surfactant (IBS). Design Expert Software (DOE) using central composite design (CCD) at five levels (-1.68 to +1.68) was employed in the experimental design. The chemical interaction between the SiO2 and IBS in the novel nano-fluid hybrid surfactant (SiO2-IBS) had been successfully established using different spectroscopic instruments (FTIR, XRD, FESEM etc.). Furthermore, under the optimum conditions established, SiO2 had significant effects on the relative foamability and thermal stability of the hybrid material (SiO2-IBS) at 25-110 oC, and their synergistic effect had been quantified in the multivariate models (cubic). However, the IFT result indicated that presence of the SiO2 in the hybrid had reduced the IFT drastically from 120.3 ± 9.8 mN/m to 10.6 ± 6.8 mN/m. Consequently, the novel SiO2-IBS nano hybrid surfactant could be a suitable flooding agent in the high temperature reservoirs for application in FAWAG method. 

 © 2017 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Enhanced oil recovery, FAWAG, Composite material, Hybrid, Nanoparticles

 Article History: Received 10 August 2017, Received in revised form 27 October 2017, Accepted 18 November 2017

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.01.015

 Citation:

 Hamza MF, Sinnathambi CM, Merican ZMA, Soleimani H, and Stephen KD (2018). Effect of SiO2 on the foamability, thermal stability and interfacial tension of a novel nano-fluid hybrid surfactant. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 5(1): 113-122

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