Application of Nanotechnology in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Storage

Nanofluids gaining increased importance in science and industry including enhanced oil recovery. In this work, the ability of nanoparticles to alter the wettability of oil-wet surfaces towards water-wet at reservoir conditions and the synergistic effect of nanoparticle-surfactant combinations on nan...

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Main Author: Al-Anssari, Sarmad Foad Jaber
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68331
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description Nanofluids gaining increased importance in science and industry including enhanced oil recovery. In this work, the ability of nanoparticles to alter the wettability of oil-wet surfaces towards water-wet at reservoir conditions and the synergistic effect of nanoparticle-surfactant combinations on nanofluid interfacial properties and nanofluid stability were systematically examined using several nano-silica dispersions. This study not only presents novel nanofluid formulations for wettability alteration but also introduced the first insight into nanoparticle-surfactant interactions in saline environments.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-683312018-08-01T04:04:15Z Application of Nanotechnology in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Storage Al-Anssari, Sarmad Foad Jaber Nanofluids gaining increased importance in science and industry including enhanced oil recovery. In this work, the ability of nanoparticles to alter the wettability of oil-wet surfaces towards water-wet at reservoir conditions and the synergistic effect of nanoparticle-surfactant combinations on nanofluid interfacial properties and nanofluid stability were systematically examined using several nano-silica dispersions. This study not only presents novel nanofluid formulations for wettability alteration but also introduced the first insight into nanoparticle-surfactant interactions in saline environments. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68331 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Al-Anssari, Sarmad Foad Jaber
Application of Nanotechnology in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Storage
title Application of Nanotechnology in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Storage
title_full Application of Nanotechnology in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Storage
title_fullStr Application of Nanotechnology in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Storage
title_full_unstemmed Application of Nanotechnology in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Storage
title_short Application of Nanotechnology in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Storage
title_sort application of nanotechnology in chemical enhanced oil recovery and carbon storage
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68331