Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Due to the high cost of surfactant production caused by petrochemical feedstocks, considerable attention has been given to non-edible vegetable oils as an alternative source of feedstock. In this paper, a new non-edible oil derived surfactant based on Jatropha plant is synthesized. A single step...
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| description | Due to the high cost of surfactant production caused by petrochemical
feedstocks, considerable attention has been given to non-edible vegetable oils
as an alternative source of feedstock. In this paper, a new non-edible oil
derived surfactant based on Jatropha plant is synthesized. A single step route
was used for synthesizing epoxidized methyl ester sulfonate (EMES) for
enhanced oil recovery application. The performance of the resultant surfactant
was studied by measuring the interfacial tension between the surfactant
solution and crude oil, and its thermal stability at reservoir temperature. The
EMES showed properties similar to sodium dodecyl sulfate, such as the
reduction of interfacial tension to 3.45 mN/m. The advantage of the newly
EMES is the low cost of production that makes it a promising surfactant for
enhanced oil recovery application and other uses. |
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| spelling | oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:33172017-03-20T08:16:57Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/3317/ Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery Elraies,, K.A Isa, M Tan Saaid, I TP Chemical technology QD Chemistry Due to the high cost of surfactant production caused by petrochemical feedstocks, considerable attention has been given to non-edible vegetable oils as an alternative source of feedstock. In this paper, a new non-edible oil derived surfactant based on Jatropha plant is synthesized. A single step route was used for synthesizing epoxidized methyl ester sulfonate (EMES) for enhanced oil recovery application. The performance of the resultant surfactant was studied by measuring the interfacial tension between the surfactant solution and crude oil, and its thermal stability at reservoir temperature. The EMES showed properties similar to sodium dodecyl sulfate, such as the reduction of interfacial tension to 3.45 mN/m. The advantage of the newly EMES is the low cost of production that makes it a promising surfactant for enhanced oil recovery application and other uses. 2009 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/3317/1/khaled__isa.pdf Elraies,, K.A and Isa, M Tan and Saaid, I (2009) Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery. [Citation Index Journal] |
| spellingShingle | TP Chemical technology QD Chemistry Elraies,, K.A Isa, M Tan Saaid, I Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| title | Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| title_full | Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| title_fullStr | Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| title_short | Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| title_sort | synthesis and performance of a new surfactant for enhanced oil recovery |
| topic | TP Chemical technology QD Chemistry |
| url | http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/3317/ http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/3317/1/khaled__isa.pdf |