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Energy & Fuels
Mehdi Zallaghi, Ali Reza Khaz'ali
Summary: The study investigates the efficiency of a mixture of cationic and nonionic surfactants combined with smart water for enhanced oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs. Through experiments and analysis, it demonstrates a strong synergy between low salinity water and surfactant for recovering oil from carbonate reservoirs, showing significant improvements in oil recovery.
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Polymer Science
Bashirul Haq
Summary: Green enhanced oil recovery (GEOR) is an environmentally friendly technique that improves oil recovery efficiency by injecting specific green fluids to increase residual oil production. Studies have shown that certain green SP formulations can significantly enhance residual oil production in carbonate cores, such as a mixture of APG, XG, and butanone.
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Energy & Fuels
Subhash Ayirala, Abdulkareem AlSofi, Zuhair AlYousef, Jinxun Wang, Moataz Abu Alsaud, Ali AlYousef
Summary: By synergizing the composition of injection water through SmartWater technology, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods can be optimized to achieve higher oil recoveries and reduce the volume requirements of chemicals and gas. This study demonstrates the significant benefits of different SmartWater-based synergistic EOR technologies, which can have practical implications for more efficient and economical EOR projects in the field.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Junqi Wang, Feng Gu, Weiwei Han, Lipei Fu, Sanbao Dong, Ziran Zhang, Zhangkun Ren, Kaili Liao
Summary: In this study, cardanol polyoxyethylene ether (CPE) was synthesized from natural biomass cardanol, and its properties in terms of surface/interface, salt and temperature resistance, wettability, emulsification, and oil displacement were experimentally studied. The results showed that CPE exhibited good interfacial activity and tolerance to temperature and salt, reducing the oil-water interfacial tension to 10(-1) mN/m. The emulsion formed by CPE was stable, with smaller droplet size at higher CPE dosage. The stabilized emulsion by CPE effectively enhanced oil recovery by 11.8%, indicating its potential application in the field of enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
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Chemistry, Physical
Shuyan Chen, Xunping Zhou, Junxia Yang, Yan Dai, Wenbin Wang, Wenming Jiang, Xueliang Li, Jianan Zhang
Summary: In this study, a new bisphenyl sulphonate Gemini surfactant (BPSG) was successfully synthesized from lignin using a simple method. The BPSG surfactant exhibited higher surface activity and superior emulsification stability compared to commonly used single-chain surfactants. It also showed remarkable interfacial activities and resistance to salt, effectively reducing the interfacial tension between oil and brine to an ultra-low level.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
(2023)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Omid Tavakkoli, Hesam Kamyab, Radzuan Junin, Veeramuthu Ashokkumar, Ali Shariati, Abdeliazim Mustafa Mohamed
Summary: This study investigates the synergistic effect of aluminum oxide nanoparticles on the efficiency of sodium dodecyl sulfate as an anionic surfactant in surfactant flooding. The results show that the nanoparticles significantly enhance the reduction of interfacial tension between the aqueous phase and crude oil, and reduce the adsorption density of the surfactant onto sandstone rock. Additionally, the addition of nanoparticles improves the oil recovery by approximately 15%.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Omid Tavakkoli, Hesam Kamyab, Radzuan Junin, Veeramuthu Ashokkumar, Ali Shariati, Abdeliazim Mustafa Mohamed
Summary: This study examines the synergistic effect of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as an anionic surfactant and aluminum oxide (Al2O3) nanoparticles on the efficiency of surfactant flooding. The results show that the presence of nanoparticles significantly enhances the reduction of interfacial tension between the aqueous phase and crude oil and decreases the adsorption density of SDS onto sandstone rock. The study also finds that there is an optimal concentration of Al2O3 nanoparticles that maximizes oil recovery.
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Energy & Fuels
Mina Jaberi Rad, Omid Alizadeh, Mohammad Ali Takassi, Masoud Mokhtary
Summary: Increasing demand for chemical additives in the petroleum industry has prompted the need to develop environmentally-friendly alternatives. In this study, a novel biocompatible surfactant was synthesized and its application in surfactant-stabilized foam was analyzed. The surfactant showed comparable results to commonly used surfactants in chemical enhanced oil recovery. The experimental procedure included surfactant synthesis and feasibility study of its implementation. The results suggest that the surfactant has potential for application in laboratory and field studies, increasing oil yield.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yiqiang Li, Xin Chen, Zheyu Liu, Ruina Liu, Wentao Liu, Han Zhang
Summary: Polymeric surfactants have great potential in enhanced oil recovery by simultaneously thickening the aqueous phase and reducing water-oil interfacial tension. The molecular structure of polymeric surfactants, such as IAM and RCM, plays a significant role in influencing their properties related to EOR. IAM shows higher hydrodynamic characteristics and retention compared to RCM, leading to better performance in increasing oil recovery with stable emulsions.
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
(2021)
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Energy & Fuels
Qingyuan Chen, Zhouxin Wang, Shusong Zhang, Nanjun Lai
Summary: Polymer-enhanced foam (AOS-DYG) flooding was adopted as an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology for the Bohai oilfield to improve foam stability. The addition of polymer increased the thickening ability, liquid film thickness, and gas-liquid interface adsorption layer strength, significantly improving foam stability. Core displacement test results confirmed the excellent mobility control ability of AOS-DYG foam in porous media.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Qi Sun, Fu-Tang Hu, Lu Han, Xiu-Yu Zhu, Fan Zhang, Gui-Yang Ma, Lei Zhang, Zhao-Hui Zhou, Lu Zhang
Summary: This paper studied the influences of different surfactants on the viscosity of two polymers, HPAM and HMPAM, and conducted experiments in different reservoir environments. The results showed that surfactants acted as electrolytes to reduce the viscosity of HPAM, while they formed aggregates with the hydrophobic blocks of HMPAM molecules, reducing the bulk viscosity. However, zwitterionic surfactant BSB was able to build bridges between different polymer molecules through hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interaction, resulting in an increase in viscosity.
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Energy & Fuels
Mehran Mirzavandi, Jagar A. Ali, Abbas Khaksar Manshad, Barham Majeed, Barham Sabir Mahmood, Amir H. Mohammadi, Stefan Iglauer, Alireza Keshavarz
Summary: Nanomaterials, specifically silica-graphene quantum dots (Si-GQDs), have been synthesized and dispersed in water to form nanofluids. These nanofluids exhibit significant reduction in interfacial tension and wettability alteration, leading to enhanced oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs. The experimental results show that the nanofluids formulated with 1000 ppm Si-GQDs in distilled water enable an additional 14.4% oil recovery due to the reduction in interfacial tension and contact angle.
Review
Energy & Fuels
Wen Sun, Hui Pu, David Pierce, Julia Xiaojun Zhao
Summary: Nanotechnology is becoming increasingly important in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry. SiO2-based nanoparticles have positive impacts on enhanced oil recovery but also face challenges, requiring further research.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Weipeng Yang, Jun Lu, Bing Wei, Haiyang Yu, Tianbo Liang
Summary: This review briefly summarizes recent advances in micromodel studies of surfactant flooding, showcasing the mechanisms of surfactant flooding demonstrated by micromodel studies and pore-scale findings that cannot be captured by traditional coreflood methods.
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Chemistry, Physical
Xuezhi Zhao, Fuxing Zhan, Guangzhi Liao, Weidong Liu, Xin Su, Yujun Feng
Summary: This study investigates the visualization of in situ generation of middle-phase microemulsion during surfactant enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and quantifies its contribution to the oil recovery factor.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
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Energy & Fuels
Hani Ahmadi, Haleh Ahmadi, Alireza Baghban
ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
(2020)
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Energy & Fuels
Alireza Baghban, Shahaboddin Shamshirband
Summary: This paper investigates the accurate prediction of higher heating value (HHV) for municipal solid wastes using intelligent algorithms. The proposed MLP-ANN and LSSVM methods achieve better performance and are considered as reliable predictive tools for estimating HHV values of solid wastes.
ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
(2022)
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Thermodynamics
Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi, Alireza Baghban, Mahyar Ghazvini, Masoud Hadipoor, Roghayeh Ghasempour, Mohammad Reza Nazemzadegan
JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
(2020)
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi, Alireza Baghban, Milad Sadeghzadeh, Masoud Hadipoor, Mahyar Ghazvini
PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
(2020)
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Energy & Fuels
Alireza Baghban, Narjes Nabipour
Summary: A new approach based on the ANFIS algorithm was developed to predict the solution gas oil ratio (R-s) as a function of other properties of crude oil in operational conditions. The method showed high accuracy in predicting R-s and outperformed existing correlations in the literature.
ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Narjes Nabipour, Jafar Sasanipour, Alireza Baghban, Amir H. Mohammadi
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
(2020)
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Energy & Fuels
Amin Bemani, Alireza Baghban, Amir H. Mohammadi
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2020)
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Engineering, Chemical
Narjes Nabipour, Amir Mosavi, Alireza Baghban, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Imre Felde
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Razieh Razavi, Amin Bemani, Alireza Baghban, Amir H. Mohammadi
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
(2020)
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Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Narjes Nabipour, Sultan Noman Qasem, Ely Salwana, Alireza Baghban
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Amin Bemani, Qingang Xiong, Alireza Baghban, Saijad Habibzadeh, Amir H. Mohammadi, Mohammad Hossein Doranehgard
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alireza Baghban, Amir Mosavi
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
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Energy & Fuels
Amin Bemani, Alireza Baghban, Amir H. Mohammadi, Pal Ostebo Andersen
JOURNAL OF NATURAL GAS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2020)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Farhad Keivanimehr, Alireza Baghban, Sajjad Habibzadeh, Ahmad Mohaddespour, Amin Esmaeili, Muhammad Tajammal Munir, Mohammad Reza Saeb
Summary: The study focuses on using advanced oxidation processes (AOP) to degrade water contaminants, with hydroxyl radicals as efficient oxidants. A new stochastic gradient boosting (SGB) decision tree technique was developed to model the degradation rate constant of the hydroxyl radicals based on the quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) method. The developed model showed promising estimation of the hydroxyl radical rate constants with high accuracy, and outperformed previous models in a comparison study.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Amir Dashti, Mojtaba Raji, Pouria Amani, Alireza Baghban, Amir H. Mohammadi
Summary: This study focuses on modeling the solubility of CO2 in various deep eutectic solvents using artificial intelligent methods, with LSSVM and MPR models identified as robust and precise models for estimating CO2 solubility in these solvents.
SEPARATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
