Nanoemulsion Formulation Using Biodegradable Oil in Enhance Oil Recovery (EOR)

Abstract:

Nanoemuslion is type of dispersion of emulsion in nanoscale from the effect that forms by shear that inducing rupturing. This small particle size of distribution conduit a higher efficiency in the sweeping trapped oil and lowering the IFT as the small size of nanoparticle provided a larger surface area contact to the reservoir. Thus, nanoemulsion is one of the new implemented techniques of the nanotechnology formulation of chemical flooding in the oil and gas industry. This paper presented the formulation of nanoemulsion using biodegradable oil as the nanoemulsion is the oil in water emulsion. Biodegradable oil is proven able to introduce a several advantages in the industry as it is renewable, environmental friendly, and produced easily in rural areas. In this research, nanoemulsion was formulated using three chosen biodegradable oil which is a corn oil, olive oil and sunflower oil that had been emulsified in the non ionic surfactant (Tween 80) and distilled water. The nanoemulsion that had been formulated was being analyzed based on particle size of distribution. Water flooding oil recovery using the lowest salinity of brine had recovered at average of 50% of IOIP. In the nanoemulsion flooding in enhance oil recover; corn oil has the recovered the highest percentage of IOIP which is 34.38% followed with olive oil 32.79% and sunflower oil 30.23%. Corn oil nanoemulsion is the most optimum biodegradable oil to be act to be act as displacing fluid in EOR chemical flooding in this case of research paper.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 754-755)
• Pages: 1098-1101
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.754-755.1098
• Online since: April 2015
• Authors: Yahya Effah*, Hashimah Alias Nur, Aimi Ghazali Nurul, Amran Tengku Mohd Tengku, Othman Hafizzuddin
• Keywords: Enhance Oil Recovery, Hyrophiclic-Lipophilic Balance, Initial Oil in Place, Nanoemulsion, Z-Average Diameter

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