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2022 | Book

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Natural Surfactants

Application in Enhanced Oil Recovery

Authors: Dr. Neha Saxena, Prof. Ajay Mandal

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Book Series : SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

Part of: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Technik"

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About this book

This book focuses on the use of natural surfactants in enhanced oil recovery, providing an overview of surfactants, their types, and different physical–chemical properties used to analyse the efficiency of surfactants.

Natural surfactants discuss the history of the surfactants, their classification, and the use of surfactants in petroleum industry. Special attention has been paid to natural surfactants and their advantages over synthetic surfactants, including analysing their properties such as emulsification, interfacial tension, and wettability and how these can be used in EOR. This book offers an overview for researchers and graduate students in the fields of petroleum and chemical engineering, as well as oil and gas industry professionals.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter
Chapter 1. Historical View
Abstract
Surfactants are compounds having the properties of detergents and have been identified with human civilization. Plants or different parts of plants like stem, leaves have these detergent-like properties, e.g. soap-nut pericarp was used as a source for washing hairs, and leaves of Jatropha were crushed to use it as a source of washing clothes in Indian culture previously. Surfactants has been an important compound employed by humans.
Neha Saxena, Ajay Mandal
Chapter 2. Surfactants and Their Types
Abstract
Surfactants are organic compounds possessing short- and long-chain fatty acids, which are amphiphilic in nature, i.e. both hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups. These surfactant molecules orient themselves to show their surface active. The typical structure of a surfactant with polar head and non-polar tail is shown in Fig. 2.1. In the detergent industry, the surfactants are said to produce micelle structure in order to present effective cleaning in detergent industry.
Neha Saxena, Ajay Mandal
Chapter 3. Surfactants in Petroleum Industry
Abstract
An emulsifying agent is a chemical compound that concentrates at the two immiscible phase like oil and water. Emulsification is an important property of surfactants that has found application as emulsifying agents in various industries like food, pharmaceutical and petroleum industry.
Neha Saxena, Ajay Mandal
Chapter 4. Natural Surfactants
Abstract
Holmberg (2001) has defined natural surfactants as compounds that originated from renewable resources like plants or animals and are known as polar lipids.
Neha Saxena, Ajay Mandal
Chapter 5. Interfacial and Colloidal Properties of Surfactants for Application in EOR
Abstract
Surfactants are chemical agents that are amphiphilic in nature and show a discrete pattern while interacting with water.  Due to their special properties to reduce interfacial tension (IFT) and the tendency to from colloidal solutions popularly called as emulsions surfactants are used in various industrial applications. The properties of IFT, wettability alteration and tendency to form emulsions are very much desirable and have helped the surfactants to find their application in EOR.
Neha Saxena, Ajay Mandal
Chapter 6. Applications of Natural Surfactants in EOR
Abstract
In the present global scenario, crude oil production and consumption provide an economically mature market having the potential to meet the global energy demands. The mature reservoir contains high concentrations of hydrocarbon in the reservoir rocks, which can be recovered through various oil techniques.
Neha Saxena, Ajay Mandal
Backmatter
Metadata
Title
Natural Surfactants
Authors
Dr. Neha Saxena
Prof. Ajay Mandal
Copyright Year
2022
Electronic ISBN
978-3-030-78548-2
Print ISBN
978-3-030-78547-5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78548-2