Aqueous foams stabilized with silica nanoparticle and alpha olefin sulfonates surfactant
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.12.3.2018.1.0332Keywords:
Foam stability, enhanced oil recovery, alpha olefin sulfonate (AOS), ilica nanoparticles (SNP)Abstract
Carbon dioxide (CO2) foams have been introduced to improve mobility of CO2 in CO2 flooding. However, using surfactant alone to stabilize CO2 foam has potential weaknesses such as high surfactant retention in porous media and the foam is thermodynamically unstable for a long-term. Nanoparticle has been an alternative in stabilizing CO2 foam longer. This study aims to analyze CO2 foam stability at varying concentrations of surfactant, silica nanoparticle (SNP) and brine. The additions of SNP in anionic surfactant of alpha olefin sulfonates (AOS)-water and in AOS-brine towards foam stability were demonstrated in this study. CO2 foam stability was measured through the foam height observation and bubble size analysis. The performance of SNP and AOS suspensions in stabilizing foam were observed at different concentrations of AOS (0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 wt%), SNP (0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 wt%) and brine (0.1, 1 and 5 wt%). The results revealed that the CO2foams were most stable at 0.3 wt% SNP suspension in 0.5 wt% AOS-water. It was found that the most stable foams formed at concentration of 1 wt% of brine. Smaller and uniform bubble size has been produced at 0.3 wt% SNP in 0.5 wt% AOS solution. Thus, concentrations of surfactant, SNP and brine have significant effects on CO2 foam stability.
References
Bikerman JJ. Foams: theory and industrial applications, New Work. 1953.
Bian Y, Penny GS, Sheppard NC. Surfactant formulation evaluation for carbon dioxide foam flooding in heterogeneous sandstone reservoir. SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2012.
Schramm LL. Foams: fundamentals and applications in the petroleum industry (vol. 242), American Chemical Society. 1994.
Roof JG. Snap-off of oil droplets in water-wet pores. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal. 1970;10:85-90.
Klaus L, Kazimierz M, Dipl-Ing WG, Dipl-Ing BM. Method and procedure for swift characterization of foamability and foam stability. Europian Union Patent. 2004.
Dickson E, Ettelaie R, Kostakis T, Murray BS. Factors controlling the formation and stability of air bubble stabilized by partially hydrophobic silica nanoparticles. Langmuir. 2004;20:8517-8525.
Chen Y, Elhag AS, Poon BM, Cui L, Ma K, Liao SY, Omar A, Worthen A, Hirasaki GJ, Nguyen QP, Johnston KP. Ethoxylated cationic surfactants for CO2 EOR in high temperature, high salinity reservoirs. SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2012.
Dominika Z, Eva S, Eduardo G, Michele F, Libero L, Vincenzo B, Maria TB, Giorgio B, Francesca R. Nanoparticle laden interfacial layers and application to foams and solid foams. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 2013;438:132-140.
Binks BP, Horozov TS. Aqueous foams stabilized solely by silica nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie- International Edition. 2005;44: 3722-3725.
Worthen AJ, Bagaria HG, Chen Y, Bryant SL, Huh C, Johnston KP. Nanoparticle stabilized carbon dioxide in water foams for enhanced oil recovery. SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahama, USA. 2012.
Omar S, Jaafar MZ, Ismail AR, Sulaiman WRW. Relationship between foam stability and the generated electrokinetic signals during FAWAG (foam assisted water alternate gas) process. Journal of Applied Sciences. 2014;14:1123-1130.
Mohd TAT, Jaafar MZ, Rasol AAA, Ali J. Review: a new prospect of streaming potential measurement in alkaline-surfactant-polymer flooding. Chemical Engineering Transactions. 2017;56:1183-1188.
Mohd TAT, Jaafar MZ, Rasol AAA, Hamid MF. Measurement of streaming potential in downhole application: an insight for enhanced oil recovery monitoring. MATEC Web of Conferences. 03002. 2017.
Horozov TS. Foams and foam stabilized by solid particles. Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science. 2008;13:134-140.
Worthen AJ, Bryant SL, Huh C, Johnston KP. Carbon dioxide-in-water foams stabilized with nanoparticles and surfactant acting in synergy. AIChE Journal. 2013;59:3490-3501.
Cui ZG, Cui YZ, Cui CF, Chen Z, Binks BP. Aqueous foams stabilized by in situ surface activation of CaCO3 nanoparticles via adsorption of anionic surfactant. Langmuir. 2010;26:12567-12574.
Binks BP. Particles as surfactants-similarities and differences. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science. 2002;7:21-41.
Mohd TAT, Muhayyidin AHM, Ghazali NA, Shahruddin MZ, Alias N, Arina S, Ismail SN, Ramlee NA. Carbon dioxide (CO2) foam stability dependence on nanoparticle concentration for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Applied Mechanics and Materials. 2014;548-549:1876-1880.
Mohd TAT, Alias N, Ghazali NA, Yahya E, Sauki A, Azizi A, Yusof NM. Mobility investigation of nanoparticle-stabilized carbon dioxide foam for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Advanced Materials Research. 2015;1119:90–95.
Zhang S, Sun D, Dong X, Li C, Xu J. Aqueous foams stabilized with particles and nonionic surfactant. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 2008;324:1-8.
Espinoza DA, Caldelas FM, Johnston KP, Bryant SL. Nanoparticle-stabilized supercritical carbon dioxide foams for potential mobility control applications. SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahama, USA. 2010.
AttarHamed F, Zoveidavianpoor M, Jalilavi M. The incorporation of silica nanoparticle and alpha olefin sulphonate in aqueous CO2 foam: investigation of foaming behavior and synergistic effect. Petroleum Science and Technology. 2014;32:2549-2558.
Rojas Y, Kakadjian S, Aponte A. Stability and rheological behavior of aqueous foams for underbalanced drilling. SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, Houston, Texas. 2001.
Mohd TAT, Baco J, Abu Bakar NF, Jaafar MZ. Effects of particle shape and size on nanofluid properties for potential enhanced oil recovery (EOR). MATEC Web of Conferences. 69, 03006. 2016.
Xue Z, Worthen A, Qajar A, Robert I, Bryant S, Huh C, Prodanović M, Johnston KP. Viscosity and stability of ultra-high internal phase CO2-in-water foams stabilized with surfactants and nanoparticles with or without polyelectrolytes. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2015;461:383-395.
Singh R, Mohanty KK. Synergy between nanoparticles and surfactants in stabilizing foams for oil recovery. Energy Fuels. 2015;29:467–479.
Ibrahim AF, Emrani A, Nasraldin H. Stabilized CO2 foam for EOR applications. Carbon Management Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA. 2017.
San J, Wang S, Yu J, Liu N, Lee R. Nanoparticle-stabilized carbon dioxide foam used in enhanced oil recovery: effect of different ions and temperatures. SPEJ. Preprint. 179628-PA. 2017.
Abdul Hamid K, Azmi WH, Mamat R, Usri NA, Najafi G. Effect of temperature on heat transfer coefficient of titanium dioxide in ethylene glycol-based nanofluid. Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences. 2015;8: 1367-1375.
Sahid NSM, Rahman MM, Kadirgama K, Maleque MA. Experimental investigation on properties of hybrid nanofluids (TiO2 and ZnO) in water–ethylene glycol mixture. Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences. 2017;11(4): 3087-3094.
Abdullah A, Mohamad IS, Bani Hashim AY, Abdullah N, Wei PB, Md. Isa MH, Zainal Abidin S. Thermal conductivity and viscosity of deionised water and ethylene glycol-based nanofluids. Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences. 2016;10(3): 2249-2261.
Zakaria I, Michael Z, Mohamed WANW, Mamat AMI, Azmi WH, Mamat R, Saidur R. A review of nanofluid adoption in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells as an alternative coolant. Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences. 2015;8: 1351-1366.
Ismail S, Lockman Z, Kian TW. Formation and photoelectrochemical properties of TiO2 nanotube arrays in fluorinated organic electrolyte. Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences. 2017;11(4): 3129-3136.
Mohd TAT, Razman, HIM, Jarni HH, Yahya E, Jaafar MZ. Potential of polymeric surfactant in stabilizing carbon dioxide foam for enhanced oil Recovery. Chemical Engineering Transactions. 2018;66:655–660.
Blute I, Pugh RJ, Pas JVD, Callaghan I. Silica nanoparticle sols 1. Surface chemical characterization and evaluation of the foam generation (foamability). Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2007;313:645–655.
Hanssen JE, Dalland M. Foams for effective gas blockage in the presence of crude oil. SPE/DOE Enhanced Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1990.
Farajzadeh R, Krastev R, Zitha PLJ. Foam films stabilized with alpha olefin sulfonate (AOS). Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 2008;324:35-40.
Mo D, Yu J, Liu N, Lee R. Study of the effect of different factors on nanoparticle-stabilized CO2 foam for mobility control. SPE Annual Technical Conferences and Exhibition. San Antonio, Texas, USA. 2012.
Worthen AJ, Bagaria HG, Chen Y, Bryant SL, Huh C, Johnston KP. Nanoparticle-stabilized carbon dioxide-in-water foams with fine texture. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2012;391:142-151.
Yu J, An C, Mo D, Liu N, Lee RL. Foam mobility control for nanoparticle-stabilized supercritical CO2 foam. SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. 2012.
Mohd TAT, Shukor MAA, Ghazali NA, Alias N, Yahya E, Azizi A, Shahruddin MZ, Ramlee NA. Relationship between foamability and nanoparticle concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) foam for enhanced oil Recovery (EOR). Applied Mechanics and Materials. 2014;548-549:67-71.
Emrani AS, Nasr-el-din HA. Stabilizing CO2-foam using nanoparticles. SPE European Formation Damage Conference and Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary. 2015.
Yu J, Liu N, Li L, Lee R. Generation of nananoparticle-stabilized supecritical carbon dioxide foams. Carbon Management Technology Conference. CMTC 150849. 2012.
Wang L, Yoon RH. Effects of surface forces and film elasticity on foam stability. International Journal of Mineral Processing. 2008;85:101-110.
Aarra MG, Ormehaug PA, Skauge A, Masalmeh SK. Experimental study of CO2- and methane- foam using carbonate core material at reservoir conditions. SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference. 2011.
Eren T. Foam characterization: bubble size and texture effects. MSc thesis, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University. 2004.
Enick RM, Olsen DK. Mobility and conformance control for carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) via thickeners, foams, and gels–a detailed literature review of 40 years of research. Contract DE-FE0004003. Activity. 4003(01). 2012.
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2018 Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publishing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
