Applications of Natural Surfactants in EOR

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Neha Saxena ◽  
Ajay Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Natural Surfactants

Wetting of glass surface using natural surfactants

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nihar Ranjan Biswal
Keyword(s):  
Contact Angle ◽  
Glass Surface ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Amyl Alcohol ◽  
Synthetic Surfactant ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Natural Surfactants ◽  
Triton X ◽  
Solid Liquid

Background: Surfactant adsorption at the interfaces (solid–liquid, liquid–air, or liquid–liquid) is receiving considerable attention from a long time due to its wide range of practical applications. Objective: Specifically wettability of solid surface by liquids is mainly measured by contact angle and has many practical importances where solid–liquid systems are used. Adsorption of surfactants plays an important role in the wetting process. The wetting behaviours of three plant-based natural surfactants (Reetha, Shikakai, and Acacia) on the glass surface are compared with one widely used nonionic synthetic surfactant (Triton X-100) and reported in this study. Methods: The dynamic contact angle study of three different types of plant surfactants (Reetha, Shikakai and Acacia) and one synthetic surfactant (Triton X 100) on the glass surface has been carried out. The effect of two different types of alcohols such as Methanol and amyl alcohol on wettability of shikakai, as it shows little higher value of contact angle on glass surface has been measured. Results: The contact angle measurements show that there is an increase in contact angle from 47° (pure water) to 67.72°, 65.57°, 68.84°, and 68.79° for Reetha, Acacia, Shikakai, and Triton X-100 respectively with the increase in surfactant concentration and remain constant at CMC. The change in contact angle of Shikakai-Amyl alcohol mixtures are slightly different than that of methanol-Shikakai mixture, mostly there is a gradual increase in contact angle with the increasing in alcohol concentration. Conclusion: There is no linear relationship between cos θ and inverse of surface tension. There was a linear increase in surface free energy results with increase in concentration as more surfactant molecules were adsorbing at the interface enhancing an increase in contact angle.

scholarly journals Synthesis of magnetic fluid based on local iron sand using natural surfactants and their potential as hyperthermia therapy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ari June Wilyanto Tyas Nenohai ◽  
Sunaryono Sunaryono ◽  
Ahmad Taufiq ◽  
Nandang Mufti
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fluid ◽  
Hyperthermia Therapy ◽  
Natural Surfactants

Natural Surfactants

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neha Saxena ◽  
Ajay Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Natural Surfactants

Clearance of Large Amounts of Natural Surfactants and Liposomes of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine from the Lungs of Rabbits

1985 ◽  
Vol 9 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 221-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kouki Oguchi ◽  
Machiko Ikegami ◽  
Harris Jacobs ◽  
Alan Jobe
Keyword(s):  
Natural Surfactants

scholarly journals Formation and distribution of sea-surface microlayers

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 5719-5755 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Wurl ◽  
E. Wurl ◽  
L. Miller ◽  
K. Johnson ◽  
S. Vagle
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Primary Production ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Surface Microlayer ◽  
Average Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Average Wind ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Sea Surface Microlayer ◽  
Natural Surfactants

Abstract. Results from a study of surfactants in the sea-surface microlayer (SML) in different regions of the ocean (subtropical, temperate, polar) suggest that this interfacial layer between the ocean and atmosphere covers the ocean's surface to a significant extent. Threshold values at which primary production acts as a significant source of natural surfactants have been derived from the enrichment of surfactants in the SML relative to underlying water and local primary production. Similarly, we have also derived a wind speed threshold at which the SML is disrupted. The results suggest that surfactant enrichment in the SML is typically greater in oligotrophic regions of the ocean than in more productive waters. Furthermore, the enrichment of surfactants persisted at wind speeds of up to 10 m s−1 without any observed depletion above 5 m s−1. This suggests that the SML is stable enough to exist even at the global average wind speed of 6.6 m s−1. Global maps of primary production and wind speed are used to estimate the ocean's SML coverage. The maps indicate that wide regions of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans between 30° N and 30° S are more significantly affected by the SML than northern of 30° N and southern of 30° S due to higher productivity (spring/summer blooms) and wind speeds exceeding 12 m s−1 respectively.

Physical, morphological and storage stability of Clove oil nanoemulsion based delivery system

2021 ◽  
pp. 108201322110694
Author(s):  
Prastuty Singh ◽  
Gurkirat Kaur ◽  
Arashdeep Singh
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Storage Stability ◽  
Droplet Diameter ◽  
Tween 80 ◽  
Clove Oil ◽  
Comparative Effect ◽  
Soy Lecithin ◽  
Natural Surfactants ◽  
And Storage

Clove oil based Nanoemulsions (NE) were prepared ultrasonically using Tween 80 and soy lecithin as synthetic and natural surfactants, respectively. The developed NEs were characterized for various parameters (particle size, polydispersity index, zeta potential, morphology, viscosity, colour, turbidity and pH) and the comparative effect of both the surfactants at variable levels (oil:tween 80-1:1, 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4 and oil: soy lecithin- 1:1, 1:1.5 and 1:2) was assessed. It was found that the type of surfactant and oil to surfactant ratio significantly affected particle size and stability of NEs. The NE prepared using tween 80 @1:3 had smallest average droplet diameter (40.9 nm). The formulated NEs were stored at 25 °C and 4 °C and analyzed for turbidity, pH and phase separation up to 90 days. Results revealed that the type and concentration of the surfactant significantly influenced the particle size and stability of NEs. NEs prepared using tween 80 were found to be more viscous than those prepared with soy lecithin. The prepared clove oil NEs have important implication to be used as a natural delivery system to increase the shelf life of food products.

scholarly journals A novel experimental approach for studying spontaneous imbibition processes with alkaline solutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 ◽  
pp. 04004
Author(s):  
T. Chevalier ◽  
J. Labaume ◽  
A. Delbos ◽  
T. Clemens ◽  
V. M. Waeger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Alkaline Solution ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Spontaneous Imbibition ◽  
Alkaline Solutions ◽  
Vienna Basin ◽  
Natural Surfactants ◽  
Current Flows ◽  
Kinetics Of

Spontaneous imbibition processes can play an important role in oil production. It can be enhanced or influenced by wettability changes generated by properly designed chemicals or by the natural surfactants resulting from reactive crude oils in the presence of alkaline solutions. The reaction of basic salts with some components of oil can, indeed, lead to the formation of natural soaps that reduces the interfacial tension between oil and brine. The latter scenario is studied herein on samples and oil from the St Ulrich oil field in the Vienna basin. To that end, spontaneous imbibition experiments were performed with two brines differing by the absence or presence of alkali. We first present a general novel technique to monitor saturation changes on small rock samples for the purpose of assessing the efficiency of a given recovery process. Samples of only 15 mm in diameter and 20 mm in length and set at irreducible saturation were fully immersed in the solution of interest, and the evolution of the samples’ saturation with time was monitored thanks to a dedicated NMR technique involving the quantification of the sole oil phase present within the sample. A fully-3D imbibition configuration was adopted, involving counter-current flows through all faces of the sample. The experimental method is fast for two reasons: (i) the kinetics of capillary imbibition process is proportional to the square of sample size, i.e. very rapid if accurate measurements can be acquired on tiny samples, (ii) the present 3D situation also involves faster kinetics than the 1D configuration often used. The NMR technique was crucial to achieve such conditions that cannot be satisfied with conventional volumetric methods. The kinetics of oil desaturation during spontaneous imbibition is interpreted with the help of an analytical 3D diffusion model. For the alkaline solution, the diffusion coefficient is reduced by a factor of only two compared to the non-alkaline brine, although the interfacial tension between the oil and the imbibing solution is reduced by a factor of 10. Hence, a wettability change to a more water wet state has to be assumed when the alkaline solution replaces the non-alkaline solution in the imbibition process. However, no significant impact on the final saturation was observed.

scholarly journals Combined Effect of Nitrofurantoin and Plant Surfactant on Bacteria Phospholipid Membrane

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 2527
Author(s):  
Monika Rojewska ◽  
Wojciech Smułek ◽  
Krystyna Prochaska ◽  
Ewa Kaczorek
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Permeability ◽  
Adsorption Properties ◽  
Bacterial Cells ◽  
Phospholipid Membrane ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Natural Surfactants ◽  
Wide Perspective ◽  
Environmental Bacteria ◽  
Achromobacter Sp ◽  
Saponaria Officinalis

Due to the increasing use of antibiotics, measures are being taken to improve their removal from the natural environment. The support of biodegradation with natural surfactants that increase the bioavailability of impurities for microorganisms that degrade them, raises questions about their effect on bacterial cells. In this paper we present analysis of the interaction of nitrofurantoin (NFT) and saponins from the Saponaria officinalis on the environmental bacteria membrane and the model phospholipid membrane mimicking it. A wide perspective of the process is provided with the Langmuir monolayer technique and membrane permeability test with bacteria. The obtained results showed that above critical micelle concentration (CMC), saponin molecules are incorporated into the POPE monolayer, but the NFT impact was ambiguous. What is more, differences in membrane permeability between the cells exposed to NFT in comparison to that of the non-exposed cells were observed above 1.0 CMC for Achromobacter sp. KW1 or above 0.5 CMC for Pseudomonas sp. MChB. In both cases, NFT presence lowered the membrane permeability. Moreover, the Congo red adhesion to the cell membrane also decreased in the presence of a high concentration of surfactants and NFT. The results suggest that saponins are incorporated into the bacteria membrane, but their sugar hydrophilic part remains outside, which modifies the adsorption properties of the cell surface as well as the membrane permeability.

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