阴阳离子表面活性剂体系超低油水界面张力的应用

通过阴阳离子表面活性剂复配,在实际油水体系中获得了超低界面张力.通过在阴离子表面活性剂分子结构中加入乙氧基(EO)链段,以及采用阴阳离子加非离子型表面活性剂的三组分策略,有效解决了混合表面活性剂在水溶液中溶解度问题.进而研究了阳离子表面活性剂结构、非离子表面活性剂结构、三者组分配比、表面活性剂总浓度等因素对油水界面张力的影响,从而在胜利油田多个实际油水体系中获得了较大比例范围和较低浓度区域的油水超低界面张力,部分体系甚至达到了10-4 mN·m-1.由于阴阳离子表面活性剂间强烈的静电吸引作用,相关体系具有很好的抗吸附能力.经过石英砂48 h吸附后,体系仍然具有很好的超低界面张力.     

阴阳离子表面活性剂混合体系在克拉玛依油田中获得超低界面张力

利用阴阳离子表面活性剂复配技术,在克拉玛依油田实际油水体系中获得了超低界面张力.通过添加非离子保护剂的第三组分,阴阳离子表面活性剂混合体系在克拉玛依油田回注水体系中的溶解度大大提高.确定了相关体系能够获得超低界面张力的表面活性剂的浓度和混合的比例范围,在克拉玛依油田的多个实际油水体系中获得了具有较大复配比例和较低表面活性剂浓度的实际配方,其中部分体系油水界面张力可接近10-4mN·m-1.同时,这类阴阳离子表面活性剂混合体系具有很好的抗吸附能力,在石英砂吸附72 h后体系依然呈现优良的超低界面张力.     

新型磺基甜菜碱/聚丙烯酰胺体系表面及界面性能

采用自制的新型磺基甜菜碱两性表面活性剂与相对分子质量2500万的聚丙烯酰胺进行复配,考察了不同温度和矿化度条件下,聚合物对复配溶液表面、界面性能的影响。 采用滴体积法测定了溶液的表面张力,结果表明,加入聚合物使溶液的临界胶束浓度增大,且复配溶液的表面张力大于单独表面活性剂溶液的表面张力。 当聚合物浓度一定,增大溶液矿化度时,体系表面张力增大。 用旋滴型界面张力仪测定了溶液的界面张力,结果表明,增大聚合物浓度,油水界面张力增大,增大溶液矿化度,油水界面张力有所升高。 聚合物质量浓度为1.5 g/L,表面活性剂质量浓度为0.3 g/L时,可使胜利油田孤岛原油和孤东原油的油水界面张力达到超低数量级（10-3 mN/m）。 用分水时间法测定了溶液的乳化性能,结果表明,聚合物浓度增大,分水时间延长,并考察了75、85和95 ℃条件下体系的乳化性能,温度越高,分水时间越短。     

C9pPHCNa与C10TABr混合水溶液的表面吸附和胶团形成

羧酸盐Gemini表面活性剂C9pPHCNa与季铵盐表面活性剂十烷基三甲基溴化铵(C10TABr)混合水溶液的胶团生成能力、降低水表面张力的能力和效率均出现明显的增效. 当C9pPHCNa在溶液中的摩尔分数(α1)为0.33时，cmcT(临界胶团总浓度)、γcmc(临界胶团总浓度对应的表面张力)、c20,T(降低20 mN•m^-1水表面张力所需的表面活性剂总浓度)这3个指标均达到最低值，分别为0.60 mmol•L^-1、23.5 mN•m^-1和1.58×10^-5 mol•L^-1. 在所有考察的溶液比例范围内，二组分在混合胶团和表面吸附层中的组成均接近等摩尔比，表现出强烈的分子间相互作用.     

餐厨废油制备的生物基两性表面活性剂的油水界面性能

以餐厨废油制备了生物基两性表面活性剂,应用界面张力和动态光散射方法,研究了该生物基两性表面活性剂体系的油水界面性能及在溶液中的聚集行为。 在无外加碱条件下,由餐厨废油制备的表面活性剂表现出良好的界面性能,在50~70 ℃以及pH值为7~12的条件下,均可以将油水界面张力降至超低值(<10^-3 mN/m),在不同的油藏模拟地层水中均保持较好的界面活性;分别在50、-20和4 ℃下保存,其界面活性均未受到明显影响。 在水溶液中形成的聚集体的平均流体力学半径为10~30 nm,无机盐离子的加入可使聚集体的粒径上升。 基于其优良的界面性质和可再生来源,由餐厨废油制备的生物基两性表面活性剂在三次采油方面具有重要的应用价值。     

OCS表面活性剂在弱碱、无碱条件下的界面张力性能研究

研究了OCS表面活性剂中试产品在弱碱NaCO33及无碱条件下应用于不同油田原油的油-水界面张力特性。结果表明：对于大庆采油四厂原油，当表活剂浓度为0．1％-0．3％，Na2CO3浓度为0．6％-1．2％时，油-水界面张力可达到超低(-l0^-3mN／m数量级)；对于大庆采油二厂原油，当表面活性剂浓度为0．1％-0．3％，Na2CO3浓度为0．8％-1．4％时，油-水界面张力可达到超低；对于华北油田古-联原油，当表面活性剂浓度为0．2％，NaCO3浓度为0．6％-1．2％时，油-水界面张力可达到超低；对于胜利油田孤东采油厂原油，当表面活性剂浓度为0．2％，NaCO3浓度为0．8％-1．4％时，油-水界面张力可达到超低。在无碱条件下，对于大港油田枣园1256断块原油，当OCS表面活性剂浓度达到0．1％时，油-水界面张力即可达到超低；对于江苏油田原油，当OCS表面活性剂浓度在0．1％以上时，油-水界面张力均可以达到10^-2mN／m数量级。聚丙烯酰胺聚合物的加入对油-水超低界面张力的形成和稳定具有促进作用。     

CMC系列高分子表面活性剂与原油 超低界面张力形成机理的研究

采用动态激光光散射及环境扫描电镜研究了羧甲基纤维素系列高分子表面活性剂与大庆原油形成超低界面张力的机理.结果表明,CMC系列高分子表面活性剂具有与低分子量表面活性剂相比拟的表/界面活性,其水溶液的表面张力可达28～35mN/m,界面张力达到10     

两性孪联表面活性剂的合成及溶液性质

用C10～C16脂肪醇与2-氯-2-氧-1,3,2-二氧磷杂环戊烷低温反应生成环状磷酸酯的中间产物,再用N,N-二甲基十二胺在亲核溶剂中65℃下开环反应合成了4种含N 和磷酸根阴离子的两性孪联表面活性剂C10-C12、C12-C12、C14-C12和C16-C12,其质量收率分别为32%、54%、18%和28%。产物的结构通过1HNMR和元素组成分析,表明两性离子表面活性剂C、H、O、N的分析值与理论计算值偏差不超过0.3%。四种表面活性剂的临界胶束浓度(cmc)在0.0072~0.0125mmol/L之间,临界胶束浓度时表面张力(γcmc)依次为23.90、25.61、27.68和36.08mN/m。其中,C10-C12、C12-C12和C14-C12有较好的界面活性,加入盐可以使表面活性剂与烷烃间的界面张力下降,但下降程度有限,不能达到超低界面张力(10-3mN/m)。     

高比表面CexZr1-xO2复合氧化物的制备及表征

分别采用共沉淀法和阴离子表面活性剂模板法制备了Ce_xZr_1-xO₂复合氧化物。采用XRD、AFM、FTIR以及N₂吸附-脱附等方法对样品进行了表征。结果表明，共沉淀法合成的样品在500 ℃煅烧2 h后，生成了立方相Ce_0.75Zr_0.25O₂和四方相Ce_0.5Zr_0.5O₂固溶体，比表面积为62.1 m²·g^-1，孔体积为0.097 cm³·g^-1；以阴离子表面活性剂十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)为模板剂，乙二胺为助模板剂合成的样品在500 ℃煅烧2 h后，生成了纯四方相Ce_0.5Zr_0.5O₂固溶体，比表面积为180 m²·g^-1，孔体积为0.182 cm³·g^-1。结果表明，以阴离子表面活性剂SDBS为模板剂，可以合成高比表面积且具有介孔结构的Ce_0.5Zr_0.5O₂复合氧化物；加入乙二胺作为助模板剂可明显的提高比表面积和孔体积。     

表面活性剂对共轭聚合物荧光性质及电荷转移的影响

探讨了表面活性剂存在下, 水溶性阴离子共轭聚合物聚[5-甲氧基-2-(3-磺酰化丙氧基)-1,4-苯撑乙烯](简写为MPS-PPV)的微环境变化对荧光性质及电荷转移的影响. 结果表明, 阳离子表面活性剂及非离子表面活性剂使MPS-PPV荧光增强, 阴离子表面活性剂使其荧光先增强后减弱; 在MPS-PPV/表面活性剂体系中加入电子接受体Pd^2＋, 发现非离子表面活性剂体系的荧光猝灭效率提高, 阴离子及阳离子表面活性剂体系荧光猝灭效率下降. 此研究对研制基于阴离子共聚物的新型生物化学传感器具有一定的指导意义.     

Salinity Selection for a Low Salinity Water-Low Salinity Surfactant Process

A laboratory selection of salinity for a low salinity water-low salinity surfactant (LS-LSS) process is presented in this paper with systematical investigation on surfactant phase behavior, interfacial tension (IFT), and dynamic retention in porous media with IOS2024 and isoamyl alcohol (IAA) as surfactant system. The results show that 0.4 wt% IOS2024 with 1 wt% IAA can provide ultra-low IFT of 10^?3 mN/m at around 3000–4000 mg/L total dissolved solids, but at that salinity range the surfactant retention is very high. The search for an optimum surfactant formulation has to consider solution properties and retention in addition to the low IFT. The salinity for a LS-LSS process should thus not be focused on either optimal salinity or ultra-low IFT, but instead the best choice could be a compromise between the properties in question. The three-phase region, where ultra-low IFT are found, is also associated with high retention values. However, we show that as salinity is increased from a two-phase region with oil solubilized in a water continuous microemulsion, there is a region close to the three-phase boundary which has potential. This region does not give ultra-low, but fairly low (10^?2 mN/m in this case) interfacial tensions, and also significantly lower retention.      

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Sulfobetaine-Type Zwitterionic Surfactant at the Decane/Water Interface

Automated Topology Builder (ATB) and GAMESS (US) were used to build the model of a new sulfobetaine-type zwitterionic surfactant. And a serious of molecular dynamics simulations of the new sulfobetaine-type zwitterionic surfactant were performed at the decane/water interface by GROMACS, the influence of surfactant structure to the interfacial properties was investigated. The results show that the surfactant molecules can adsorb at the decane/water interface closely and reduce the interfacial tension significantly between decane and water. In another word, the model of the sulfobetaine-type zwitterionic surfactant is correct. The minimum interfacial tension could reach up to 1.6 mN · m^?1 when the number of surfactants was up to 134, which corresponds to the critical micelle concentration and consistent with the experimental values of the system.     

Research and application of ultralow interfacial tension oil displacement agent

An ultralow interfacial tension (IFT) oil displacement agent, which was a surfactant combinational system (HCS) with good salt and heat resistance, was synthesized using amphoteric betaine (AMS)/anionic sulfonate (AKS)/nonionic alkyl amide (NIS). The interface tensiometer was used to test the IFT. The results showed that the oil–water IFT could be as low as 10^?4 mN/m when the salinity is 10,000～50,000?mg/L, the concentration is 1～5?g/L, and the temperature is 40～80°C. The surfactant system has good emulsification stability. The displacement simulation experiments demonstrated that the increment of the recovery ratio can be up to 14.1%. The surfactant system could meet the demands of site operation.     

Synthesis and Performance of Novel Sulfonate Gemini Surfactant with Trialkyl Chains

A new type of sulfonate gemini surfactant with three lipophilic alkyl chains (3C₁₀-DS) was synthesized, and the structure of the product was confirmed by using the infrared spectrum and mass spectrum. Its critical micelle concentration (CMC) is 0.41 mmol/L, one order of magnitude lower than those of convectional (single-chain) surfactants, and the minimum surface tension is 27.6 mN/m. The interfacial tension (IFT) between the compound system of 3C₁₀-DS and petroleum sulfonate (PS) and the simulated oil reaches ultra-low levels (10^?3 mN/m), and there exists significant synergistic effect between 3C₁₀-DS and PS. The compound flooding system consisting of polymer and the mixture of 3C₁₀-DS and PS can effectively improve oil recovery for high-medium permeability cores and have a good application prospect in enhancing oil recovery.     

Effects of additional salts on the interfacial tension of crude oil/zwitterionic gemini surfactant solutions

Zwitterionic gemini surfactants, which have the advantages of both zwitterionic and gemini surfactants, have been widely used in various disciplines. Sulfobetaine-type zwitterionic gemini surfactants consisting of 1,2-bis[N-methyl-N-(3-sulfopropyl)-alkylammonium]ethane (2C_nSb with 6, 8 and 10 carbon atoms) were evaluated for their interfacial activities at the water/crude oil interface. The 2C₁₀Sb molecules showed a remarkable ability to decrease the interface tension (IFT) of water/crude oil, and the degree of decrease was much greater than those in either zwitterionic or gemini surfactant systems by at least two orders of magnitude. Furthermore, the effects of salts (NaCl, CaCl₂, and MgCl₂) on the IFT of the 2C₁₀Sb system were thoroughly investigated. Interestingly, the delicate balance between the effects of additional cations and the intramolecular interactions of 2C₁₀Sb molecules played crucial roles in the interfacial arrangements of 2C₁₀Sb molecules, which were mainly dependent on the bonding abilities of the cations. Moreover, a zwitterionic surfactant and a cationic gemini surfactant were employed in control experiments to verify the proposed mechanisms.     

Ultra-Low Interfacial Tension Between Heavy Oil and Betaine-Type Amphoteric Surfactants

Betaine surfactants with lipophilic groups of different lengths were synthesized in this research and the dynamic interfacial tension (IFT) between solutions of these surfactants and three kinds of crude oil from Shengli Oilfield are measured. The results indicated that, for Gudao and Gudong heavy oil, cetyl dimethyl hydroxyl sulfobetaine (SBET-16) was the most efficient in lowering the IFT in the case of no alkalis, while for Shengtuo heavy oil, cetyl dimethyl carboxymethyl betaine (CBET-16) was best. SBET-16 with the concentration of 0.003–0.1% and 0.005–0.1% can reduce the oil/water IFT to ultra-low for Gudao and Gudong oil respectively, CBET-16 with the concentration of 0.005–0.1% can lower the oil/water IFT to ultra-low for Shengtuo oil. These results showed that for different oils, an oil displacement agent with high capacity to lower the oil/water interfacial tension may be obtained only by changing the molecular structure of betaine surfactant. This study can be used to guide the design of surfactants for alkaline-free combination flooding.     

Phase Behavior of Microemulsions Formulated with Sodium Alkyl Polypropylene Oxide Sulfate and a Cationic Hydrotrope

The partial ternary phase diagram of anionic extended surfactant of alkyl polypropylene oxide sulfate C₁₂(PO)₄SO₄ alone and combined with the cationic hydrotrope, tetrabutyl ammonium bromide with water and decane were determined under ambient conditions. Middle phase microemulsion was formulated using salinity scans in the dilute region of surfactant/brine/decane. Visual inspection as well as cross polarizer and optical microscopy were used to detect anisotropy. Spinning drop tensiometer was used to measure interfacial tension (IFT). The first ternary phase diagram using the extended surfactant alone showed three one phase regions, the anisotropic lamellar liquid crystalline phase, L _α and the isotropic L₁ micellar liquid and L₃ sponge phase. In the second ternary phase diagram using the extended surfactant combined with tetra butyl ammonium bromide, an isotropic micellar region, L ₁, appeared in the diluted area of the phase diagram. Meanwhile the L _α phase disappeared completely and the three phase region has a bluish transparent middle phase. Interfacial tension measurements between middle phase and brine, and between decane and brine yielded ultra low values. Calculated IFT values using the characteristic length obtained using De Gennes approximation gave almost half the measured values. The interfacial rigidity was also calculated and compared to values obtained from the literature.     

Interfacial activity of a novel family of polymeric surfactants

A novel series of polymeric surfactants based on carboxy methyl cellulose and alkyl poly(etheroxy) acrylate were synthesized by ultrasonic irradiation. These polymeric surfactants have exhibit excellent surface activity due to their unique structure. The influences of salt, alcohol and alkali on the interfacial activity of these polymeric surfactants were studied by interfacial tensiometery, dynamic laser scattering (DLS), UV spectroscope and environmental scanning electrical microscope (ESEM). The surface tension and interfacial tension (IFT) properties change little with NaCl added. The formed micelles shrink, their size becomes smaller. Alcohols cause the IFT to decrease a little because a small amount of free chains present in solution. Under the influence of added alkali, the IFT of the polymeric surfactants, in aqueous solution, decreases so much that sometimes it is less than 10⁻² mN/m. Using data from the equivalent alkane scan, one cannot draw the conclusion that the action of alkali with the acidic components in crude oil leads to the ultra-low IFT. The analyses by UV, DLS and ESEM show that the micelles formed by polymeric surfactants could be disaggregated or destroyed sharply by the action of alkali. So the size of micelles decreases greatly and the number of free chains increases. That more polymeric surfactants molecules move to the interface of oil/water and rearrange at the interface of oil/water is believed to be the main reason of the ultra-low IFT (10⁻³ mN/m) that is obtained.     

Study on the Interfacial Tensions Between Oils and Alkylbenzene Sulfonate Gemini Surfactant Solutions

Interfacial tensions (IFT) of five alkylbenzene sulfonate Gemini surfactants Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, and Ie at different oils/water systems were measured by a spinning drop interfacial tensiometer. And critical micelle concentration (CMC), the interfacial tension at CMC (γ_CMC), maximum interfacial excess concentration (Γ _max) and the surface area per molecule (A_min) were calculated. The results indicated that the CMC values determined with interfacial tension method were lower than those determined with surface tension method. And γ_CMC for Ie is larger than that for Ia, Ib, Ic, and Id. In addition, the effects of temperature and hydrophobic chains on dynamic IFT were also studied. With the increment of temperature, dynamic IFT is easier to reach a stable value. However, with the increment of hydrophobic chains, dynamic IFT is more difficult to reach a stable value. Each Gemini surfactant produces a minimum IFT when measured against a different n-alkane.