Factors Controlling Leaching of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Petroleum Source Rock Using Nonionic Surfactant

The extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from petroleum source rock by nonionic surfactants with the assistance of microwave irradiation was investigated and the conditions for maximum yield were determined. The results showed that the extraction temperatures and type of surfactant have significant effects on extraction yields of PAHs. Factors such as surfactant concentration, irradiation power, sample/solvent ratio and mixing surfactants (i.e., mixture of surfactant at specific ratio) also influence the extraction efficiencies for these compounds. The optimum temperature for microwave-assisted nonionic surfactant extraction of PAHs from petroleum source rock was 120 °C and the best suited surfactant was Brij 35. The new method showed extraction efficiencies comparable to those afforded by the Soxhlet extraction method, but a reduction of the extraction times and environmentally friendliness of the new nonionic surfactant extraction system are clear advantages. The results also show that microwave-assisted nonionic surfactant extraction is a good and efficient green analytical preparatory technique for geochemical evaluation of petroleum source rock.

     

Experimental study on methane solubilization by organic surfactant aggregates

Seeking to enhance coal mine safety, an experimental study of a kind of water-based explosion suppression medium for the absorption of mine gas was carried out. Using methane as the model gas, solubilizing experiments with different concentrations of anionic and nonionic surfactants were carried out using headspace gas chromatography for surfactants consisting of sodium fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether carboxylate (AEC), fatty acid methyl ester sulfonate (MES), fatty methyl ester ethoxylate (FMEE), hexyl d-glucoside (APG06), octyl beta-d-glucopyranoside (APG08) and n-decyl glucoside (APG10). By selecting individual surfactants, the study investigated the methane solubilization performance of water mist with binary anionic–nonionic surfactants. Furthermore, the release of methane in solution was also examined. The results show that the apparent solubility of methane in solution is linearly and positively correlated with the surfactant concentration. The methane solubilization is significantly improved by the addition of anionic–nonionic surfactants. The optimal solubilizing ratio of the anionic–nonionic surfactant varies with the solution compositions. For a fixed ratio, surfactant compositions exhibit the most distinct synergistic effect and the best performance for methane solubilization. The release of methane from mixed micelles composed of the compound solution is superior to that of a single surfactant. Through the analysis of the solubilization effect and the stability of different absorbents, it is concluded that the anionic–nonionic surfactant system shows much better capability than the other selected surfactants.     

用乳化度评价中相微乳

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Growth kinetics of sulfur nanoparticles in aqueous surfactant solutions

Sulfur is an important element has many practical applications when present as nanoparticles. Despite the practicable applications, limited studies are available in the literature related to synthesis of sulfur nanoparticles. Growth kinetics of colloidal sulfur particles synthesized from aqueous solutions using different surfactants have been studied here. The effects of different parameters such as reactant concentration, temperature, sonication, types of acids, types of surfactants, and even surfactant concentration are studied on the growth kinetics. Since the reaction rate is fast, particle growth depends on the parameters which affect diffusion of sulfur molecules. There is a linear relationship found among the reactant concentration and the particle coarsening rate constant. The growth kinetics was studied in the presence of different surfactants such as nonionic (poly(oxyethylene) p-tert-octylphenyl ether, TX-100), anionic (sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, SDBS), cationic (cetyltrimethyammonium bromide, CTAB) and results show the coarsening constant changes according to the following order: water>TX-100>SDBS>CTAB. The particle growth rate also depends on the surfactant concentration, coarsening rate constant decreases with the increase in surfactant concentration and become constant close to the critical micellar concentration (CMC). The coarsening rate constant also highly depends on the types of acid used as catalyst.     

Effects of the chemical structure of surfactants on the stability of naphthenic oil-based metalworking fluids

In this study,various nonionic surfactants(NS) with different ethylene oxide(EO) numbers and tail lengths and its binary blends with anionic surfactants(AS) were used as emulsifiers for naphthenic oil to form the microemulsion metalworking fluids(MWFs),and the effects of them on the stability of the emulsion system were investigated by formulation triangle method.The results indicated that binary complex surfactants of NS and AS as emulsifiers exhibited better emulsifying effect than that of single NS.NS with different EO numbers and tail lengths presented various emulsifying effects.NS(EO=10)exhibited the greatest number of stable formulations,especially the TX-10,but no linear relationship existed between the number of stable formulations and the tail length of NS.In addition,aromatic primary alcohol ethoxy late(APAE) series surfactants containing benzene groups similar to the cycloalkanes in the naphthenic oil so that presented the best emulsifying affect and the greatest number of stable formulations.The co-surfactant of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate(SDBS) binary blends with NS exerted the best synergistic effect,and the stable formulations numbers were ranged from 5 to 7,next sodium stearate(SS) comes last followed by sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS-1) and sodium dodecyl sulfonate(SDS-2).     

黑液与石油焦共热解及其产物特性研究

运用热重-红外联用(TGA-FTIR)和扫描电镜(SEM)对黑液与石油焦的共热解过程进行了实验研究,考察了两者在共热解过程中的热失重、挥发性组分释放及固体产物表面形貌特性;同时运用热重(TGA)探究了热解固体产物黑液半焦和石油焦的CO2共气化反应特性。结果表明,在黑液与石油焦共热解过程中,温度低于600℃时,两者的热解相互独立;温度达到600℃之后,相对于黑液和石油焦单独热解的加权平均值,挥发性气体产物CO2和CO的释放峰值温度向低温区移动,失重特性也随之发生变化;800℃下的共热解固体产物表面产生新的形态特征,黑液的烧结得到抑制;850℃下的黑液半焦与石油焦CO2共气化实验表明,两者在共气化过程中存在协同效应,各自的碳转化率和气化速率明显提高,整体碳转化率提高了51.27%,气化反应速率最大值增大了两倍。     

一些聚合物对中相微乳液物性的影响

研究了水解聚丙烯酰胺、黄原胶和木质素磺酸盐对中相微乳液相体积、粘度和界面张力的影响。实验结果表明: 含有聚丙烯酰胺时,中相微乳液的相态、增溶参数、中相与下相间界面张力及中相粘度均无明显变化。生物聚合物对中相微乳液的物理性质影响也不大。木质素磺酸盐则对微乳液的形成产生明显影响: 随着木质素磺酸盐浓度的增大,微乳液由中相转变为上相,相应的物理参数亦有变化。     

Effect of self‐assemblies of various surfactants in their single and mixed states on the BZ oscillatory reaction

Micelles of different surfactants are well known to affect chemical equilibria and reactivities by selectively sequestering the reagent substrates through electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. In this article, the effects of micelles of various surfactants on different parameters of the Ce(IV)‐catalyzed Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) oscillatory reaction at 35°C in nonstirred closed conditions are studied by employing spectrophotometry and tensiometry. Surfactants used in this study are the cationics hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and pentamethylene‐1,5‐bis(N‐hexadecyl‐N,N‐dimethylammonium)bromide gemini (Gemini), anionic sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS), and nonionic Brij58, whereas the binary surfactant systems used are cationic–nonionic CTAB+Brij58 and anionic–nonionic SDBS+Brij58. The results revealed that the induction period shows a definite variation with increasing concentration of different surfactants above their critical micelle concentration (cmc). The amplitudes of oscillation and absorbance maxima and minima are enhanced in the presence of micelles of CTAB and Gemini surfactants, whereas micelles of SDBS and Brij58 have almost no effect on the nature of the oscillations. However, mixed micelles of CTAB+Brij58 and SDBS+Brij58 binary mixtures show a quite different effect on the overall behavior of the oscillations. The enhanced effect of CTAB and Gemini surfactants on the overall nature of oscillations has been attributed to the positive charge on the surface of their micelles and to some extent on the presence of nitrogen in their head group. The effect of mixed binary micelles may be attributed to their synergistic nature. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 42: 659–668, 2010     

Phase behavior of water/oil/nonionic surfactants with normal distribution of the poly(ethylene oxide) chain length

The phase behavior of systems consisting of water/n-hexane/polyethoxylated nonionic surfactants with a normal distribution of ethylene oxide (EO) chain length has been investigated. The surfactants used were octylphenol ethoxylated with eight EO units and nonylphenol ethoxylated with seven and ten EO units. The oil/water weight ratio was keep constant at 1, whereas the amount of surfactant and the temperature were variables. The pseudobinary phase diagrams were used to find out the triphasic bodies on the temperature scale, the tricritical points and the effect of electrolyte on them. The presence of electrolyte and the increase in surfactant hydrophobicity promote the phase inversion.     

Molecular dynamics simulation of four typical surfactants at oil/water interface

In the present study, we have performed molecular dynamics simulations to describe the microscopic behaviors of the anionic, nonionic, zwitterion, and gemini surfactants at oil/water interface. The abilities of reducing the interfacial tension and forming the stable interfacial film of the four surfactants have been investigated through evaluating interfacial thickness, interface formation energy and radial distribution function. The results show that the four kinds of surfactants can form in stable oil/water interface of monolayer, and the gemini surfactant can form the more stable monolayer. The results of the above three parameters demonstrate that the gemini surfactant has the best simulation effect in the four surfactants. From the calculated interfacial tension values, the gemini surfactant possess the more powerful ability of reducing the interfacial tension than others, so it is more suitable to be used as the surfactant for flooding. In addition, the effects of different electric field intensities on surfactants were calculated, through the radial distribution function of the hydrophilic group in the surfactant and the oxygen atom in the water. We have found that the adding of the periodic electric field can significantly affect the diffusion behavior of the molecules, and nonionic surfactant has stronger demulsification capability than others.     

Anionic-nonionic surfactant interaction by nuclear magnetic resonance

Summary The interaction between anionic (sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate) surfactant and nonionic (Tri and Tetra propylene glycol monomethyl ether) surfactant was studied using nuclear magnetic resonance measurement. It was observed that the addition of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate to the solution of nonionic surfactant (Tri and Tetra propylene glycol mono methyl ether) caused an upfield shift of the central protons of the nonionic surfactants. The aromatic protons of sodium-dodecyl benzene sulfonate undergo a very small, almost negligible, downfield shift. The changes in the chemical shift values and the integration values of the polypropylene protons and benzene protons was interpreted in terms of mixed micelle formation with the simultaneous presence of highly fluid mixed micelles of varying compositions.With 2 figures and 2 tables     

Temperature Effect on the Phase Behavior of the Systems Water/TritonX-100,114,405/n-Butanol/n-Hexane

We have investigated the effect of temperature on the phase behavior and the partition coefficients of nonionic surfactants in water/n-hexane systems. We found that the composition of the conjugate single and two phase solution in the pseudoternary diagram is continuously transformed from one state to other by increasing the temperature. We also demonstrated that the partition coefficient of a nonionic surfactant is a measure of the relative hydrophilic-lipophilic nature of the surfactant, if the measurement is performed at low concentration.     

Liquid crystal-forming aqueous hydroxypropyl cellulose solutions: Effects of surfactants on the turbidity and shear viscosity

The effects of type and concentration of surfactant on the turbidity and viscometric behavior for dilute and concentrated aqueous hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) solutions were examined. Two anionic surfactants, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), caused the cloud point of the dilute system to increase, but a nonionic and two cationic surfactants did not do so markedly. The transmittance for the dilute system increased with surfactant. The transmittance and viscometric behavior for the concentrated system were strongly dependent on the phase of the system: In the single-phase (isotropic and anisotropic), the transmittance and viscosity increased with SDBS, but, in the biphasic region, the behaviors were not as simple. An attempt was made to explain the transmittance and viscometric behavior in the single-phase on the basis of the change in apparent molecular weight and in order of HPC molecules. The phase transformation appeared to become less sensitive to temperature with SDBS. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Effect of Mineral Salts on Steady Rheological Properties of Nonionic Hydrophobically Modified Polyacrylamide and Its Stress-Relaxation Behavior

A micelle-forming polymerizable surfactant monomer, octylphenol polyoxyethylene acrylate (OP-10-AC), was synthesized, and then OP-10-AC was copolymerized with acrylamide (AM) to form nonionic hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide P(AM/OP-10-AC) through micellar copolymerization. In the absence of surfactants, it was investigated in detail that the effect of mineral salts and temperature on steady rheological properties of P(AM/OP-10-AC) solutions and the effect of concentrations on reduced viscosity of P(AM/OP-10-AC) in a dilute solution. The results indicate that concentrations of the copolymer, mineral salts and temperature had a strong influence on shear viscosity of P(AM/OP-10-AC) solutions, and the trend of reduced viscosity of P(AM/OP-10-AC) solutions was distinctly different from polyacrylamide with increasing concentrations of testing solutions. In addition, it was also investigated that stress-relaxation behavior of an aqueous solution of P(AM/OP-10-AC)/KCl. As a result, a stress-relaxation model of the copolymer solutions was proposed, which can further verify the correctness of the conclusion on stress-relaxation behavior of hydrophobic association hydrogels in the paper reported previously.     

Corrosion inhibition of carbon steel in hydrochloric acid solution by some synthesized surfactants from petroleum fractions

Research on Chemical Intermediates - The effects of newly synthesized anionic surfactants of two Algerian petroleum fractions, gasoil sulfonate (GOS) and kerosene sulfonate (KES), on the corrosion...     

Adsorption of Some Surfactants onto Polyvinyl Alcohol as Hydrophobic Polymer Surface

The adsorption of different types of nonionic and anionic surfactants from aqueous solutions onto polyvinyl alcohol has been studied at different temperatures using surface tension measurements. The nonionic surfactants show Langmuirian L-shape isotherms whereas the adsorption isotherms of the anionic surfactants exhibit segmoidal shape. The experimental adsorption isotherms could be fitted to the Langmuir equation and the values of Γ_max and A_min have been calculated. The effect of temperature on the adsorption process as well as on both efficiency and effectiveness of adsorption has been studied.     

Phase behavior, topology, and growth of neutral catanionic reverse micelles

The ternary catanionic system octylammoniumoctanoate/octane/water is studied by combined SANS, light scattering, conductivity, and phase diagram approach in the water-poor microemulsion region. The sphere-to-cylinder growth and branching depends on the concentration, the water-to-surfactant ratio, and the temperature. The unidimensional growth leads to a network of interconnected wormlike micelles. Like most studied linear nonionic surfactants, in this true catanionic system at equimolarity of anionic and cationic surfactant, the curvature toward water increases with temperature, making connections between cylinders less frequent.     

Physicochemical properties of mixed surfacant systems: sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate with triton X 100

The physicochemical properties of a mixed surfactant system were studied under various conditions. The surfactants were anionic sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate and nonionic Triton X 100. Variation of specific conductivity with concentration was used to determine the critical micelle concentration of anionic as well as the mixed surfactants. Iodine solubilization method was used to determine the CMC of the nonionic surfactant. The interaction parameter between the surfactant molecules were calculated. The wetting, foaming and detergent properties of mixed surfactant systems were studied. The variation of contact angle of the solution with teflon surface as a function of surfactant concentration was found to be a reasonably good method to determine the critical micelle concentration. Viscosity and cloud points were also determined. All these quantities are discussed. Received: 14 January 1998 Accepted: 11 June 1998     

Adsorption of surfactants onto acrylic ester resins with different pore size distribution

In this study, a series of acrylic ester resins with different pore size distribution were prepared successfully by varying the type and the amount of pore-forming agents. In order to inves-tigate the adsorption behavior and mechanism of surfactants on acrylic ester resins, three kinds of surfactants were utilized as adsorbates that were sodium 6-dodecyl benzenesulfonate (6-NaDBS), sodium 1-dodecyl benzene sulfonate (1-NaDBS) and sodium 1-dodecyl sulfonate, respectively. It was observed that the surface area was available in a particular pore size and an appropriate pore size of resins appeared to be more important for the adsorption of surfactants. As compared to commercial acrylic ester resins XAD-7 and HP2MG, 50# and 38# resins exhibited more excellent adsorption properties toward 1-NaDBS and 6-NaDBS. The experimental equilibrium data were fitted to the Langmuir, and double-Langmuir models. Two models provided very good fittings for all resins over the temperature range studied. The investigation indicated that electrostatic attraction and hydrogen bond between resins and surfactants were the main forces and had an obvious effect on adsorption proc-ess.     

Adsorption Behavior and Mechanisms of Surfactants by Farmland Soils in Northeast China

The adsorption of two nonionic surfactants polyethylene glycol tert-octylphenyl ether Triton X-100 (TX-100), polyoxyethylene lauryl ether(Brij35) and an anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate(SDBS) by two soils(S1, S2) of different natures and their respective organic-matter-extracted samples(S3, S4) were investigated. These adsorption isotherms show different adsorption stages of different types of surfactants by soils. The data fitted Langmuir equation very well. The adsorption maximum capaci...