Title: The variation law of physicochemical properties of surfactant/polymer binary complex system in porous media

Authors: Bin Huang; Cheng Fu; Wen-Chao Jiang; Ying Wang

Addresses: College of Petroleum Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, Heilongjiang, 163318, China ' College of Petroleum Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, Heilongjiang, 163318, China ' Daqing Oilfield Limited Company, China National Petroleum Corporation, Daqing, Heilongjiang, 163453, China ' Chemical and Biomolecular Department, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77251, USA

Abstract: The binary complex system was composed of the sulphonate Gemini surfactant and the hydrophobically associating polymer at different ratios. Viscosity and interfacial tension were measured before the core flood experiments. After injecting the binary system at different surfactant/polymer ratios and injection phase, the viscosity, interfacial tension, and concentrations of the polymer and the surfactant in the effluent collected at different positions of the long core were measured. Furthermore, the static and dynamic adsorptions of the system were measured. Finally, the variation law of physicochemical properties of surfactant/polymer binary complex system in porous media was obtained. [Received: November 17, 2015; Accepted: July 17, 2016]

Keywords: surfactant; polymer; binary system; physicochemical properties; porous media; interfacial tension; viscosity; concentration; adsorption; chromatographic separation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2017.086008

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 2017 Vol.16 No.1, pp.59 - 70

Received: 05 Dec 2015
Accepted: 17 Jul 2016
Published online: 21 Aug 2017 *

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