Manual and automated turbidimetric methods for the determination of polyacrylamides in the presence of sulfonates

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6093394

Kuehne, D L; Shaw, D W

Petroleum sulfonates interfere with the standard turbidimetric method for the determination of polyacrylamide polymers in oil field brines. This interference was eliminated by adding a butanol extraction step to remove the sulfonates. From the new manual procedure an automated method was developed for use with an AutoAnalyzer. Samples with polymer concentrations ranging from 10 to 1200 mg/cu dm can be analyzed at a rate of 20/hr with extraction and 30/hr without extraction.

• OSTI ID: 6093394
• Report Number(s): CONF-8306242-
• Journal Information: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Vol. SPE-11784; Conference: SPE of AIME international oilfield and geothermal chemistry conference, Denver, CO, USA, 1 Jun 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
BRINES
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
OIL WELLS
WATERFLOODING
PETROLEUM SULFONATES
EXTRACTION
ACRYLAMIDE
BUTANOLS
ENHANCED RECOVERY
PETROLEUM
POLYMERS
WELL STIMULATION
ALCOHOLS
AMIDES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
ENERGY SOURCES
ESTERS
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
RECOVERY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STIMULATION
SULFONATES
SULFONIC ACID ESTERS
WELLS
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