Sulfonate precipitation-redissolution-reprecipitation in inorganic electrolytes

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982 · AIChE Symp. Ser.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6654037

Celik, M S; Manev, E D; Somasundaran, P

Interacton of inorganics with surfactants can lead to precipitation and consequently to loss of surfactants. Multivalent ions such as Ca/sup + +/ can cause precipitation followed by redissolution at higher surfactant concentration. Redissolution can also be achieved by adding monovalent inorganics such as NaCl. Various possible mechanisms of this phenomenon are discussed on the basis of the data for turbidity, critical micelle concentration, and sulfonate and calcium concentrations. While precipitation is found to be mostly due to the formation of simple calcium sulfonates, redissolution is observed to occur only when micelles are formed. 11 figures, 1 table.

• Research Organization: Columbia Univ., New York, NY
• OSTI ID: 6654037
• Report Number(s): CONF-810417-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIChE Symp. Ser.; (United States) Journal Volume: 78:212
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
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EDTA
ELECTROLYTES
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINEERING
ENHANCED RECOVERY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
IONS
KINETICS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MICELLAR SYSTEMS
MICROEMULSION FLOODING
MISCIBLE-PHASE DISPLACEMENT
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL WELLS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PRECIPITATION
PRODUCTION
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
QUANTITY RATIO
REACTION KINETICS
RECOVERY
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SODIUM CHLORIDES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SPECTROSCOPY
SULFONATES
THERMODYNAMICS
TIME DEPENDENCE
TITRATION
TURBIDITY
VALENCE
WELLS