Formation, characteristics and oil industry applications of nanoemulsions: A review

N Kumar, A Verma, A Mandal - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoemulsions are kinetically stable homogeneous dispersions of immiscible liquids with
droplet sizes in the order of 500 nm. The nano-size droplets are advantageous in enhancing …

A critical review on selection of microemulsions or nanoemulsions for enhanced oil recovery

J Mariyate, A Bera - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
In this review, an attempt has been taken to show the preferential selection criteria of
microemulsions and nanoemulsions for applications in enhanced oil recovery. This paper …

Crude oil/water nanoemulsions stabilized by rhamnolipid biosurfactant: Effects of acidity/basicity and salinity on emulsion characteristics, stability, and demulsification

MK Al-Sakkaf, SA Onaizi - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The superiority of nanoemulsions over the traditional emulsions makes the former more
attractive for various industrial applications. In this study, crude oil-in-water (O/W) …

Advances of spontaneous emulsification and its important applications in enhanced oil recovery process

Z Li, D Xu, Y Yuan, H Wu, J Hou, W Kang… - Advances in colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Emulsions, including oil-in-water (O/W) and water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions, can play important
roles in both controlling reservoir conformance and displacing residual oil for enhanced oil …

Chemical enhanced oil recovery and the role of chemical product design

P Druetta, P Raffa, F Picchioni - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The current and prospective worldwide energy demands have led either to start exploiting
the more difficult and costly unconventional oil reserves, or to maximize the exploitation of …

Self-assembly of organic nanomaterials and biomaterials: The bottom-up approach for functional nanostructures formation and advanced applications

D Lombardo, P Calandra, L Pasqua, S Magazù - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we survey recent advances in the self-assembly processes of novel functional
platforms for nanomaterials and biomaterials applications. We provide an organized …

Structural aspects, mechanisms and emerging prospects of Gemini surfactant-based alternative Enhanced Oil Recovery technology: A review

N Pal, H Hoteit, A Mandal - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
The design and development of chemical routes with fascinating physicochemical attributes
comprise a major field of research in enhanced oil recovery (EOR).'Dimerization'depicts a …

Rheology, characteristics, stability, and pH-responsiveness of biosurfactant-stabilized crude oil/water nanoemulsions

MK Al-Sakkaf, SA Onaizi - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The successful utilization of nanoemulsions in several applications would require the
formulation of emulsions with excellent characteristics. Ideally, the nanoemulsions should be …

Recent progresses of microemulsions-based nanofluids as a potential tool for enhanced oil recovery

J Mariyate, A Bera - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The worldwide demand of energy sources is increasing day by day. The trend of growing
interest on renewable products is also increasing widely. Regardless of the advances of …

[HTML][HTML] Aqueous foams and emulsions stabilized by mixtures of silica nanoparticles and surfactants: A state-of-the-art review

Z Briceño-Ahumada, JFA Soltero-Martínez… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last years, mixtures of silica nanoparticles and surfactants have been widely and
successfully used to stabilize a multiplicity of aqueous foams and emulsions with current and …