Study of a high efficient composite foam drainage surfactant for gas production
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Jie Dong
Jie Dong is a graduated student of applied chemistry.
Rongde Tao is an engineer of applied chemistry.
Jun Xu is an engineer of applied chemistry.
Yongfei Li is professor of applied chemistry.
Sanbao Dong is a graduated student of applied chemistry.
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Gang Chen
Abstract
The foam drainage technique for gas production has the disadvantage of requiring a large amount of surfactant and having low resistance to salt and oil. In this study, a new surfactant mixture (composite surfactant) of lauramidopropyl betaine (LAB-35), α-olefin sulfonate (AOST), sodium alkyl sulfonate (SASE) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) was tested and its foaming properties were investigated in detail. The foaming properties were determined using high-speed measurements and the Ross-Miles method. The results show that the foaming volume of the composite surfactant can reach 563 mL, indicating that the foaming behaviour of the composite surfactant is more effective than that of the individual surfactants used for the mixture. In addition, the results show that the composite surfactant has a resistance to salt, methanol and condensate oil that most foam drainage agents do not have. However, the stability of the composite surfactant gradually decreases with increasing temperature and concentration. The surface tension was measured and the critical micelle concentration of the composite surfactant is 0.023 g/L.
About the authors
Jie Dong is a graduated student of applied chemistry.
Rongde Tao is an engineer of applied chemistry.
Jun Xu is an engineer of applied chemistry.
Yongfei Li is professor of applied chemistry.
Sanbao Dong is a graduated student of applied chemistry.
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Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: The work was supported financially by the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi (2020JQ-775), Scientific Research Program Funded by Shaanxi Provincial Education Department (21JP094) and The Youth Innovation Team of Shaanxi Universities. And we thank the work of the Modern Analysis and Testing Center of Xi’an Shiyou University.
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Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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- Frontmatter
- Physical Chemistry
- A methodology for measuring the characteristic curvature of technical-grade ethoxylated nonionic surfactants: the effects of concentration and dilution
- Study of molecular interactions of monoethanolamine with some higher alcohols at 298.15 K
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