Experimental study of surfactant retention on Kaolinite clay

Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 346-358

  Wu, Y ^a,b   Iglauer, S ^a,c   Shuler, P ^a,d   Tang, Y ^a,d   Goddard III, W A ^a,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced oil recovery; Kaolinite clay; Retention mechanism; Surfactant flooding; Surfactant retention

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; ETHYLENE; FLOODS; KAOLINITE; OIL WELL FLOODING; PROPYLENE; SALTS; SILICONES; SODIUM SULFATE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TERPOLYMERS;

ALKYLPOLYGLUCOSIDES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GEMINI SURFACTANT; KAOLINITE CLAY; RETENTION MECHANISM; SURFACTANT CLASS; SURFACTANT FLOODING; SURFACTANT STRUCTURE;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 80053287238     PISSN: 09323414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3139/113.110139     Document Type: Article

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