Method of moments for computational microemulsion analysis and prediction in tertiary oil recovery

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2136-2151

  Fraaije, Johannes G E M ^a,c   Tandon, Kunj ^b   Jain, Shekhar ^b   Handgraaf, Jan Willem ^c   Buijse, Marten ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c Culgi BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; ADDED SALT; AGGREGATION IN SOLUTIONS; CHARGE INTERACTIONS; COARSE-GRAINED; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; DONNAN EQUILIBRIUM; EMPIRICAL COEFFICIENTS; FILM MODEL; HEAD GROUPS; HYDROPHILIC-LIPOPHILIC DEVIATIONS; MICROSCOPIC MODELS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; OIL COMPOSITION; OPTIMAL SALINITY; POINT OF VIEWS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONS; SALT SOLUTION; STRESS PROFILE; SULFOSUCCINATE; SURFACE INTERACTIONS; SURFACTANT MIXTURE; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; TERTIARY OIL RECOVERY; TORQUE ANALYSIS; TORQUE DENSITY;

METHOD OF MOMENTS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TERTIARY RECOVERY;

MICROEMULSIONS;

EID: 84874100273     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la304505u     Document Type: Article

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