Estimation of bitumen emulsion dispersion using a light scattering method

Petroleum bitumen in the emulsified state is widely used as a binder in road and civil construction. Along with traditional quality parameters of bitumen emulsions the particle size is considered to be very important characteristic. The particle size of the dispersed phase affects the setting rate and viscosity of bitumen emulsions. The complete data on the particles size distribution can be obtained using such technical methods as light scattering and microscopy. In the study bitumen emulsions with three types of surfactants (cationic, nonionic, zwitterionic) have been prepared and their viscosity and decay index have been determined. The emulsions also have been studied with a microscope, as well as by the method of dynamic light scattering. The dynamics of particle size changes of the bitumen emulsions has been compared with the dynamics of the change in the basic parameters of the emulsions, such as viscosity and decay index, and the correlation between them has been found. Thus, using a modern laser and optical equipment, it is possible to estimate the quality of emulsions and, if necessary, to correct their composition.     

弱相互作用调控表面活性剂自组装(Ⅲ)——响应性表面活性剂

天然的或合成的两亲分子(表面活性剂)可以自组装形成多尺度的聚集体结构,比如胶束、囊泡、液晶和纤维等。在表面活性剂中引入功能性基团,借助外界环境(比如光、温度、pH、CO2、磁等)的改变可以实现对表面活性剂的聚集方式的调控。本文主要介绍响应性表面活性剂的种类、结构以及环境刺激与响应性能之间的关系。     

Experimental studies of ionic surfactant adsorption onto carbonate rocks

One of the main factors in chemical-based enhanced oil recovery, especially surfactant flooding, is a surfactant adsorption loss onto the reservoir rock. The main aim of this article is performing systematically a study on the adsorption behavior of an industrial ionic surfactant, which is currently employed in petroleum upstream. It is worth mentioning that sodium dodecyle sulphate was employed as an ionic surfactant in this study. Moreover, adsorption density at equilibrium condition was determined. Crushed carbonate rocks were used as rock samples. To determine adsorption behavior of the aforementioned surfactant onto carbonate surface, various surfactant concentrations were created in the range of 500 to 5,000 ppm. Furthermore, via using an electrical conductivity measurement, the surfactant concentration in each solution before and after contacting with carbonate rocks was determined. Two well-known adsorption isotherms, including Freundlich and Langmuir, were employed to specify the adsorption mechanism. Based on the experimental results the Freundlich adsorption isotherm can predict the adsorption behavior of SDS onto carbonate rock surface.     

Effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on the efficiency of surfactant flooding of heavy oil in a glass micromodel

Nanotechnology has the potential to profoundly change enhanced oil recovery and to improve mechanism of recovery, and it is chosen as an alternative method to unlock the remaining oil resources and applied as a new enhanced oil recovery method in last decade. The objective of this research is identification of potential of nanotitanium dioxide as an appropriate agent for improving the efficiency of surfactant flooding in five-spot glass micromodels. In this work a series of solvent injection experiments was conducted on horizontal glass micromodels at same conditions. Surfactant solutions and newly developed nanosurfactant solutions with 1600–2000 ppm sodium dodecyl sulfate were tested. Observations showed that nanotitanium dioxide has appropriate performance in enhancing the oil recovery at surfactant solution, near critical micelle concentration conditions. Also The results of experiments illustrated improvement of heavy oil recovery in micromodel test with nanotitanium dioxide (51.0%).     

Application of Counter-Current Solvent Extraction to the Separation of Naphthalene and Nonionic Surfactants

This study conducted counter-current solvent extraction to investigate the influence of solvent/solution volumetric ratio, solvent flow rate, and surfactant concentration on extraction efficiency. Fitting formulas for predicting the partition coefficients of the contaminant and surfactant between the aqueous and solvent phases were developed to optimize the counter-current solvent extraction. It is found that the solvent/solution volumetric ratio and the surfactant concentration had greater impact than the solvent flow rate on the extraction efficiency. The relationship between the partition coefficient K and the solvent/solution volumetric ratio or surfactant concentration was closely related to power function. Besides, the accuracy of the fitting formulas was consistent with the experimental results.     

表面活性剂对钛酸四丁酯整理尼龙6织物的影响

根据水热合成技术,在以钛酸四丁酯为前体物时,通过添加表面活性剂来控制生成的纳米二氧化钛颗粒尺寸,同时直接对尼龙6织物表面进行整理改性,并使用活性染料对织物进行染色。测试了织物的透气性、光泽度、拉伸性能以及色牢度等,研究了不同种类表面活性剂对钛酸四丁酯整理尼龙6织物服用和染色性能的影响。结果表明,经整理改性的织物断裂强力和断裂伸长率增大,十二烷基苯磺酸纳使织物光泽度提高,壳聚糖使织物透气性下降最少。     

Continuous Cloud Point Extraction of Volatile Organic Contaminants from Wastewater in a Multi-Stage Rotating Disc Contactor: Effect of Structure and Concentration of Solutes

Abstract

Cloud point extraction (CPE) has been successfully scaled up to continuously remove aromatic contaminants from wastewater in a multi-stage rotating disc contactor (RDC) using t-octylphenolpolyethoxylate. The extraction performances for the removal of organic solutes with different structures and degrees of hydrophobicity were compared here for both batch and continuous CPE. Included are the volatile aromatics benzene, toluene, and ethylbenzene; volatile chlorinated compounds dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene; and non-volatile phenolics phenol, o-cresol, and catechol. The higher the K_ow (octanol-water partition coefficient) or hydrophobicity of the solutes, the better the extraction due to the greater affinity of solutes to solubilize into micelles. The empirical linear correlations between log K_ow, log (solute partition ratio), and log (height of transfer unit or HTU) were developed. Toluene is used as a model solute for the study of effect of initial solute concentrations in the continuous RDC. The extraction ability decreases as the concentration of toluene in the wastewater increases mainly due to coacervate entrainment into the overhead effluent.     

Nanoemulsions containing octyl methoxycinnamate and solid particles of TiO2: preparation,characterization and in vitro evaluation of the solar protection factor

The objective of this work was to develop and evaluate the physical–chemical properties of oil-in-water nanoemulsions for application as nanocosmetics for sun protection. Oil-in-water dispersions were processed by ultrasound (US) to obtain small emulsion droplets. These emulsions were obtained in the presence of commercial nonionic surfactants based on polyoxides and avocado oil as the oil phase. The US generated small but unstable droplets. This problem was solved by using a different surfactant, with a longer ethylene oxide chain, able to promote stabilization by steric mechanisms. The light scattering technique was used to characterize the nanoemulsions by their dispersed droplets’ size, size distribution and variation of distribution with time (stability). Chemical and physical sunscreens – octyl methoxycinnamate (OMC) and titanium dioxide (TiO₂), respectively – were added to the stable system. The anti-UVB activity of the nanoemulsions and their components were evaluated by the method of Mansur et al. (1986) and spectral transmittance. The solar protection factor (SPF) was proportional to the OMC and TiO₂ concentrations. The in vitro OMC release was evaluated, and the presence of TiO₂ in the nanoemulsion did not affect the release profile, which showed the diffusion-dependent kinetics of the active ingredient in the formulation.     

BODIPY在表面活性剂溶液中的荧光性质研究

合成了氟硼二吡咯亚甲基（BODIPY）黄绿色荧光染料,使用ESI-MS、1H NMR和13C NMR进行了结构表征,并测试了其在不同类型表面活性剂溶液中的荧光光谱性质.实验结果表明,十四烷基三甲基溴化铵（MTAB）对染料有显著的荧光增敏效应,这主要归因于BODIPY分子进入MTAB胶束中.BODIPY荧光强度和MTAB浓度在0-2.1＆#215;10-3 mol/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,检测限为1.56＆#215;10-6mol/L.     

Improvement of lysozyme recovery method from the precipitate of protein-anionic surfactant complexes

A new protein separation process using a surfactant and a polar organic solvent consists of a precipitation step and a recovery step. In the precipitation step, a protein-surfactant complex is precipitated from an aqueous solution, when an ionic surfactant, sodium di(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT), is added to an aqueous solution, including protein (lysozyme). In the recovery step, the precipitate is dissolved in a polar organic solvent, such as acetone, and the protein is recovered as precipitates when a very small amount of salt solution was added to remove surfactants from the protein-surfactant complex. However, the details of the protein recovery step from precipitate have not been studied yet. In this study, the improvement of the protein recovery step was examined from the viewpoint of a recovery ratio of protein and a remaining ratio of surfactant. The optimum NaCl concentration in the feed for the protein recovery was in the range of 0.05–0.2 kmol/m³. As the NaCl concentration in the feed increased to more than 0.2 kmol/m³, the precipitation ratio decreased due to the electrostatic screening effect of NaCl. It was found that the addition of a very small amount of NaCl solution to acetone was unnecessary when NaCl was included in the feed lysozyme solution. On the other hand, as the NaCl concentration decreased to less than 0.05 kmol/m³, the precipitation ratio was decreased due to the low re-precipitation of protein by the addition of a small amount of NaCl solution in acetone. In the case of the feed containing no salt, the desired NaCl concentration added to acetone was in the range above 0.2 kmol/m³. In addition, the most suitable volume ratio of acetone to feed was found to be 0.2.