Surfactant Recovery from Water Using a Multistage Foam Fractionator: Effect of Surfactant Type

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the recovery of surfactants using a multistage foam fractionator for three types of surfactants: cationic (cetyl pyridinium chloride, CPC); anionic (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS); and nonionic (polyoxyethylene(20 Princen , H.M. ; Mason , S.G. ( 1965 ) Shape of a fluid drop at a fluid-liquid interface I. Extension and test of two-phase theory . J. Colloid Sci. , 20 ( 2 ): 156 – 172 . [Google Scholar]) sorbitan monolaurate, Span80). The studied system was operated at a constant temperature of 25°C with a surfactant concentration in the range of 50 to 100% of CMC (critical micelle concentration). For any surfactant system, the enrichment ratio of surfactant increased with increasing foam height and number of stages but decreased with increasing effects of the air flow rate and feed concentration. For all studied surfactants, the removal efficiency of the surfactant was not significantly affected by changing the air flow rate, foam height, and feed concentration in the studied ranges. An increase in the number of stages showed a great improvement of both the enrichment ratio and the removal fraction for all three types of surfactants. In a comparison among the three studied surfactants, the separation performance, in terms of the enrichment ratio and removal was found to lie in the following order: CPC >Span80 > SDS, which can be explained by the foamability and foam stability of each surfactant.     

Recovery of surfactant from an aqueous solution using continuous multistage foam fractionation: Influence of design parameters

A multistage foam fractionation column with bubble cap trays was used to recover a surfactant from water at low concentrations. The effects of design parameters—including the number of bubble caps, foam height, and tray spacing—were first investigated under steady state conditions using cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) as the model surfactant. An increase in bubble caps per tray significantly increased the separation efficiency, both in terms of the enrichment ratio and recovery of the CPC and of the separation factor (ratio of foamate concentration to effluent concentration). The increase in bubble caps per tray also increased the foam production rate, leading to increasing the adsorptive transport. An increase in tray spacing increased both the enrichment ratio and the residual factor of the CPC, whereas the CPC recovery and liquid entrainment in foam were reduced. An increase in foam height produces drier foams, leading to decreasing bulk liquid transport.     

Interaction of a Novel Anionic Gemini Surfactant Containing a Triazine Ring with Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide in Aqueous Solution

The interaction between a novel anionic gemini surfactant containing a triazine ring, denoted as C8‐G, and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) has been investigated in aqueous solution. The surface tension vs log. molar concentration plots of the individual surfactants and their mixtures were measured at different temperatures (298, 303, 308, and 313 K) by the drop volume method. The surface properties and the interaction parameters of the adsorption monolayer and the mixed micelle were obtained from the plot. The results showed that the CMC of the C8‐G/CTAB mixture reached a minimum value of 3.20 × 10^?5 mol/L when α_G (the mole fraction of C8‐G in the mixed system) was 0.7 at 308 K, and the minimum γ_CMC was 28.1 mN/m obtained for the molar ratio of 0.9 at 308 K. Interaction between the two components was strongest () when α_G was 0.7 at 303 K. All the C8‐G/CTAB mixtures exhibited synergism in both surface tension reduction efficiency and mixed micelle formation except when the mole fraction of C8‐G (α_G) was 0.1, 0.5 and 0.9 at 313 K, and became greatest for the molar ratio of 0.7 at 303 K. The C8‐G/CTAB mixtures exhibited synergism in surface tension reduction effectiveness for all the complex ratios at 303 K, α_G = 0.1, 0.3, 0.9 at 308 K and α_G = 0.7 at 313 K, whereas the other surfactant mixtures did not show this synergism.     

Micellization of Carboxylic Acid Gemini Surfactant and Its Interaction with Amino Acid Surfactant in Aqueous Solution

The carboxylic acid-type Gemini surfactant (CGS12) was synthesized, and its micellization in aqueous solution at different pH values at 25.0 °C was investigated. The results show that the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of CGS12 at different pH values is only 10⁻⁶ order of magnitude, and the pH has little effect on the CMC. Moreover, the interaction of CGS12 with amino acid surfactant of sodium N-lauroyl sarcosinate (SLS) at 25.0 °C and pH 7.0 was investigated using surface tension, dynamic light scattering (DLS), cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (Cryo-TEM), and Ross–Miles foam measurements. The CGS12/SLS mixture shows a low CMC, and as a whole the CMC value becomes smaller with increasing molar fraction of CGS12 (X_CGS12). Under different X_CGS12, the mixtures form soluble aggregates with different hydration radii (R_h). Moreover, the mixture aggregates are mainly in the form of vesicles. The foaming height of CGS12 is worse than that of SLS, but the CGS12/SLS mixture has good foaming stability. This work reveals that the surfactant mixture has good surface activity and good foam stability.     

Surfactant Recovery from Water Using Foam Fractionation

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of foam fractionation to recover surfactant from water. A simple continuous mode foam fractionation was used and three surfactants were studied (two anionic and one cationic). The effects of air flow rate, foam height, liquid height, liquid feed surfactant concentration, and sparger porosity were studied. This technique was shown to be effective in either surfactant recovery or the reduction of surfactant concentration in water to acceptable levels. As an example of the effectiveness of this technique, the cetylpyridinium chloride concentration in water can be reduced by 90% in one stage with a liquid residence time of 375 minutes. The surfactant concentration in the collapsed foam is 21.5 times the feed concentration. This cationic surfactant was easier to remove from water by foam fractionation than the anionic surfactants studied.     

Inhibition Performance of Amphoteric Fluorinated Surfactant and its Mixed Systems on Carbon Steel in Hydrochloric Acid

C₈F₁₇SO₂NH(CH₂)₃N(CH₃)₂(CH₂COO)Na (PNHD) is a novel amphoteric fluorinated surfactant. The corrosion inhibition of PNHD and its mixed systems with cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) or octylphenol ethoxylate 9.5 EO (TX‐10) for carbon steel Q235 in 1.0 M HCl solution was studied in this paper. The corrosion inhibition efficiency (η) was determined by weight loss, electrochemical methods and scanning electron microscope. The values of η from the three methods were almost identical. The hydrophilic head group of PNHD has two lone pairs of electrons at the nitrogen atoms, suggesting a chemisorption mechanism between carbon steel and surfactant. The PNHD and mixed systems inhibitors acted as a mixed inhibitor; there is interaction between PNHD and CTAB or TX‐100. A compact protective film was formed in PNHD and its mixed systems.     

Protocol for Studying Aqueous Foams Stabilized by Surfactant Mixtures

Even though foams have been the subject of intensive investigations over the last decades, many important questions related to their properties remain open. This concerns in particular foams which are stabilized by mixtures of surfactants. The present study deals with the fundamental question: which are the important parameters one needs to consider if one wants to characterize foams properly? We give an answer to this question by providing a measuring protocol which we apply to well‐known surfactant systems. The surfactants of choice are the two non‐ionic surfactants n‐dodecyl‐β‐d ‐maltoside (β‐C₁₂G₂) and hexaethyleneglycol monododecyl ether (C₁₂E₆) as well as their 1:1 mixture. Following the suggested protocol, we generated data which allow discussion of the influence of the surfactant structure and of the composition on the time evolution of the foam volume, the liquid fraction, the bubble size and the bubble size distribution. This paper shows that different foam properties can be assigned to different surfactant structures, which is the crucial point if one wants to tailor‐make surfactants for specific applications.     

Rheological Properties and Microstructure Transition in Mixture of Zwitterionic Surfactant,Anionic Surfactant and Salts in Sorbitol/H2O Solvent: 2. Effect of Salts and Sorbitol

The impact of mixed salts and sorbitol on the viscoelastic properties of a multi‐component system, made of a zwitterionic surfactant cocoamidopropyl betaine (CAPB), an anionic surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate (SLSS) and mixed salts (tetrasodium pyrophosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, saccharin and sodium fluoride) in sorbitol/H₂O mixed solvent are systematically investigated by steady state and dynamic rheology. As reported previously, the viscosity of the mixed system passes through a maximum with increase in the SLSS mass fraction (X_SLSS) at a fixed total surfactant concentration, salt concentration (C_salt) and mass ratio of sorbitol in mixed solvent (R). The shape of the X_SLSS‐dependent viscosity curve does not change regardless of C_salt and R, but adding salts or sorbitol has different effects on the rheological properties of this system. The former due to a high screening effect plays an important role in the elongation and entanglement of the wormlike micelles, facilitating the enhancement of rheological properties and the formation of Maxwell fluids. The latter has a dual effect on the rheological properties and phase behavior of the mixtures. A certain amount of sorbitol can promote the formation entangled wormlike micelles, while the effect is reversed if the sorbitol content is too large. The electrostatic and hydrophobic interaction between CAPB and SLSS are the prerequisite for the aggregate formation and transition. Meanwhile, the aggregation behaviors are strongly influenced by the balance between low dielectric constant, strong solvophobic interaction and steric effect of sorbitol with the ability to form hydrogen bonds which favors the growth of micelles, and appearance of aqueous two‐phase systems with smaller amounts of wormlike micelles in CAPB‐rich regions which oppose enhancement of rheological properties. Our findings provide a new insight and approach to control and adjust the phase behavior of such a complicated applied multi‐component system.     

Synergistic Behavior and Microstructure Transition in Mixture of Zwitterionic Surfactant,Anionic Surfactant,and Salts in Sorbitol/H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O Solvent: 1. Effect of Surfactant Compositions

The phase behavior and rheological properties of a multi-component system, made of a zwitterionic surfactant cocoamidopropyl betaine (CAPB), an anionic surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate (SLSS), and mixed salts (tetrasodium pyrophosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sacharrin, and sodium fluoride) in sorbitol/H₂O mixed solvent at different mass fraction of SLSS (X _SLSS) were systematically investigated by steady and dynamic rheology, dynamic light scattering, and diffusion ordered spectroscopy (DOSY). When fixing the salt concentration and the mass ratio of sorbitol in mixed solvent (R), the zero-shear viscosity increases first and then decreases showing a maximum with increasing X _SLSS, resulting from the formation and entanglement of wormlike micelles. Especially when X _SLSS is between 0.33 and 0.80, the mixture is dominated by entangled wormlike micelles coexisting with small micelles and separated wormlike micelles, and shows high viscoelasticity. The maximum of the zero-shear viscosity is ca. 5 orders of magnitude larger than that of sorbitol/H₂O mixed solvent or the CAPB/SLSS aqueous solution. The characteristic structural parameters for the micellar solutions at different X _SLSS are also estimated from further analysis of the rheological results, and indicate the stronger network structures of the wormlike micelles are formed in our systems compared with the wormlike micelles formed by a traditional zwitterionic/anionic surfactant aqueous solutions. The great improvements of rheological properties are attributed to the strong screening effects of the mixed salts and the strong solvophobic effect of sorbitol on the electrostatic and hydrophobic interaction between the CAPB and SLSS molecules. The present work has improved our understanding about the aggregation behavior of zwitterionic/anionic mixed surfactants with salts in less polar solvent/H₂O mixture, which would be of widely practical importance to optimize the formulation of products for personal care and household cleaning.     

Foam Fractionation Rates

Abstract

An empirical model enables the relation of the batch foam fractionation rate as a power function of the air rate and of the instantaneous residual surfactant concentration, eliminating the bubble size which is difficult to control and to measure. For the cationic surfactant, ethylhexadecyl-dimethylarnmonium bromide, the batch foam fractionation rate is directly proportional to the residual surfactant concentration to the first power, except for dilute (>45 mg/liter) solutions, and including suspensions containing colloidal ferric oxide and polynucleated, complexed cyanider Constants obtained from batch data can be used in the analogue equation for continuous operation to predict accurately the continuous foam fractionation rate, for a single air rate but over a substantial range of feed rates and feed surfactant concentrations. Continuous data from an entirely different column can be fit by a power function equation of the same form, with the power on the effluent or bottoms surfactant concentration again being unity. The accuracy of the predictive equations is in the range 10–18%.     

Investigation of Mixing Behavior of both a Conventional Surfactant and Different Inorganic Salts with a Cationic Gemini Surfactant in Aqueous Solution

N,N′-bis [3-(dodecanoylamino)propyl]-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylhexane-1,6-diaminium dibromide is a cationic Gemini surfactant including quaternary ammonium salt with amide groups. Critical micelle concentration (CMC) and some thermodynamic parameters of the cationic Gemini surfactant were investigated using surface tension and conductivity methods. Mixed micellization of binary mixtures of the cationic Gemini surfactant with a conventional surfactant cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) was investigated using the conductometric method at five different temperatures ranging from 303.15 to 323.15 K. CMC, micellar ionization degree (α_m), counterion binding constant (g₁), interaction parameter (β), and activity coefficients ( and ) of mixed systems were found out from data of conductivity at different mole fractions for all studied temperatures. Additionally, the effects of some inorganic salts with different concentrations on the surface properties of cationic Gemini surfactant were examined by surface tension measurements. Some surface properties of the pure cationic Gemini surfactant and mixed salts systems were calculated using the data of surface tension.     

Aqueous Foam Stabilized by Hydrophobic SiO2 Nanoparticles using Mixed Anionic Surfactant Systems under High-Salinity Brine Condition

A primary concern of surfactant-assisted foams in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is the stability of the foams. In recent studies, foam stability has been successfully improved by the use of nanoparticles (NP). The adhesion energy of the NP is larger than the adsorbed surfactant molecules at the air–water interface, leading to a steric barrier to mitigate foam-film ruptures and liquid-foam coalescence. In this study, the partially hydrophobic SiO₂ nanoparticles (SiO₂-NP) were introduced to anionic mixed-surfactant systems to investigate their potential for improving the foamability and stability. An appropriate ratio of internal olefin sulfonate (C_15-18 IOS) and sodium polyethylene glycol monohexadecyl ether sulfate (C₃₂H₆₆Na₂O₅S) was selected to avoid the formation of undesirable effects such as precipitation and phase separation under high-salt conditions. The effects of the NP-stabilized foams were investigated through a static foam column experiment. The surface tension, zeta potential, bubble size, and bubble size distribution were observed. The stability of the static foam in a column test was evaluated by co-injecting the NP-surfactant mixture with air gas. The results indicate that the foam stability depends on the dispersion of NP in the bulk phase and at the water–air interface. A correlation was observed in the NP-stabilized foam that stability increased with increasing negative zeta potential values (−54.2 mv). This result also corresponds to the smallest bubble size (214 μm in diameter) and uniform size distribution pattern. The findings from this study provide insights into the viability of creating NP-surfactant interactions in surfactant-stabilized foams for oil field applications.     

Surfactant (in situ)–Surfactant (Synthetic) Interaction in Na2CO3/Surfactant/Acidic Oil Systems for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Its Contribution to Dynamic Interfacial Tension Behavior

The effect of synthetic surfactant molecular structure on the dynamic interfacial tension (DIFT) behavior in Na₂CO₃/surfactant/crude oil was investigated. Three surfactants, a nonionic (iC₁₇(EO)₁₃), an alcohol propoxy sulfate (C_14–15(PO)₈SO₄), and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) were considered in this study. Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) was added to ensure complete compatibility between brine and Na₂CO₃. In Na₂CO₃/iC₁₇(EO)₁₃/oil and Na₂CO₃/C_14–15(PO)₈SO₄/oil systems, a strong synergistic effect for lowering the dynamic interfacial tension was observed, in which the dynamic IFT are initially reduced to ultralow transient minima in the range 1.1 × 10^?3–6.6 × 10^?3 mNm^?1 followed by an increment to a practically similar equilibrium value of 0.22 mNm^?1 independent of Na₂CO₃ concentration (for iC₁₇(EO)₁₃) and to decreasing equilibrium values with increasing alkali concentrations (for C_14–15(PO)₈SO₄). The observed difference in the equilibrium IFT for the two systems suggest that in both systems, the mixed interfacial film is efficient in reducing the dynamic interfacial tension to ultralow transient minima (～10^?3 mNm^?1) but the mixed film soap‐iC₁₇(EO)₁₃ is much less efficient than the mixed film soap‐C_14–15(PO)₈SO₄ in resisting soap diffusion from the interface to the bulk phases. In both systems, the synergism was attributed, in part, to the intermolecular and intramolecular ion–dipole interactions between the soap molecules and the synthetic surfactant as well as to some shielding effect of the electrostatic repulsion between the carboxylate groups by the nearby ethylene oxide (13 EO) and propylene oxide (8 PO) groups in the mixed interfacial monolayer. SDS surfactant showed a much lower synergism relative to iC₁₇(EO)₁₃ and C_14–15(PO)₈SO₄, probably due to the absence of ion–dipole interactions and shielding effect in the mixed interfacial layer at the oil–water interface.     

Foam fractionation of anions with a cationic surfactant: Orthophosphate

An experimental study has been conducted for the first time of the foam fractionation of orthophosphate using a cationic surfactant. For feed solutions 2.63×10⁻⁴ molar in phosphate and three surfactant concentrations, pH has a pronounced effect on residual concentrations of phosphate. A comparison with the ion flotation of dichromate and with the foam fractionation of phenolate shows dichromate flotation to be the most efficient.     

Characterization of Microemulsion Systems Formed by a Mixed 1,3-Dioxolane Ethoxylate/Octyl Glucoside Surfactant System

The phase behavior of microemulsion systems containing water (or 1.0 wt% NaCl_aq), isooctane, and the binary surfactant system consisting of n-octyl-β-d-glucopyranoside, C₈βG₁, and the acid-cleavable alkyl ethoxylate, 4-CH₃O (CH₂CH₂O)_7.2, 2-(CH₂)₁₂CH₃, 2-(CH₂)CH₃, 1,3-dioxolane, or “cyclic ketal” (“CK-2,13”), was determined. Large temperature-insensitive one, two, and three-phase microemulsion-phase regions were obtained when equal masses of the two surfactants were employed, suggesting that C₈βG₁ reduces the temperature sensitivity of CK-2,13’s ethoxylate group. Addition of C₈βG₁ to CK-2,13 greatly improves the latter’s low efficiency, evidenced by the formation of a three-phase microemulsion system for surfactant concentrations at low fractions of total surfactants for systems with equal mass ratios of water to oil and CK-2,13 to C₈βG₁. Analysis of the phase diagrams also suggests that CK-2,13 and C₈βG₁ impart hydrophobic and hydrophilic character, respectively, to the surfactant mixture, and that addition of salt further increases the hydrophilicity of C₈βG₁, presumably because of the salting-in of the latter. Analysis of small-angle neutron scattering data revealed that the mixed surfactant system formed spherical oil-in-water microemulsions, and that increasing the CK-2,13 fraction among the surfactants reduced the critical microemulsion concentration but slightly increased the nanodroplet size.

Reversible Solubilization of Typical Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) by a Gas Switchable Surfactant

Surfactant‐enhanced remediation (SER) is one of the most effective remediation methods for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) contaminated soils. However, mass deployment of SER has been restricted due to the shortage of the separation, recycle technology of the surfactant and its operation costs. This research mainly studied the reversibility of 2‐n‐lauryl‐1,1,3,3‐tetramethyl guanidine (DTMG) surfactant and its influence on reversible solubilization of typical PAH. Experimental results showed that the reversibility of the DTMG surfactant is excellent. The critical micellar concentration (CMC), surface tension and pH of DTMG in CO₂/N₂ conditions undergo reversible changes promptly. DTMG·CO₂ shows a strong solubilization capacity for PAH; the apparent solubilities of the selected PAH pyrene, phenanthrene and anthracene in 4 mmol/L of DTMG·CO₂ solution were about 32.4, 17.1 and 14.6 times higher than in water, respectively. The corresponding molar solubilization ratios were 5.4 × 10^?3, 2.80 × 10^?2 and 1.1 × 10^?3, much higher than those with DTMG. More than 50 % of the PAH in surfactant solutions could be released through gas control at each surfactant concentration, and improved release efficiency was achieved at low surfactant concentrations. In brief, such results in this work introduce a facile method to meliorate the SER technology.     

Effect of Electrolyte and Temperature on Volatile Organic Compounds Removal from Wastewater Using Aqueous Surfactant Two-Phase System of Cationic and Anionic Surfactant Mixtures

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Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene are frequently observed contaminants in industrial wastewaters causing concerns about environmental and health effects. An aqueous surfactant two-phase (ASTP) extraction system using mixtures of cationic and anionic surfactants have been shown to be a promising surfactant-based separation technique to concentrate solutes such as proteins and dyes from aqueous solution. A phase separation of a surfactant solution occurs at certain surfactant compositions and concentrations, forming two isotropic phases. One is rich in surfactant aggregates (surfactant-rich phase) and the other is lean in surfactant aggregates (surfactant-dilute phase). Most of the organic contaminants tend to solubilize and concentrate in the surfactant-rich phase, leaving the surfactant-dilute phase containing only small amounts of contaminants as remediated water. The effect of NaCl addition on the critical micelle concentration (CMC) and the extraction ability of ASTP formed by mixtures of cationic surfactant (dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide; DTAB) and anionic surfactant (alkyl diphenyloxide disulfonate; DPDS) at 50 mM total surfactant concentration with a 2:1 molar ratio of DTAB:DPDS was investigated; the CMC of the mixture slightly decreases with increasing NaCl concentration. The extraction and preconcentration of benzene are greatly enhanced by added NaCl. The higher the degree of hydrophobicity of contaminants, the greater the extraction into the surfactant-rich phases. At 1.0 M NaCl addition, about 95% of xylene, 92% of ethylbenzene, 90% of toluene, and 79% of benzene are extracted into the surfactant-rich phase within a single stage extraction and the contaminant partition ratios can be as high as 395 for xylene, 273 for ethylbenzene, 206 for toluene, and 84 for benzene, which are greater than those obtained from the conventional ASTP extraction system using nonionic surfactants.     

Continuous Foam Fractionation of Phosphate by a Cationic Surfactant

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Continuous foam fractionation experiments in one equilibrium stage were performed using ethylhexadecyldimethylammonium bromide and potassium dihydrogen phosphate. The pH of the solution was maintained at 5.4 at which only H₂PO₄- was present. The effects of surfactant and phosphate concentrations and liquid and gas flow rates on the percent stripping of phosphate and the distribution factor of phosphate were studied. Equilibria between surface and bulk liquid phases were found to be adequate to explain the inverse relationship between the distribution factor of phosphate and the phosphate and surfactant concentrations.

For optimum separation of phosphate, defined as percent stripping, [100(c_f — cw)/cf], low liquid and high gas flow rates must be used with dilute solutions of both surfactant and phosphate. Further, multiple equilibrium stages should be employed.     

Synergistic Effects between Anionic and Sulfobetaine Surfactants for Stabilization of Foams Tolerant to Crude Oil in Foam Flooding

In foam flooding, foams stabilized by conventional surfactants are usually unstable in contacting with crude oil, which behaves as a strong defoaming agent. In this article, synergistic effects between different surfactants were utilized to improve foam stability against crude oil. Targeted to reservoir conditions of Daqing crude oil field, China (45 °C, salinity of 6778 mg L⁻¹, pH = 8–9), foams stabilized by typical anionic surfactants fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether sulfate (AES) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) show low composite foam index (200–500 L s) and low oil tolerance index (0.1–0.2). However, the foam stability can be significantly improved by mixing the anionic surfactant with a sulfobetaine surfactant, which behaves as a foam stabilizer increasing the half-life of foams, and those with longer alkyl chain behave better. As an example, by mixing AES and SDS with hexadecyl dimethyl hydroxypropyl sulfobetaine (C₁₆HSB) at a molar fraction of 0.2 (referring to total surfactant, not including water), the maximum composite foaming index and oil tolerance index can be increased to 3000/5000 L s and 1.0/4.0, respectively, at a total concentration between 3 and 5 mM. The attractive interaction between the different surfactants in a mixed monolayer as reflected by the negative β^s parameter is responsible for the enhancement of the foam stabilization, which resulted in lower interfacial tensions and therefore negative enter (E), spreading (S), and bridging (B) coefficients of the oil. The oil is then emulsified as tiny droplets dispersed in lamellae, giving very stable pseudoemulsion films inhibiting rupture of the bubble films. This made it possible to utilize typical conventional anionic surfactants as foaming agents in foam flooding.     

含Gemini成分的正负离子表面活性剂混合体系的双水相

研究了羧酸盐Gemini表面活性剂(C11pPHCNa)与季铵盐普通表面活性剂(DTAB)混合体系的双水相(pH =12)。结果表明,在恒定总浓度cT时改变混合比R,或恒定R改变cT,双水相上下相外观均发生改变,负染色电镜观测证实这是由上下相囊泡尺寸的变化所致。双水相的分相时间曲线出现一最低点,这可能与囊泡本身的性质以及囊泡之间的相互作用有关。