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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2020, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (5): 287-291.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2020.05.001

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Study on the self-emulsified heavy oil by using amphiphilic polymer/surfactant mixtures

KANG Xin1,2,KANG Wan-li1,2(),ZHU Tong-yu1,2,HOU Xiao-yu1,2,YANG Hong-bin1,2,LI Meng-lan1,2,ZHANG Min1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development (China University of Petroleum (East China)), Ministry of Education, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, China
    2. School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266580, China
  • Received:2019-10-09 Revised:2020-04-05 Online:2020-05-22 Published:2020-05-21
  • Contact: Wan-li KANG E-mail:kangwanli@upc.edu.cn

Abstract:

Aiming at the problems of heavy oil such as high viscosity, poor fluidity and difficulty in exploitation, a heavy-oil self-emulsifying composite system for cold oil recovery was developed. The bottle test method, stability analyzer, optical microscope and rheometer were used to evaluate the components of the system. The formula of the self-emulsifying composite system was 0.2% lauryl glucoside + 750 mg/L amphiphilic polymer AP-C16. The results showed that, at 80 ℃, the heavy oil could be completely emulsified with lauryl glucoside by tube turning. The mixture of lauryl glucoside and AP-C16 could increase the stability of the emulsion, in which the stabilization time exceeded 60 min, and the viscosity reduction rate reached more than 97%.

Key words: heavy oil, surfactant, amphiphilic polymer, self-emulsification, emulsion stability

CLC Number: 

  • TQ423