琥珀酸酯磺酸盐物化特性及其与甜菜碱复配体系界面性能

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2097-2806.2023.09.001

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To enhance oil recovery in low-permeability reservoirs through the injection of low-mineralized water, the foaming behavior, surface tension and interfacial tension of a series of ethoxylated sulfosuccinate surfactants （C₁₂EO₆-C_nMS, n=10, 12, 14 and 16） were investigated. The interfacial properties of mixtures of C₁₂EO₆-C_nMS and a betaine surfactant were also studied, and the minimum alkane carbon number （N_min） of the mixed system was obtained. The experimental results showed that C₁₂EO₆-C_nMS exhibited low-foaming properties. The critical micelle concentration （cmc） of the surfactants decreased when the carbon chain length of the fatty alcohol （n） attached to ester group was increased. The addition of inorganic salts could reduce the cmc of C₁₂EO₆-C_nMS, and the more inorganic salt, the more reduction of cmc. The mixed system of C₁₂EO₆-C₁₀MS （in which the fatty alcohol carbon chain length was C₁₀） and the betaine surfactant C₁₆ZC displayed synergistic effect, exhibiting smaller cmc. The interfacial tension （IFT） between C₁₂EO₆-C_nMS and n-alkanes increased as the carbon chain length （n） of the surfactants increased. The scanning of IFT values between C₁₂EO₆-C_nMS and a series of n-alkanes was operated to determine the minimum alkane carbon number （N_min） for the surfactant. Notably, the N_min value increased with the addition of inorganic salts. In the presence of 0.5%-1% NaCl, the N_min values for C₁₂EO₆-C₁₀MS and C₁₂EO₆-C₁₂MS are 12-14. As for surfactant mixtures, in the presence of 0.5%-1% NaCl, when the molar ratios of C₁₂EO₆-C₁₀MS to C₁₆ZC are 4/1, 3/2 and 2/3, the mixtures exhibited synergistic effect in reducing interfacial tension, achieving ultra-low to low IFT values （10^-3-10^-2 mN/m） against dodecane, tetradecane and cetane. It makes the system suitable for enhanced oil recovery （EOR） of crude oil with equivalent alkane carbon number （EACN） of 12-16.

Key words: sulfonated maleic diester, betaine surfactant, surface/interfacial tension, alkane carbon number, enhanced oil recovery

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Chang Shiteng, Cai Xiaojun, Zheng Yancheng, Liu Xuejin, Yi Xiao, Jiang Zhuyang. Physicochemical properties of ethoxylated sulfosuccinate surfactants and their interfacial properties when mixed with a betaine surfactant[J].China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics, 2023, 53(9): 989-998.

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Surfactants	cmc/ （mmol/L）	γ_cmc/ （mN/m）	Foam height/cm
Surfactants	cmc/ （mmol/L）	γ_cmc/ （mN/m）	H₀	H₅
C₁₂EO₆-C₁₀MS	0.125	35.64	3.4	3.2
C₁₂EO₆-C₁₂MS	0.105	34.53	3.2	2.9
C₁₂EO₆-C₁₄MS	0.090	33.89	3.1	2.8
C₁₂EO₆-C₁₆MS	0.079	32.78	2.8	2.5

Molar ratios	N_min			IFT_mincorresponding to N_min/（mN/m）
Molar ratios	0% NaCl	0.5% NaCl	1% NaCl	0% NaCl	0.5% NaCl	1% NaCl
1/0	12	12	14	0.049 9	0.003 5	0.005 2
4/1	12	14	14	0.052 1	0.006 8	0.004 4
3/2	12	14	14	0.018 8	0.001 8	0.007 8
2/3	14	14	14	0.019 3	0.005 2	0.012 6
1/4	14	14	16	0.075 1	0.084 4	0.014 8

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