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Interplay of Interfacial Tension Reduction and Wettability Alteration During Surfactant Flooding: A Pore‐Scale Lattice Boltzmann Investigation

Water Resources Research
Surfactant flooding is a promising strategy for subsurface fluid recovery and environmental remediation, wherein interfacial tension (IFT) reduction and wettability alteration are the two principal mechanisms governing residual phase mobilization.
Qingyuan Zhu, Keliu Wu, Shiqiang Guo, Shengting Zhang, Xuantong Lei, Jing Li, Japan Trivedi, Zhangxin Chen   +7 more
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Experimental investigation of wettability alteration on residual oil saturation using nonionic surfactants: Capillary pressure measurement

Petroleum, 2015
Introducing the novel technique for enhancing oil recovery from available petroleum reservoirs is one of the important issues in future energy demands.
Masoud Amirpour, Seyed Reza Shadizadeh, Hamid Esfandyari, Saeid Ahmadi   +3 more
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Tailoring surface interactions, contact angles, drop topologies and self-assembly using laser irradiation

, 2012
UV laser irradiation (lambda = 193 nm), below and above damage thresholds, is used to both alter and pattern the surface properties of borosilicate slides to tune and control the contact angle of a water drop over the surface.
Canning, John, Cook, Kevin, Lancry, Matthieu, Naqshbandi, Masood, Weil, Hadrien   +4 more
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Impact of water saturation and cation concentrations on wettability alteration and oil recovery of carbonate rocks using low-salinity water

Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 2018
In this study, the effect of initial water saturation on the oil recovery for carbonate rocks is investigated using spontaneous imbibition experiments. The experiments are performed using 20 times diluted sea water as imbibing fluid and the sea water as ...
Mohammad Reza Zaeri, Hamidreza Shahverdi, Rohallah Hashemi, Mohsen Mohammadi   +3 more
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Rock Wettability Alteration Induced by the Injection of Various Fluids: A Review

Applied Sciences
Wettability is a key parameter that determines the distribution and behavior of fluids in the porous media of oil reservoirs. Understanding and controlling wettability significantly impacts the effectiveness of various enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods
Darezhat Bolysbek, Kenbai Uzbekaliyev, Bakytzhan Assilbekov   +2 more
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Investigation of Low-temperature Solders for Cryogenic Wind Tunnel Models [PDF]

, 1985
The advent of high Reynolds number cryogenic wind tunnels has forced alteration of manufacturing and assembly techniques and eliminated usage of many materials associated with conventional wind tunnel models.
Firth, G. C., Watkins, V. E., Jr.
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Novel application of PEG/SDS interaction as a wettability modifier of hydrophobic carbonate surfaces

Petroleum Science, 2018
Wettability alteration of carbonate reservoirs from oil-wet to water-wet is an important method to increase the efficiency of oil recovery. Interaction between surfactants and polymers can enhance the effectiveness of surfactants in EOR applications.
Nasim Heydari, Mahdi Asgari, Narjes Shojai Kaveh, Zahra Fakhroueian   +3 more
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Bone and metal - an orthopaedic perspective on osseointegration of metals

The area of implant osseointegration is of major importance, given the predicted significant rise in the number of orthopaedic procedures and an increasingly ageing population.
Cook, Richard, Dunlop, Douglas, Goriainov, Vitali, Latham, Jeremy, Oreffo, Richard O.C.   +4 more
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An experimental study of the effects of bacteria on asphaltene adsorption and wettability alteration of dolomite and quartz. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Soleimani Y, Mohammadi MR, Schaffie M, Zabihi R, Ranjbar M.   +4 more
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Systematic Study of Wettability Alteration of Glass Surfaces by Dichlorooctamethyltetrasiloxane Silanization-A Guide for Contact Angle Modification. [PDF]

ACS Omega, 2023
Vukovic T, Røstad J, Farooq U, Torsæter O, van der Net A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source