Molecular design of high performance zwitterionic liquids for enhanced heavy-oil recovery processes

J. M. Martínez-Magadán; A. R. Cartas-Rosado; R. Oviedo-Roa; R. Cisneros-Dévora; M. Pons-Jiménez; R. Hernández-Altamirano; L. S. Zamudio-Rivera

doi:10.1016/j.jmgm.2018.01.017

Molecular design of high performance zwitterionic liquids for enhanced heavy-oil recovery processes

J. M. Martínez-Magadán, A. R. Cartas-Rosado, R. Oviedo-Roa, R. Cisneros-Dévora, M. Pons-Jiménez, R. Hernández-Altamirano, L. S. Zamudio-Rivera

Centro Mexicano para la Producción más Limpia (CMP+L)

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Abstract

Branched gemini zwitterionic liquids, which contain two zwitterionic moieties of linked quaternary-ammonium and carboxylate groups, are proposed as chemicals to be applied in the Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) from fractured carbonate reservoirs. The zwitterionic moieties are bridged between them through an alkyl chain containing 12 ether groups, and each zwitterionic moiety has attached a long alkyl tail including a C[dbnd]C double bond. A theoretical molecular mechanism over which EOR could rest, consisting on both the disaggregation of heavy oil and the reservoir-rock wettability alteration, was suggested. Results show that chemicals can both reduce the viscosity and remove heavy-oil molecules from the rock surface.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	264-271
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling
Volume	80
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmgm.2018.01.017
State	Published - Mar 2018

Keywords

Density functional theory
Enhanced oil recovery
Geminal zwitterionic liquids
Supramolecular chemistry

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