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

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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.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)264-271
Número de páginas8
PublicaciónJournal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling
Volumen80
DOI
EstadoPublicada - mar. 2018

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