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Effects of formation brine, [C12mim] [Cl] concentration, temperature and pressure on the swelling factor and IFT of the carbonated water/heavy crude oil system

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The current investigation was performed to examine the effect of an ionic liquid (IL)-based surfactant, namely 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C12mim][Cl]) dissolved in distilled-carbonated water and brine-carbonated water, on the swelling factor and interfacial tension (IFT). In this way, the concentration of IL, temperature, and pressure were varied between 0–500 ppm, 298–338 K, and 34–374 bar, respectively. The results reveal that the presence of salinity reduces the swelling factor due to the lower solubility of carbon dioxide (CO2) in water. Besides, the swelling factors measured under different pressures and temperatures reveal a direct relationship between the swelling factor and these two thermodynamic parameters. Finally, the swelling factor measurements reveal a significant effect of [C12mim][Cl], even at low concentrations of 500 ppm, on the swelling factor reduction, which means lower liberation of CO2 from CW. On the other hand, the IFT measurements reveal that, although both temperature and pressure enhancement can reduce the IFT values of the CW/crude oil, the effect of IL (500 ppm) can reduce the IFT value from 28.70 mN m−1 to a value of 0.98 mN m−1, which is about a 30 folds reduction in its original value. This makes it possible to consider IFT reduction as one of the main mechanisms for the proposed innovative EOR method. To sum up, it seems that the proposed method can activate the swelling factor and IFT reduction as the effective mechanisms and even enhance the potential of the CW approach for better CO2 sequestration and storage.

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    Osama Abdulrahim Abdulkarim Alabdulbari & Fouad Shnawa Radood Alabid

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Alabdulbari, O.A.A., Alabid, F.S.R. & Hosseini, S. Effects of formation brine, [C12mim] [Cl] concentration, temperature and pressure on the swelling factor and IFT of the carbonated water/heavy crude oil system. Braz. J. Chem. Eng. 39, 289–300 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43153-021-00210-6

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