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The Surfactant CTAB At Interfaces Studied ByBroadband Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation
Patrick L. Hayes and Franz M. GeigerNorthwestern UniversityDepartment of Chemistry
Evanston, IL
International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy62nd Meeting
June 20th, 2007
Application of surfactants to oil recovery
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Kern River Oil Field near Bakersfield, California.Taken from: Jad Mouawad, “Oil Innovations Pump New Life Into Old Wells”
The New York Times, March 5th, 2007.
Average oil recovery rates are 20 to 40%of field’s total oil!
U.S. Department of Energy http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/oilgas/eor/index.html (Accessed June 2007)
Adapted from: Energy Information Administrationhttp://www.eia.doe.gov/
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Application of surfactants to oil recovery
Surfactant containing fracturing fluids can improve recovery rates to 30 to 60%.
Taken from: Armstrong, K. et al. “Advanced Fracturing Fluids Improve Well Economics” Oilfield Review, Autumn 1995.
FracturedUnfracturedCrude flows through poresin well wallinto fractures.
SandstoneSand-stone
WellBore
WellBore
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Adapted from: Energy Information Administrationhttp://www.eia.doe.gov/
U.S. Department of Energy http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/oilgas/eor/index.html (Accessed June 2007)
Chemical Questions Regarding Fracturing Fluids
Are surfactants retained in the pores of the sandstone matrix?
Under what conditions do monolayers form? Bilayers? Multilayers?(Potential experimental parameters: ionic strength, pH, [surfactant], etc.)
Scanning electron microscope image of oilfield sandstone:
http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/research/subsurface/diagenesis/quartz.html
Pore
Quartz Grain
CTAB at the fused quartz/water interface
1) Real-time monitoring of CTABadsorption at the fused quartz/water interface using Second Harmonic Generation (SHG).
Taken from: Velegol et al. Langmuir 2000, 16, 2548.
AFM images of adsorbed CTAB layers. 2) Characterization of adsorbed surfactant structure throughsum frequency generation (SFG).
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Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB)
SHG -- Experimental setup
Hayes, P. L. et al. J. Phys. Chem. 2007, ACS ASAP.Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; Hayes, P. L.; Scheidt, K. A.; Geiger, F. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 7175.
Teflon Reservoir
Aqueous Phase
SiO2
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PMTfsec Laser
Inject CTAB
SHG -- The (3) technique
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Salafsky, J. S.; Eisenthal, K. B. J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 108, 3376. Xiao, X. D.; Vogel, V.; Shen, Y. R. Chem. Phys. Lett. 1989, 163, 555.Zhao, X.; Ong, S.; Wang, H.; Eisenthal, K. B. Chem. Phys. Lett. 1993, 214, 203.
Gouy-Chapman Model:
SHG -- CTAB adsorption experiments
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Adsorption Isotherm (pH=6)
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Surface saturation occurs at ~1.5 mM CTAB
CTAB CMC
Adsorption Trace (pH =6.5)0.5 mM CTAB400 mM NaCl
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SFG -- Experimental setup
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IR: 3-10 m
Visible: 800 nm
Stokes, G. Y. et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, ACS ASAP. Voges, A. B. et al. J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 18675.Voges, A. B. et al. J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 1567.
Sample Preparation:(1) Exposed glass slide to 5-mM solution of CTAB for 2-hours.(2) Removed and dried under N2 gas.
Following similar procedure, adsorbed layer thickness of 1.4(2)-nm determined for silica/air interface.(From Eskilsson et al. Langmuir 1998, 14, 2444.)
SFG Spectra
Assignments based on literature assignments for IR and Raman spectra.2858 cm-1: Symmetric CH2 stretching mode2880 cm-1: Symmetric hydrocarbon CH3 stretching mode2937 cm-1: Symmetric CH3-(N+) stretching mode2958 cm-1: Anti-symmetric hydrocarbon CH3 stetching mode
Sau, T. K.; Murphy, C. J. Langmuir 2005, 21, 2923. Campbell, R. A.; Parker, S. R. W.; Day, J. P. R.; Bain, C. D. Langmuir 2004, 20, 8740.Wang, W.; Gu, B.; Liang, L.; Hamilton, W. A. J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 17477.Kung, K. S.; Hayes, K. F. Langmuir 1993, 9, 263.
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PPP Spectrum:2890 cm-1: Fermi resonance of the symmetric CH2 stretch2956 cm-1: Anti-symmetric hydrocarbon CH3 stetching mode (Present in both SSP and PPP)2967 cm-1: Combination of anti-symmetric CH3 hydrocarbon stretch and symmetric CH3-(N+) stretch.
Sau, T. K.; Murphy, C. J. Langmuir 2005, 21, 2923. Campbell, R. A.; Parker, S. R. W.; Day, J. P. R.; Bain, C. D. Langmuir 2004, 20, 8740.Wang, W.; Gu, B.; Liang, L.; Hamilton, W. A. J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 17477.Kung, K. S.; Hayes, K. F. Langmuir 1993, 9, 263.
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Sau, T. K.; Murphy, C. J. Langmuir 2005, 21, 2923. Campbell, R. A.; Parker, S. R. W.; Day, J. P. R.; Bain, C. D. Langmuir 2004, 20, 8740.Wang, W.; Gu, B.; Liang, L.; Hamilton, W. A. J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 17477.Kung, K. S.; Hayes, K. F. Langmuir 1993, 9, 263.
2967 cm-1: Combination of anti-symmetric hydrocarbon stretch and symmetric CH3-(N+) stretch.
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2967 cm-1 mode consistent with interdigitated CTA+ bilayer (observedpreviously in literature.)
Conclusions & Future Work
1) Use deuterated CTAB to verify assignments in SFG spectra.
H3C ND3C CD3
CD3+
2) Further SFG studies of CTAB at quartz/water interface to compliment current work at quartz/air interface. In particular, probe for further evidence of interdigitated bilayer structures (or othersurface structures) at these interfaces.
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Conclusions & Future Work
3) Proof-of-concept: (3) technique can be used to track surfactantadsorption to the fused quartz/water interface, and will be used todetermine conditions under which adsorption is reversible.
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Optimizing conditions for surfactant removal (desorption) in oil wells allows for improving recovery rates up to and beyond 60%!
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Acknowledgements
FundingSchlumberger Oilfield Chemical ProductsNorthwestern UniversityThe Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The Geiger Group
http://www.chem.northwestern.edu/faculty