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Enhancing Oil Recovery Using Formulated Surfactants Extracted from Oil Palm and Local Coconut Coir Containing Lignosulfonate

Engineering and Technology
Vol.3 , No. 2, Publication Date: May 11, 2016, Page: 53-60

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[1]	Sagala Farad, Department of Petroleum Engineering & Renewable Energy, Skudai, Johor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia; Invention plus limited, Kampala, Uganda; Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
[2]	Muhammad A. Manan, Department of Petroleum Engineering & Renewable Energy, Skudai, Johor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia.
[3]	Hussein Kisiki Nsamba, Section of Industrial Chemistry, department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Invention plus limited, Kampala, Uganda.
[4]	Wan Mohammad Kamal Bin Wan Jaafar, Department of Petroleum Engineering & Renewable Energy, Skudai, Johor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia.
[5]	Kabenge Isa, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
[6]	Wasswa Joseph, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Abstract

Surfactants have all along been used to reduce the interfacial tension (IFT) between oil and water to overcome the trapping phenomena that causes oil to be trapped. The costs of surfactants on the other hand derived from petroleum-based source are costly. This study aims to extract lignin compound from oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) and coconut fiber by soda pulping technique, and characterize it by using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Three formulations from each lignin with lowest IFT were evaluated for their performance in remobilizing residual oil through oil displacement experiments. All experiments were performed at room temperature and pressure. For the formulation containing oil palm lignin, the formulation containing (SDBS-E4) gives the highest oil recovery (4.10% of original oil in place) while for the formulation containing coconut fiber, formulation containing (SDBS-C5) gives the second highest oil recovery (3.30% of original oil in place). The results show that lignin based surfactants have a high potential to recover residual oil. Therefore, surfactants obtained from palm oil and coconut coir can be used as alternative sources in surfactant flooding application given the challenging oil prices and the cost of the petroleum based surfactants which is high.

Keywords

Black Liquor, Oil Palm, Coconut Fiber, Lignin, Surfactant, Enhanced Oil Recovery

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