
Interfacial Science for Geosystems Engineers
- 1st Edition - June 20, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Kishore K. Mohanty, William R. Rossen, Chun Huh
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 5 0 6 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 5 1 1 - 7
Interfacial Science for Geosystems Engineers provides geoscientists the connections between the nano-scale physico-chemical interactions between fluids and minerals and the core/… Read more

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Request a sales quoteInterfacial Science for Geosystems Engineers provides geoscientists the connections between the nano-scale physico-chemical interactions between fluids and minerals and the core/field-scale observations to manage energy extraction, water resources and subsurface storage, timely topics central to the energy transition.
Packed with latest research and recent developments, chapter learning objectives, and illustrative diagrams, tables and charts throughout, this specialized volume will help geosystems engineers tackle the above challenges, by systematically going through the basics of surface and interfacial tension, capillarity, surfactants, surface free energy, adsorption, electrokinetics, colloidal stability, equilibrium and stability of thin liquid films, wettability, microemulsions, emulsions and foams, and polymers for subsurface applications.
Useful as a teaching, training or reference text, Interfacial Science for Geosystems Engineers prepares today’s subsurface scientists and engineers to tackle two pressing problems in the energy transition, by introducing recent developments on how to remove CO2 from our environment and how to wean ourselves off fossil energy while meeting growing energy demands.
- Describes fundamentals and recent advances in interface and nanoparticle/colloid dispersion science
- Offers critical analysis of the latest research and developments relevant to extracting low-carbon and other energy materials from, and store CO2 and H2 in, subsurface formations
- Helps guide geosystems (especially energy) engineers on how to solve the problems they encounter in the rapidly evolving Energy Transition
Graduate students in petroleum engineering, geosciences, energy engineering and related disciplines. As training material for engineers and geoscientists working in subsurface storage of CO2 and H2, recovery of hydrocarbons and geothermal energy, conventional and unconventional oil production, and enhanced oil recovery using carbon dioxide injection, Researchers working in CO2 and H2 storage
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Abstract
- 1.1 Geologic sequestration of CO2
- 1.2 Production of energy or fuels from the subsurface
- 1.3 Geologic energy storage
- 1.4 Features in each chapter to help tackle the above tasks
- References
- Chapter 2 Surface/interfacial tension; capillarity
- Abstract
- 2.1 Interfacial thermodynamics and structure
- 2.2 Young-Laplace equation
- 2.3 Surface-tension measurement methods
- 2.4 Kelvin equation; Ostwald ripening
- 2.5 Capillary adhesion between particles; Rock consolidation
- 2.6 Capillary phenomena in geological formations
- References
- Chapter 3 Surface free energy; contact angle; wetting
- Abstract
- 3.1 Young's equation and work of adhesion
- 3.2 Contact-angle measurement methods
- 3.3 Methods to estimate solid surface free energy
- 3.4 Effects of solid surface heterogeneity and roughness on wettability
- 3.5 Surface free energy of reservoir rocks
- References
- Chapter 4 Surfactants
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Surfactant aggregations and their properties
- 4.3 Hydrophilic-lipophilic-balance (HLB)
- 4.4 Classification of surfactants; key characteristics
- 4.5 Surfactants used in subsurface applications
- 4.6 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 5 Adsorption at gas/liquid and liquid/liquid interfaces
- Abstract
- 5.1 Basics of interfacial thermodynamics
- 5.2 Gibbs adsorption isotherm
- 5.3 Surfactant monolayer at a gas/liquid interface
- References
- Chapter 6 Adsorption at gas/solid interfaces
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Adsorption equilibrium isotherms
- 6.3 Determination of surface area and pore size of porous material
- 6.4 Adsorption/desorption hysteresis in mesoporous solids
- 6.5 Energies of adsorption and desorption
- 6.6 Importance of adsorption/desorption for CO2-enhanced shale gas recovery
- 6.7 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 7 Adsorption at liquid/solid interfaces
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Measurement of adsorption
- 7.3 Mechanisms of surfactant adsorption at solid-liquid interface
- 7.4 Adsorption of surfactants
- 7.5 Modeling of surfactant adsorption at a solid-liquid interface
- 7.6 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 8 Interaction forces between surfaces and in thin films
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Molecular component of disjoining pressure due to London-Van der Waals force
- 8.3 Electrostatic force
- 8.4 Structural forces in thin films
- 8.5 Disjoining pressure
- 8.6 Thin liquid film bounded by a solid and another fluid
- 8.7 Contact angle
- 8.8 Thin films during CO2 storage in aquifers
- 8.9 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 9 Electrokinetics
- Abstract
- 9.1 Electro-osmosis
- 9.2 Streaming potential
- 9.3 Electrophoresis
- 9.4 Sedimentation potential
- 9.5 Electrokinetics in geoscience
- References
- Chapter 10 Colloidal stability
- Abstract
- 10.1 DLVO theory
- 10.2 Extended DLVO theory
- 10.3 Aggregation kinetics: Smoluchouski and Fuchs models
- References
- Chapter 11 Wettability alteration of reservoir rock using surfactants
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Mechanisms of wettability alteration
- 11.3 Measurement of wettability and wettability alteration
- 11.4 Wettability alteration with surfactants
- 11.5 Modeling of wettability alteration
- 11.6 Field applications
- 11.7 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 12 Microemulsions
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Hydrophilic-lipophilic-balance and natural curvature of the surfactant layer
- 12.3 Practical use of HLB and natural curvature concepts
- 12.4 Ultralow interfacial tension via microemulsion formulation
- 12.5 Overview on recent EOR surfactant development
- References
- Chapter 13 Emulsions
- Abstract
- 13.1 Emulsion structures: Macro-emulsion, microemulsion
- 13.2 Different uses of emulsions
- 13.3 Generation and stability of emulsions
- 13.4 Viscosity of emulsions in bulk and in porous media
- 13.5 Demulsification
- 13.6 Nanoparticle-stabilized emulsions for EOR and other applications
- 13.7 Removal of oil droplets from produced water using magnetic nanoparticles
- References
- Chapter 14 Foams
- Abstract
- 14.1 Foam structure
- 14.2 Uses of foam
- 14.3 Generation and stability of foam
- 14.4 Rheology of foam in bulk and in porous media
- 14.5 Nanoparticle-stabilized CO2 foams for EOR and geological CO2 sequestration
- References
- Chapter 15 Rheology of polymers
- Abstract
- 15.1 EOR polymers
- 15.2 Non-Newtonian viscosity models
- 15.3 Shear and oscillatory viscosity measurements with viscometer
- 15.4 In-situ viscosity in reservoir rock
- 15.5 Viscosity correlations for PAM-based polymers
- 15.6 Polymer gels and microgels and their use for conformance-control purposes
- 15.7 Polymers for drilling and well completions
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 20, 2024
- No. of pages (Paperback): 382
- No. of pages (eBook): 480
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443215063
- eBook ISBN: 9780443215117
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Kishore K. Mohanty
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William R. Rossen
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