TY  - JOUR
A1  - Alnarabiji, M.S.
A1  - Yahya, N.
A1  - Bee Abd Hamid, S.
A1  - Azizi, K.
A1  - Shafie, A.
A1  - Solemani, H.
JF  - Advanced Materials Research
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84906984116&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fAMR.1024.83&partnerID=40&md5=e60d57a45189de0173621e332db2aee0
VL  - 1024
Y1  - 2014///
N2  - Synthesizing zinc oxide nanoparticles to get certain specific characteristics to be applied in Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is still challenging to date. In this work, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were synthesized using the sol-gel method by dissolving zinc nitrate hexahydrate in nitric acid. The ZnO crystal and particles' morphology and structure were determined using X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM). In this study, a microwave oven was used for annealing ZnO without insulating a sample in any casket. The results show that 30 and 40 minutes of annealing and stirring for 1 hour influenced the morphology and size of zinc oxide particles in nanoscale. These parameters could be tailored to generate a range of nanoparticle morphology (agglomerated nanoparticles in a corn-like morphology), a crystal size with the mean size of 70.5 and 74.9 nm and a main growth at the peak 101. EOR experiment were conducted by dispersing 0.10 wt% ZnO NPs in distilled water to form a ZnO nanofluid. Then the fluid was injected into the medium in the 3rd stage of the oil recovery to present EOR stage. It was found that ZnO nanofluid has the ability to extract 8% of the original oil in place (OOIP). © (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
ID  - scholars4873
KW  - Crystal structure; Enhanced recovery; Microwaves; Morphology; Nanofluidics; Nanoparticles; Sol-gel process; Sol-gels; Synthesis (chemical)
KW  -  Agglomerated nanoparticles; Enhanced oil recovery; Field emission scanning electron microscopes; Morphology and structures; Nanoparticle morphology; Original oil in places; Zinc oxide (ZnO); Zinc oxide nanoparticles
KW  -  Zinc oxide
CY  - Penang
EP  - 86
PB  - Trans Tech Publications Ltd
SN  - 10226680
N1  - cited By 10; Conference of 3rd International Conference on the Advancement of Materials and Nanotechnology, ICAMN 3 2013 ; Conference Date: 19 November 2013 Through 21 November 2013; Conference Code:107494
SP  - 83
TI  - Microwave synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery
AV  - none
ER  -