What is it about?
Nanoemulsion is a colloidal system that is believed to be good at extracting the remaining oil from the reservoir by reducing the energy needed to displace oil to the surface. To truly proved this theory, the nanoemulsion characteristics need to be investigated along with its stability properties. Generally, the more stable the nanoemulsion, the more effective its capability to extract the remaining oil.
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Why is it important?
Note that this paper focuses on the oil and gas industry however the usage of nanoemulsion or emulsion is widely applicable for drug delivery applications and the food industry. To make sure the nanoemulsion is as stable as it can, some of its characteristics need to be checked to prove its capability. There are many characteristics that can be used to indicate its stability. The top three characteristics are zeta potential, the particle size of the dispersed phase in nanoemulsion, and its ability to remain stable in storage containers. Hence, this paper evaluates these three characteristics using Response Surface Methodology(RSM) which is one of the best methods to find the optimum conditions for the best stability for three variables which are surfactant concentration, sonication time, and sonication power.
Perspectives
I hope that this paper will contribute by helping all the readers to understand the results to perform more research in the related area as I believe that it can bring significant improvement to nanomaterial technology.
Afif Naqiudien
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This page is a summary of: Synthesis of nanoemulsions from palm oil stabilized by sorbitan monooleate and polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate for enhanced oil recovery application, January 2022, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0099660.
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