Development of Ultralow Interfacial Tension Lignosulfonate from Kraft Black Liquor for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Muhammad Mufti Azis; Fergie Febrina; Ignesti Anindia; Galuh Almas Darmawati; Desi Amalia Fenyka; Suryo Purwono; Rochmadi Rochmadi

doi:10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2021.53.2.10

Authors

Muhammad Mufti Azis Chemical Enginnering Department, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Fergie Febrina Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika 2, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
Ignesti Anindia Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika 2, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
Galuh Almas Darmawati Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika 2, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
Desi Amalia Fenyka Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika 2, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
Suryo Purwono Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika 2, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
Rochmadi Rochmadi Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika 2, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2021.53.2.10

Abstract

Indonesia aims to implement large-scale enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to increase the national oil production. Chemical EOR is a promising technology to boost the production of old reservoirs with the aid of surfactants and polymers. Thus, the production of low-cost EOR surfactants from local resources with acceptable performance is highly attractive. The objective of the present work was to demonstrate the development of low-cost lignosulfonate surfactant production from kraft black liquor (BL). First, lignin was isolated from black liquor using a novel CO₂ bubbling technique, followed by addition of coagulants. Next, sodium lignosulfonate (SLS) was synthesized from the resulting lignin, followed by formulation of SLS with octanol and palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) soap to obtain an ultralow interfacial tension (IFT) surfactant. The initial IFT value of the SLS solution was already high at 0.7 mN/m. After formulation, the composition SLS:PFADsoap:octanol=70:22:8(wt%) improved the IFT value to 3.1 10^-3 mN/m. An ultralow IFT in the range of 10^-3 mN/m as achieved here fulfills the required IFT value for EOR surfactant.

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