Atomistic insight into salinity dependent preferential binding of polar aromatics to calcite/brine interface: implications to low salinity waterflooding.

Scientific Reports
Mohammad Mehdi KoleiniMohammad Hossein Ghazanfari

Abstract

This paper resolve the salinity-dependent interactions of polar components of crude oil at calcite-brine interface in atomic resolution. Molecular dynamics simulations carried out on the present study showed that ordered water monolayers develop immediate to a calcite substrate in contact with a saline solution. Carboxylic compounds, herein represented by benzoic acid (BA), penetrate into those hydration layers and directly linking to the calcite surface. Through a mechanism termed screening effect, development of hydrogen bonding between -COOH functional groups of BA and carbonate groups is inhibited by formation of a positively-charged Na+ layer over CaCO3 surface. Contrary to the common perception, a sodium-depleted solution potentially intensifies surface adsorption of polar hydrocarbons onto carbonate substrates; thus, shifting wetting characteristic to hydrophobic condition. In the context of enhanced oil recovery, an ion-engineered waterflooding would be more effective than injecting a solely diluted saltwater.

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