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Surfactant Formulation Engineering using HLD and NAC

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Author:   Edgar Acosta (Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada) ,  Jeffrey Harwell (University of Oklahoma, OK, USA) ,  David A. Sabatini (University of Oklahoma, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780128214817

ISBN 10:   0128214813
Pages:   458
Publication Date:   21 May 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Section I: Hydrophilic-lipophilic difference (HLD) fundamentals 1. The HLD-NAC in a nutshell: an introduction to the principles and uses of HLD-NAC 2. History and evolution of the HLD 3. Surfactant mixtures and the measurement of characteristic curvature (Cc) 4. Oil mixtures and the measurement of equivalent alkane carbon number (EACN) 5. Effect of electrolytes, polymers, co-solvents and additives Section II: Hydrophilic-lipophilic difference (HLD) applications 6. Use of HLD in Surfactant-Enhanced Oil Recovery and Aquifer Remediation 7. Use of HLD for corrosion inhibitors and flow assurance chemicals 8. Use of HLD in Detergent formulations 9. Use of HLD in Fragrance formulation 10. High-throughput HLD phase scans for surfactant characterization and formulation 11. HLD-guided surfactant design for enhanced oil recovery applications 12. High-throughput HLD-guided formulation design for latex and agrochemical formulations 13. HLD-guided surfactant structure-performance relationship in cold detergency applications 14. HLD-guided design of self-emulsifying drug delivery applications 15. HLD-guided design of vegetable oil extraction technology Section III: Net-Average Curvature (NAC) fundamentals 16. History and evolution of NAC 17. Prediction of phase diagrams for surfactant-oil-water (SOW) and surfactant-water (SW) systems 18. Prediction of interfacial tension, rigidity, emulsion formation and stability 19. Prediction of oil-water-solid wettability Section IV: Applications of the net-average curvature 20. HLD-NAC in practical applications 21. HLD-NAC in reservoir simulation22. HLD-NAC alternatives in reservoir simulation 23. HLD-NAC design of hard surface cleaning systems 24. HLD-NAC design of microemulsion-templated nanoparticles 25. HLD-NAC design of microemulsion-templated nanostructured polymers 26. HLD-NAC guided design of extended surfactants for enhanced oil recovery operations Section V: The Integrated Free Energy Model (IFEM) 27. Derivation and predictive capabilities of the Integrated Free Energy model 28. Applications of IFEM in detergent formulation development

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Edgar Acosta is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto. He received his BSc in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad del Zulia (Venezuela) in 1996, and his MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, in 2000 and 2004, respectively. He has published 90 research articles in the area of colloids, complex fluids, and formulation engineering. Jeffrey Harwell works at the University of Oklahoma in OK, USA. David A Sabatini works at University of Oklahoma in USA

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