GREEN SYNTHESIS

Green synthesis of iron oxide nanorods

from deciduous Omani Mango tree
leaves for heavy oil viscosity treatment

 Achieved by utilizing rich

polyphenols in Omani mango tree leaves
as reducing agent.

Obtained (IONRs) were (15 2)nm in average

length & (3 0.2) nm in average diameter.

1) Nanorods--polycrystalline in structure with different diffraction planes

indicating the presence of a specific type of IONRs which are
) alpha phase , hermatite ( alpha-Fe 2O3 ) and
) gamma phase, maghemite ( gamma-Fe2O3 ).
2) The

relatively smaller size, distribution and heat conversion make the

obtained nanorods

a good candidate for

cracking process.

heavy crude oil

 This is because of the presence of asphaltenes which are

long chain hydrocarbons with high molecular weight that tends to
aggregate.

Oil viscosity has been shown to produce portionally

increase with rich asphaltene content.
At ambient temperatures , crude oil and bitumen are resistant to flow through reservoir rock
because of their high viscosity

ENERGY CONSUMPTION HIGH---Consequently.the energy expanded to produce and upgrade a barrel of oil can be as high
as 40% of the total energy available from crude oil resource.

To this endTRADITIONAL

ROUTE.
Thermal enhanced oil recovery techniques
such as steam assisted recovery and also in situ
combustion are employed.

In situ combustion methods

..involves combustion of a small portion of the
oil in place to mobilize the rest through the heat
released from the combustion process, which

reduces the viscosity of the remaining oil

and allows it to flow to a producer well.

All the recovery techniques

Expensive
Complicated
Need periodic maintainance

Greener route
Direct microwave radiation..
1. Microwave heating
. Has an incontestable place in analytical and
organic laboratory practices as a very
effective and non-polluting method of
activation and heating.
2. Iron oxide nanoparticleswith high specific
surface area and small diffusion path length
improve interaction with macromolecules and
cracking reaction..

Methods..
Green mango leaves were dried and grinded well to
form green powder.
Extract solution was prepared by dissoving 12 g of dry
leaves powder in 200ml of distilled water and then
heated for 60 min at 70C by using ultrasonic method.
Iron solution.. Was prepared by dissolving 1.51g of FeSO4 powder
in 100ml of distilled water and then heated for 10 mins at 40C
100ml of prepared solution of FeSO4 and 50 ml of Na OH to
balance the average solution pH.
100 ml of FeSO4sNaOH was added to 50ml of mango leaves extract
(1:2 ratio) & heated for heated for 60 min at temperature of 25C

Extract solution
Current route-synthesis of IONRs
using Omani Mango tree leaves
Reference on green tea extract
(Shawan et al,.2011)