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Full Length Research Paper Inhibitive Effect of Some Natural Naphthenates as Corrosion Inhibitors on the Corrosive Performance of Carbon Steel in CO2-Saturated Brine
Vagif M. Abbasov1, Hany M. Abd El-Lateef1, 2*, Sevinc A. Mamedxanova1, Leylufer. I. Aliyeva1, Teyyub A. Ismayilov1, Musayev J. Ilham1, Orkhan A. Aydamirov1, Fariz A. Amirov1
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Mamedaliev Institute of Petrochemical Processes, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, AZ1025 Baku, Azerbaijan 2 Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, 82524 Sohag, Egypt *Corresponding Author: Hany_shubra@yahoo.co.uk
Received 26 April 2013; Accepted 07 June 2013

Abstract. Two surfactants [sodium and potassium salts of naphthenic acids] were synthesized by liquid-phase oxidation process of the naphtha fraction of the Baku crude oil and their chemical structure was confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy. The surface tension at 298K was measured; the critical micelle concentration (CMC) and some surface active parameters were calculated. The inhibition efficiency (%) of these surfactants has been studied by both Linear polarization resistance corrosion rate and Potentiodynamic polarization measurements at 50 C. The data showed that, the presence of investigated inhibitors results a high decrease in the corrosion rate. The inhibition efficiency increases with an increase in the inhibitor dose, getting maximum inhibition efficiency 99.48% at 100 ppm of potassium salt. The Tafel polarization results indicate that the inhibitors act as mixed inhibitors. Tafel slopes are approximately constant and independent on the inhibitor concentration. The adsorption of the inhibitors on the carbon steel surface obeys Langmuirs adsorption isotherm. The thermodynamic parameters of adsorption revealed a strong interaction between the inhibitors and the corroding carbon steel surface. Key words: Petroleum acids, Carbon Steel, surfactants, corrosion inhibition, Carbon Dioxide Corrosion.

1. INTRODUCTION Corrosion of carbon steel is a significant problem in the oil and gas production and transportation systems and causes significant economic loss (Okafor et al., 2009). CO2 corrosion of carbon steels has been one of the most common corrosion problems in oil and gas industry. Carbon dioxide dissolves in the presence of a water phase, forming carbonic acid, which is corrosive to carbon steel (Lopez et al., 2003a). The understanding of CO2 corrosion mechanisms under the effects of many mechanical and environmental factors, such as flow, temperature, pressure, oilwater ratio, pH, solution chemistry, and corrosion product layer, has been of great concern in corrosion field (Yin et al., 2009). The use of inhibitors is one of the most practical methods for protection against corrosion. The inhibitors, which reduce corrosion on metallic materials, are inorganic inhibitors, organic inhibitors, surfactant inhibitors and mixed material inhibitors. Surfactants are special type of organic compounds and exhibit unique properties due to their amphiphilic molecule. This is the reason of their wide application in the field of inhibition of metals against corrosion. A molecular layer of surfactants is formed as a result of this attraction with the construction of a hydrophobic barrier, which prevent the contact of the metal surface with the environment. The surfactant inhibitors have

many advantages such as high inhibition efficiency, low price, low toxicity and easy production (Abbasov et al., 2013a; Abbasov et al., 2013b; Abd El-Lateef et al., 2012a; Stoyanova et al., 1997; Abdallah et al., 2009; Joseph and Rajendran, 2001). The adsorption of the surfactant on the metal surface can markedly change the corrosion-resisting property of the metal (Abd El-Lateef et al., 2012b), and so the study of the relationship between the adsorption and corrosion inhibition is of great importance. Salts of naphthenic acids, which are naphthenates, are widely used as hydrophobic sources of metal ions in diverse applications. Metal naphthenates are coordination complexes. They have the formula M(naphthenate)2 or are basic oxides with the formula M3O(naphthenate)6. The naphthenates are highly soluble in organic media, such as paints. They have industrial applications including synthetic detergents, lubricants and corrosion inhibitors (Nora et al., 2005). In this study, two surfactants (sodium and potassium salts of naphthenic acids) were synthesized by liquid-phase oxidation process of the naphtha fraction of the Baku crude oil. The surface activities of these surfactants were determined. The applicability of these surfactants as corrosion inhibitors for carbon steel were estimated by Linear polarization resistance corrosion rate and

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Potentiodynamic polarization measurements in CO2saturated 1% NaCl solution at 50 C. 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1. Chemical composition of carbon steel alloy The rotating disk working electrodes for tests were made of carbon steel grade 080A15 and have an area of 4.55 cm2 with a chemical composition (wt%) C 0.18%, Si 0.17%, Mn 0.70%, P 0.011%, S 0.03%, Ni 0.0%, Cr 0.01% and Fe balance. The data was provided by European Corrosion Supplies Ltd 2.2. Synthesis of Surfactant inhibitors The surfactants used as inhibitors were synthesized in our laboratory based on petroleum acids. The new series of the complex surfactants were synthesized from naphthenic acids isolated from light oil fractions (Tb= 180-350 C) (Abbasov et al, 2012c). Two types from inhibitors were synthesized in high purity by the following compositions: [R-COONa (I) and R-COOK (II)]. The chemical structure of the synthesized surfactants was characterized by using FT-IR, Spectrum BX spectrometer using KBr disks. 2.3. Preparation of solutions The aggressive solution, 1% NaCl, was prepared by dissolving of analytical grade NaCl in distilled water. The concentration range of the prepared surfactants was from 25 to 100 ppm used for corrosion measurements. All inhibitors solutions were prepared using distilled water. 2.4. Corrosion measurements The measurements were performed on the rotating cylinder electrode. This electrode was used for one time. The reference electrode was Ag/AgCl Electrode to which all potentials are referred. Before beginning the experiment, the prepared 1% - of sodium chloride solution was stirred by a magnetic stirrer for 60 min in 1000 ml cell. Then this cell was thermostated at 50 C for 1 hour under a CO2 pressure of 0.9 bars. The solution was saturated with carbon dioxide. To remove any surface contamination and air formed oxide, the working electrode was kept at1500 mV (Ag/AgCl) for 5 min in the tested solution, disconnected shaken free of adsorbed hydrogen bubbles and then cathodic and anodic polarization was recorded. ACM Gill AC instrument connected with a personal computer was used for the measurements.

2.4.1. Potentiodynamic polarization measurements The extrapolation of cathodic and anodic Tafel lines was carried out in a potential range 100 mV with respect to corrosion potential (Ecorr) at scan rate of 1 mV/s. 2.4.2. Linear polarization resistance corrosion rate The LPR method is ideal for plant monitoring offering an almost instantaneous indication of corrosion rate, allowing for quick evaluation of remedial action and minimizing unscheduled downtime. The prepared 1% - of the solution sodium chloride was stirred by a magnetic stirrer for 60 min in 4000 ml. The prepared solution poured into the 4 glass beakers (1000 ml for each one). Then these beakers were placed on a heater at 50 C for 1 hour under a pressure of 0.9 bars. The solution was saturated with carbon dioxide. After that, the electrodes were placed in the medium and are connected through a potentiometer ACM GILL AC. The surface of working electrode is cleaned by acetone before using, these electrodes are using for one time. After 1 hour, except for 1 beaker, the remaining 3 is fed with the suitable amount of inhibitor and continued supply of CO2 under pressure of 0.9 bar until the end of the experiment. The potential of the working electrode was varied by a CoreRunning programme (Version 5.1.3.) through an ACM instrument Gill AC. The CoreRunning programme converts a corrosion current in mA/cm2 to a corrosion rate in mm/year. A cylindrical carbon steel rod of the composition 080A15 GRADE STEEL was used as a working electrode. Gill AC technology allows measure DC and AC signals using standard Sequencer software. A small sweep from typically 10 mV to +10 mV at 10 mV/min around the rest potential is performed. 2.5. Surface tension measurements The surface tensions were determined by DuNouy Tensiometer, Kruss Type 8451 and the temperature was maintained precisely at 25 C. Critical micelle concentration (CMC) values of surfactants were determined, according to the break points in plots of the surface tension versus ln molar concentration of investigated surfactants. 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3.1. Chemical surfactants structure of the synthesized

The FT-IR spectrum of the naphthenic acid, shows a broad OH stretch found at 3200-2700 cm-1; the strong

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signal at 1712 cm-1 was due to a carbonyl group (C=O). The strong signal at 1289 cm-1 was due to a CO stretch; the signal at 1369 cm-1 was due to a C-O-H. The FT-IR absorption spectra of inhibitor II confirmed that, the disappearance of OH band of acid (broad band), this confirmed that, the replacement of H atom in carboxylic group by K atom to form COOK. FTIR spectra confirmed the expected functional groups in the synthesized anionic surfactant. 3.2. LPR corrosion rate The linear- polarization-resistance (LPR) corrosion rate bubble-test method involves evaluating the corrosion of a given metal in simulated brine saturated with CO2 at a temperature equivalent to that in the field. During the test, CO2 gas is sparged continuously into the test solution. The rate of corrosion is determined instantaneously with the LPR corrosion rate technique, in which a small direct-current voltage is applied to a pair of identical electrodes and the resultant current is measured. Figure 1 shows that, the change in corrosion rate (CR) with time for carbon steel in CO2-saturated 1% NaCl solution containing different concentrations

form inhibitor II (K-salt) at 50 C. The inhibitor was added after 1 hour of exposure because at this time the corrosion potential got stable, allowing the measurement of the CR prior the injection of the inhibitor. The initial corrosion rate, without inhibitor, was measured to be between 3.45 and 5.03 mm y-1. It can be observed from Figure 1 that, the CR, in the absence of inhibitor, tends to increase with time. The increase in CR has been attributed to the galvanic effect between the ferrite phase and cementite (Fe3C) which is a part of the original steel in the non-oxidized state and accumulates on the surface after the preferential dissolution of ferrite (-Fe) into Fe2+ (Staicopolus, 1963). Fe3C is known to be less active than the ferrite phase. Therefore, there is a preferential dissolution of ferrite over cementite, working the former as the anode and latter as the cathode, favoring the hydrogen evolved reaction (HER) during the corrosion process (Crolet et al., 1998; Videm et al., 1996). Variation of the corrosion rate for inhibitor II at different concentrations is presented in Figure 1. Corrosion parameters were calculated on the basis of LPR corrosion rate test. The inhibition efficiency ( %) and surface coverage () were calculated according to the following equations:

where CRo is the corrosion rate without inhibitor and CRi is the corrosion rate when inhibitor is present. It can be seen that the presence of inhibitors results a high decrease in the rate of corrosion. In the case of these inhibitors, the corrosion rate decreases as the inhibitor concentration increases, getting maximum inhibition efficiency ranged between 98.49 and 99.48% at 100 ppm after 20 hour of exposure (Table 1). This trend may results from the fact that adsorption and surface coverage increase with the increase in concentration; thus the surface is effectively separated from the medium (El-Sayed et al., 2010). Table 1 shows the calculated values of corrosion rates, the inhibition efficiencies and the surface coverage in the absence and presence of different concentrations of different inhibitors at 50 C. A general trend is observed in presence of the studied inhibitors, a decrease in the corrosion rate of carbon steel in presence of these surfactants compared to the blank (inhibitor free solution). By increasing the concentration of the surfactants, a further decrease in corrosion rate of carbon steel was observed. The

maximum inhibition efficiency (%) was obtained at 100 ppm of inhibitors.. This indicates that the inhibitory action of the inhibitors against carbon steel corrosion can be attributed to the adsorption of these molecules on the metal surface, limits the dissolution of carbon steel, and the adsorption amounts of surfactants on carbon steel increase with concentrations in the corrosive solutions (Taleb and Mohamed, 2011). Figure 2 shows the variation of the corrosion rate with time for carbon steel in CO2-saturated brine containing 100 ppm from different surfactants at 50 C. This plot indicates that, the presence of different inhibitors decreases the rate of corrosion. The data indicate that, the inhibition efficiency of carbon steel in CO2-saturated brine in the presence of inhibitor II (K-salt) more than that obtained of inhibitor I (Nasalt). The high inhibition efficiency obtained in CO2saturated solution in the presence of studied inhibitors can be attributed to the formation of a protective film of iron carbonate (FeCO3) as follows (Lopez et al., 2003b):

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The anodic dissolution for iron in carbonic acid solutions gives ferrous ions (Ogundele and White, 1986). Fe Fe2+ + 2e(7) According to these processes, a corrosion layer was formed on the steel surface. The properties of the formed layers and its effect on the corrosion rate are important factors to take into account when studying the corrosion of steels in CO2 environments. Ogundele and White suggested that, iron carbonate, FeCO3, may be important in the formation of protective layers on steel surface (Ogundele and White, 1986). The formation of iron carbonate can be explained by using the following Eq. (Migahed et al, 2006). 2 Fe2+ + CO3 FeCO3 (8) 3.3. The extrapolation of cathodic and anodic Tafel lines The inhibiting effect of the synthesized compounds on the corrosion reaction of carbon steel in CO2-saturated NaCl solution was investigated using the electrochemical polarization method. The polarization technique was adopted to determine both cathodic and

anodic polarization curves. It is also used to calculate the corrosion currents from the extrapolation of Tafel lines to pre-determined open circuit potential. This is achieved by measuring the potentialcurrent characteristics of the metal/solution system under consideration with the aid of a potentiostat. Figure 3 shows the influence of inhibitor I concentrations on the Tafel cathodic and anodic polarization characteristics of carbon steel in CO2saturated solution at scan rate 1 mV/s and at 50 C. Corrosion parameters were calculated on the basis of cathodic and anodic potential versus current density characteristics in the Tafel potential region (Tremont et al, 2000; Schultze and Wippermann, 1987). Steady state of open circuit corrosion potential (Ecorr) for the investigated electrode in the absence and presence of the studied inhibitor was attained after 4560 min from the moment of immersion. Corrosion current density (Icorr) of the investigated electrodes was determined (El-Sayed, et al, 2011), by extrapolation of cathodic and anodic Tafel lines to corrosion potential (Ecorr). The inhibition efficiency expressed as percent inhibition (%) is defined as:

Where Iuninh. and Iinh. are the uninhibited and inhibited corrosion currents. The inhibited corrosion currents are those determined in the presence of the studied surfactants used in this investigation. The uninhibited corrosion currents were determined in pure (inhibitor free) CO2-saturated 1% NaCl solution at the same temperature. It can be seen that the presence of surfactants molecule results a marked shift in both cathodic and anodic branches of the polarization curves towards lower current densities. This means that, the inhibitors affect both cathodic and anodic reactions. It was found that, both anodic and cathodic reactions of carbon steel electrode corrosion were inhibited with increasing concentration of synthesized inhibitors. These results suggest that not only the addition of synthesized inhibitors reduce

anodic dissolution but also retard the hydrogen evolution reaction. The electrochemical parameters Ecorr, Icorr, inhibition efficiency (%), anodic and cathodic Tafel slopes (a , c) obtained from the polarization measurements were listed in Table 2. The data exhibited that, the corrosion current density (Icorr) decreases, and the inhibition efficiency (%) increases as the concentration of inhibitors is increased. These results suggest that retardation of the electrodes processes occurs, at both cathodic and anodic sites, as a result of coverage of these sites by surfactants molecules. The results also indicate that, the percentage inhibition efficiency ( %) of the inhibitor (II) is greater than that of the inhibitor (I), thereby; firmly agree with aforementioned results of LPR corrosion rate.

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Fig. 1: Variation of the Corrosion rate with time for carbon steel in CO2-saturated 1 % NaCl solution containing different concentrations of inhibitor II (K-salt) at 50 C.

Fig. 2: Variation of the Corrosion rate with time for carbon steel in CO 2-saturated 1% NaCl solution containing 100 ppm of different inhibitors at 50 C.

The corrosion potential Ecorr values of all synthesized inhibitors were shifted slightly toward both cathodic and anodic directions and did not show any definite trend in CO2-saturated brine. This may be considered due to the mixed-type behaviour of the studied inhibitors. It can be observed, the shift in Ecorr that is characteristic of anodic and anodic/cathodic inhibitor (Lpez et al, 2005). It was explained that this shift in Ecorr is due to active sites blocking effect that occurs when an inhibitor is added (Cao, 1996). In the case of CO2 corrosion the anodic and cathodic reactions are the oxidation of iron and the reduction of hydrogen, respectively (Nordsveen et al., 2005). If it

is considered that the active sites on the metal surface are the same for both reactions before adding the inhibitor, it is logical the change in Ecorr when the inhibitor is present because its adsorption change those active sites and therefore the anodic and cathodic reaction rates (Farelas and Ramirez, 2010). The fact that the slopes of the cathodic (a) and anodic (c) Tafel lines in Table 2 remain almost unchanged upon addition of the inhibitors. These results indicate that this inhibitor acts by simply blocking the available surface area. In other words, the inhibitor decreases the surface area for corrosion of the investigated metal, and only causes inactivation

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of a part of the surface with respect to corrosive medium. On the other hand, the cathodic Tafel slopes (c) are also found to be greater than the respective anodic Tafel slopes (a). These observations are correlated with the fact that the cathodic exchangecurrent density values are less than those of the anodic counter parts. It can be concluded that the overall

kinetics of corrosion of carbon steel alloy in CO2 saturated solution are under cathodic control. For all studied inhibitors, the common ground was that the corrosion current density decreased and the inhibition efficiency increased with increasing inhibitors concentration. The highest inhibition efficiency was 98.49 % for inhibitor II (K-salt) at100 ppm.

Table 1: The corrosion parameters obtained from LPR corrosion rate measurements for carbon steel electrode in CO 2saturated brine in the absence and presence of various concentrations of investigated surfactants at 50 C.

Fig. 3: Tafel polarization curves for carbon steel in CO2-saturated 1% NaCl solution containing different concentration of inhibitor (I) at 50 C.

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Table 2: Corrosion parameters obtained from Tafel polarization for carbon steel in CO 2-saturted 1% NaCl solution in the absence and presence of different concentrations of the prepared surfactants at 50 C.

3.4. Surface tension and surface active properties The values of surface tension () were measured at 303 K for various concentrations of the synthesized surfactants. The measured values of () were plotted against ln of the surfactant concentration, ln C (Fig. 4). The intercept of the two straight lines designates the CMC, where saturation in the surface adsorbed layer takes place. The plot showed that the surfactant was molecularly dispersed at low concentration leading to a reduction in surface tension. This

reduction increases with increasing concentration. At high concentration, however, when a certain concentration was reached (CMC), the surfactant molecules form micelles, which were in equilibrium with the free surfactant molecules (Migahed et al., 2006). The surface active properties of the surfactant, effectiveness (cmc), maximum surface excess (max), and minimum area per molecule (Amin) were calculated using the following equations (Rosen, 1978):

Where /lnC is maximum slope, 0 is the surface tension of pure water, cmc the surface tension at critical micelle concentration, NA is the Avogadros number (6.023 1023 molecules/mol), R is the molar gas constant (R= 8.314 J/(mol K)) and T is the o absolute temperature = (tC+273), Gmic is the Gibbs
0 free energy of micellization, Gads is the Gibbs free energy of adsorption (Badawi et al., 2007). The data presented in Table 3 show some of the surface active properties for the investigated surfactants. The results indicate that, the consequent increase in of max leads to crowding at the interface, which causes a decrease in Amin values. The values of

effectiveness (cmc) at 298 K indicate that the prepared compounds gives large reduction of surface tension at CMC, so that, these compounds acts as effective corrosion inhibitors for carbon steel in CO2- saturated 1% NaCl solutions. The free energy changes of micellization and adsorption showed negative sign showing the spontaneity of the two processes at 25 C (Table 3). 0 o Moreover, Gads increase in negativity than Gmic . That showed the higher tendency of these surfactants towards adsorption rather than micellization. Then the adsorption will be accompanied with micellization at last. The tendency towards adsorption was referred to

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the interaction between the aqueous phases and the hydrophobic chains which pump the surfactant

molecules to the interface (Alsabagh et al., 2006).

Table 3: The critical micelle concentration and surface parameters of the synthesized surfactants

3.5. Adsorption isotherm and thermodynamic parameters Basic information on the interaction between the inhibitor molecules and metal surfaces could be

provided from the adsorption isotherms. The values of surface coverage () which were defined as in the following equation:

A correlation between and inhibitor concentration in the corrosive medium can be

represented by the Langmuir adsorption isotherm (Tao et al., 2009).

Where Kads is the equilibrium constant of the inhibitor adsorption process and Cinh. is the inhibitor concentration. Plots of Cinh/ versus Cinh yielded a straight line as shown in Fig. 5, which suggested that at 323 K the adsorption of investigated inhibitors on metal surface obeyed Langmuir adsorption isotherm model. This isotherm assumed that the adsorbed molecules occupied only one site and there was no interaction with other molecules adsorbed. The linear regression coefficients (r) and the slopes parameter were shown in Table 4. All correlation coefficient (r > 0.997) indicated that the inhibition of carbon steel by studied surfactants was attributed to the adsorption of

inhibitors on the metal surface. However, the slopes of the Cinh/ versus Cinh plots were close to 1 and showed a little deviation from unity which meant nonideal simulating (Badawy et al., 2006) and unexpected from Langmuir adsorption isotherm. They might be the results of the interactions between the adsorbed species on the metal surface (Migahed et al., 2003; Azim et al., 1974). Kads values could be calculated from the intercepts of the straight lines on the Cinh/ -axis, the Kads was related to the standard free energy of adsorption, o ; with the following equation (Flis and Gads Zakroczymski, 1996):

The value 55.5 in the above equation was the molar concentration of water in solution in mol/L (Azim et al., 1974). The relatively high value of the adsorption equilibrium constant (Kads; Table 4) reflects the high adsorption ability of these surfactants on the metal surface (Abd El-Lateef et al., 2012c). It is also noted that, the high value of Kads for inhibitor II indicate stronger adsorption on the carbon steel surface than

the inhibitor I. Large values of Kads imply more efficient adsorption hence better inhibition efficiency (Refay et al., 2004). The high and negative values of free energy of o adsorption ( Gads ) indicate spontaneous adsorption and strong interaction of the inhibitor molecule with o the carbon steel surface. Generally, values of Gads

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up to -20 kJ mol-1 are consistent with physisorption, while those around -40 kJ mol-1 or higher are associated with chemisorption as a result of the sharing or transfer of electrons from organic molecules to the metal surface to form a coordinate bond (Farhat and Quraishi, 2011). In the present

o study, the Gads values obtained for the surfactants I and II on carbon steel in CO2-saturated 1 % NaCl solution are -44.71 and -45.92 kJ mol-1, respectively. This indicates that the adsorption of studied inhibitors is typical chemisorption.

Fig. 4: Change of surface tension () with the concentration of the surfactants at 25 C.

Fig. 5: Langmuir plots for inhibitors I and II in CO2-saturated brine obtained from the extrapolation of cathodic and anodic Tafel lines at 50 C.

4. CONCLUSION In this research, Linear polarization resistance corrosion rate and Potentiodynamic polarization measurements were used to study the corrosion inhibition of carbon steel in CO2-saturated 1% NaCl solution using sodium and potassium salts of

naphthenic acids as corrosion inhibitors. The results can be summarized as follows. a) The synthesized surfactant acts as an effective corrosion inhibitor for carbon steel in CO2-saturated 1% NaCl solution. b) The inhibition efficiency increased with increasing concentration of the inhibitor.

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c) The inhibition efficiency (%) reached to 99.48 % at 100 ppm of the inhibitor II. d) Polarization measurements showed that the inhibitors act as mixed inhibitor. e) The adsorption of the inhibitors on the metal surface obeys Langmuir adsorption isotherm.

f) The higher value of the equilibrium adsorption constant (Kads. = 3.65 105) reflects the high adsorption ability of the inhibitors molecules on the surface of carbon steel.

Table 4: Thermodynamic parameters for the adsorption of inhibitors I and II in CO2-saturated brine on the carbon steel surface at 323 K

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Prof. Dr. Vagif Maharram Abbasov, Doctor of chemical sciences (DSC), Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Petrochemical Processes, Director of Institute of Petrochemical Processes. He is a Member of the Editorial Board of "Processes of Petrochemistry and oil refining journal" (Chief Secretary). He is a Member of the American Chemical Society. He is an author on 250 papers in international journals and more than 35 books. V. M. Abbasov has carried out the thorough researches in the field of synthesis of antistatic additives to hydrocarbon liquids including to jet fuels. He for the first time proposed the possibility for producing the displaced complexes of nitroalkanes and organic acids with the transition metals, developed on their basis the high efficient and polyfunctional antistatic additive. This additive was tested and commercialized in perm plant of aircraft engines. V. M. Abbasov with coworkers has created in 1997 the polyfunctional waxy deposit corrosion inhibitor "Parkorin-1", the commercial tests have been carried out in the Azerbaijan oil fields, jointly exploited by Turkish- Azerbaijan and by TSNIIKP (Moscow city) has been recommended for application.

Dr. Hany M. Abd El-Lateef was born in Sohag, Egypt, in 1982. He received the master degree in physical chemistry from the University of Sohag, Sohag, Egypt, in 2009, since that has worked in different projects in the field of corrosion science. In 2010, he joined the department of chemical resistance of materials and corrosion protection, institute of petrochemical processes, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, as a PhD student. He is one of the Editorial board of Chemistry Journal. He is an author on 30 papers in international journals and two books. Hany is one of NACE membership.

Dr. Sevinc A. Mamedxanov, Doctor of chemical sciences, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. She is an author on 50 papers in international journals. She obtained degree in Master of Science in Petrochemistry from Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. She received his first degree in applied chemistry from Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. Her research is focused on the Synthesis of various surfactants, compounds soluble in oils and fuels, and their investigation as corrosion inhibitors, additives to fuels, oils, polymeric stabilizers, development of theoretical bases for selecting corrosion inhibitors and additives.

Prof. Dr. Leylufer Imran Aliyeva Doctor of Technical Sciences, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Petrochemical Processes, Head of department. She is a Member of the Editorial Board of "Processes of Petrochemistry and oil refining journal". She is an author on 180 papers in international journals and more than 18 books. Her work focused on the synthesis of nitroalkanes metallocomplexes, high-molecular amines and creation of polyfunctional antistatic additives, corrosion inhibitors, inhibitor-bactericides and study of their action mechanism. She has created the high efficient polyfunctional sulfurated hydrogen corrosion inhibitors based on -olifins with working capacity in the media with H2S, CO2 content more than 25% vol.

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Dr. Teyyub A. Ismayilov, Doctor of chemical sciences, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Petrochemical Processes. He is an author on 50 papers in international journals. T. A. Ismayilov has carried out the thorough and extensive researches in the field of creation of the corrosion inhibitors and obtained the following important results: on the basis of carbamide and amines there has beer created a new method for synthesis of phosphate complexes and organized on their basis the production and application of polyfunctional corrosion inhibitors.

Musayev Javidan Ilham is a Ph.D student in the sphere of quality control at the State Economic University of Azerbaijan. He received his first degree from The State Economic University in 2009 awarded with Bachelor of Science. He obtained Master degree of Science from The State Economic University in 2012. His current research is focuses on synthesis and the review in quality of sulfonation of acids and saline acids on plant origin.

Orkhan A. Aydamirov obtained his first degree from the Baku State University in chemistry in 2011. He is junior researcher in Petrochemical Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. His current research is focuses on corrosion inhibitors and conservation fluids. To date, he has published several scientific articles related to corrosion inhibitors. He also interests in alternative energy sources and biomass.

Dr. Fariz A. Amirov is an Assistant Professor in Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. He has more than 22 years research experience in the field of Petrochemistry. He has published over 70 refereed articles in professional journals/proceedings. Dr. F. A. Amirov research has focused on alleviating problems associated with oil industry issues from corrosion. He is editor and reviewer of some international journals.

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