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. 2017 Dec 13;8(1):20. doi: 10.1007/s13205-017-1022-0

Table 4.

Sand-pack column test for biosurfactant produced by P. aeruginosa PBS

Parameters Sand-pack column test Mean ± SD
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
PV (mL) 30.0 29.5 30.0 29.83 ± 0.29
IOS (mL) 18.5 18.0 18.0 18.17 ± 0.29
IOS (%) 61.67 61.02 60.00 60.90 ± 0.84
SOR (mL) 2.6 2.2 2.7 2.50 ± 0.26
SOR (%) 14.05 12.22 15.00 13.76 ± 1.41
ROS (mL) 15.9 15.8 15.3 15.67 ± 0.32
ROS (%) 85.95 87.78 85.00 86.24 ± 1.41
AOR (mL) 9 8.6 8.8 8.80 ± 0.20
AOR (%) 56.6 54.43 57.52 56.18 ± 1.59

PV pore volume, IOS initial oil saturation, SOR secondary oil recovery after water flooding, ROS residual oil saturation, AOR additional oil recovery, IOS% percent initial oil saturation, SOR% percent secondary oil recovery, ROS% percent residual oil saturation, AOR% percent additional oil recovery