Assessing the effects of different gas types on stability of SiO2 nanoparticle foam for enhanced oil recovery purpose
| Autor: | Saeed Harati, Ali Esfandyari Bayat, Mohammad Taghizadeh Sarvestani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Materials science
chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences Nitrogen Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Methane 0104 chemical sciences Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Volumetric flow rate Silica nanoparticles chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Chemical engineering Carbon dioxide Materials Chemistry Sio2 nanoparticle Enhanced oil recovery Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Sodium dodecyl sulfate 0210 nano-technology Spectroscopy |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Molecular Liquids. 313:113521 |
| ISSN: | 0167-7322 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113521 |
| Popis: | Application of silica nanoparticles (SiO2-NPs) as a foamer in CO2 foams has been widely investigated. Investigating the role of SiO2-NPs on making and stabilizing foams created by various gas types is still ongoing. This research attempted to experimentally determine and compare the impacts of SiO2-NPs on the stability of foams created by various available gas types including Nitrogen (N2), Methane (CH4), and carbon dioxide (CO2). For this purpose, 0.12 wt% Sodium dodecyl sulfate was solved in NaCl solution 0.1 wt% and then SiO2-NPs at concentrations from 0.001 to 0.1 wt% were added to the solution. N2, CH4, and CO2 gases were injected to the NPs suspensions with a flow rate of 50 mL/min and the stability of generated foams was determined through measuring half-life time. Once the optimum NP concentration was found for each gas type, that foam was flooded to a sandpack to find and compare the amount of oil recoveries. The optimum concentration of SiO2-NPs in terms of foam stability was achieved 0.01 wt% for all the applied gas. The half-life time of CH4, N2, and CO2 foams at 0.01 wt% SiO2-NPs were achieved 1054, 1720, and 62 min, respectively. Besides that, the amounts of incremental oil recoveries by NP-CH4, NP-N2, and NP-CO2 foams were obtained 25%, 31%, and 19%, respectively that 2 to 6% were higher than foam flood tests without NPs. According to the obtained results, it is generally can be concluded that utilizing N2 and CH4 gases in foam flooding for EOR purpose is more efficient than CO2. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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