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Qu G, Li B, Liu Y, Zhang Z, Bo L, Zhi J, Tian X, Bai X, Li X, Lv Q. Preparation and Performance Evaluation of Self-Cementing Nanoscale Polymeric Microspheres with Salt and Temperature Tolerance. Molecules 2024; 29:2596. [PMID: 38893472 PMCID: PMC11173545 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29112596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Revised: 05/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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Polymer microspheres with temperature and salt resistance were synthesized using the anti-suspension polymerization method, incorporating the functional monomers AMPS, AM, and AA. To enhance their self-gelling properties, the microspheres were designed with a core-shell structure. The shell is composed of a polymeric surfactant, fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether methacrylate (AEOMA), which serves as a thermosensitive crosslinking agent, enabling self-crosslinking upon shell decomposition, addressing compatibility with reservoir pore throat dimensions. Comprehensive characterizations including infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy, and laser particle size analysis were conducted. The microspheres exhibited successful synthesis, a nanoscale size, and regular spherical morphology. They demonstrated excellent temperature and salt resistance, making them suitable for high-temperature, high-salinity reservoir profile control. With a stable three-dimensional network structure, the microspheres displayed good expansion behavior due to hydrophilic groups along the polymer chains, resulting in favorable water affinity. Even after aging, the microspheres maintained their gelling state with a distinct and stable microscopic network skeleton. They exhibited superior plugging performance in low-permeability reservoirs, while effectively improving water absorption profiles in reservoirs with permeability contrasts of 10 to 80, thereby enhancing oil recovery.
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- Guohui Qu
- Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Northeast Petroleum University, Ministry of Education, Daqing 163318, China; (B.L.); (Y.L.); (J.Z.); (X.T.); (X.B.); (X.L.); (Q.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Northeast Petroleum University, Ministry of Education, Daqing 163318, China; (B.L.); (Y.L.); (J.Z.); (X.T.); (X.B.); (X.L.); (Q.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Northeast Petroleum University, Ministry of Education, Daqing 163318, China; (B.L.); (Y.L.); (J.Z.); (X.T.); (X.B.); (X.L.); (Q.L.)
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- Taizhou Oil Production Plant of Sinopec East China Oil and Gas Branch Company, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Taizhou 225300, China;
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- Dongxin Oil Production Plant of Shengli Oilfield Company, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Dongying 257000, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Northeast Petroleum University, Ministry of Education, Daqing 163318, China; (B.L.); (Y.L.); (J.Z.); (X.T.); (X.B.); (X.L.); (Q.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Northeast Petroleum University, Ministry of Education, Daqing 163318, China; (B.L.); (Y.L.); (J.Z.); (X.T.); (X.B.); (X.L.); (Q.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Northeast Petroleum University, Ministry of Education, Daqing 163318, China; (B.L.); (Y.L.); (J.Z.); (X.T.); (X.B.); (X.L.); (Q.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Northeast Petroleum University, Ministry of Education, Daqing 163318, China; (B.L.); (Y.L.); (J.Z.); (X.T.); (X.B.); (X.L.); (Q.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Northeast Petroleum University, Ministry of Education, Daqing 163318, China; (B.L.); (Y.L.); (J.Z.); (X.T.); (X.B.); (X.L.); (Q.L.)
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Lei T, Wang Y, Zhang H, Cao J, Xiao C, Ding M, Chen W, Chen M, Zhang Z. Preparation and performance evaluation of a branched functional polymer for heavy oil recovery. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wang Q, Chen B, Wang X, Wang Y, Hu W, Duan M, Fang S. Preparation and profile control evaluation of core‐shell structure and surface‐hydrophobic modified polyacrylamide microsphere. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.53110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Qihai Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southwest Petroleum University Chengdu China
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- CNOOC Energy Technology Drilling & Production Co Tianjin China
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- Oilfield Chemistry Department State Key Laboratory of Offshore Oil Exploitation Beijing China
- Department of Technology R&D Center CNOOC Research Institute Company, Ltd. Beijing China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southwest Petroleum University Chengdu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southwest Petroleum University Chengdu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southwest Petroleum University Chengdu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southwest Petroleum University Chengdu China
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Formulation of bionanomaterials: A review of particle design towards oil recovery applications. J IND ENG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2021.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Li P, Zhang F, Gong Y, Tang J, Zhang C, Sun Z, Liu G, Li X. Synthesis and properties of functional polymer for heavy oil viscosity reduction. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Li J, Niu L, Wu W, Sun M. The Reservoir Adaptability and Oil Displacement Mechanism of Polymer Microspheres. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E885. [PMID: 32290460 PMCID: PMC7240620 DOI: 10.3390/polym12040885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Polymer microsphere profile control is a promising approach for the profile control of heterogeneous reservoirs. Matching between polymer microspheres and the reservoir pore throat is crucial for profile control. In this study, the range of the optimal matching factor Ra between polymer microspheres and core porosity was divided through core permeability limit experiments, and the dynamic migration laws and shut-off patterns of microspheres were studied using 9-m-long cores and microscopic models. The oil displacement effect and mechanism of microspheres were analyzed using three cores in parallel. The "injectability limit" and "in-depth migration limit" curves were divided by Ra into three zones: blockage (Ra < 1.09 ± 0.10), near-well profile control (1.09 ± 0.10 < Ra < 5.70 ± 0.64), and in-depth fluid diversion (Ra > 5.70 ± 0.64). During migration in porous media, the microspheres gradually enlarged in size and thus successively shut off in four forms: multi-microsphere bridging shut-off, few-microsphere bridging shut-off, single-microsphere shut-off, and elastic shut-off. Microspheres with a rational combination of sizes versus those with a single particle size further enhanced reservoir oil recovery under certain reservoir conditions. Through "temporary shut-off-breakthrough-temporary shut-off," the polymer microspheres were able to change the fluid flow rate and streamlines, mobilize residual oils, and enhance the oil recovery rates.
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- Jianbing Li
- Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery of Education Ministry, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China; (J.L.); (W.W.)
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- Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery of Education Ministry, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China; (J.L.); (W.W.)
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- Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery of Education Ministry, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China; (J.L.); (W.W.)
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- No. 8 Production Plant, Daqing Oilfield Company Limited, Daqing 163514, China;
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Razavi S, Lin B, Lee KYC, Tu RS, Kretzschmar I. Impact of Surface Amphiphilicity on the Interfacial Behavior of Janus Particle Layers under Compression. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:15813-15824. [PMID: 31269790 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Langmuir monolayers of silica/gold Janus particles with two different degrees of amphiphilicity have been examined to study the significance of particle surface amphiphilicity on the structure and mechanical properties of the interfacial layers. The response of the layers to the applied compression provides insight into the nature and strength of the interparticle interactions. Different collapse modes observed for the interfacial layers are linked to the amphiphilicity of Janus particles and their configuration at the interface. Molecular dynamics simulations on nanoparticles with similar contact angles provide insight on the arrangement of particles at the interface and support our conclusion that the interfacial configuration and collapse of anisotropic particles at the air/water interface are controlled by particle amphiphilicity.
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- Sepideh Razavi
- Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering , University of Oklahoma , Norman , Oklahoma 73019 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , City College of the City University of New York , New York , New York 10031 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , City College of the City University of New York , New York , New York 10031 , United States
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Poling-Skutvik R, Slim AH, Narayanan S, Conrad JC, Krishnamoorti R. Soft Interactions Modify the Diffusive Dynamics of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles in Solutions of Free Polymer. ACS Macro Lett 2019; 8:917-922. [PMID: 35619487 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We examine the dynamics of silica particles grafted with high molecular weight polystyrene suspended in semidilute solutions of chemically similar linear polymer using X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy. The particle dynamics decouple from the bulk viscosity despite their large hydrodynamic size and instead experience an effective viscosity that depends on the molecular weight of the free polymer chains. Unlike for hard-sphere nanoparticles in semidilute polymer solutions, the diffusivities of the polymer-grafted nanoparticles do not collapse onto a master curve solely as a function of normalized length scales. Instead, the diffusivities can be collapsed across two orders of magnitude in free polymer molecular weight and concentration and one order of magnitude in grafted molecular weight by incorporating the ratio of free to grafted polymer molecular weights. These results suggest that the soft interaction potential between polymer-grafted nanoparticles and free polymer allows polymer-grafted nanoparticles to diffuse faster than predicted based on bulk rheology and modifies the coupling between grafted particle dynamics and the relaxations of the surrounding free polymer.
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- Ryan Poling-Skutvik
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-4004, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-4004, United States
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-4004, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-4004, United States
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Review on application of nanoparticles for EOR purposes: A critical review of the opportunities and challenges. Chin J Chem Eng 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2018.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Agi A, Junin R, Gbadamosi A. Mechanism governing nanoparticle flow behaviour in porous media: insight for enhanced oil recovery applications. INTERNATIONAL NANO LETTERS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s40089-018-0237-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Studies on interfacial and rheological properties of water soluble polymer grafted nanoparticle for application in enhanced oil recovery. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2016.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Worthen AJ, Tran V, Cornell KA, Truskett TM, Johnston KP. Steric stabilization of nanoparticles with grafted low molecular weight ligands in highly concentrated brines including divalent ions. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:2025-2039. [PMID: 26758382 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm02787j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Whereas numerous studies of stabilization of nanoparticles (NPs) in electrolytes have examined biological fluids, the interest has grown recently in media with much higher ionic strengths including seawater and brines relevant to environmental science and subsurface oil and gas reservoirs. Given that electrostatic repulsion is limited at extremely high ionic strengths due to charge screening, we have identified ligands that are well solvated in concentrated brine containing divalent cations and thus provide steric stabilization of silica nanoparticles. Specifically, the hydrodynamic diameter of silica nanoparticles with grafted low molecular weight ligands, a diol ether, [3-(2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)propyl]-trimethoxysilane, and a zwitterionic sulfobetaine, 3-([dimethyl(3-trimethoxysilyl)propyl]ammonio)propane-1-sulfonate, is shown with dynamic light scattering to remain essentially constant, indicating lack of aggregation, at room temperature and up to 80 °C for over 30 days. An extended DLVO model signifies that steric stabilization is strongly dominant against van der Waals attraction for ∼10 nm particles given that these ligands are well solvated even in highly concentrated brine. In contrast, polyethylene glycol oligomers do not provide steric stabilization at elevated temperatures, even at conditions where the ligands are soluble, indicating complicating factors including bridging of the ether oxygens by divalent cations.
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- Andrew J Worthen
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
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Lorenzo AT, Ponnapati R, Chatterjee T, Krishnamoorti R. Structural characterization of aqueous solution poly(oligo(ethylene oxide) monomethyl methacrylate)-grafted silica nanoparticles. Faraday Discuss 2016; 186:311-24. [DOI: 10.1039/c5fd00137d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The structure of aqueous dispersions of poly(oligo(ethylene oxide) monomethyl methacrylate)-grafted silica nanoparticles was characterized using contrast variation small-angle neutron scattering studies. Modeling the low hybrid concentration dispersion scattering data using a fuzzy sphere and a polydisperse core–shell model, demonstrated that the polymer chains are highly swollen in the dispersions as compared to the dimensions of the free polymer chains in dilute solution. At higher hybrid concentrations, the dispersions were well described using a Percus–Yevick approximation to describe the structure factor. These structural characterization tools are excellent starting points for effective molecular level descriptors of dewetting and macroscopic phase transitions for polymer tethered hybrid nanoparticle systems.
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- Arnaldo T. Lorenzo
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- University of Houston
- Houston
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- University of Houston
- Houston
- USA
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