Application of a novel cationic starch in enhanced oil recovery and its adsorption properties

Jianong Fu; Ru Qiao; Lanlan Zhu; Weiqun Zhu; Shiyou Hao

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.30, No.1, 82-86, January, 2013

DOI10.1007/s11814-012-0147-4 Export Citation

Application of a novel cationic starch in enhanced oil recovery and its adsorption properties

Jianong Fu, Ru Qiao^†, Lanlan Zhu, Weiqun Zhu^{1, †}, and Shiyou Hao

College of Chemistry and Life Sciences and College of Mathematics Physics and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
¹School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

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We report a preparation of water-soluble cationic starch and its application as an oil-displacing agent in chemical enhanced oil recovery. The singular sand-pack core-flood tests provide experimental evidence that the injection of the modified starch after the conventional water flooding can significantly enhance oil recovery and effectively reduce water-cut. To discuss the proposed oil-displacement mechanism of this cationic starch solution, its static and dynamic adsorption properties were also presented in this paper.

Keywords:Cationic Starch;Enhanced Oil Displacement;Simulation Test;Adsorption Properties

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[Referenced By]

[1] Zou C, Zhao P, Ge J, Lei Y, Luo P, Carbohyd. Polym., 87, 607 (2012)

[2] Somasundaran P, Krishnakumar S, Colloids Surf. A., 123-124, 491 (1997)

[3] Leslie T, Xiao H, Dong M, J. Petrol. Sci. Eng., 46, 225 (2005)

[4] Al-Hashmi AR, Luckham PF, Colloids Surf. A., 358, 142 (2010)

[5] Guo DR, Gao JP, Zhao FL, Petrol. Drill. Technol., 26, 29 (1998)

[6] Tan Y, Zhang L, Li Z, Spec. Petrochem., 4, 41 (1998)

[7] Qiao R, Zhu W, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 16(2), 278 (2010)

[8] Schiller AM, Suen TJ, Ind. Eng. Chem., 48, 2132 (1956)

[9] Wu XY, Pelton RH, Tam KC, Woods DR, Hamielec AE, J. Polym. Sci. Part A., 31, 957 (1993)

[10] Song X, Yang G, Ke J, Han B, Zhao Y, Yan H, Chem. Online., 1, 39 (1998)

[11] Gao ML, Li Q, Wang JS, Xu HJ, Oilfield Chem., 20, 70 (2003)

[12] Saraji S, Goual L, Piri M, Energy Fuel., 24, 6009 (2010)

[13] RezaeiDoust A, Puntervold T, Austad T, Energy Fuels, 25(5), 2151 (2011)

[14] Qian J, Guangzhou Food Sci. Technol., 12, 19 (1996)

[15] Wang XR, Environmental chemistry, Nanjing University Press, Nanjing (2001)