Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.53, No.12, 4544-4553, 2014
Effect of PEO-PPO-ph-PPO-PEO and PPO-PEO-ph-PEO-PPO on the Rheological and EOR Properties of Polymer Solutions
The rheological properties of partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) and PEO-PPO-ph-PPO-PEO (BPE) or PPO-PEO-ph-PEO-PPO (BEP) block polyether solutions are investigated here. Another hydrophobically associating polymer (HMPAM) is chosen as a contrast. The rheological results show that the elastic modulus (G') and viscous modulus (G '') of HPAM/BPE and HPAM/BEP solutions first increase then decrease, while the viscosities of HMPAM/BPE and HMPAM/BEP solutions decrease with the increase of block polyether concentration. The HPAM/BPE solution has a larger viscosity than HPAM/BEP, while the HMPAM/BPE solution has a lower viscosity than HMPAM/BEP. The polymer solutions containing BEP have larger G' and G '' values than the solutions with BPE. Furthermore, the block polyethers reduce the sensitivity of viscosity to temperature. BEP is more effective to stabilize the viscoelastic property and improve the temperature resistance than BPE in HMPAM system. BEP has a better property to enhance the salt tolerance of the polymer solution than BPE. Moreover, the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) experiments show that HPAM/block polyether mixed solution has a larger oil recovery than HPAM, and HPAM/BEP system has a larger enhanced effect than HPAM/BPE solution.