화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.98, 247-261, June, 2021
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2021.03.046  Export Citation
Pore-scale study of in-situ surfactant flooding with strong oil emulsification in sandstone based on X-ray microtomography
Yun She1, Chunwei Zhang1, Mohammad Azis Mahardika1, 2, Anindityo Patmonoaji1, 3, Yingxue Hu1, †, Shintaro Matsushita1, and Tetsuya Suekane1
  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-I6-33, Ookayama, Meguroku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
  • 2Mechanical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Nasional Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
  • 3Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan
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This study presented a pore-scale investigation on the dynamic displacement of oil subjected to ex-situ and in-situ surfactant flooding using X-ray microtomography. The ex-situ surfactant solution was preprepared, whereas the in-situ surfactant was generated directly with the chemical reaction inside porous media. The results showed that oil removal from the pore spaces relied on the combination of piston-like, pore-body filling and a weak emulsification mechanism in the ex-situ system, whereas the in-situ system was dominated by a strong emulsification process. The threshold capillary pressure was decreased significantly owing to interfacial tension reduction and wettability alteration, which enhanced the oil cluster mobilization. Therefore, the in-situ system produced the highest oil recovery efficiency of 86.9% compared with ex-situ system and water flooding. The emulsifying ability was evaluated through oil cluster size distributions and their dynamic evolution. The networks or branches disappeared and emulsified into small oil ganglia and singlets, thereby leading to a significant decrease in the average equivalent diameter. Finally, strong emulsification in the in-situ system was attributed to quick and precise surfactant aggregation at the oil.water interface that induced blebbing, whereas the ex-situ case was dominated by slow surfactant transport relying on advection and diffusion in the flow mainstream.
Keywords:In-situ surfactant;Enhanced oil recovery;Emulsification;Chemical reaction;X-ray microtomography
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