화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.106, 482-491, February, 2022
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2021.11.021  Export Citation
Biomimetic functional hydrogel particles with enhanced adhesion characteristics for applications in fracture conformance control
Jiawei Liu1, 2, Lin Li1, 2, †, Zhongzheng Xu1, 2, Yongpeng Sun1, 2, Yining Wu1, 2, and Caili Dai1, 2, †
  • 1Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development (China University of Petroleum (East China)), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
  • 2Shandong Key Laboratory of Oilfield Chemistry, Department of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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Fracture conformance control in reservoir can effectively improve water channel to increase crude oil displacement efficiency of subsequent waterflooding. Inspired by the remarkable underwater wet adhesion of mussel byssus, hydrogel particles which can adhere stably on the fracture rock surface in reservoir conditions could achieve long-lasting reservoir control effect. In this work, the size-controllable biomimetic functional hydrogel particles were prepared by mechanical shearing after bulk hydrogel was constructed by catechol-functionalized polyacrylamide and phenolic resin crosslinking agent. The influence of solution salinity on the aggregation and adhesion of hydrogel particles was investigated via scanning electron microscope (SEM), colloidal probe atomic force microscope (AFM) and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D). The results showed that hydrogel particles maintained well-dispersed state in lowsalinity water, while exhibited significant adhesion and adsorption capacity to the silica surface in simulated reservoir salinity water. This is of great importance to the practical applications that the hydrogel particles would not show enhanced adhesion to rock surfaces until the reservoir salinity water was met, which was beneficial to the in-depth migration of hydrogel particles to achieve effective deep reservoir profile control. Furthermore, the visible micro-model was designed and applied to evaluate profile control effect of hydrogel particles, and the results showed that hydrogel particles could withstand water flushing and adhere stably to the fracture surface. The waterflooding sweep efficiency was increased remarkably from 20.3% ± 2.0% to 38.8% ± 2.0%. This work would help better understand the function mechanism of hydrogel particles in reservoir control and provide novel and efficient method for the practical application in enhanced oil recovery.
Keywords:Hydrogel particles;Adhesion;Colloidal probe AFM;Reservoir fracture;Conformance control
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