Enhancement of CO2 Foam Stability with Modified Silica Nanoparticles in High Salinity Brine †

doi:10.7503/cjcu20190670

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The liquid phase stability and CO₂ foam stability were studied with mixing cationic surfactant and modified nanoparticles(NPs) solutions. It was concluded that inorganic ions screened the electrostatic attraction force between the NPs and cationic surfactant. Moreover, the ratio of surfactant and NPs determined the solution stability in constant salinity brine. From the interfacial tension(IFT) measurement, when the surfactant concentration was higher than its critical micelle concentration, the IFT was similar before and after adding NPs and the lowest IFT was 6 mN/m, whereas it was not as the surfactant concentration was lower than CMC. The bulk foam stability results shown that the NPs enhanced the foam half-life with more than twice time. However, it depended on the concentration ratio. Furthermore, the apparent viscosity of foam stabilized with mixture was increased from 20 mPa·s to 55 mPa·s, nearly triple higher than that with only surfactant in sand-pack with total injection velocity 2 mL/min and foam quality 70%. In summary, adding NPs to surfactant solution, the foam flooding would be more efficient at specified conditions.

Key words: Modified nanoparticles, Surfactant, CO₂ foam, Foam stability

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O647.2

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ZHANG Xuan,ZHANG Tianci,JIANG Ping,GE Jijiang,ZHANG Guicai. Enhancement of CO₂ Foam Stability with Modified Silica Nanoparticles in High Salinity Brine ^†[J]. Chem. J. Chinese Universities, 2020, 41(5): 1076.

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Silane coverage at NPs surface/(μmol·m^-2)	Salinity/(mg·L^-1)
Silane coverage at NPs surface/(μmol·m^-2)	0	10000	20000	50000
1	Cloudy immediately	Cloudy immediately	Cloudy immediately	Cloudy immediately
2	Cloudy immediately	Cloudy immediately	Cloudy immediately	Clear and stable within 1 d
3	Cloudy immediately	Clear and stable within half day	Clear and stable after 3 d	Clear and stable after 3 d

Silane coverage at NPs surface/(μmol·m^-2)	Salinity/(mg·L^-1)
Silane coverage at NPs surface/(μmol·m^-2)	0	10000	20000	50000
1	Cloudy immediately	Cloudy immediately	Cloudy immediately	Cloudy immediately
2	Cloudy immediately	Cloudy immediately	Cloudy immediately	Clear and stable within 1 d
3	Cloudy immediately	Clear and stable within half day	Clear and stable after 3 d	Clear and stable after 3 d

Mass fraction of 1231(%)	Mass fraction of nanoparticles(%)	Foam height/cm	Foam half-life time/min
0.5	0	20	35
0.5	0.2	21	80
0.5	0.5	21	30

Mass fraction of 1231(%)	Mass fraction of nanoparticles(%)	Foam height/cm	Foam half-life time/min
0.5	0	20	35
0.5	0.2	21	80
0.5	0.5	21	30

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Mass fraction of 1231(%)	Temperature/℃	Pressure/MPa	Foam height/cm	Foam half-life time/min
0.01	50	10	3	—
0.05	50	10	5	—
0.1	50	10	9	10
0.2	50	10	19	22.5
0.5	50	10	20	35
1.0	50	10	20	40
0.5	35	10	16	45
0.5	70	10	22	15
0.5	50	8	20	35
0.5	50	12	21	45
0.5	50	15	18	70

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