Petroleum Science >2019, Issue 3: 578-590 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-019-0314-x
Experimental investigation into Fe3O4/SiO2 nanoparticle performance and comparison with other nanofluids in enhanced oil recovery Open Access
文章信息
作者:Yousef Kazemzadeh, Behnam Dehdari, Zahra Etemadan, Masoud Riazi and Mohammad Sharifi
作者单位:
Department of Petroleum Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Polytechnic, Tehran, Iran,School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7194684471, Iran,School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7194684471, Iran,School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7194684471, Iran and Department of Petroleum Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Polytechnic, Tehran, Iran
投稿时间:2019-04-07
引用方式:Kazemzadeh, Y., Dehdari, B., Etemadan, Z. et al. Pet. Sci. (2019) 16: 578. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-019-0314-x
文章摘要
Nanofluids because of their surface characteristics improve the oil production from reservoirs by enabling different enhanced recovery mechanisms such as wettability alteration, interfacial tension (IFT) reduction, oil viscosity reduction, formation and stabilization of colloidal systems and the decrease in the asphaltene precipitation. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the synthesis of a new nanocomposite has been studied in this paper for the first time. It consists of nanoparticles of both SiO2 and Fe3O4. Each nanoparticle has its individual surface property and has its distinct effect on the oil production of reservoirs. According to the previous studies, Fe3O4 has been used in the prevention or reduction of asphaltene precipitation and SiO2 has been considered for wettability alteration and/or reducing IFTs in enhanced oil recovery. According to the experimental results, the novel synthesized nanoparticles have increased the oil recovery by the synergistic effects of the formed particles markedly by activating the various mechanisms relative to the use of each of the nanoparticles in the micromodel individually. According to the results obtained for the use of this nanocomposite, understanding reservoir conditions plays an important role in the ultimate goal of enhancing oil recovery and the formation of stable emulsions plays an important role in oil recovery using this method.
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Enhanced oil recovery, Asphaltene precipitation, Wettability alteration, Interfacial tension reduction, Fe3O4/ SiO2 nanofluid