Enhanced oil recovery(EOR)by means of polymer flooding is an important technology for the strategic development of offshore oilfields in China.Hydrophobically associating polyacrylamide(HAPAM)has been recently propose...Enhanced oil recovery(EOR)by means of polymer flooding is an important technology for the strategic development of offshore oilfields in China.Hydrophobically associating polyacrylamide(HAPAM)has been recently proposed as a new flooding agent.The solubility of HAPAM is low,which is the bottleneck for further improving the oil recovery through polymer flooding in offshore oilfield.Stirred tanks have been used on offshore platforms to enhance HAPAM dissolving.But there is little literature on the study of HAPAM dissolving characteristics in stirred tanks.In this paper,effects of temperature,salinity,stirring speed,impeller type and stirring method on the dissolution of HAPAM are reported.The experimental results manifest that the dissolving rate of HAPAM increases with temperature and stirring speed,but the viscosity of the polymer solution decreases.There is an optimal range of salinity for polymer dissolving.Combining the operation mode of up-pumping with varying stirring speed,hydrofoil impeller can accelerate the dissolution of HAPAM and maintain a high solution viscosity.展开更多
To correct the defects of hydrophobic association hydrogels （HA-gels）, new physically and chemically cross-linked hybrid hy- drophobic association hydrogels （hybrid HA-gels） were prepared by radical copolymerizati...To correct the defects of hydrophobic association hydrogels （HA-gels）, new physically and chemically cross-linked hybrid hy- drophobic association hydrogels （hybrid HA-gels） were prepared by radical copolymerization of acrylamide （AM）, octylphe- nol polyoxyethylene （n） acrylate （OPnAC, n stands for the number of ethoxy group, and is 10 and 21） and N,N＇-methylene- bisacrylamide （MBA）. On the basis of the statistical molecular theory of rubber elastic, the Mooney-Rivlin model and using the tensile true stress （O＇true） tested at room temperature, the number of network strands per unit volume （o~） and the num- ber-average molar mass of a network strand （Me） were evaluated for hybrid HA-gels. For the hydrogels, the effect of the con- tent of MBA and OP10AC on their tensile mechanical properties was studied by using o0 and Mc; also, the effect of the com- positions and temperature on their swelling behavior in distilled water was discussed in detail. In addition, hybrid HA-gels in- cluding a small quantity of MBA possessed the capabilities of secondary self-healing and remolding. In contrast with HA-gels prepared by the same compositions besides MBA, hybrid HA-gels showed good mechanical strength and long-term thermal stability in distilled water in the range of 25 to 80℃. Furthemore, hybrid HA-gels also avoided the self-deswelling behavior of HA-gels. The results show that the application fields of HA-gels will be greatly broadened after introducing a chemical cross-linking network.展开更多
文摘Enhanced oil recovery(EOR)by means of polymer flooding is an important technology for the strategic development of offshore oilfields in China.Hydrophobically associating polyacrylamide(HAPAM)has been recently proposed as a new flooding agent.The solubility of HAPAM is low,which is the bottleneck for further improving the oil recovery through polymer flooding in offshore oilfield.Stirred tanks have been used on offshore platforms to enhance HAPAM dissolving.But there is little literature on the study of HAPAM dissolving characteristics in stirred tanks.In this paper,effects of temperature,salinity,stirring speed,impeller type and stirring method on the dissolution of HAPAM are reported.The experimental results manifest that the dissolving rate of HAPAM increases with temperature and stirring speed,but the viscosity of the polymer solution decreases.There is an optimal range of salinity for polymer dissolving.Combining the operation mode of up-pumping with varying stirring speed,hydrofoil impeller can accelerate the dissolution of HAPAM and maintain a high solution viscosity.
文摘To correct the defects of hydrophobic association hydrogels （HA-gels）, new physically and chemically cross-linked hybrid hy- drophobic association hydrogels （hybrid HA-gels） were prepared by radical copolymerization of acrylamide （AM）, octylphe- nol polyoxyethylene （n） acrylate （OPnAC, n stands for the number of ethoxy group, and is 10 and 21） and N,N＇-methylene- bisacrylamide （MBA）. On the basis of the statistical molecular theory of rubber elastic, the Mooney-Rivlin model and using the tensile true stress （O＇true） tested at room temperature, the number of network strands per unit volume （o~） and the num- ber-average molar mass of a network strand （Me） were evaluated for hybrid HA-gels. For the hydrogels, the effect of the con- tent of MBA and OP10AC on their tensile mechanical properties was studied by using o0 and Mc; also, the effect of the com- positions and temperature on their swelling behavior in distilled water was discussed in detail. In addition, hybrid HA-gels in- cluding a small quantity of MBA possessed the capabilities of secondary self-healing and remolding. In contrast with HA-gels prepared by the same compositions besides MBA, hybrid HA-gels showed good mechanical strength and long-term thermal stability in distilled water in the range of 25 to 80℃. Furthemore, hybrid HA-gels also avoided the self-deswelling behavior of HA-gels. The results show that the application fields of HA-gels will be greatly broadened after introducing a chemical cross-linking network.
