Effect of Allelochemicals of Chinese-fir root extracted by supercritical CO_2 extraction on Chinese fir

Allelochemicals of Chinese-fir root was extracted by technology ofsupercritical CO_2 extraction under orthogonal experiment design, and it was used to analyzeallelopathic activity of Chinese-fir through bioassay of seed germination. The results showed thatas to the available rate of allelochemicals, the pressure and temperature of extraction were themost important factors. The allelochemicals of Chinese-fir root extracted by pure CO_2 and ethanolmixed with CO_2 have different allelopathic activities to seed germination, and the allelochemicalsextracted by ethanol mixed with CO_2 had stronger inhibitory effects on seed germination than thatextracted by pure CO_2.

MICROPOROUS PVDF-HFP-BASED POLYMER MEMBRANES FORMED FROM SUPERCRITICAL CO_2 INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION

Microporous poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)(PVDF-HFP)membranes following supercritical CO_2 induced phase separation process were prepared using four solvents.The solid electrolytes of PVDF-HFP were formed by microporous PVDF-HFP membranes filled and swollen by a liquid electrolyte.The effect of the solvents on the morphology and structure,electrolyte absorptions and lithium ionic conductivity of the activated membranes were investigated.It was approved that all the membrane had the similar...

Demonstration of a small‐scale power generator using supercritical CO_(2)

The supercritical CO_(2)(sCO_(2))power cycle could improve efficiencies for a wide range of thermal power plants.The sCO_(2)turbine generator plays an important role in the sCO_(2)power cycle by directly converting thermal energy into mechanical work and electric power.The operation of the generator encounters challenges,including high temperature,high pressure,high rotational speed,and other engineering problems,such as leakage.Experimental studies of sCO_(2)turbines are insufficient because of the significant difficulties in turbine manufacturing and system construction.Unlike most experimental investigations that primarily focus on 100 kW‐or MW‐scale power generation systems,we consider,for the first time,a small‐scale power generator using sCO_(2).A partial admission axial turbine was designed and manufactured with a rated rotational speed of 40,000 rpm,and a CO_(2)transcritical power cycle test loop was constructed to validate the performance of our manufactured generator.A resistant gas was proposed in the constructed turbine expander to solve the leakage issue.Both dynamic and steady performances were investigated.The results indicated that a peak electric power of 11.55 kW was achieved at 29,369 rpm.The maximum total efficiency of the turbo‐generator was 58.98%,which was affected by both the turbine rotational speed and pressure ratio,according to the proposed performance map.

Polymerization of Styrene in Supercritical CO_2-swollenPoly(ethylene terephthlate)

Polystyrene/Poly(ethylene terephthlate) (PET) blends have been prepared by theheterogeneous free-radical polymerization of styrene within supercritical carbon dioxide-swollenPET substrates. Composition of the blends and the average molecular weight of polystyrene inthe blends can be controlled by equilibration time and reaction condition.

Multi-objective optimization and evaluation of supercritical CO_(2) Brayton cycle for nuclear power generation

The supercritical CO_(2) Brayton cycle is considered a promising energy conversion system for Generation IV reactors for its simple layout,compact structure,and high cycle efficiency.Mathematical models of four Brayton cycle layouts are developed in this study for different reactors to reduce the cost and increase the thermohydraulic performance of nuclear power generation to promote the commercialization of nuclear energy.Parametric analysis,multi-objective optimizations,and four decision-making methods are applied to obtain each Brayton scheme’s optimal thermohydraulic and economic indexes.Results show that for the same design thermal power scale of reactors,the higher the core’s exit temperature,the better the Brayton cycle’s thermo-economic performance.Among the four-cycle layouts,the recompression cycle(RC)has the best overall performance,followed by the simple recuperation cycle(SR)and the intercooling cycle(IC),and the worst is the reheating cycle(RH).However,RH has the lowest total cost of investment(C_(tot))of$1619.85 million,and IC has the lowest levelized cost of energy(LCOE)of 0.012$/(kWh).The nuclear Brayton cycle system’s overall performance has been improved due to optimization.The performance of the molten salt reactor combined with the intercooling cycle(MSR-IC)scheme has the greatest improvement,with the net output power(W_(net)),thermal efficiencyη_(t),and exergy efficiency(η_(e))improved by 8.58%,8.58%,and 11.21%,respectively.The performance of the lead-cooled fast reactor combined with the simple recuperation cycle scheme was optimized to increase C_(tot) by 27.78%.In comparison,the internal rate of return(IRR)increased by only 7.8%,which is not friendly to investors with limited funds.For the nuclear Brayton cycle,the molten salt reactor combined with the recompression cycle scheme should receive priority,and the gas-cooled fast reactor combined with the reheating cycle scheme should be considered carefully.

Pressure Effect on the Local Composition SurroundingEthyl Acetoacetate in Supercritical CO_2 - Ethanol Mixture

The keto-enol tautomerization of ethyl acetoacetate (EAA) in supercritical CO2-ethanol mixture has been investigated at 308.15 K and at different pressures using UV-Visspectroscopy. A method for calculating the local composition about EAA has been developed based on the relationship between the equilibrium constant and dielectric property of the mixing solvent. The results indicate that the local concentration of ethanol surrounding EAA is much higher than that in the bulk.

Proppant transport in rough fracture networks using supercritical CO_(2)

Proppant transport within fractures is one of the most critical tasks in oil,gas and geothermal reservoir stimulation,as it largely determines the ultimate performance of the operating well.Proppant transport in rough fracture networks is still a relatively new area of research and the associated transport mechanisms are still unclear.In this study,representative parameters of rough fracture surfaces formed by supercritical CO_(2) fracturing were used to generate a rough fracture network model based on a spectral synthesis method.Computational fluid dynamics(CFD)coupled with the discrete element method(DEM)was used to study proppant transport in this rough fracture network.To reveal the turning transport mechanism of proppants into branching fractures at the intersections of rough fracture networks,a comparison was made with the behavior within smooth fracture networks,and the effect of key pumping parameters on the proppant placement in a secondary fracture was analyzed.The results show that the transport behavior of proppant in rough fracture networks is very different from that of the one in the smooth fracture networks.The turning transport mechanisms of proppant into secondary fractures in rough fracture networks are gravity-driven sliding,high velocity fluid suspension,and fracture structure induction.Under the same injection conditions,supercritical CO_(2)with high flow Reynolds number still has a weaker ability to transport proppant into secondary fractures than water.Thickening of the supercritical CO_(2)needs to be increased beyond a certain value to have a significant effect on proppant carrying,and under the temperature and pressure conditions of this paper,it needs to be increased more than 20 times(about 0.94 m Pa s).Increasing the injection velocity and decreasing the proppant concentration facilitates the entry of proppant into the branching fractures,which in turn results in a larger stimulated reservoir volume.The results help to understand the proppant transport and placement process in rough fracture networks formed by reservoir stimulation,and provide a theoretical reference for the optimization of proppant pumping parameters in hydraulic fracturing.

聚丙烯与马来酸酐和苯乙烯在超临界CO_2中的双组分接枝

在超临界CO2 介质中 ,颗粒状的聚丙烯与马来酸酐、苯乙烯通过自由基接枝聚合生成了聚丙烯 g (马来酸酐 苯乙烯 )。探讨了双组分单体的摩尔比 ,溶胀温度和时间 ,反应压力和时间等对接枝率的影响。结果表明 ,苯乙烯作为一种共聚单体能够明显提高双组分的接枝率。在 5 0℃和 10MPa压力下溶胀 2h后 ,升温至 12 5℃、17MPa时反应 4h ,双组分接枝产物的最大接枝率为 10 5 8% ,比在同样条件下聚丙烯接枝马来酸酐的接枝率大 1倍。用FTIR和DSC表征了接枝共聚物的结构和热性能。聚丙烯支链中引入苯乙烯的结构单元 ,使产物的Tm由 15 8℃降低到 15

超临界CO_2流体萃取辛夷精油的组分分析

采用超临界CO2流体萃取辛夷精油,萃取率为3.8%,比水蒸气蒸馏的萃取率高58%。利用气相色谱-质谱联用(GC-MC)法对辛夷精油进行组分的定性和定量分析,并与水蒸气蒸馏法所得辛夷精油的组分相比较,发现超临界CO2流体萃取所得辛夷精油的香气、品质、产率优于水蒸气蒸馏法所得辛夷精油。

超临界CO_2辅助制备聚苯乙烯/尼龙1010共混物及其结晶形态

Polystyrene/nylon1010 blend was prepared with supercritical CO_ 2 as the monomer/initiator carrier. The aggregation structures of both nylon1010 treated by supercritical CO_ 2 and the blend were studied. The results reveal that the crystallinity of the blend decreased a little as the PS content increased; there were apparent bacillary or fruticose crystalline on the surface of treated nylon1010 and PS/nylon1010 blend.

Dynamic analysis of heat extraction rate by supercritical carbon dioxide in fractured rock mass based on a thermal-hydraulic-mechanics coupled model

Heat production from geothermal reservoirs is a typical heat transfer process involving a cold working fluid contacting a hot rock formation.Compared to the thermal-physical characteristics of water,supercritical CO_(2)(scCO_(2))has a higher heat storage capacity over a wide temperature-pressure range and may be favored as a heat transfer fluid.Singularly characteristic of scCO_(2)-based heat extraction is that the hydraulic-thermal properties of the scCO_(2) vary dramatically and dynamically with the spatial pressure gradient during unsteady-state flow along fracture.This highly nonlinear behavior presents a challenge in the accurate estimation of heat extraction efficiency in scCO_(2)-based EGS.In this paper,a thermal-h ydraulic-mechanical(THM)coupled model is developed by considering deformation of the fractured reservoir,non-Darcy flow and the varying thermal-physical properties of scCO_(2).The proposed model is validated by matching the modeling temperature distribution with published data.The results show that during continuous injection of scCO_(2),the fracture first widens and then narrows,ultimately reopening over the long term.The sequential fracture deformation behaviors are in response to the combined impacts of mechanical compression and thermally-induced deformation.By controlling the injection parameters of the scCO_(2),it is found that the heat extraction rate is positively correlated to its pore pressure or mass flow rate.The heat extraction rate can be significantly enhanced,when the inlet temperature of scCO_(2) is below its critical temperature.As a result,the heat increment recovered per unit mass of scCO_(2) decreases as the hot rock is gradually cooled.Meanwhile,the heat increment recovered per unit mass of scCO_(2) decreases by increasing the inlet temperature of scCO_(2) or its mass flow rate,but increases as the outlet pressure rises.Furthermore,multi-linear regression indicates that controlling the inlet temperature of the scCO_(2) can significantly improve the thermodynamic efficiency of heat extraction.

Fundamental study and utilization on supercritical CO_(2) fracturing developing unconventional resources:Current status,challenge and future perspectives

Under the fact that considerable explo ration and production of unconventional re sources and wo rsening global climate,reducing carbon emission and rationally utilizing carbon resources have been drawn increasing attention.Supercritical CO_(2)(SC-CO_(2)) has been proposed as anhydrous fracturing fluid to develop unconventional reservoirs,since its advantages of reducing water consumption,reservoir contamination etc.Well understanding of SC-CO_(2)fracturing mechanism and key influencing factors will exert significant impact on the application of this technology in the field.In this paper,the fundamental studies on SC-CO_(2)fracturing from the aspects of laboratory experiment and simulation are reviewed.The fracturing experimental setups,fracture monitoring and characterizing methods,unconventional formation categories,numerical simulation approaches,fracturing mechanism and field application etc.,are analyzed.The fundamental study results indicate that compared with conventional hydraulic fracturing,SC-CO_(2)fracturing can reduce fracture initiation pressure and easily induce complex fracture networks with multiple branches.The field test further verifies the application prospect and the possibility of carbon storage.However,due to the limitation of reservoir complexity and attributes of SC-CO_(2),massive challenges will be encountered in SC-CO_(2)fracturing.According to the current research status,the limitations in basic research and field application are summarized,and the future development direction of this technology and relevant suggestions are proposed.

Characteristics and mechanisms of supercritical CO_(2) flooding under different factors in low-permeability reservoirs

In recent years,supercritical CO_(2)flooding has become an effective method for developing lowpermeability reservoirs.In supercritical CO_(2)flooding different factors influence the mechanism of its displacement process for oil recovery.Asynchronous injection-production modes can use supercritical CO_(2)to enhance oil recovery but may also worsen the injection capacity.Cores with high permeability have higher oil recovery rates and better injection capacity,however,gas channeling occurs.Supercritical CO_(2)flooding has a higher oil recovery at high pressure levels,which delays the occurrence of gas channeling.Conversely,gas injection has lower displacement efficiency but better injection capacity at the high water cut stage.This study analyzes the displacement characteristics of supercritical CO_(2)flooding with a series of experiments under different injection and production parameters.Experimental results show that the gas breakthrough stage has the fastest oil production and the supercritical CO_(2)injection capacity variation tendency is closely related to the gas-oil ratio.Further experiments show that higher injection rates represent significant ultimate oil recovery and injection index,providing a good reference for developing low-permeability reservoirs.

Effects of CO_2 Compression and Decompression Rates on the Physiology of Microorganisms

The influence of compression and decompression rates of carbon dioxide on the physiology of Absidia coerufea and Saccharomyces cerevisiae was investigated. Besides parameters such as pressure, temperature, exposure time, water content, and initial pH, the influence of either compression or decompression rate on the biological behavior of microorganisms was quite essential. For both microorganisms studied, an optimal rate for either compression or decompression process exists due to the integrated effect of pressure, exposure time as well as compression or decompression speed. The decompression rate has no significant effect on cell's viability after 180 min exposure in compressed CO_2 because almost all the microorganisms were died before decompression.

Effect of proppant pumping schedule on the proppant placement for supercritical CO_(2) fracturing

Supercritical CO_(2)fracturing is a potential waterless fracturing technique which shows great merits in eliminating reservoir damage,improving shale gas recovery and storing CO_(2)underground.Deep insight into the proppant-transport behavior of CO_(2)is required to better apply this technique in the engineering field.In the present paper,we adopted a coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics and Discrete Element Method(CFD-DEM)approach to simulate the proppant transport in a fracking fracture with multiple perforation tunnels.Previous experiments were first simulated to benchmark the CFD-EDM approach,and then various pumping schedules and injection parameters(injection location,multi-concentration injection order,multi-density injection order and injection temperature)were investigated to determine the placement characteristics of proppant.Results indicate that the swirling vortex below the injection tunnels dominates the proppant diffusion in the fracture.The velocity of fluid flow across the proppant bank surface in multi-concentration injection shows a positive correlation with the proppant concentration.Injecting high-density proppant first can promote the transportation of low-density proppant injected later in the fracture to a certain extent.Decreasing the initial injection temperature of supercritical CO_(2)slurry helps enhance the particle-driving effect of fluid and improve the performance of supercritical CO_(2)in carrying proppant.

Micro-mechanical properties of shale due to water/supercritical carbon dioxide-rock interaction

To investigate the impacts of water/supercritical CO_(2)-rock interaction on the micro-mechanical properties of shale,a series of high-temperature and high-pressure immersion experiments were performed on the calcareous laminated shale samples mined from the lower submember of the third member of Paleogene Shahejie Formation in the Jiyang Depression,Bohai Bay Basin.After that,grid nanoindentation tests were conducted to analyze the influence of immersion time,pressure,and temperature on micro-mechanical parameters.Experimental results show that the damage of shale caused by the water/supercritical CO_(2)-rock interaction was mainly featured by the generation of induced fractures in the clay-rich laminae.In the case of soaking with supercritical CO_(2),the aperture of induced fracture was smaller.Due to the existence of induced fractures,the statistical averages of elastic modulus and hardness both decreased.Meanwhile,compaction and stress-induced tensile fractures could be observed around the laminae.Generally,the longer the soaking time,the higher the soaking pressure and temperature,the more significant the degradation of micro-mechanical parameters is.Compared with water-rock interaction,the supercritical CO_(2)-rock interaction caused a lower degree of mechanical damage on the shale surface.Thus,supercritical CO_(2)can be used as a fracturing fluid to prevent the surface softening of induced fractures in shale reservoirs.

Enhancement of Solubility of Troeger's Base in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide by Methanol

The solubility of Troeger's base (TB) in SC-C_2/CH_3OH was measured at 308K in the pressure range of 8 to 13 MPa. and methanol concentration ranges from 0 to 20 mol%. The solubility increases dramatically with methanol concentration. Comparison of solubility in supercritical CO_2 with and without 10 mol% CH3,OH in the prcssure of 8 MPa at 308K implies that both curves are steep in the lower pressure range but become smooth as the pressure increases.

纳米SiO_(2)强化CO_(2)地质封存页岩盖层封堵能力机制试验

页岩为CO_(2)盐水层地质封存常见盖层岩石类型,强化盖层封堵能力有利于提高CO_(2)地质埋存量和安全性。为探究随CO_(2)混注纳米SiO_(2)(SNPs)强化盖层封堵能力的有效性和可行性,对CO_(2)地质封存页岩盖层样品开展原地条件下的超临界CO_(2)酸蚀反应试验,基础组为页岩样品-地层水、对照组为页岩样品-地层水+超临界CO_(2)、优化组为页岩样品-地层水+SNPs+超临界CO_(2),并采用核磁共振测试、场发射扫描电镜可视化观测、X射线衍射测试和岩石力学试验,探究CO_(2)酸蚀反应前后的页岩孔隙结构、表面形貌、矿物成分及力学性质特征。结果表明:优化组的大孔孔隙分量及孔隙度和渗透率增大幅度低于对照组;与对照组相比,优化组黏土矿物与碳酸盐岩矿物相对含量损失少,表明随CO_(2)混注SNPs可使岩样内部酸蚀作用减弱;SNPs在岩石端面吸附聚集或进入岩心孔喉,可使优化组页岩样品力学性能损伤程度降低;随CO_(2)混注SNPs有利于强化CO_(2)盐水层地质封存盖层封堵能力。

Supercritical Fluid Carbon Dioxide in the Extraction of Lanolin and Its Alcohol

The use of supercritical fluid carbon dioxide (SFCO2) in extraction of lanolin and its alcohol is superior to the conventional solvent extraction method. Its distinctive advantages include high extractive ratio, nontoxic and nonflammable solvents, and minimal by -product pollution. The resulting refined lanolin and its alcohol have light color and little odor, and can be used as raw materials for high grade cosmetic products.

Optimization of Supercritical CO_(2) Extraction of Curcumin by Response Surface Methodology and Its Antioxidant Activity

[Objectives]This study was conducted to establish a mathematical model for supercritical CO_(2) extraction of curcumin.[Methods]With ginger as the experimental raw material,a quadratic polynomial mathematical model of the yield of curcumin extracted by supercritical CO_(2) was established by response surface methodology(RSM).The validity of the mathematical model was verified,and the effects of extraction temperature(60-70℃),pressure(30-50 MPa)and time(70-90 min)on curcumin yield were analyzed.[Results]According to the model,the process parameters were optimized.Taking curcumin yield as the index,the optimal process conditions for supercritical CO_(2) extraction obtained were:temperature 62.6℃,pressure 37.7 MPa,time 82.9 min,under which the yield of curcumin was as high as 7.34%.Under the optimal extraction conditions,curcumin had a certain reducing capacity,and showed strong scavenging capacities to·OH,O_(2)^(-)·and DPPH,and its IC_(50) values were 9.40,9.03 and 8.04 mg/ml,respectively.Therefore,it is feasible to extract curcumin from ginger using supercritical CO_(2).[Conclusions]This study provides a theoretical basis for the development and utilization of curcumin.