A high salt tolerance and low adsorption drag reducer based on non-covalent enhancement

To formulate fluids with flowback water,produced water directly to improve the utilization rate of recycling and reduce the adsorption damage of slick water to reservoirs,a high salt tolerance and low adsorption drag reducer was designed and prepared by introducing polar cation fragments to enhance the non-covalent interactions between the chains.The drag reducer was characterized by IR and NMR.Friction resistance and viscosity tests were conducted to evaluate its salt resistance property.Static adsorption and dynamic adsorption retention tests were carried out to evaluate the damage of this reducer to shale reservoirs.The introduction of cation units into the molecular structure can weak the shielding effect of metal cations to some extent,so the drag reducer can keep a stable molecular structure and good resistant reducing performance under high salinity.The enhancement of non-covalent interaction between chains decreased the free polarity sites,further reduced the possibility of hydrogen bonding between drag reducer molecules and shale.In high salinity condition,both the adsorption capacity of the drag reducer on the shale surface and the average damage rate to the core permeability are low.Compared with the conventional salt-tolerant system,the overall liquid cost was reduced by 17%and the production per well increased by 44%.The application of this slick water system has achieved remarkable results.

Synthesis of SAPO-34/graphite composites for low temperature heat adsorption pumps

Low temperature heat adsorption pumps represent the innovative cooling systems, where cold is generated through adsorption/desorption cycle of water by a suitable adsorbent with good adsorption and high thermal conductive properties. In this work, the hydrothermal synthesis of zeolite SAPO-34 on thermal conductive grapbitic supports, aiming at the development of highly pertbrming adsorbent materials, is reported. The synthesis was carried out using as-received and oxidized commercial carbon papers, and graphite plate. Composites were characterized by XRD, SEM and also by a thermogravimetric method, using a Cahn microbalance. The water adsorbing capacity showed typical S-shape trend and the maximum water loading was around 25 wt%, a value close to water adsorption capability of pure SAPO-34. These results are very promising for their application in heat adsorption pumps.

Encapsulation of 2-amino-2-methyl-l-propanol with tetraethyl orthosilicate for C02 capture

Carbon capture is widely recognised as an essential strategy to meet global goals for climate protection.Although various C02 capture technologies including absorption,adsorption and membrane exist,they are not yet mature for post-combustion power plants mainly due to high energy penalty.Hence researchers are concentrating on developing non-aqueous solvents like ionic liquids,C 02-binding organic liquids,nanoparticle hybrid materials and microencapsulated sorbents to minimize the energy consumption for carbon capture.This research aims to develop a novel and efficient approach by encapsulating sorbents to capture C02 in a cold environment.The conventional emulsion technique was selected for the microcapsule formulation by using 2-amino-2-methyl-l-propanol(AMP)as the core sorbent and silicon dioxide as the shell.This paper reports the findings on the formulated microcapsules including key formulation parameters,microstructure,size distribution and thermal cycling stability.Furthermore,the effects of microcapsule quality and absorption temperature on the C02 loading capacity of the microcapsules were investigated using a self-developed pressure decay method.The preliminary results have shown that the AMP microcapsules are promising to replace conventional sorbents.