Mechanism and reservoir simulation study of the autothermic pyrolysis in-situ conversion process for oil shale recovery

The autothermic pyrolysis in-situ conversion process (ATS) consumes latent heat of residual organic matter after kerogen pyrolysis by oxidation reaction, and it has the advantages of low development cost and exploitation of deep oil shale resources. However, the heating mechanism and the characteristic of different reaction zones are still unclear. In this study, an ATS numerical simulation model was proposed for the development of oil shale, which considers the pyrolysis of kerogen, high-temperature oxidation, and low-temperature oxidation. Based on the above model, the mechanism of the ATS was analyzed and the effects of preheating temperature, O_(2) content, and injection rate on recovery factor and energy efficiency were studied. The results showed that the ATS in the formation can be divided into five characteristic zones by evolution of the oil and O_(2) distribution, and the solid organic matter, including residue zone, autothermic zone, pyrolysis zone, preheating zone, and original zone. Energy efficiency was much higher for the ATS than for the high-temperature nitrogen injection in-situ conversion process (HNICP). There is a threshold value of the preheating temperature, the oil content, and the injection rate during the ATS, which is 400 °C, 0.18, and 1100 m3/day, respectively, in this study.

Bionic Optimization Design of Electronic Nose Chamber for Oil and Gas Detection

In this paper, a miniaturized bionic electronic nose system is developed in order to solve the problems arising in oil and gas detection for large size and inflexible operation in downhole. The bionic electronic nose chamber is designed by mimicking human nasal turbinate structure, V-groove structure on shark skin surface and flow field distribution around skin surface. The sensitivity of the bionic electronic nose system is investigated through experimentation. Radial Basis Function （RBF） and Support Vector Machines （SVM） of 10-fold cross validation are used to compare the recognition performance of the bionic electronic nose system and common one. The results show that the sensitivity of the bionic electronic nose system with bionic composite chamber （chamber B） is significantly improved compared with that with common chamber （chamber A）. The recognition rate of chamber B is 4.27% higher than that of chamber A for the RBF algorithm, while for the SVM algorithm, the recognition rate of chamber B is 5.69% higher than that of chamber A. The three-dimensional simulation model of the chamber is built and verified by Computational Fluid Dynamics （CFD） simulation analysis. The number of vortices in chamber B is fewer than that in chamber A. The airflow velocity near the sensors inside chamber B is slower than that inside chamber A. The vortex intensity near the sensors in chamber B is 2.27 times as much as that in chamber A, which facilitates gas molecules to fully contact with the sensor surface and increases the intensity of sensor signal, and the contact strength and time between odorant molecules and sensor surface. Based on the theoretical investigation and test validation, it is believed that the proposed bionic electronic nose system with bionic composite chamber has potential for oil and gas detection in downhole.

A Bionic Degassing Device Inspired by Gills:Application on Underwater Oil and Gas Detection

Over the past decades,membrane-based separation processes have found numerous applications in various industries.Membrane contactor is an important part of the separation of dissolved gas in the early stage of gas detection.In this paper,to improve efficiency in the detection of the dissolved gas phase in seawater,a better flat membrane contactor is proposed to achieve efficient degassing,inspired by the way fish breathe underwater and the special structure of fish gills.The bioinspired flow channel structures in the flat membrane contactor are suggested along with the distribution of internal blood vessels in the gill platelet and the feature of the gill platelet surface.Using 3D printing,the special degassing devices are manufactured,and comparative analysis of relevant flow parameters is made using different flow channels,combined with the CFD simulation.The final result showed that the proposed flow channel in the degasser achieves a better degassing effect compared with conventional flow channel when the membrane contact area is limited,which can provide good conditions for subsequent gas detection.

Bionic Layout Optimization of Sensor Array in Electronic Nose for Oil Shale Pyrolysis Process Detection

In order to meet the requirements for miniaturization detection of oil shale pyrolysis process and solve the problem of low sensitivity of oil and gas detection devices,a small bionic electronic nose system was designed.Inspired by the working mode of the olfactory receptors in the mouse nasal cavity,the bionic spatial arrangement strategy of the sensor array in the electronic nose chamber was proposed and realized for the first time,the sensor array was used to simulate the distribution of mouse olfactory cells.Using 3D printing technology,a solid model of the electronic nose chamber was manufactured and a comparative test of oil shale pyrolysis gas detection was carried out.The results showed that the proposed spatial arrangement strategy of sensor array inside electronic nose chamber can realize the miniaturization of the electronic nose system,strengthen the detection sensitivity and weaken the mutual interference error.Moreover,it can enhance the recognition rate of the bionic spatial strategy layout,which is higher than the planar layout and spatial comparison layout.This bionic spatial strategy layout combining naive bayes algorithm achieves the highest recognition rate,which is 94.4%.Results obtained from the Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)analysis also indicate that the bionic spatial strategy layout can improve the responses of sensors.

Bionic Design to Reduce Jacking Force for Trenchless Installations in Clay Soil

The application of trenchless technology is the trend of underground public facilities'installation,replacement and repairing.As the soil-engaging component during penetrating bore,the working resistance of penetration head has remarkable effect on energy consumption of the whole working process.Some typical soil-digging animals,like pangolin and earthworm,they own special micro structures on their surface.It has been widely proved that some micro geometrical structures can effectively reduce adhesion resistance.Four kinds of bionic penetration heads were designed by imitating micro geometrical structures inspired by the soil animals.In this work,the real time jacking forces of the bionic penetration heads were measured and compared with a smooth penetration head(control group)without micro geometrical structures.The result indicated that the jacking forces of the bionic penetration heads were smaller than that of the smooth penetration head.This proved that the bionic penetration heads have the ability of reducing adhesion resistance.The vertical concave penetration head got the smallest jacking force,of which the average jacking force was 18.7%lower than that of the smooth penetration head.The interaction between soil and bionic surface of penetration head was discussed on the condition of wet friction.The bionic surface reduced the adhesion resistance by disturbing the soil and braking the continuous water film between soil and the surface of the penetration head.

Design,Ultrasonic-assisted Synthesis and Evaluation In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Bis-isoxazole Derivatives Bearing Chloro-pyridinyl Group

An ultrasonic-assisted synthesis of bis-isoxazole derivatives was developed.Eight 3-(6-chloropyridin-3-yl)-5-{[(3-arylisoxazol-5-yl)methoxy]methyl}isoxazoles were synthesized by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between substituted isoxazolyl alkyne compounds and 6-chloro-N-hydroxynicotinimidoyl chloride.The structures of the synthesized compounds were confirmed by HRMS,FTIR,^(1)H and^(13)C NMR spectroscopy.Wherein,the antifungal and antibacterial activities of target compounds were tested.The synthesized compounds 6a and 6h exhibited better antifungal activity in comparison with the standard drug itraconazole.The minimum inhibitory concentrations(MICs)of both compound 6a and compound 6h were both 4µg/mL against Candida albicans ATCC 10231.

An Optimal Wet Friction Plate Inspired by Biological Surface Patterns

It is found that many biological organisms exhibit superior adhesion characteristics in wet environments. It has been observed that the foot pads of tree frogs and katydids are consist of a number of closely arranged polygons, most of them are hexagonal. In this paper, the common structure of two kinds of biological foot pad was extracted to model the bionic surface structure of friction plates. The friction plate prototypes were also prepared. Through the multivariate orthogonal regression design, the optimum parameter combination of the friction performances of the prototypes of the bionic plates has been obtained. The hexagonal circumcircle size is 10 mm, the groove width is 1 mm, and the hexagonal diagonal angle is 90~. Then the maximum static friction coefficient, dynamic friction coefficient and wear amount of the optimal friction plate were tested and compared with the control group friction plates. The comparative analysis of the experiment findings demonstrated that the bionic structure with hexagonal ring grooves can significantly improve the friction performance of the friction plates.

Microwave-assisted Synthesis of New 1,2,3-Triazoles Bearing an Isoxazole Ring by the Azide-alkyne Cycloaddition Click Chemistry

A comparison synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles bearing isoxazole ether was developed between conventional and microwave-assisted heating. Single/donble 1,2,3-triazoles bearing isoxazole ether were synthesized by click reaction starting from substituted isoxazolyl alkyne compounds and substituted benzyl azide compounds or neopen- tylglycol diazide in the presence of copper（I） that in-aim generated. Herein, the effect of different catalysts on the yield was researched by conventional method, and the optimal catalyst was selected. The structures of all the synthe- sized compounds were confirmed by MS, FTIR, ^1H and ^13C NMR spectroscopies. Moreover, the crystal structure of 5-{[（1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl）methoxvlmethvl}-3-（4-fluoroohenvl）isoxazole（2h） was determined.