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 vi...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.展开更多
In this paper,chemical co-precipitation method was employed to synthesize Fe3O4 nanoparticles which can be well dispersed in water by using citric acid as a surfactant.Afterwards,by using Fe3O4 nanoparticles as seeds ...In this paper,chemical co-precipitation method was employed to synthesize Fe3O4 nanoparticles which can be well dispersed in water by using citric acid as a surfactant.Afterwards,by using Fe3O4 nanoparticles as seeds in a Triton X-100/hexanol/cyclohexane/water reverse microemulsion system,the core-shell structural Fe3O4@SiO2 nanocomposite particles were prepared via hydrolysis and condensation of tetraethyl orthosilicate(TEOS) under the catalysis of alkali.The effects of different stirring methods and the concentration of TEOS on the morphology of Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles were investigated.The results show that the mechanical stirring can effectively control the morphology of composite nanoparticles to form a good dispersion and spherical morphology of core-shell nanoparticles.With the increase of TEOS concentration,the thickness of the SiO2 shell increases,and the morphology of the composite particles becomes more uniform.展开更多
文摘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.
文摘In this paper,chemical co-precipitation method was employed to synthesize Fe3O4 nanoparticles which can be well dispersed in water by using citric acid as a surfactant.Afterwards,by using Fe3O4 nanoparticles as seeds in a Triton X-100/hexanol/cyclohexane/water reverse microemulsion system,the core-shell structural Fe3O4@SiO2 nanocomposite particles were prepared via hydrolysis and condensation of tetraethyl orthosilicate(TEOS) under the catalysis of alkali.The effects of different stirring methods and the concentration of TEOS on the morphology of Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles were investigated.The results show that the mechanical stirring can effectively control the morphology of composite nanoparticles to form a good dispersion and spherical morphology of core-shell nanoparticles.With the increase of TEOS concentration,the thickness of the SiO2 shell increases,and the morphology of the composite particles becomes more uniform.
