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zo­sta­wić w oknie wy­cho­dzą­cym na Holy Iona

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Polymer Enhanced Oil Recovery Process: An Updated, Narrowed Review-Juniper Publishers

JUNIPER PUBLISHERS- Academic Journal of Polymer Science

Abstract

Application of polymers and nanoparticles have been suggested by several researchers as a chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) agent in carbonate reservoirs each of which has a specific influence on the reservoir rock and fluid properties. However, the high salinity of the reservoir condition along with high temperature has a detrimental effect on the performance of both polymers and nanoparticles. Common polymers and nanoparticles are usually degraded and begin to aggregate with the salinity increment. The purpose of this research is to provide a comprehensive review on the combination of general/thermoassociative polymers with low salinity water and nanoparticles as three new approaches for the chemical EOR process. The most previous studies have been concerned application of polymers and nanoparticles in the EOR, recommending usage of thermoassociative polymers (resistant under high salinity and high temperature conditions) as a substitution of common viscosifiers, and also as a good stabilizer of nanofluids to provide a higher stability for nanoparticles. All makes new polymer materials as a promising candidate for offering some ideas to see the polymer complexity world and its pros/cons as a one of the promising EOR agent.

Keywords: General polymer; Tanoparticle; Thermoassociative polymers; EOR process

Abbrevations: EOR: Enhanced Oil Recovery; IFT: Interfacial Tension; PAM: Polyacrylamide; HPAM: Hydrolyzed PAM; HSHT: High Salinity and High Temperature; LoSal: Low Salinity; CTAB: Cetrimonium Bromide; SDS: Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; CMC: Critical Micelle Concentration; PVP: Polyvinylpyrrolidone; PPNs: Polyacrylamide Nanoparticles; PSt: Polystyrene; TAP: Thermo Associative Copolymers

    Introduction

Carbonate reservoirs account for more than 60% of the world’s oil. However, due to the presence of the fracture network and oil-wet matrix, oil recovery from naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs has always been a challenging issue. Hence, application of EOR methods especially chemical EOR has been recently gained a lot of attention by researchers to obtain a higher recovery of carbonate reservoirs. Application of polymers and nanoparticles are a good example of chemical agents each of which has a specific effect on the reservoir rock and fluid properties. The govern mechanism of polymer flooding is the viscosity enhancement of aqueous solution, while nanoparticles lead to the Interfacial Tension (IFT) reduction and wettability alteration of reservoir rocks. Common polymers such as Polyacrylamide (PAM) and Hydrolyzed PAM (HPAM) usually exhibit a high degree of chemical degradation against High Salinity and High Temperature (HSHT) reservoirs which results in the solution viscosity reduction with the salinity and temperature increment [1]. Hence, various researches have been conducted concerning application of Low Salinity (LoSal) water with polymers in order to mitigate the detrimental effect of high salinity [2-4]. High salinity also has a worse effect on nanofluids stability [5]. However, application of thermoassociative polymers which are stable in high salinity and high temperature conditions, can be a good agent compensate for the effect of high salinity on polymers and it can also be applied as a stabilizer for nanofluid solutions to obtain a higher stable nano-suspension.

In this paper, a comprehensive review of the most recent studies has been conducted in order to analyze the application of the polymers combination with low salinity water, nanoparticles, and combination of nanoparticles (NPs) and thermoassociative polymers in EOR process.

    Results and Discussion

Combination of Polymers with Low Salinity Water

Shiran et al., [2], investigated the effect of the low salinity water and hydrolyzed HPAM on the oil recovery and observed an increment in the total recovery which is mainly due to the combination effect. Vermolen et al., [1], expressed these combination effects and claimed that combination of the LoSal/polymer will improve the oil sweep efficiency through the trapped oil mobilization which are detached from the rock surface due to the wettability alteration. In order to precisely shown the effect of brine salinity on polymer solution viscosity, a semi-log diagram of polymer viscosity vs. brine salinity is shown in Figure 1. As it is obvious, two plateau ranges are observed where the reservoir brine salinity is in the ranges of lower plateau, while low salinity brine is on the steep part of the graph in which the polymer viscosity is highly sensitive to the brine salinity. They concluded that the amount of the required polymer for obtaining a target viscosity is lowered by the usage of LoSal which is favorable for economic considerations. Furthermore, they observed an increase in the stability of polymer at the high temperatures when it is combined with LoSal confirming the application of LoSal/polymer at high salinity and high temperature conditions.

Recently, AlSofi et al., [3] have investigated the simultaneous usage of a sulfonated polyacrylamide polymer with the smart water (salinity of 10 times lower than the injected water) and they observed the required polymer concentration for achieving a specific viscosity is reduced (from 3,000ppm to 2,000ppm) in the case of smart water instead of high salinity ones (Figure 2). Besides, core-flooding experiments have shown a significant increment in the oil recovery by smart water/polymers comparing to the separate cases. The effect of LoSal combination with the polymer on controlling polymer gel blocking in the fractured reservoirs have been analyzed by Brattekas et al. [4]. They observed that the gel fracture blocking is improved via LoSal as a chase water. Hence, the fractures will be successfully blocked to divert the flow direction toward matrix blocks.

Standalone Nanoparticles for EOR Purposes

Due to the unique properties of nanoparticles, their applications have been recently suggested as a promising EOR method. NPs have small size (1 to 100nm) assisting them to flow through a typical reservoir pore spaces (lower than 1micron). Besides, their surface properties can be manipulated in order to become more appropriate for desirable application [6]. In order to get insight into the actual mechanisms by which NPs improve the oil recovery from reservoirs, a number of researches have been conducted that some of them are explained below.

SiO2: The applicability of hydrophilic SiO2 NPs on the efficiency of Cetrimonium Bromide (CTAB) as a cationic surfactant has been analyzed by Ravera et al. [7]. A reduction in the IFT was observed due to the adsorption of positively charged CTAB on the surface of silica NPs (in 1wt% nanosuspension). In another research conducted by Ma et al. in 2008, the efficiency of Hydrophilic SiO2 NPs was also analyzed on the performance of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) as an anionic surfactant and Triton X-100 as a non-ionic surfactant. They observed hydrophilic SiO2 NPs improve the influence of SDS in the IFT reduction which may be due to the presence of repulsive forces between negatively charged SDS and SiO2 NPs. However, they do not affect the performance of Triton X-100 because of existing poor interactions [8]. Zargartalebi et al., [9] investigated the influence of hydrophilic and slightly hydrophobic SiO2 NPs (0.2wt%) on the SDS performance, observed a reduction in the surfactant adsorption on the sandstone surface in the presence of NPs especially for hydrophobic ones. Besides, they claimed that the influence of NPs on the IFT reduction was completely dependent on the surfactant concentration. As it is illustrated in Figure 3a and Figure 3b, at low surfactant concentration up to Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC), IFT values continuously reduced. However, above CMC value, the IFT began to increase and finally reached to a constant value even lower than the one obtained by surfactant alone.

The ability of silane treated SiO2 and hydrophobic SiO2 NPs (with a concentration of 0.3wt% dispersed in ethanol) in the wettability alteration of reservoir rock has been firstly observed by Ogolo et al. in 2012 [10]. After a year, Li et al. confirmed the high efficiency of hydrophilic SiO2 NPs in both IFT reduction and wettability alteration of sandstones in the presence of 30,000ppm NaCl solution with 0.05wt% NPs, showing an optimum concentration [11]. Furthermore, Roustaei et al., [12] investigated the potential of hydrophilic SiO2 NPs in the presence of 50,000ppm NaCl solution in EOR of carbonate rocks and they concluded that at an optimum concentration of 0.4wt%, maximum wettability alteration is obtained. They also claimed that NPs result in increasing IFT when the wettability is altered toward water-wetness and this IFT increment contributes in the oil recovery improvement. Their assertion is based on the concept of spontaneous imbibition in carbonate reservoirs. Recently, the effect of temperature and size of SiO2 NPs has been analyzed by Al-Anssari et al., [13] and they concluded that the temperature has a positive effect on SiO2 NPs ability to alter wettability of oil-wet carbonate rocks; however, the effect of NPs size is negligible.

ZrO2: Karimi et al., [14] investigated the process of spontaneous imbibition of 5wt% ZrO2 nanofluid into an oil-wet carbonate reservoir. They claimed that adsorption of hydrophilic synthesized ZrO2 NPs and the mixture of nonionic surfactants onto the rock surface leads to the formation of a nano-textured surface which can modify reservoir rock wettability toward more water-wetness better than NPs alone and consequently more oil is recovered.

Al2O3: Ogolo et al., [10] claimed that Al2O3 NPs (dispersing in distilled water or brine with a salinity of 30,000 ppm) perform well in EOR due to the oil viscosity reduction. However, a year later, Giraldo et al., [15] observed that Al2O3 can also alter the wettability of sandstones from severe oil-wet to severe waterwet when synthesized by an anionic surfactant. Among a wide range of nanofluid concentration between 0.01 to 1wt%, the efficiency of surfactant to wettability modification is improved just at a relatively low NPs concentration (equal or lower than 0.05wt%). Besides, they asserted that imbibition experiments are a good evaluation tool for analyzing the performance of NPs. The ability of Al2O3 NPs for IFT reduction is expressed by Joonaki et al., [16] and they observed that the interfacial tension between phases began to reduce when propanol is used as a dispersing agent for Al2O3 NPs.

TiO2: Ehtesabi et al., [17] investigated the application of synthesized TiO2 NPs through core-flooding experiments in sandstone rocks and they confirmed their application in EOR in terms of wettability alteration and oil viscosity reduction. They observe that TiO2 NPs do not affect the oil viscosity but in a low concentration of 0.01wt% could alter significantly the wettability of rock surface. Application of SiO2, Al2O3 and TiO2 NPs in oil-wet carbonate reservoirs have been analyzed by Esfandyari et al., [5] under various temperatures (26, 40, 50, 60 ℃). The maximum and minimum reduction in contact angles were achieved by SiO2 and Al2O3 NPs, respectively at all temperatures. Besides, they observed a reduction in oil viscosity at higher temperatures of 50 and 60 ℃ by Al2O3 and TiO2 NPs and the oil recovery by Al2O3. TiO2 was also more significant at all temperatures comparing to SiO2 NPs. The potential of these three hydrophilic NPs has been also investigated by Hendraningrat et al. in different wettability sandstone reservoirs. They confirmed the mechanism of wettability alteration as the main mechanism of these NPs although IFT reduction is also observed. As a result of their experiments, TiO2 NPs performed well in all types of wettability systems among other NPs [18]. Generally, the mechanism by which NPs alter the reservoir rock wettability is due to the creation of a wedge-film on the rock surface due to the disjoining pressure enhancement between oil and rock surface (Figure 4). Consequently, the oil droplets will detach from the rock surface and a new underlying layer is exposed with a more water-wetness wettability [19].

Stability of Nanoparticles

One of the main challenges of nanofluids which limits their application especially in long period is their stability. Forming an agglomeration may restrict the flow of NPs through micronsized pore spaces and may lead to pore spaces plugging and permeability reduction [18]. Zeta potential of nanofluid has a direct relationship with the suspension stability in a way that the suspension with higher zeta potential (even positive or negative) shows higher stability. The water chemistry such as pH, ionic strength (salinity) and its various component usually influence the stability of nanofluids [20]. Accordingly, it is expected that adjusting the pH value of system, reducing its salinity or adding a stabilizer to the nano-suspension will provide a higher stability for system. Adjusting pH value: The pH value of a nanofluid solution influence their surface charge and consequently their stability. According to Huang et al. there exist an optimal pH value by which a maximum nanofluid stability is obtained. They have conducted a series of experiments on Al2O3 and CuO nanofluids in which the pH value of the solution is adjusted by addition of HCl or NaOH to obtain an acidic or basic suspension. They observed that Al2O3 and CuO nano-suspension obtain the highest stability at an optimum pH value of 7.5- 8.9 and 7.5-9.5, respectively [21].

Effect of salinity: Esfandyari et al., [5] measured the zeta potential of the nanofluid of Al2O3, TiO2 and SiO2 in various dispersion media of deionized water, NaCl solution (3,000 ppm) and synthetic brine (25,000ppm). As a result of their experiments, the zeta potential values of SiO2, Al2O3 and TiO2 in deionized water are -38.5, 31.1 and -19.1mV, respectively indicating the highest to lowest stable nanofluids. However, the zeta potential values of SiO2, Al2O3 and TiO2 nanofluids have been decreased to -32.3, 27.4 and -15.8 in NaCl solution and to -22.4, 21.6 and -9.9 in the synthetic brine respectively, all of which indicate the detrimental effect of salinity on the stability of nanofluids.

Adding stabilizer: Hendraningrat et al., [18] analyzed the stability of nanofluid of Al2O3, TiO2 and SiO2 NPs. Analysis of nanofluids visual stability show that Al2O3 NPs precipitated at initial stages (approximately after 3 hs) and TiO2 NPs precipitated slightly later. However, SiO2 NPs exhibit a better stability of 24-48hrs. In order to get longer stability of Al2O3 and TiO2 NPs, they proposed addition of Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as a stabilizer to alter NPs surface conductivities, resulting in 96 and 48h stability for Al2O3 and TiO2 nanofluids, respectively. The influence of pH value, existence of divalent cations presented in water and surfactant concentration as a stabilizer on TiO2 nanofluid stability have been analyzed by Loosli et al. [20]. They observed that when the pH values are altered from pH=3 (addition of HCl) to pH=11 (addition of NaOH) the zeta potential continuously decreased from +36mV to -40mV. At a pH range of 5-7.2, the absolute zeta potential values are minimum indicating the range of instability. Zeta potential is equal to zero at a pH value of 6.1, indicating the most instable situation. Besides, they also concluded that the presence of divalent cations (Ca2+ and Mg2+) leads to the more agglomeration of NPs due to the cation bridging. In contrast, they claimed that adsorption of negatively charged sodium dodecyl sulfate, as an anionic surfactant, onto the positively charged surface of TiO2 NPs make the nano-suspension more stable. The influence of pH changes and the presence of divalent cations on the stability of TiO2-SDS complexes are illustrated in Figure 5.

Thermoassociative polymers

In order to prevent chemical degradation of commercial PAM during EOR in high salinity and high temperature conditions, Tamsilian et al., [22] have synthesized a protected Polyacrylamide Nanoparticles (PPNs) in which a hydrophobic polystyrene (PSt) sell is created by one-pot two-step inverse emulsion surface polymerization method. The existence of hydrophobic PSt shell protects the active PAM chains from degradation in harsh reservoir conditions. Besides, the efficiency of PPNs as a viscosity modifier is increased by their timedependent releasement; hence, it will remain active in a wide range of approximately 30 days. A schematic of PPNs polymer flooding is illustrated in Figure 6. PPNs have a high potential of IFT reduction and wettability alteration in comparison with common PAM and according to the results of incremental oil recovery, an average of 6.9% and 5.95% was obtained by PPNs and PMA, respectively; which indicates PPNs better capability in oil recovery improvement. Finally, a comparison between the performance of PAM and PPN introduces PPNs as a good candidate for EOR processes, due to their high capability in viscosity increment even harsh conditions and also IFT reduction and wettability alteration although a lower amount of it is required for achieving same recovery.

Shaban et al., [23] have synthesized a new cauliflowerlike amphiphilic copolymer by aerosol-photopolymerization method. A schematic of their experimental setup consists of an atomizer, a flow-through photoreactor, and a collection filter is shown in Figure 7. The advantage of this method over usual methods such as emulsion polymerization is that no surfactants are required. They concluded that their new method of synthesis has a great ability to produce novel copolymers with large amount of hydrophobic and hydrophilic monomers. Hence, it has a long applicability to viscosity enhancement during the process of polymer-flooding.

Another new type of acrylamide-based Thermo Associative Copolymers (TAP), applicable in high salinity and high temperature reservoirs, have been considered by the current research community, called Nano Chemical Group, through the process of a copolymerization mechanism of free-radical of acrylamide monomer and thermosensitive macromonomers. In a saline reservoir, the viscosity of a solution is augmented if the temperature is above a critical value called associating temperature. Meanwhile, it is expected that addition of a type of stabilizer which is highly resistant in high salinity conditions could provide a desired stability for nanofluids at high salinity conditions. Considering this in mind, the novel hydrophobically thermoassociating copolymer (HTAP) consisting of polyacrylamide and polystyrene, prepared by Tamsilian et al., [22], which has been recently used as EOR agent is recommended to stabilize NPs to compensate for the detrimental effect of high salinity.

    Conclusion

In this study, a comprehensive review has been conducted on the combination of polymers with low salinity water, nanoparticles, and thermo associative polymers, providing three new approaches for the polymer EOR process. The following conclusions can be obtained from the reviewed researches:

I. Due to the negative impact of the salinity on the efficiency of polymer, application of low salinity water with common polymers mitigates its worse effect, resulting in more oil recovery. Besides, the required polymer amount for achieving the same viscosity is lower comparing to the cases in which high salinity water is used.

II. SiO2 nanoparticles results in more oil recovery by the wettability alteration of the reservoir rock and IFT reduction. ZrO2 and TiO2 nanoparticles by wettability alteration and Al2O3 nanoparticles by IFT reduction, wettability alteration and oil viscosity reduction lead to oil recovery improvement all of which are among the effective nanoparticles.

III. The stability of nanofluids is affected by the water chemistry such as pH, ionic strength (salinity) and its various components. There exists an optimum value of pH by which maximum stability is obtained for each nanofluid. Salinity has usually a detrimental effect on nanofluids stability and result in their agglomeration.

IV. Thermoassociative polymers which their efficiency remain stable at the high salinity and high temperature conditions, are suggested as a promising substitution for common polymers and also as a stabilizer of nanofluids at high salinity harsh conditions.

V. Reviewing these three aspects of polymer applications in the EOR process shows a good thought streamline for research groups who are active to see the polymer complexity world and its pros/cons as a one of the promising EOR agent.

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Nap­rawdę Cię kochałam , byłeś moim nu­merem je­den , cho­ler­nym oczkiem w głowie dla które­go zro­biłabym wszys­tko . Moim chłop­czy­kiem bez wad za które­go odałabym życie.. A który oka­zał się zwykłym dup­kiem bez uczuć , który zo­tawił mnie kiedy tyl­ko na­darzyła się okaz­ja, który od­szedł bez pożeg­na­nia i bez roz­mo­wy pros­to w oczy , który tak bar­dzo mnie zra­nił i za którym do tej po­ry cho­ler­nie tęsknie..

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“widzisz kocha­nie... niektórzy mówią, ze trze­ba żyć te­raz­niej­szos­cia i nie og­la­dac sie za siebie. nie pat­rzec w przeszlosc.. ja bez przeszlos­ci nie umiem zyc. dla mnie przeszlosc to ty­siace wspom­nien.. wspom­nien zwiaza­nych z To­ba.. codzien­nie wra­cam mys­la­mi do tych wszys­tkich wspol­nie spedzo­nych chwil.. do tych kiedy by­las przy mnie.. do naszych roz­mow i tych glu­pich i tych nieco in­te­liget­niej­szych.. do zar­tow kto­re mi­mo ze nie zaw­sze by­ly za­baw­ne, my mialys­my od nich lzy w oczach i bo­laca szcze­ke.. do naszej sciez­ki, do Twoich te­lefo­now, do naszych wspol­nych ub­ran, do naszych wie­czor­nych spot­kan przed moim pow­ro­tem do do­mu, do naszych roz­mow jak szlam ciem­na uli­ca, a Ty mnie wspiera­las, wspo­mina­jac mi ze mgla za­bija ( ;* ) , do naszych po­kona­nych dzien­nie ty­siecy ki­lomet­row, do naszych wyp­raw ro­wero­wych za mias­to, do "maszy­ny która ro­bi kwad­ra­ty z siana", do naszych zna­kow dym­nych.. do naszych roz­mow na bal­ko­nie, z ka­wa i pa­piero­sami.. do tych roz­mow o wszys­tkim i o niczym.. do mil­cze­nia.. do naszych lek­cji ma­tema­tyki, do wspol­nych kla­sowek do wspol­ne­go spiewa­nia, do "Uni­sex" w auto­busie ( przep­rasza­my pan­stwa bar­dzo, ale my nies­te­ty az do cen­trum), do wszys­tkiego.. nie mo­ge za­pom­niec, jak przyszlas do mnie po raz pier­wszy, weszlas do la­zien­ki i za­pyta­las gdzie mam umy­wal­ke, od­po­wie­dzialam Ci z cal­ko­wita po­waga, ze w po­koju a Ty mnie wys­mialas.. i ta Two­ja mi­na jak weszlas do po­koju, a umy­wal­ka le­zala na loz­ku.. hah bez­cenna.. wiesz, ze prze­zylys­my ra­zem wiele.. ni­by to tyl­ko te cho­ler­ne 12 miesiecy, ale ja stwier­dzam ot­warcie, ze znasz mnie le­piej niz kto­kol­wiek in­ny.. ufam Ci bar­dziej niz sa­mej so­bie. tyl­ko Ty pot­ra­filas mnie zmo­bili­zowac, to Ty pow­strzy­mywa­las mnie od roz­nych glu­pot i to Ty pot­ra­filas mnie so­lid­nie opiep­rzyc gdy zro­bilam cos cze­go nie po­win­nam, to dla Ciebie wy­lewa­lam al­ko­hol i to dla Ciebie za kaz­dym ra­zem pod­no­silam sie z dna.. spedza­lys­my ze so­ba kaz­da wol­na chwi­le, a mi­mo to nie pok­lo­cilys­my sie ani ra­zu.. i za to chce Ci podzieko­wac. za te wszys­tkie chwi­le, za to ze zmieni­las mo­je zy­cie, za to, ze dzieki To­bie sta­lam sie sil­na i przes­ta­lam sie oba­wiac co bedzie, za to ze by­las przy mnie w kaz­dej sy­tuac­ji, czy pla­kalam czy smialam sie, czy mialam prob­le­my czy tez nie. By­las. i to sie liczy. dla mnie nie mu­sisz byc ideal­na.. choc jes­tes. dla mnie mu­sisz po pros­tu byc.. jes­tes taką mo­ja drugą po­low­ka po­maran­czy.. dlacze­go po­maran­czy? bo w jab­lkach sa tyl­ko po­low­ki dam­sko-mes­kie.. ale nie o to mi chodzi.. w po­maran­czy jest wiecej ele­men­tow kto­re musza sie do siebie do­paso­wac.. ja mam mnos­two wre­bow, wy­ciec, zat­rzas­kow i zacze­pow i tyl­kow To­bie od­na­laz­lam od­po­wied­nie bol­ce, zacze­py, uchwy­ty, kto­re pa­suja ideal­nie do stworze­nia moc­nej ca­los­ci. ca­los­ci kto­ra ja na­zywam szczes­ciem.. a te­raz.. te­raz cier­pie, nie mniej niz Ty.. te­raz przez te cho­ler­ne ki­lomet­ry.. mam nadzieje, ze wy­baczysz mi kiedys, ze nie mo­ge byc przy To­bie, gdy sie cos dzieje, ze nie mo­ge byc przy To­bie gdy mnie pot­rze­bujesz, ze nie mo­ge byc kiedy jest burza, ze nie mo­ge byc kiedy Ci sie nie uk­la­da.. ze nie mo­ge po pros­tu byc.. ze nie mo­ge byc cialem. bo wiesz, ze ser­cem i mys­la­mi jes­tem zaw­sze.. zos­ta­wilas mi os­tatnio ot­warte ok­no, pa­mietasz? by­lam.. codzien­nie szu­kam naj­lep­sze­go po­mys­lu jak dos­tac sie do Pol­ski, codzienie jest in­ny, ale za­den nie jest na ty­le per­fekcyj­ny.. przep­raszam. nie pot­ra­fie wy­razic slo­wami, ile dla mnie znaczysz, a mo­ze i na­wet nie chce.. bo­je sie, ze mo­ge nie zna­lezc od­po­wied­nich, bo mo­ga miec zbyt sla­ba war­tosc.. wiec, chce Ci tyl­ko po­wie­dziec, ze Kocham Cie po­nad zy­cie.. i od­da­labym za Ciebie wszys­tko.. mo­zesz biec w niez­na­ne, pa­mietaj, ze zaw­sze po­bieg­ne za To­ba.. . zaw­sze ser­cem.”

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[inanna25]

,,O tym cze­go nie uczy­niłeś ’’ Pa­miętasz ten dzień, kiedy pożyczyłam od ciebie Twój no­wy sa­mochód i roz­biłam go? Myślałam, że mnie za­bijesz, ale nie zro­biłeś te­go. Czy pa­miętasz, jak kiedyś wy­ciągnęłam cię na plaże, cho­ciaż twier­dziłeś, że będzie pa­dać, i rzeczy­wiście pa­dało? Myślałam że za­wołasz: "A nie mówiłem?". Ale nie zro­biłeś te­go. A pa­miętasz, jak ko­kieto­wałam wszys­tkich, żeby wzbudzić twoją zaz­drość, i ty byłeś zaz­dros­ny? Myślałam, że odej­dziesz ode mnie, ale te­go prze­cież nie zro­biłeś. Czy pa­miętasz jak zrzu­ciłam tort trus­kawko­wy na dy­wanik two­jego sa­mocho­du? Myślałam że mnie uderzysz, ale nie uczy­niłeś te­go. Czy pa­miętasz, jak za­pom­niałam ci po­wie­dzieć, że na pew­nym przyjęciu obo­wiązują stro­je wie­czo­rowe i ty przyszedłeś w dżin­sach? Myślałam wte­dy że mnie spo­liczku­jesz, ale nie zro­biłeś te­go. Zaw­sze miałeś dla mnie cier­pli­wość, kochałeś mnie i bro­niłeś. Mam na su­mieniu ty­le win wo­bec Ciebie. Tak bar­dzo chciałam Cię pro­sić o prze­bacze­nie kiedy wrócisz z Wiet­na­mu. Lecz ty nie wróciłeś...

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The Effects of Cerium Oxide Incorporation in Calcium Silicate Coating on Bone Mesenchymal Stem Cell and Macrophage Responses

Abstract

Ideal coatings for orthopedic implants should be able to induce excellent osseointegration with host bone tissue, which requires good osteogenic responses and limited inflammatory reactions. Cerium oxide (CeO2) ceramics have anti-oxidative properties and can be used to decrease mediators of inflammation, making them attractive for biomedical application. In this study, two kinds of CeO2 incorporated calcium silicate coatings (CS-10Ce and CS-30Ce) were prepared via plasma spraying technique, and the effects of CeO2 addition on the responses of bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and RAW264.7 macrophages were evaluated. The CS-10Ce and CS-30Ce coatings were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. An increase in CeO2 content in the coatings resulted in enhanced chemical stability and better BMSCs osteogenic behaviors in terms of cell adhesion, proliferation, ALP activity, and mineralized nodule formation. With respect to either ZrO2-added or unmodified CS coating, the CS-30Ce coating elicited higher effects on the macrophages, suppressing the gene expressions of pro-inflammatory (M1) markers (CCR7, IL-6, and TNF-α), while upregulating the expressions of anti-inflammatory (M2) markers (CD206, IL-1ra, and IL-10); moreover, it could also increase the expression of osteoinductive molecules (BMP2 and TGF-β1) by the macrophages. The results suggested that the regulation of BMSCs behaviors and macrophage-mediated responses at the coating’s surface was related to CeO2 incorporation. The incorporation of CeO2 in CS coatings can be a valuable strategy to promote osteogenic responses and mitigate inflammatory reactions.

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Polymer Enhanced Oil Recovery Process: An Updated, Narrowed Review-Juniper Publishers

JUNIPER PUBLISHERS- Academic Journal of Polymer Science

Abstract

Application of polymers and nanoparticles have been suggested by several researchers as a chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) agent in carbonate reservoirs each of which has a specific influence on the reservoir rock and fluid properties. However, the high salinity of the reservoir condition along with high temperature has a detrimental effect on the performance of both polymers and nanoparticles. Common polymers and nanoparticles are usually degraded and begin to aggregate with the salinity increment. The purpose of this research is to provide a comprehensive review on the combination of general/thermoassociative polymers with low salinity water and nanoparticles as three new approaches for the chemical EOR process. The most previous studies have been concerned application of polymers and nanoparticles in the EOR, recommending usage of thermoassociative polymers (resistant under high salinity and high temperature conditions) as a substitution of common viscosifiers, and also as a good stabilizer of nanofluids to provide a higher stability for nanoparticles. All makes new polymer materials as a promising candidate for offering some ideas to see the polymer complexity world and its pros/cons as a one of the promising EOR agent.

Keywords: General polymer; Tanoparticle; Thermoassociative polymers; EOR process

Abbrevations: EOR: Enhanced Oil Recovery; IFT: Interfacial Tension; PAM: Polyacrylamide; HPAM: Hydrolyzed PAM; HSHT: High Salinity and High Temperature; LoSal: Low Salinity; CTAB: Cetrimonium Bromide; SDS: Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; CMC: Critical Micelle Concentration; PVP: Polyvinylpyrrolidone; PPNs: Polyacrylamide Nanoparticles; PSt: Polystyrene; TAP: Thermo Associative Copolymers

    Introduction

Carbonate reservoirs account for more than 60% of the world’s oil. However, due to the presence of the fracture network and oil-wet matrix, oil recovery from naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs has always been a challenging issue. Hence, application of EOR methods especially chemical EOR has been recently gained a lot of attention by researchers to obtain a higher recovery of carbonate reservoirs. Application of polymers and nanoparticles are a good example of chemical agents each of which has a specific effect on the reservoir rock and fluid properties. The govern mechanism of polymer flooding is the viscosity enhancement of aqueous solution, while nanoparticles lead to the Interfacial Tension (IFT) reduction and wettability alteration of reservoir rocks. Common polymers such as Polyacrylamide (PAM) and Hydrolyzed PAM (HPAM) usually exhibit a high degree of chemical degradation against High Salinity and High Temperature (HSHT) reservoirs which results in the solution viscosity reduction with the salinity and temperature increment [1]. Hence, various researches have been conducted concerning application of Low Salinity (LoSal) water with polymers in order to mitigate the detrimental effect of high salinity [2-4]. High salinity also has a worse effect on nanofluids stability [5]. However, application of thermoassociative polymers which are stable in high salinity and high temperature conditions, can be a good agent compensate for the effect of high salinity on polymers and it can also be applied as a stabilizer for nanofluid solutions to obtain a higher stable nano-suspension.

In this paper, a comprehensive review of the most recent studies has been conducted in order to analyze the application of the polymers combination with low salinity water, nanoparticles, and combination of nanoparticles (NPs) and thermoassociative polymers in EOR process.

    Results and Discussion

Combination of Polymers with Low Salinity Water

Shiran et al., [2], investigated the effect of the low salinity water and hydrolyzed HPAM on the oil recovery and observed an increment in the total recovery which is mainly due to the combination effect. Vermolen et al., [1], expressed these combination effects and claimed that combination of the LoSal/polymer will improve the oil sweep efficiency through the trapped oil mobilization which are detached from the rock surface due to the wettability alteration. In order to precisely shown the effect of brine salinity on polymer solution viscosity, a semi-log diagram of polymer viscosity vs. brine salinity is shown in Figure 1. As it is obvious, two plateau ranges are observed where the reservoir brine salinity is in the ranges of lower plateau, while low salinity brine is on the steep part of the graph in which the polymer viscosity is highly sensitive to the brine salinity. They concluded that the amount of the required polymer for obtaining a target viscosity is lowered by the usage of LoSal which is favorable for economic considerations. Furthermore, they observed an increase in the stability of polymer at the high temperatures when it is combined with LoSal confirming the application of LoSal/polymer at high salinity and high temperature conditions.

Recently, AlSofi et al., [3] have investigated the simultaneous usage of a sulfonated polyacrylamide polymer with the smart water (salinity of 10 times lower than the injected water) and they observed the required polymer concentration for achieving a specific viscosity is reduced (from 3,000ppm to 2,000ppm) in the case of smart water instead of high salinity ones (Figure 2). Besides, core-flooding experiments have shown a significant increment in the oil recovery by smart water/polymers comparing to the separate cases. The effect of LoSal combination with the polymer on controlling polymer gel blocking in the fractured reservoirs have been analyzed by Brattekas et al. [4]. They observed that the gel fracture blocking is improved via LoSal as a chase water. Hence, the fractures will be successfully blocked to divert the flow direction toward matrix blocks.

Standalone Nanoparticles for EOR Purposes

Due to the unique properties of nanoparticles, their applications have been recently suggested as a promising EOR method. NPs have small size (1 to 100nm) assisting them to flow through a typical reservoir pore spaces (lower than 1micron). Besides, their surface properties can be manipulated in order to become more appropriate for desirable application [6]. In order to get insight into the actual mechanisms by which NPs improve the oil recovery from reservoirs, a number of researches have been conducted that some of them are explained below.

SiO2: The applicability of hydrophilic SiO2 NPs on the efficiency of Cetrimonium Bromide (CTAB) as a cationic surfactant has been analyzed by Ravera et al. [7]. A reduction in the IFT was observed due to the adsorption of positively charged CTAB on the surface of silica NPs (in 1wt% nanosuspension). In another research conducted by Ma et al. in 2008, the efficiency of Hydrophilic SiO2 NPs was also analyzed on the performance of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) as an anionic surfactant and Triton X-100 as a non-ionic surfactant. They observed hydrophilic SiO2 NPs improve the influence of SDS in the IFT reduction which may be due to the presence of repulsive forces between negatively charged SDS and SiO2 NPs. However, they do not affect the performance of Triton X-100 because of existing poor interactions [8]. Zargartalebi et al., [9] investigated the influence of hydrophilic and slightly hydrophobic SiO2 NPs (0.2wt%) on the SDS performance, observed a reduction in the surfactant adsorption on the sandstone surface in the presence of NPs especially for hydrophobic ones. Besides, they claimed that the influence of NPs on the IFT reduction was completely dependent on the surfactant concentration. As it is illustrated in Figure 3a and Figure 3b, at low surfactant concentration up to Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC), IFT values continuously reduced. However, above CMC value, the IFT began to increase and finally reached to a constant value even lower than the one obtained by surfactant alone.

The ability of silane treated SiO2 and hydrophobic SiO2 NPs (with a concentration of 0.3wt% dispersed in ethanol) in the wettability alteration of reservoir rock has been firstly observed by Ogolo et al. in 2012 [10]. After a year, Li et al. confirmed the high efficiency of hydrophilic SiO2 NPs in both IFT reduction and wettability alteration of sandstones in the presence of 30,000ppm NaCl solution with 0.05wt% NPs, showing an optimum concentration [11]. Furthermore, Roustaei et al., [12] investigated the potential of hydrophilic SiO2 NPs in the presence of 50,000ppm NaCl solution in EOR of carbonate rocks and they concluded that at an optimum concentration of 0.4wt%, maximum wettability alteration is obtained. They also claimed that NPs result in increasing IFT when the wettability is altered toward water-wetness and this IFT increment contributes in the oil recovery improvement. Their assertion is based on the concept of spontaneous imbibition in carbonate reservoirs. Recently, the effect of temperature and size of SiO2 NPs has been analyzed by Al-Anssari et al., [13] and they concluded that the temperature has a positive effect on SiO2 NPs ability to alter wettability of oil-wet carbonate rocks; however, the effect of NPs size is negligible.

ZrO2: Karimi et al., [14] investigated the process of spontaneous imbibition of 5wt% ZrO2 nanofluid into an oil-wet carbonate reservoir. They claimed that adsorption of hydrophilic synthesized ZrO2 NPs and the mixture of nonionic surfactants onto the rock surface leads to the formation of a nano-textured surface which can modify reservoir rock wettability toward more water-wetness better than NPs alone and consequently more oil is recovered.

Al2O3: Ogolo et al., [10] claimed that Al2O3 NPs (dispersing in distilled water or brine with a salinity of 30,000 ppm) perform well in EOR due to the oil viscosity reduction. However, a year later, Giraldo et al., [15] observed that Al2O3 can also alter the wettability of sandstones from severe oil-wet to severe waterwet when synthesized by an anionic surfactant. Among a wide range of nanofluid concentration between 0.01 to 1wt%, the efficiency of surfactant to wettability modification is improved just at a relatively low NPs concentration (equal or lower than 0.05wt%). Besides, they asserted that imbibition experiments are a good evaluation tool for analyzing the performance of NPs. The ability of Al2O3 NPs for IFT reduction is expressed by Joonaki et al., [16] and they observed that the interfacial tension between phases began to reduce when propanol is used as a dispersing agent for Al2O3 NPs.

TiO2: Ehtesabi et al., [17] investigated the application of synthesized TiO2 NPs through core-flooding experiments in sandstone rocks and they confirmed their application in EOR in terms of wettability alteration and oil viscosity reduction. They observe that TiO2 NPs do not affect the oil viscosity but in a low concentration of 0.01wt% could alter significantly the wettability of rock surface. Application of SiO2, Al2O3 and TiO2 NPs in oil-wet carbonate reservoirs have been analyzed by Esfandyari et al., [5] under various temperatures (26, 40, 50, 60 ℃). The maximum and minimum reduction in contact angles were achieved by SiO2 and Al2O3 NPs, respectively at all temperatures. Besides, they observed a reduction in oil viscosity at higher temperatures of 50 and 60 ℃ by Al2O3 and TiO2 NPs and the oil recovery by Al2O3. TiO2 was also more significant at all temperatures comparing to SiO2 NPs. The potential of these three hydrophilic NPs has been also investigated by Hendraningrat et al. in different wettability sandstone reservoirs. They confirmed the mechanism of wettability alteration as the main mechanism of these NPs although IFT reduction is also observed. As a result of their experiments, TiO2 NPs performed well in all types of wettability systems among other NPs [18]. Generally, the mechanism by which NPs alter the reservoir rock wettability is due to the creation of a wedge-film on the rock surface due to the disjoining pressure enhancement between oil and rock surface (Figure 4). Consequently, the oil droplets will detach from the rock surface and a new underlying layer is exposed with a more water-wetness wettability [19].

Stability of Nanoparticles

One of the main challenges of nanofluids which limits their application especially in long period is their stability. Forming an agglomeration may restrict the flow of NPs through micronsized pore spaces and may lead to pore spaces plugging and permeability reduction [18]. Zeta potential of nanofluid has a direct relationship with the suspension stability in a way that the suspension with higher zeta potential (even positive or negative) shows higher stability. The water chemistry such as pH, ionic strength (salinity) and its various component usually influence the stability of nanofluids [20]. Accordingly, it is expected that adjusting the pH value of system, reducing its salinity or adding a stabilizer to the nano-suspension will provide a higher stability for system. Adjusting pH value: The pH value of a nanofluid solution influence their surface charge and consequently their stability. According to Huang et al. there exist an optimal pH value by which a maximum nanofluid stability is obtained. They have conducted a series of experiments on Al2O3 and CuO nanofluids in which the pH value of the solution is adjusted by addition of HCl or NaOH to obtain an acidic or basic suspension. They observed that Al2O3 and CuO nano-suspension obtain the highest stability at an optimum pH value of 7.5- 8.9 and 7.5-9.5, respectively [21].

Effect of salinity: Esfandyari et al., [5] measured the zeta potential of the nanofluid of Al2O3, TiO2 and SiO2 in various dispersion media of deionized water, NaCl solution (3,000 ppm) and synthetic brine (25,000ppm). As a result of their experiments, the zeta potential values of SiO2, Al2O3 and TiO2 in deionized water are -38.5, 31.1 and -19.1mV, respectively indicating the highest to lowest stable nanofluids. However, the zeta potential values of SiO2, Al2O3 and TiO2 nanofluids have been decreased to -32.3, 27.4 and -15.8 in NaCl solution and to -22.4, 21.6 and -9.9 in the synthetic brine respectively, all of which indicate the detrimental effect of salinity on the stability of nanofluids.

Adding stabilizer: Hendraningrat et al., [18] analyzed the stability of nanofluid of Al2O3, TiO2 and SiO2 NPs. Analysis of nanofluids visual stability show that Al2O3 NPs precipitated at initial stages (approximately after 3 hs) and TiO2 NPs precipitated slightly later. However, SiO2 NPs exhibit a better stability of 24-48hrs. In order to get longer stability of Al2O3 and TiO2 NPs, they proposed addition of Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as a stabilizer to alter NPs surface conductivities, resulting in 96 and 48h stability for Al2O3 and TiO2 nanofluids, respectively. The influence of pH value, existence of divalent cations presented in water and surfactant concentration as a stabilizer on TiO2 nanofluid stability have been analyzed by Loosli et al. [20]. They observed that when the pH values are altered from pH=3 (addition of HCl) to pH=11 (addition of NaOH) the zeta potential continuously decreased from +36mV to -40mV. At a pH range of 5-7.2, the absolute zeta potential values are minimum indicating the range of instability. Zeta potential is equal to zero at a pH value of 6.1, indicating the most instable situation. Besides, they also concluded that the presence of divalent cations (Ca2+ and Mg2+) leads to the more agglomeration of NPs due to the cation bridging. In contrast, they claimed that adsorption of negatively charged sodium dodecyl sulfate, as an anionic surfactant, onto the positively charged surface of TiO2 NPs make the nano-suspension more stable. The influence of pH changes and the presence of divalent cations on the stability of TiO2-SDS complexes are illustrated in Figure 5.

Thermoassociative polymers

In order to prevent chemical degradation of commercial PAM during EOR in high salinity and high temperature conditions, Tamsilian et al., [22] have synthesized a protected Polyacrylamide Nanoparticles (PPNs) in which a hydrophobic polystyrene (PSt) sell is created by one-pot two-step inverse emulsion surface polymerization method. The existence of hydrophobic PSt shell protects the active PAM chains from degradation in harsh reservoir conditions. Besides, the efficiency of PPNs as a viscosity modifier is increased by their timedependent releasement; hence, it will remain active in a wide range of approximately 30 days. A schematic of PPNs polymer flooding is illustrated in Figure 6. PPNs have a high potential of IFT reduction and wettability alteration in comparison with common PAM and according to the results of incremental oil recovery, an average of 6.9% and 5.95% was obtained by PPNs and PMA, respectively; which indicates PPNs better capability in oil recovery improvement. Finally, a comparison between the performance of PAM and PPN introduces PPNs as a good candidate for EOR processes, due to their high capability in viscosity increment even harsh conditions and also IFT reduction and wettability alteration although a lower amount of it is required for achieving same recovery.

Shaban et al., [23] have synthesized a new cauliflowerlike amphiphilic copolymer by aerosol-photopolymerization method. A schematic of their experimental setup consists of an atomizer, a flow-through photoreactor, and a collection filter is shown in Figure 7. The advantage of this method over usual methods such as emulsion polymerization is that no surfactants are required. They concluded that their new method of synthesis has a great ability to produce novel copolymers with large amount of hydrophobic and hydrophilic monomers. Hence, it has a long applicability to viscosity enhancement during the process of polymer-flooding.

Another new type of acrylamide-based Thermo Associative Copolymers (TAP), applicable in high salinity and high temperature reservoirs, have been considered by the current research community, called Nano Chemical Group, through the process of a copolymerization mechanism of free-radical of acrylamide monomer and thermosensitive macromonomers. In a saline reservoir, the viscosity of a solution is augmented if the temperature is above a critical value called associating temperature. Meanwhile, it is expected that addition of a type of stabilizer which is highly resistant in high salinity conditions could provide a desired stability for nanofluids at high salinity conditions. Considering this in mind, the novel hydrophobically thermoassociating copolymer (HTAP) consisting of polyacrylamide and polystyrene, prepared by Tamsilian et al., [22], which has been recently used as EOR agent is recommended to stabilize NPs to compensate for the detrimental effect of high salinity.

    Conclusion

In this study, a comprehensive review has been conducted on the combination of polymers with low salinity water, nanoparticles, and thermo associative polymers, providing three new approaches for the polymer EOR process. The following conclusions can be obtained from the reviewed researches:

I. Due to the negative impact of the salinity on the efficiency of polymer, application of low salinity water with common polymers mitigates its worse effect, resulting in more oil recovery. Besides, the required polymer amount for achieving the same viscosity is lower comparing to the cases in which high salinity water is used.

II. SiO2 nanoparticles results in more oil recovery by the wettability alteration of the reservoir rock and IFT reduction. ZrO2 and TiO2 nanoparticles by wettability alteration and Al2O3 nanoparticles by IFT reduction, wettability alteration and oil viscosity reduction lead to oil recovery improvement all of which are among the effective nanoparticles.

III. The stability of nanofluids is affected by the water chemistry such as pH, ionic strength (salinity) and its various components. There exists an optimum value of pH by which maximum stability is obtained for each nanofluid. Salinity has usually a detrimental effect on nanofluids stability and result in their agglomeration.

IV. Thermoassociative polymers which their efficiency remain stable at the high salinity and high temperature conditions, are suggested as a promising substitution for common polymers and also as a stabilizer of nanofluids at high salinity harsh conditions.

V. Reviewing these three aspects of polymer applications in the EOR process shows a good thought streamline for research groups who are active to see the polymer complexity world and its pros/cons as a one of the promising EOR agent.

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Naj­pierw nau­czyłeś mnie na czym po­lega tęskno­ta. Po­tem zro­biłeś z te­go za­gad­nienia prak­tyczny spraw­dzian. Zdałam na szóstkę. Ja­ko pojętna uczen­ni­ca zro­zumiałam coś jeszcze- tęskno­ta ma sens pod jed­nym wa­run­kiem- kiedy jest od­wza­jem­niona. Mo­ja za­tem jest bez sen­su. Tak sa­mo jak głupie myśli, naiw­ny płomień nadziei i piep­rzo­na wiara, że jeszcze kiedyś zaczniesz o mnie dbać i trak­to­wać jak ósmy pry­wat­ny cud świata. Nie zad­basz? Zad­ba kto in­ny. Pros­te?

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-Rzu­cił mnie, po­wie­działam że go kocham, a on mnie rzu­cił! I co ja mam te­raz zro­bić?! Nie wyt­rzy­mam te­go, muszę coś zro­bić! Na­tychmiast! -To idź i po­wiedz mu, że jest dur­niem, kre­tynem i, że go niena­widzisz. -Zwa­riowałaś? Prze­cież ja go kocham! -Chmmm... -I co, jak myślisz, co mam zro­bić? -Spójrz na to tak, cza­sami zap­rzecze­nie wca­le nie mu­si być zap­rzecze­niem "nie nie za­mie­rzam" może oz­naczać "za­mie­rzam"... -Co to ma do rzeczy? -Po pros­tu słuchaj! W ma­tema­tyce dwa mi­nusy dają plus... -No i co z te­go? -Właśnie do te­go zmie­rzam, prze­cież trzy zakręty w pra­wo dają zakręt w le­wo! -Na­dal nie ro­zumiem, co to ma wspólne­go. -To jest pra­wo podwójnej ne­gac­ji. Jeśli cię rzu­cił po tym jak po­wie­działaś "kocham", to po­winien wrócić kiedy po­wiesz to po raz dru­gi... Wniosek: Na­wet całkiem lo­giczne ar­gu­men­ty, stają się be­zużyteczne kiedy mówi­my o miłości...

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-Zno­wu po­malo­wałaś na czer­wo­no paz­nokcie i zro­biłaś moc­ny ma­kijaż; zno­wu się tak ub­rałaś i założyłaś te cho­ler­nie wy­sokie szpil­ki. Zno­wu Cię rzu­cił i będziesz te­raz uda­wać wredną sukę? - Po pros­tu ZNO­WU będę sobą...