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Improvement of polymer flooding using in-situ releasing of smart nano-scale coated polymer particles in porous media
, Article Energy Exploration and Exploitation ; Volume 30, Issue 6 , 2012 , Pages 915-940 ; 01445987 (ISSN) ; Ramazani, S. A. A ; Sadeghnejad, S ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is modeling and simulation of in-situ releasing of smart nano-sized core-shell particles at the water-oil interface during polymer flooding. During the polymer flooding process, when these nano-particles reach the water-oil interface, migrate to the oil phase and the hydrophobic layer of them dissolves in this phase. After dissolution of this protective nano-sized layer, the hydrophilic core containing a water-soluble ultra high molecular weight polymer diffuses back into the water phase and with dissolving in this phase, dramatically increases viscosity of flooding water in the neighborhood of the water-oil interface. In this study, two different...