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The Investigation of Thermal and Rheological Properties of Hydrophobically Modified Polymer of Acrylamide
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Ramazani Saadatabadi, Ahmad (Supervisor)
Abstract
Among chemically enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) methods, polymer flooding has the highest commercial potential. However, the most widely used conventional polymers such as partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) are not applicable for high-temperature and high-salinity reservoirs. To overcome above-mentioned problems, in this work, a series of water-soluble hydrophobically modified polymers (HMPs) nanostructures comprising 2-vinyl naphthalene (hydrophobic monomer) has been produced by freestyle method (without Surfactant), micellar (with Surfactant). The size of the particles was investigated using scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and optical scattering (DLS). Results from FT-IR...