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Modeling and Economic Assessment of CO2 Capture by Oxy-fuel Combustion in Power Plants
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Soltanieh, Mohammad (Supervisor)
Abstract
Considering the drastical increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, especially carbon dioxide, reduction of these gases seems necessary to combat global warming. Fossil fuel power plants are one of the main sources of CO2 emission. In this paper, CO2 capture from a natural gas fired steam cycle power plant using oxy-fuel combustion technology is studied. The Integrated Environmental Control Model (IECM) developed by Carnegie Mellon University was used to evaluate the effect of this capture technology on the plant efficiency and economic parameters of the system. Since the oxygen production plant, CO2 capture and transport are cost and energy intensive, the cost of electricity generated...
Worm-like micelles:a new approach for heavy oil recovery from fractured systems
, Article Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering ; Volume 93, Issue 5 , 2015 , Pages 951-958 ; 00084034 (ISSN) ; Saidian, M ; Mavaddat, M ; Ghazanfari, M. H ; Kharrat, R ; Rashtchian, D ; Sharif University of Technology
Wiley-Liss Inc
2015
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In this work, a new type of flooding system, "worm-like micelles", in enhanced heavy oil recovery (EOR) has been introduced. Application of these types of surfactants, because of their intriguing and surprising behaviour, is attractive for EOR studies. Fundamental understanding of the sweep efficiencies as well as displacement mechanisms of this flooding system in heterogeneous systems especially for heavy oils remains a topic of debate in the literature. Worm-like micellar surfactant solutions are made up of highly flexible cylindrical aggregates. Such micellar solutions display high surface activity and high viscoelasticity, making them attractive in practical applications for EOR. In this...
Performance evaluation of a new nanocomposite polymer gel for water shutoff in petroleum reservoirs
, Article Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology ; 2018 ; 01932691 (ISSN) ; Ayatollahi, S ; ZareNezhad, B ; Sharif University of Technology
Taylor and Francis Inc
2018
Abstract
A new polymer gel nanocomposite is fabricated for excess water production control (water shut off) in petroleum reservoirs and its rheological behavior is evaluated in the presence of sea water and formation water at the temperature of 100 °C. It is shown that at a high salinity without using SiO2 nanoparticles, the elastic modulus of synthesized polymer gel in the presence of sea water and formation water are 12.5 Pa and 9.8 Pa respectively. However by incorporation of SiO2 nanoparticles in the polymer gel matrix, the elastic modulus of synthesized polymer gel in the presence of sea water and formation water can be improved to 13.56 Pa and 11.57 Pa respectively, which is quite interesting...
Application of Fuzzy C-means algorithm as a novel approach to predict solubility of hydrocarbons in carbon dioxide
, Article Petroleum Science and Technology ; Volume 36, Issue 4 , 2018 , Pages 308-312 ; 10916466 (ISSN) ; Garmsiri, H ; Zare, M ; Hemmati, N ; Sharif University of Technology
Taylor and Francis Inc
2018
Abstract
In the recent years, declination of oil reservoir causes the importance of researches on enhancement of oil recovery processes become more important. One of wide applicable approaches in enhancement of oil recovery is carbon dioxide injection which becomes interested because of relative low cost, good displacement and environmentally aspects. The injection of carbon dioxide to oil reservoir causes the lighter hydrocarbons of crude oil are extracted by CO2. This phenomena can be affected by various factors such the solubility of hydrocarbons in carbon dioxide so in the present investigation Fuzzy c-means (FCM) as a novel approach for estimation of solubility of alkanes in carbon dioxide in...
Prediction of the interfacial tension between hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide
, Article Petroleum Science and Technology ; Volume 36, Issue 3 , 1 February , 2018 , Pages 227-231 ; 10916466 (ISSN) ; Bemani, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Taylor and Francis Inc
2018
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In the recent years due to increasing demand for energy and declination of reservoir production, an impressive notice on enhancement of oil recovery has been found. The gas injection especially carbon dioxide injection due to low cost and friendly environmentally of this approach the special attention to CO2 injection increased. The miscibility is known as key factor which effects on enhancement of recovery. The miscibility is controlled by interfacial tension of hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide so the importance of investigation of the interfacial tension becomes highlighted.in this investigation by using radial basis function (RBF) artificial neural network (ANN) as a novel approach the...
Performance evaluation of a new nanocomposite polymer gel for water shutoff in petroleum reservoirs
, Article Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology ; Volume 40, Issue 10 , 2019 , Pages 1479-1487 ; 01932691 (ISSN) ; Ayatollahi, S ; ZareNezhad, B ; Sharif University of Technology
Taylor and Francis Inc
2019
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A new polymer gel nanocomposite is fabricated for excess water production control (water shut off) in petroleum reservoirs and its rheological behavior is evaluated in the presence of sea water and formation water at the temperature of 100 °C. It is shown that at a high salinity without using SiO2 nanoparticles, the elastic modulus of synthesized polymer gel in the presence of sea water and formation water are 12.5 Pa and 9.8 Pa respectively. However by incorporation of SiO2 nanoparticles in the polymer gel matrix, the elastic modulus of synthesized polymer gel in the presence of sea water and formation water can be improved to 13.56 Pa and 11.57 Pa respectively, which is quite interesting...
Thermophysical interface properties of crude oil and aqueous solution containing sulfate anions: experimental and modeling approaches
, Article Petroleum Science and Technology ; Volume 37, Issue 21 , 2019 , Pages 2167-2173 ; 10916466 (ISSN) ; Ayatollahi, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Taylor and Francis Inc
2019
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Sulfate anion is well-known for being one of the most active agents to be injected into the oil reservoirs and being capable of not only altering the interfacial properties of crude oil but also enhancing the water solution properties in oil recovery. In the current study, the effects of temperature and pressure were studied on interfacial tension (IFT) as well as the adsorption behavior of two different solutions containing sulfate anion using experimental measurements and modeling approaches. Although it was expected that IFT values of the studied systems might decrease as temperature increased due to the improvement in the molecule mobility and solubility of crude oil in water, which...
Effect of SO4 −2 ion exchanges and initial water saturation on low salinity water flooding (LSWF) in the dolomite reservoir rocks
, Article Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology ; Volume 41, Issue 6 , 2020 , Pages 841-855 ; Masihi, M ; Safekordi, A. A ; Ayatollahi, S ; Sadeghnejad, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Taylor and Francis Inc
2020
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The low salinity water injection has become one of the most important studies in the oil industry for improving oil recovery compared to conventional seawater injection. Thus, extensive studies have been conducted in carbonate and sandstone reservoirs to investigate how the physical properties of rocks and the chemical composition of fluids influence low salinity effect, while, the carbonate reservoir rocks requires more investigation of the effect of molecular and/or ionic interactions. In this experimental work, the effectiveness of various water flooding schemes in carbonate reservoir rock samples is investigated. In this regard, the oil recovery potential of seawater (SW), reservoir...
Energy transfer in a liquid filled elemental passage of a porous medium for permeability enhancement due to pulsations of a vapor bubble
, Article Mechanika ; Volume 22, Issue 1 , 2016 , Pages 25-30 ; 13921207 (ISSN) ; Shervani Tabar, M. T ; Taeibi Rahni, M ; Tabatabaei Nejad, S. A ; Sharif University of Technology
Kauno Technologijos Universitetas
2016
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In this paper, a novel method which has been proposed during the last decade for increasing of the permeability of porous media of petroleum reservoirs by transferring of energy via ultrasound waves is investigated numerically. Increasing of permeability of porous media of petroleum reservoirs results in enhancing of oil recovery. This technique is based on the idea of transferring of energy to the liquid filled porous media via the ultrasound waves and consequently producing of pulsating vapor bubbles. The generated vapor bubbles transfer the energy of ultrasound waves in the liquid filled passages of a porous medium through velocity and pressure fields in the liquid domain and in turn...
Experimental study of nanoparticle-surfactant-stabilized CO2 foam: Stability and mobility control
, Article Chemical Engineering Research and Design ; Volume 111 , 2016 , Pages 449-460 ; 02638762 (ISSN) ; Riahi, S ; Ayatollahi, S ; Ahmadi, H ; Sharif University of Technology
Institution of Chemical Engineers
2016
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CO2 injection has proved to be the most common and efficient enhanced oil recovery techniques which leads to more residual oil recovery. Unfavorable sweep efficiency which results in fingering propagation and causes early gas breakthrough is the most challenging issue of gas flooding process. The aim of this work is to study foam stability and analyze the mobility of CO2 foam stabilized by mixture of raw silica nanoparticles and ethyl hexadecyl dimethyl ammonium bromide (cationic surfactant). The result is obtained through both dynamic and static techniques using a new adsorption index.NPS-stabilized foams are generated using Ross-Miles method. A novel index for the adsorption of surfactant...
Mechanistical study of effect of ions in smart water injection into carbonate oil reservoir
, Article Process Safety and Environmental Protection ; Volume 105 , 2017 , Pages 361-372 ; 09575820 (ISSN) ; Ayatollahi, S ; Riazi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Institution of Chemical Engineers
2017
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The concerns for water availability, affordability and environmental consideration have motivated more research on the development of smart water injection for enhanced oil recovery process. Although wettability alteration has been considered as the dominant mechanism, there is an ample space in this area needs to be explored more. Therefore, a systematic series of experiments is designed and performed to examine the effect of salinity and ion type on the wettability of the carbonate rock surface to find the active mechanisms. For this purpose, the concentrations of different salts including NaCl, KCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2 are examined during 10 days of soaking for salts concentrations range of...
Experimental investigation of dynamic swelling and Bond number of crude oil during carbonated water flooding; Effect of temperature and pressure
, Article Fuel ; Volume 214 , 2018 , Pages 135-143 ; 00162361 (ISSN) ; Riazi, M ; Ayatollahi, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2018
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The potential of crude oil swelling is dominant mechanism in the development and implementation of carbonated water (CO2 saturated water) flooding as an environmental friendly enhanced oil recovery method. In this study, the volume of crude oil drop in carbonated water (CW) was measured at temperatures of 30, 50 and 80 °C and pressures of 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 psi to investigate the swelling behavior of crude oil during CW flooding. In addition, the variations of dynamic and equilibrium Bond number of CW/crude oil due to dissolution of CO2 in the crude oil are compared to the crude oil/water systems. It is expected that crude oil swelling decreases as temperature increases due to a...
An experimental investigation of nanoemulsion enhanced oil recovery: Use of unconsolidated porous systems
, Article Fuel ; Volume 251 , 2019 , Pages 754-762 ; 00162361 (ISSN) ; Tabzar, A ; Ghasemi, V ; Mohammadzadeh, O ; Pourafshary, P ; Rezaei, N ; Zendehboudi, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2019
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Utilization of nanoparticles in oil and gas industry has attracted considerable attention of engineers and researchers. In this article, the feasibility of nanoemulsion flooding is investigated as a method for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) through coreflooding experiments, using a packed bed and real reservoir fluids. Nine different mixtures of the solvent, surfactant, and nanoparticles in the form of a nanoemulsion phase are generated and used to recover the oil in the context of an EOR process. Various tests are conducted to determine the properties of porous medium and fluids. To study the production performance of this EOR technique, pressure drop across the packed bed are measured, along...
Development of a multi-objective decision-making model to recover flare gases in a multi flare gases zone
, Article Energy ; Volume 203 , 2020 ; Sattari, S ; Soltanieh, M ; Vatani, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2020
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In this paper, a systematic investigation and modeling of all available technologies (such as NGL, injection in pipelines, LNG, GTL, NGH, and CNG plants, EOR, electricity production by thermal power plants, and water generation by MED technologies) for flare gas recovery has been developed. An optimal combination of the technologies has been proposed for flare gas recovery of five oil wells in the south of Iran with different specifications as case studies. The optimal combinations of all the technologies have been investigated with minimizing the payback period of capital costs (economical) and maximizing CO2 pollutant reduction (environmental) objective functions by using the genetic...
Direct insights into the pore-scale mechanism of low-salinity waterflooding in carbonates using a novel calcite microfluidic chip
, Article Fuel ; Volume 260 , 15 January , 2020 ; Mahani, H ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2020
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One of the key open questions in the area of low or controlled salinity water flooding (LSWF or CSWF) is how the observed oil recovery at macro-scale (e.g. Darcy or core-scale) can the explained and what underlying microscopic mechanisms drive it. Thus far, the micromodel investigation of LSWF has been limited to sandstones, remaining challenging to apply to carbonates. In this paper we aim to i) extend the capability to fabricate a novel calcite micromodel using Iceland spar calcite crystal, ii) investigate the pore-scale mechanisms leading to oil recovery from carbonates. A target crude oil-brine-rock (COBR) system was first selected. To screen potential brines which can produce...
Determination of minimum miscibility pressure in N2–crude oil system: A robust compositional model
, Article Fuel ; Volume 182 , 2016 , Pages 402-410 ; 00162361 (ISSN) ; Mohagheghian, E ; Fathinasab, M ; Mohammadi, A. H ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
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Nitrogen has been valued as an economical alternative injection gas for gas-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. Minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) is the most important parameter to successfully design N2 flooding. In this communication, a data bank covering wide ranges of thermodynamic and compositional conditions was gathered from open literature. Afterward, a rigorous approach, namely least square support vector machine (LSSVM) optimized with coupled simulated annealing (CSA) was proposed to develop a reliable and robust model for the prediction of MMP of pure/impure N2–crude oil. The results of this study showed that the proposed model is more reliable and accurate than the...
Application of different novel and newly designed commercial ionic liquids and surfactants for more oil recovery from an Iranian oil field
, Article Journal of Molecular Liquids ; Volume 230 , 2017 , Pages 579-588 ; 01677322 (ISSN) ; Ayatollahi, S ; Keshavarz, P ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2017
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This investigation is conducted on one of the southern Iranian oil fields, which experiences a fault on its gas cap. Therefore, no traditional gas injection and normal water injection for pressure maintenance is suggested. The target is set to inject special compatible and proper type of chemicals in each single well to avoid the pressure increase for the risk of oil and gas spill. Two different sources of aqueous phases, namely formation brine and sea water were used to find the effects of different brine composition on the main mechanisms of releasing the trapped oil, interfacial tension (IFT) and wettability alteration. The obtained results reveal that both the ionic liquid (IL) based...
The effects of pH, acidity, asphaltene and resin fraction on crude oil/water interfacial tension
, Article Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering ; Volume 162 , 2018 , Pages 341-347 ; 09204105 (ISSN) ; Ayatollahi, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2018
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A basic understanding of the activities of indigenous surfactants of crude oil at the water/oil interface as a function of aqueous phase pH can give us a better insight into the alkaline enhanced oil recovery processes. The present study aimed to elucidate the effect of salinity and crude oil type, specifically the influence of resin and asphaltene molecules during alkaline flooding through interfacial tension (IFT) measurements via pendant drop and spinning techniques. Several model oils containing asphaltene and resin fractions were prepared and their IFTs were compared with those of the original crude oils. Moreover, the elemental analyses of asphaltene and resin fractions were performed,...
Investigating injection of low salinity brine in carbonate rock with the assist of works of cohesion and adhesion and spreading coefficient calculations
, Article Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering ; Volume 161 , 2018 , Pages 381-389 ; 09204105 (ISSN) ; Ayatollahi, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2018
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Low salinity (LS) and smart water (SW) flooding processes which receive a great interest as cost-effective and environmental friendly techniques are relatively new enhanced oil recovery methods. Although shifting carbonate surfaces towards a water-wet state is the main mechanism behind these methods, effects of controlling factors (for instance: ion type or salinity) are already remained unsettled. In this regard, the effects of sulfate ion types (i.e. Na2SO4, MgSO4 and CaSO4) and their concentrations (i.e. 0–45,000 ppm) on wettability alteration are investigated using contact angle (CA) measurement technique. In addition, work of cohesion, work of adhesion and spreading coefficient of all...
Effects of low salinity water on calcite/brine interface: a molecular dynamics simulation study
, Article Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ; Volume 537 , January , 2018 , Pages 61-68 ; 09277757 (ISSN) ; Fattahi Mehraban, M ; Ayatollahi, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2018
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Calcite is among the most abundant minerals organizing the oil reservoir formation and therefore its surface properties play a central role in the increase of the oil recovery efficiency. The effect of low-salinity water in carbonate rocks reveals that brine composition and salinity can improve the oil recovery in carbonates through wettability alteration. However, the specific mechanism for wettability changes that leads to improved oil recovery in calcite is not well understood. To obtain deeper insights at atomic level into the understanding the characteristics of the calcite-water interface, we performed classical molecular dynamics simulations in the presence of different ions in brine...