Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology

Department of Earth Science, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Publications

• Research Article   
  Micro Visual Investigation of Enhanced Oil Recovery in Heterogeneous Pore Network of a Micro Model Using Hybrid Nano Fluid
  Author(s): Amir Hosseinzadeh Helaleh*, Mostafa Alizadeh and Mohammad Samipoor Giri
  
  Emerging nanotechnologies, such as nanofluids composed of liquid suspensions of nanoparticles, may soon allow for the accelerated recovery of hydrocarbons and stimulation fluids from oil and gas reservoirs. Nanofluids in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) as a tertiary process employs nanoparticles to reduce the residual oil saturation of the reservoir mainly through Interfacial Tension (IFT) reduction and wettability alteration. In spite of its great potential and the mentioned advantages, application of nanofluids in EOR has been limited because of the lack of practical convincing experimental results. In this study, the effects of hybrid nanofluid in EOR process on wettability and IFT changes and the reduction of residual oil saturation have been examined by providing microscopic visualization of two phase flow in transparent glass micromodels TiO2-Cu nanop.. View more»
  

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