NANOPARTICLES TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY

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dc.contributor.advisorKrishnamoorti, Ramanan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBalakotaiah, Vemuri
dc.contributor.committeeMemberVipulanandan, Cumaraswamy
dc.contributor.committeeMemberConrad, Jacinta C.
dc.creatorAgrawal, Devesh K. 1983-
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-14T02:55:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-14T02:55:51Z
dc.date.createdMay 2012
dc.date.issued2012-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2012
dc.date.updated2017-05-14T02:55:52Z
dc.description.abstractApplication of nanoparticles is envisaged for enhanced oil recovery applications because of their unique transport and surface wettability properties along with their relatively small sizes compared to the size of pores in porous rocks of an oil reservoir. In the current work stable, dilute dispersion (20 ppm by weight) of the spherical shaped, negatively charged functionalized carbon nanoparticles of different sizes (5 nm, 50 nm) and spherical shaped, neutrally charged polymer grafted silica nanoparticles (35 nm) were injected through the sandstones and carbonates cores (with permeabilities ranging from 2 mD to 400 mD). The pressure profiles and breakthrough curves were obtained and the fluorescence microscopy on the rock surface was performed. The early breakthrough occurred in most cases and retention of nanoparticles in the porous media was found to be dependent upon the pore – nanoparticle relative sizes and temperature.
dc.description.departmentChemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/1765
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectNanoparticles
dc.subjectTransport
dc.subjectRetention
dc.subjectEOR
dc.subjectTemperature
dc.subjectLow permeability
dc.subjectFluorescence
dc.subjectEtc
dc.titleNANOPARTICLES TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCullen College of Engineering
thesis.degree.departmentChemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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