
Nanotechnology for CO2 Utilization in Oilfield Applications
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Key Features
- Covers applications for the scalability and reproducibility of fabrication techniques for various nanofluids used in the oilfield, including visual world maps that showcase current stages and future CCS sites
- Helps readers understand CO2 case studies for subsurface applications, including CO2 injection into depleted reservoirs
- Provides knowledge on the existing challenges and hazards involved in CO2 for safer utilization
Readership
Petroleum engineers; reservoir engineers; drilling engineers; researchers, and students working on nanomaterials with a focus on oilfield applications
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Synthesis & characterization of nanofluids for oilfield applications
2.1 Single-step and Two-step synthesis of nanofluids
2.2 Methods to prepare nanofluids
2.3 Various types of nanofluids
2.4 Nanofluid imaging methods
2.5 Chemical characterization of nanofluids
2.6 Dispersion stability and thermophysical properties
2.7 Challenges to nanofluid stability3. Rheological characterization of nanofluids
3.1 Methods to rheologically investigate nanofluids
3.2 Variables influencing rheology of nanofluids
3.3 Viscosity and Shear stress
3.4 Strain-sweep analysis
3.5 Frequency-sweep analysis
3.6 Hysteresis in nanofluids4. Why CO2?
4.1 CO2 as a greenhouse gas
4.2 Sources of CO2
4.3 Understanding CO2 capture in brief5. CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) process and injection process
5.1 Introduction
5.2 CO2 as an EOR fluid
5.3 Thermodynamics and phase behaviour of CO2
5.4 Supercritical CO2
5.5 Principles of CO2 EOR
5.6 Oil recovery mechanisms in CO2-EOR projects
5.7 Mutual interactions between CO2 and crude oil
5.8 Case studies on CO2 injection6. Carbonated nanofluids for EOR and improved carbon storage
6.1 Principles of carbonation
6.2 Role of molality and absorption kinetics
6.3 Carbonation of nanofluids
6.4 Physisorption
6.5 Chemisorption7. Mass transfer by molecular diffusion
7.1 Diffusion in bulk fluids and porous media
7.2 Molecular diffusion of gases into liquid phases
7.3 The role of CO2 molecular diffusion in oil reservoirs
7.4 Determination of gas diffusion coefficient
7.4.1 Experimental measurements of mass transfer parameters
7.4.2 Empirical correlations of diffusion coefficients8. Rock dissolution and formation damage in CO2 EOR
8.1 Factors influencing dissolution in rocks
8.2 Rock dissolution in sandstones
8.3 Rock dissolution in carbonates
8.4 Methods to mitigate rock dissolution9. Role of nanofluids in improving CO2 storage and stability in subsurface reservoir
9.1 Flow behaviour of CO2 in porous media
9.2 Mobility control using nanofluids
9.3 Case studies on CO2 storage10. Density-driven natural convection during CO2 geo-sequestration
10.1 Density-driven natural convection in heterogeneous aquifers
10.2 Density-driven natural convection in fractured aquifers11. Dimensionless numbers and scaling criteria
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Capillary number
11.3 Bond number
11.4 Gravity number
11.5 Combined dimensionless groups12. Retention of nanoparticles in porous media: Implications for fluid flow
12.1 Mechanisms influencing nanoparticle retention
12.2 Principles of NP retention
12.3 Implications for fluid flow
12.4 Role of SEM/EDX imaging
12.5 Minimizing formation damage13. CO2 foams
13.1 CO2 foams
13.2 CO2 polymer foams
13.3 Synergy between NPs, polymers and surfactants
13.4 Factors influencing CO2 foams14. Solid CO2 storage in nanofluids for improved CO2 utilization
14.1 Phase behaviour conditions for CO2 storage
14.2 CO2 storage in fresh water
14.3 CO2 storage in saline water
14.4 Effect of nanofluids on CO2 hydrate formation and kinetics15. Conclusion and future research direction
Product details
- No. of pages: 330
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Gulf Professional Publishing 2022
- Published: June 17, 2022
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323905404
About the Authors
Tushar Sharma
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Krishna Chaturvedi
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Japan Trivedi
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