Nanofluid enhanced oil recovery using induced ZnO nanocrystals by electromagnetic energy: Viscosity increment
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26210%2F18%3APU129943" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26210/18:PU129943 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.06.068" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.06.068</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.06.068" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.fuel.2018.06.068</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Nanofluid enhanced oil recovery using induced ZnO nanocrystals by electromagnetic energy: Viscosity increment
Original language description
Extracting the trapped oil in the pores and channels of rock reservoirs, after secondary recovery, using traditional enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques is still a challenging task. Nano-materials offer novel pathways to address these unsolved challenges as EOR agents due to their unique characteristics. This study aimed to investigate the novel use of zinc oxide nanocrystals (ZnO-NCs) in EOR and, investigate the influence of the combination of ZnO-NCs with EM energy irradiation on the recovery efficiency. For this purpose, different nanofluid concentrations and flow rates, as well as brine salinity was injected into the porous medium, in the absence of EM energy, to obtain the optimum experimental conditions with the highest recovery efficiency. The injected nanofluid in the porous medium, under the optimum conditions, was subjected to EM energy. The Zinc oxide nanofluid (ZnO-NF) showed a significant rise in recovery efficiency in the absence of EM energy by 50% ROIP due to the self-assembling of the ZnO-NCs which resulted in an increment in the local viscosity of the nanofluid at the water–oil interface. This study proved the capability of EM energy to enhance the viscosity of the injected ZnO-NF in the porous medium, which consequently increased the recovery efficiency by 23.3% ROIP through the electrorheological effect of the activated dielectric ZnO-NCs.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20402 - Chemical process engineering
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000456" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000456: Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory (SPIL)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
FUEL
ISSN
0016-2361
e-ISSN
1873-7153
Volume of the periodical
233
Issue of the periodical within the volume
233
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
632-643
UT code for WoS article
000441893200069
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85049085797