This study investigated experimentally the coupled effects of hydrophilic SiO_(2) nanoparticles(NPs)and low-salinity water(LSW)on the wettability of synthetic clay-free Berea sandstone.Capillary pressure,interfacial t...This study investigated experimentally the coupled effects of hydrophilic SiO_(2) nanoparticles(NPs)and low-salinity water(LSW)on the wettability of synthetic clay-free Berea sandstone.Capillary pressure,interfacial tension(IFT),contact angle,Zeta potential,and dynamic displacement measurements were performed at various NP mass fractions and brine salinities.The U.S.Bureau of Mines(USBM)index was used to quantify the wettability alteration.Furthermore,the NP stability and retention and the effect of enhanced oil recovery by nanofluid were examined.The results showed that LSW immiscible displacement with NPs altered the wettability toward more water wet.With the decreasing brine salinity and increasing NP mass fraction,the IFT and contact angle decreased.The wettability alteration intensified most as the brine salinity decreased to 4000 mg/L and the NP mass fraction increased to 0.075%.Under these conditions,the resulting incremental oil recovery factor was approximately 13 percentage points.When the brine salinity was 4000 mg/L and the NP mass fraction was 0.025%,the retention of NPs caused the minimum damage to permeability.展开更多
This paper presents a numerical analysis of the dynamic transient behaviors of undersea cables.In this numerical study,the governing equations based on Euler-Bernoulli beam theory are adopted,and they can satisfy many...This paper presents a numerical analysis of the dynamic transient behaviors of undersea cables.In this numerical study,the governing equations based on Euler-Bernoulli beam theory are adopted,and they can satisfy many applications no matter what the magnitude of the cable tension is.The nonlinear coupled equations are solved by a popular central finite difference method,and the numerical results of transient behaviors are presented when several kinds of surrounding conditions,such as different towing speeds of surface vessel,different currents and waves with various frequencies and amplitudes,are exerted.Then a detailed comparison of the results,including the upper end tension and cable shape in time-domain,is made under the above external excitations,and finally the possible reasons for these are further explained.展开更多
基金Kuwait University General Research Facilities (GE01/17,GE01/07,and GS03/01)for their support in conducting the necessary experimental work of this study。
文摘This study investigated experimentally the coupled effects of hydrophilic SiO_(2) nanoparticles(NPs)and low-salinity water(LSW)on the wettability of synthetic clay-free Berea sandstone.Capillary pressure,interfacial tension(IFT),contact angle,Zeta potential,and dynamic displacement measurements were performed at various NP mass fractions and brine salinities.The U.S.Bureau of Mines(USBM)index was used to quantify the wettability alteration.Furthermore,the NP stability and retention and the effect of enhanced oil recovery by nanofluid were examined.The results showed that LSW immiscible displacement with NPs altered the wettability toward more water wet.With the decreasing brine salinity and increasing NP mass fraction,the IFT and contact angle decreased.The wettability alteration intensified most as the brine salinity decreased to 4000 mg/L and the NP mass fraction increased to 0.075%.Under these conditions,the resulting incremental oil recovery factor was approximately 13 percentage points.When the brine salinity was 4000 mg/L and the NP mass fraction was 0.025%,the retention of NPs caused the minimum damage to permeability.
基金the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863) of China(No. 2008AA092301-1)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 50909061)the Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China(No. 20070248103)
文摘This paper presents a numerical analysis of the dynamic transient behaviors of undersea cables.In this numerical study,the governing equations based on Euler-Bernoulli beam theory are adopted,and they can satisfy many applications no matter what the magnitude of the cable tension is.The nonlinear coupled equations are solved by a popular central finite difference method,and the numerical results of transient behaviors are presented when several kinds of surrounding conditions,such as different towing speeds of surface vessel,different currents and waves with various frequencies and amplitudes,are exerted.Then a detailed comparison of the results,including the upper end tension and cable shape in time-domain,is made under the above external excitations,and finally the possible reasons for these are further explained.
