Application of nanotechnology for enhancing oil recovery – A review

Negin, Chegenizadeh; Saeedi, Ali; Xie, Quan

doi:10.1016/j.petlm.2016.10.002

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“…A few papers have reviewed the nanotechnology for EOR (Ayatollahi and Zerafat, 2012;Friedheim et al, 2012;Bennetzen and Mogensen, 2014;ShamsiJazeyi et al, 2014;Negin et al, 2016;Hendraningrat, 2016a, 2016b;Idogun et al, 2016;Sun et al, 2017). Ayatollahi and Zerafat (2012) summarized the new findings from several different theoretical, analytical and experimental works which showed the effectiveness of traditional methods when assisted by the nanotechnology.…”

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Review on enhanced oil recovery by nanofluids

Wang

Jiang

2018

Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles

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The addition of nanoparticles into water based fluids (nanofluid) with or without other chemicals to Enhance Oil Recovery (EOR) has recently received intensive interest. Many papers have been published in this area and several EOR mechanisms have been proposed. The main EOR mechanisms include wettability alteration, reduction in InterFacial surface Tension (IFT), increase in the viscosity of aqueous solution, decrease in oil viscosity, and log-jamming. Some of these mechanisms may be associated with the change in disjoining pressure because of the addition of the nanoparticles. The experimental data and results reported by different researchers, however, are not all consistent and some even conflict with others. Many papers published in recent years have been reviewed and the associated experimental data have been analyzed in this paper in order to clarify the mechanisms of EOR by nanofluids. Wettability alteration may be one of the most accepted mechanisms for nanofluid EOR while reduction in IFT and other mechanisms have not been fully proven. The main reason for the inconsistency among the experimental data might be lack of control experiments in which the effect of nanoparticles on oil recovery would be singled out.

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Review on enhanced oil recovery by nanofluids

Wang

Jiang

2018

Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles

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“…Meanwhile, emerging researches include modelling of the THAI-CAPRI process (Ado et al, 2017) and the successful use of bio-nanoparticle catalysts sourced from wastes (Table 1). Application of nanoparticles in enhanced oil recovery has been reviewed (Negin et al, 2016;Sun et al, 2017). While bio-nanoparticles are held immobilized on bacterial cells, thermal degradation would evolve them in association with biomass-carbon.…”

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Metallic bionanocatalysts: potential applications as green catalysts and energy materials

Macaskie

Mikheenko

Omajai

et al. 2017

Microbial Biotechnology

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SummaryMicrobially generated or supported nanocatalysts have potential applications in green chemistry and environmental application. However, precious (and base) metals biorefined from wastes may be useful for making cheap, low‐grade catalysts for clean energy production. The concept of bionanomaterials for energy applications is reviewed with respect to potential fuel cell applications, bio‐catalytic upgrading of oils and manufacturing ‘drop‐in fuel’ precursors. Cheap, effective biomaterials would facilitate progress towards dual development goals of sustainable consumption and production patterns and help to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy.

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“…The CNT are in the metal shape and can improve electricity and heat transfer rate [6,7]. The use of the CNT in the field of mechanical engineering EOR for the oil recovery was utilized by Negin et al [8]. Nieto de Castro and Murshed [9] have studied the thermal properties of a special type of nanofluids called ionofluids.…”

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The unsteady liquid film flow of the carbon nanotubes engine oil nanofluid over a non-linear radially extending surface

Alzahrani¹,

Ullah²,

Gul

et al. 2020

THERM SCI

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Original scientific paper https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI190404275AThe enhancement of heat transfer through carbon material is the objective of this study. The renowned class of carbon identified as single walled carbon nanotubes and multi walled carbon nanotubes, nanofluid-flow over a non-linear and unstable surface has been explored. The thermophysical properties of the two sorts of carbon nanotube have been implemented from the experimental outputs in the existent literature using engine oil as a base fluid. The viscous dissipation term has also been included in the energy equation improve the heat transfer rate. The thickness of the nanofluid thin layer is kept variable under the influence of the unstable and non-linear stretching of the disk. The elementary governing equations have been transformed into coupled non-linear differential equations. The problem solution is achieved through BVP 2.0 package of the optimal homotopy analysis method. The square residual error for the momentum and thermal boundary-layers up to the 20 th order approximations have been obtained. The numerical ND-solve method has been used to validate the he optimal homotopy analysis method results. The impact of the model parameters vs. velocity field and temperature distribution have been shown through graphs and tables. The impact of the physical parameters on the temperature profile and velocity, pitch for both multi wall carbon nanotubes and single walled carbon nanotubes is gained in the range of 0 ≤ ϕ ≤ 4%. From the obtained results it is observed that the single walled carbon nanotubes nanofluids are more efficient to improve the heat transfer phenomena as compared to the multi wall carbon nanotubes. Key words: carbon nanotubes engine oil based nanofluid, magnetic field, non-linear flexible and unstable disc, viscouse dissipation, transfer rate, drag force and heat, optimal homotopy analysis method BVPh 2.0.

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Application of nanotechnology for enhancing oil recovery – A review

Cited by 274 publications

References 10 publications

Review on enhanced oil recovery by nanofluids

Review on enhanced oil recovery by nanofluids

Metallic bionanocatalysts: potential applications as green catalysts and energy materials

The unsteady liquid film flow of the carbon nanotubes engine oil nanofluid over a non-linear radially extending surface

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