The experimental study of effect of microwave heating time on the heavy oil properties: Prospects for heavy oil upgrading

Taheri-Shakib, Jaber; Shekarifard, Ali; Hasan, Najmul

doi:10.1016/j.jaap.2017.10.012

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“…Because of the action of the hydrogen donor, some heavy components hydrocracked under high temperatures; finally, a large amount of light components was formed. These results proved that the combination of MGO and a hydrogen donor could assist microwave treatment to modify heavy oil …”

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Synthesis of Magnetic Graphene Oxide (MGO) and Auxiliary Microwaves To Enhance Oil Recovery

Jing

et al. 2019

Energy Fuels

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Currently, thermal oil recovery methods are commonly applied to heavy oil development. Microwave heating is an effective recovery method and has the advantages of rapid heat transfer, volumetric heating, and selective heating. In the process of using microwaves to extract heavy oil, catalyst-assisted microwaves for oil viscosity reduction are adopted. In this study, magnetic graphene oxide (MGO) with a good load is prepared using a charge self-assembly method. The MGO is then characterized using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Next, the dispersibility of MGO in water with increasing microwave treatment time is studied using ultraviolet spectrometry. Finally, using microwaves, the heavy oil viscosity reduction effect of MGO and the oil displacement effect of MGO fluid are tested. The results revealed that MGO is a catalyst supported by ferroferric oxide nanoparticles (denoted as nano-Fe3O4) on graphene oxide. Its loadability and dispersibility in water are good. With an increase in the radiation duration of the microwaves, its dispersibility in water deteriorates and magnetic-reduced graphene oxide (MRGO) forms, which exhibits lipophilicity and better microwave absorption performance than MGO. However, MGO performs well in heavy oil viscosity reduction using auxiliary microwaves. The viscosity reduction rate reached 43.61% after 10 min of microwave treatment when adding a hydrogen donor, and the heavy oil was modified to increase the content of light components. Furthermore, MGO fluid flooding was found to have a higher recovery efficiency under microwave irradiation compared with conventional water flooding. The thermal stress generated by the microwaves caused the oil and water to retransport in the porous medium, blocking some of the turbulent channels, which increased the swept volume of the subsequent displacement. In addition, the lipophilic MRGO produced under microwave treatment approached the oil spontaneously and, together with the loaded Fe3O4, reacted on the oil to reduce its viscosity. This was beneficial for the separation and shedding of the oil from the attachment. Therefore, MGO-assisted microwave treatment can potentially be used to enhance oil recovery.

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“…These results proved that the combination of MGO and a hydrogen donor could assist microwave treatment to modify heavy oil. 33 4.5. Effect of MGO on the Oil Recovery of the Microscopic Model.…”

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Synthesis of Magnetic Graphene Oxide (MGO) and Auxiliary Microwaves To Enhance Oil Recovery

Jing

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Energy Fuels

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“…The antenna is placed at the water-hydrocarbon interface. The source well is surrounded by production wells [90], [91]. Liquid and steam products are simultaneously pumped from sources and recovery wells.…”

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Electrical Heating for Heavy Oil: Past, Current, and Future Prospect

Hasibuan¹,

Regina²,

Wahyu³

et al. 2020

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This paper presents a review of the electrical heating method for heavy oil recovery based on past, current, and future prospects of electrical heating. Heavy oil is one of the potential crude oil used as a link to reduce the crisis of light oil used today. The obstacle of heavy oil is a high viscosity and density in which thermal injection is a method for heavy oil recovery, but it results in economic and environmental issues. Electrical heating is one of the thermal methods by transferring heat into the reservoir. The basic process of electrical heating is to increase the mobility of the oil. Because the temperature rises, it can reduce oil viscosity and makes it easier for heavy oil to flow. The past and current developments have been carried out to fill up the gap of electrical heating projects. The future prospects must meet energy efficiency, and the excessive heat will damage formation that must be tackled in the future prospect. the works adopt several electrical heating projects and applications in the world where the works give a brief future prospect of electrical heating.

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“…Waves that move from the waveguide will be emitted from the subsurface antenna to the source of the well (Bjorndalen & Islam, 2004;Dandjouma et al, 2006;Nasri & Mozafari, 2018;Taheri-Shakib et al, 2018a). The antenna is placed at the waterhydrocarbon interface, and the source well is surrounded by production wells (Demiral et al, 2008;Taheri-Shakib et al, 2017b). Liquid and steam products are simultaneously pumped from sources and production wells, which fluid from the production well is transferred to the storage tank.…”

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The Prospect of Electrical Enhanced Oil Recovery for Heavy Oil: A Review

Afdhol

Erfando

Hidayat

et al. 2020

J. earth energy eng.

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This paper presents a review of electrical heating for the recovery of heavy oil which the work adopts methods used in the past and the prospects for crude oil recovery in the future. Heavy oil is one of the crude oils with API more than 22 which has the potential to overcome the current light oil crisis. However, high viscosity and density are challenges in heavy oil recovery. The method is often used to overcome these challenges by using thermal injection methods, but this method results in economic and environmental issues. The electrical heating method could be a solution to replace conventional thermal methods in which the methodology of electrical heating is to transfer heat into the reservoir due to increasing oil mobility. Because the temperature rises, it could help to reduce oil viscosity, then heavy oil will flow easily. The applications of electrical heating have been adopted in this paper where the prospects of electrical heating are carried out to be useful as guidelines of electrical heating. The challenge of electrical heating is the excessive heat will damage the formation that must be addressed in the prospect of electrical heating which must meet energy efficiency. The use of Artificial intelligence becomes a new technology to overcome problems that are often found in conventional thermal methods where this method could avoid steam breakthrough and excessive heat. Therefore, it becomes more efficient and could reduce costs.

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The experimental study of effect of microwave heating time on the heavy oil properties: Prospects for heavy oil upgrading

Cited by 52 publications

References 16 publications

Synthesis of Magnetic Graphene Oxide (MGO) and Auxiliary Microwaves To Enhance Oil Recovery

Synthesis of Magnetic Graphene Oxide (MGO) and Auxiliary Microwaves To Enhance Oil Recovery

Electrical Heating for Heavy Oil: Past, Current, and Future Prospect

The Prospect of Electrical Enhanced Oil Recovery for Heavy Oil: A Review

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