Vibration-induced mobilization of trapped oil ganglia in porous media: Experimental validation of a capillary-physics mechanism

Li, Wenqing; Vigil, R. Dennis; Beresnev, Igor A.; Iassonov, Pavel P.; Ewing, Robert P.

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2005.03.067

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“…water-flooding of oil reservoirs more efficient (see also Beresnev and Johnson [2] and references therein). For groundwater settings, this same process has improved NAPL removal in laboratory experiments as well [10,20,21,25].…”

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Capillarity-induced resonance of blobs in porous media: Analytical solutions, Lattice–Boltzmann modeling, and blob mobilization

Hilpert

2007

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

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Capillarity-induced resonance of blobs in porous media: Analytical solutions, Lattice–Boltzmann modeling, and blob mobilization

Hilpert

2007

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

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“…Li et al (2005) performed the study on pore scale on the mobilization of oil ganglia in a 2D glass micro-model under low frequency vibration. Increased in recovery were observed with higher amplitude and lower frequency.…”

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Performance of surfactant-polymer flooding under the influence of intermittent ultrasonic waves

Noruddin

2017

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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The main focus of this research is to initiate the use of intermittent vibration in order to save the cost. Mechanical vibrations generated by ultrasonic radiation influence interfacial forces and increase the relative permeability of the phases. In this project, ultrasonic vibration was designed to assist surfactant-polymer (SP) flooding process for more significant effects, as SP flooding is one of EOR methods that is able to maximize both sweep and displacement efficiency. Besides, this work has been designed to understand the mechanics of intermittent ultrasonic vibration in influencing additional recovery of SP flooding, reduction of residual oil saturation, and displacement pattern at pore scale during the flooding process under exposure of ultrasonic waves. To achieve this, experiments consisting of visualization (at pore scale) and displacement experiments were conducted. Ultrasonic power was changed to see the influence on the process. Residual oil saturation at end of the flooding was recorded and snapshots of oil displacement were taken. The outcomes justified that intermittent vibrations can produce and enhance more additional oil recovery of SP flooding compared to the continuous vibration, and the reduction of residual oil saturation, and oil displacement rate highly dependent on the ultrasonic power.

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“…The restoring force driving the oscillations is the surface tension force or capillary force. The fact that isolated oil blobs in residually saturated pore spaces can exhibit a resonance frequency, motivated the suggestion of a new enhanced oil recovery method (EOR) termed "wave stimulation of oil" or "vibratory mobilization" (Beresnev & Johnson, 1994;Iassonov & Beresnev, 2003;Beresnev et al, 2005;Li et al, 2005;Hilpert, 2007;Pride et al, 2008). Another example of oscillatory behavior within a medium is given by Urquizu and Correig (2004).…”

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Wave Velocity Dispersion and Attenuation in Media Exhibiting Internal Oscillations

Frehner¹,

Steeb²,

Schmalholz

2010

Wave Propagation in Materials for Modern Applications

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Vibration-induced mobilization of trapped oil ganglia in porous media: Experimental validation of a capillary-physics mechanism

Cited by 74 publications

References 13 publications

Capillarity-induced resonance of blobs in porous media: Analytical solutions, Lattice–Boltzmann modeling, and blob mobilization

Capillarity-induced resonance of blobs in porous media: Analytical solutions, Lattice–Boltzmann modeling, and blob mobilization

Performance of surfactant-polymer flooding under the influence of intermittent ultrasonic waves

Wave Velocity Dispersion and Attenuation in Media Exhibiting Internal Oscillations

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