Designing Optimal Terpolymers for Enhanced Oil Recovery (Polymer Flooding)
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Date
2020-03-20
Authors
Scott, Alison J.
Penlidis, Alexander
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ACS
Abstract
Terpolymers of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS), acrylamide (AAm) and acrylic acid (AAc) have significant potential to be used in polymer flooding for enhanced oil recovery. Our earlier work has explored the relationship between terpolymerization recipes and polymer properties. With a good understanding of these relationships, two optimal terpolymers have been designed for the application. Relationships between the pre-polymerization formulation, product terpolymer composition, polymer chain microstructure, thermal stability, and viscoelastic properties are explored. The synthesis and characterization stages lay the groundwork and establish the viability of these materials for future polymer flooding investigations.
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This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c00434
Keywords
design of experiments, enhanced oil recovery, polymer flooding, reactivity ratio estimation, terpolymerization, rheology, viscoelastic behaviour.