The marangoni effect and enhanced oil recovery: Part 1. Porous media studies

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-174

  Lyford, Paul A ^a   Pratt, H R C ^a   Grieser, Franz ^b   Shallcross, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Chemical Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enhanced oil recovery; Marangoni effect; Miscible front; Solute injection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; KEROSENE; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUBILITY;

BUTANOL; MARANGONI EFFECT; PROPANOL;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

MARANGONI EFFECT; OIL RESERVOIR; POROUS MEDIUM; RECOVERY TECHNIQUE;

OIL RESERVOIRS; POROUS MEDIA; RECOVERY;

EID: 0032048936     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450760202     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Abrams, A., "The Influence of Fluid Viscosity, Interfacial Tension, and Flow Velocity of Residual Oil Saturation Left by Waterflood", Soc. of Pet. Engrs. Jnl. 15(5), 437-447 (1975).
2. Donaldson, E. O., R. M. Knapp, T. F. Yen and G. V. Chilingarian, "The Subsurface Environment", Chap. 2 in "Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Developments in Petroleum Science" (Eds. E.C. Donaldson, T.F. Yen and G.V. Chilingarian), Elsevier, pp. 15-36 (1989).
3. Farouk Ali, S. M., C. D. Stahl and Sara Thomas, "Alcohol Flooding Process in Retrospect and its Relation to Micellar Flooding", A.I.Ch.E. Symposium Series No. 280, 87, 105-111 (1991).
4. Gatlin, C. and R. L. Slobod, "The Alcohol Slug Process for Increasing Oil Recovery", Trans. Amer. Inst. Met. Eng. (A.I.M.E.) 219, 46-53 (1960).
5. Groothuis, H. and F. J. Zuiderweg, "The Influence of Mass Transfer on Coalescence of Drops", Chem. Eng. Sci. 12, 207-217 (1960).
6. Haydon, D. A., "Oscillating Drops and Spontaneous Emulsification", Nature 176, 839-840 (1955).
7. Holm, L. W. and A. K. Csaszar, "Oil Recovery by Solvents Mutually Soluble in Oil and Water", Soc. Petrol. Engrs. Jnl. 2, 129-144 (1962).
8. Lam, A. C., R. S. Schechter and W. H. Wade, "Mobilisation of Residual Oil Under Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Conditions:, Soc. Petrol. Engrs. Jnl. 23 781-790 (1983).
9. Lewis, J. B. and H. R. C. Pratt, "Oscillating Drops", Nature 171, 1155 (1953).
10. Lyford, P. A., "The Influence of the Marangoni Effect on Organic/Aqueous Phase Displacement". Ph.D. Thesis, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (1996).
11. Lyford, P. A., F. Grieser, H. R. C. Pratt and D. C. Shallcross, "The Use of Video Imaging for Interfacial Tension Determination", from Proc. Chem. Eng. Conf. Australia (Chemeca '95) 1, 87-92 (1995).
12. Lyford, P. A., D. C. Shallcross, F. Grieser, H. R. C. Pratt, "The Marangoni Effect and Enhanced Oil Recovery Part 2. Interfacial Tension and Drop Instability", Can. J. Chem. Eng. 76(2), 175-182 (1998).
13. Marangoni, C., "Sull" Espansione delle Goccie di un Liquido Galleggiante sulla Superficie di Altro Liquido", Fusi, Pavia (1865).
14. Morse, R. A, "Miscible Phase Displacement", German Patent No. 849534 (1952).
15. Morse, R. A., J. D. Ireland and P. L. Terwilliger, "Secondary Recovery", U.S. Patent No. 2742089 (1956).
16. Pratt, H. R. C., "Marangoni Flooding with Water Drives: A Novel Method for E.O.R.?", SPE Paper 22982, Proceedings at Soc. Pet. Engrs., Asia Pacific Conference, Perth, Australia, Nov. 4-7, 337-342 (1991).
17. Sharma, M. K. and D. O. Shah, "Use of Surfactants in Oil Recovery", Chap. 10 in "Developments in Petroleum Science 17B, Enhanced oil Recovery II, Processes and Operations" (Eds. E.C. Donaldson, G.V. Chilingarian and T.F. Yen), Elsevier, London, U.K. (1989).
18. Slattery, S. C., "Interfacial Effects in Entrapment and Displacement of Residual Oil", AIChEJ., 20, 1145-1154 (1974).
19. Sørensen, T. S., "Marangoni Instability at a Spherical Interface", J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. Sec. II, 76, 1170-1195 (1980).
20. Taber, J. J., "Dynamic and Static Forces Required to Remove a Discontinuous Oil Phase from Porous Media Containing Both Oil and Water", Soc. Pet. Engrs. Jnl. 9, 3012 (1969).
21. Taber, J. J., "Research on Enhanced Oil Recovery: Past, Present and Future", from "Surface Phenomena in Enhanced Oil Recovery" (Ed. D.D. Shah), Plenum Press, pp. 13-52 (1981).
22. Taber, J. J., I. S. K. Kamath, and R. L. Reed, "Mechanism of Alcohol Displacement of Oil from Porous Media", Soc. Pet. Engrs. Jnl. 1, 195-212 (1961).
23. Thomas, Sara and S. M. Farouk Ali, "Micellar Flooding - State of the Art", Proc. Chem. Eng. Conf. Australia (CHEMECA '92), Canberra, Australia 177-2 to 182-2 (1992).
24. Thornton, J. D. and H. R. C. Pratt, "Liquid-Liquid Extraction: Part VII. Flooding Rates and Mass Transfer Data for Rotary Annular Columns", Trans. Inst. Chem. Engrs. 31, 289-306 (1953).
25. Thomson, J., "On certain curious Motions observable at the Surfaces of Wine and other Alcoholic Liquors", Phil. Mag. 10(4), 330 (1855).
26. Weber, E. H., "Mikroscopische Beobachtungen sehr gesetzmässiger Bewegungen, welche die Bildung von Niederslägen hartziger Körper aus Weingeist begleiten", Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Königlich Sachsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Math. Phys. Classe [6], 57-67 (1854).