Wetting of hydrocarbon mixtures on water under varying pressure or composition

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 221-230

  Bertrand, Emanuel ^a   Bonn, Daniel ^a   Broseta, Daniel ^b   Meunier, Jacques ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Hamaker constant; Hydrocarbon mixtures; Pressure; Van der Waals forces; Water; Wetting

Indexed keywords

DZYALOSHINSKII-LIFSHITZ-PITAEVSKII (DLP) THEORY; HAMAKER CONSTANT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ELLIPSOMETRY; PARAFFINS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROPANE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; WATER; WETTING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

HYDROCARBON; MIXTURE; WATER; WETTING;

HYDROCARBON; MIXING; WATER; WETTING;

EID: 0033490043     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(99)00044-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (28)

1. Abdoul W., Péneloux A. Group-contribution equation of state for correlating and predicting thermodynamic properties of weakly polar and non-associating mixtures. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 68:1991;47.
2. Bertrand, E., Bonn, D., Broseta, D., Meunier, J., (to be published).
3. Biot J.D., Arago D.F. Mémoire sur les affinités des corps pour la lumière. Mem. Inst. France. 7:1806;301.
4. Blunt M.J., Fenwick D.H., Zhou D. What determines oil saturation in three phases flow? J. Soc. Petrol. Eng. 27816:1994;371.
5. Bonn D., Kellay H., Meunier J. Metastable states and nuclueation near first-order wetting transitions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 73:1994;3560.
6. Cahn J.W. Critical point wetting. J. Chem. Phys. 66:1977;3667.
7. Chun S.W., Kay W.B., Rainwater J.C. Vapor-liquid equilibria of mixtures of propane and isomeric hexanes. J. Chem. Eng. Data. 38:1993;494.
8. Dzyaloshinskii I.E., Lifshitz E.M., Pitaevskii L.P. The general theory of van der Waals forces. Adv. Phys. 10:1961;165.
9. Hirasaki G.J. Structural interactions in the wetting and spreading of van der Waals fluids. J. Adhes. Sci. Technol. 7:1993;285.
10. Indekeu J.O., Ragil K., Bonn D., Broseta D., Meunier J. Wetting of alkanes on water from a Cahn-type theory: effects of long-range forces. J. Stat. Phys. 95:1998;1009.
11. Israelachvili J. Intermolecular and Surface Forces. 1985;145 Academic Press, London.
12. Jasperson S.N., Schnatterly S.E. An improved method for high reflectivity ellipsometry based on a new polarization modulation technique. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 40:1969;761.
13. Kalaydjian, F., Moulu, J.-C., Vizika, O., Munkerud, P.K., Three-phase flow in water-wet porous media: determination of gas/oil relative permeabilities under various spreading conditions. Paper SPE 26671, presented at the 1993 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, Oct. 3-6, 1993.
14. Kalaydjian F., Vizika O., Moulu J.-C., Munkerud P.K. Role of wettability and spreading on gas injection processes under secondary conditions. de Haan H.J. New Developments in Improved Oil Recovery. Geological Society Special Publication. 84:1995;63-71.
15. Parsegian V.A., Weiss G.H. Spectroscopic parameters for computation of van der Waals forces. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 81:1981;285.
16. Péneloux A., Rauzy E., Frèze R. A consistent correction for Redlich-Kwong-Soave volumes. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 8:1982;7.
17. Peng D.Y., Robinson D.B. A new two-constant equation of state. Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam. 15:1976;64.
18. Pham D.T.-K., Hirasaki G.J. Wettability/spreading of alkanes at the water-gas interface at elevated temperatures and pressures. J. Petrol. Sci. Eng. 20:1998;239.
19. 2O). Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids II. 1991;1059 Academic Press, London.
20. Ragil K., Bonn D., Broseta D., Meunier J. Wetting Of Alkanes On Water From A Cahn-Type Theory. J. Chem. Phys. 105:1996;5160.
21. Ragil K., Meunier J., Broseta D., Indekeu J.O., Bonn D. Experimental observation of critical wetting. Phys. Rev. Lett. 77:1996;1532.
22. Ragil K., Bonn D., Broseta D., Indekeu J., Kalaydjian F., Meunier J. The wetting behavior of alkanes on water. J. Petrol. Sci. Eng. 20:1998;177.
23. Roth C.M., Lenhoff A.M. Improved parametric representation of water dielectric data for Lifshitz theory calculations. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 179:1996;637.
24. Schmidt J.W., Moldover M.R. Structure of the vapor-liquid interface near the critical point. J. Chem. Phys. 99:1993;582.
25. Shahidzadeh N., Bonn D., Ragil K., Broseta D., Meunier J. A sequence of two wetting transitions by tuning the Hamaker constant. Phys. Rev. Lett. 80:1998;3992.
26. Vizika O. Effect of the spreading coefficient on the efficiency of oil recovery with gravity drainage. Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, 205th National Meeting of ACS, Denver, CO, March 28-April 2, 1993:1993.
27. Vizika O., Lombard J.-M. Wettability and spreading: two key parameters in oil recovery with three-phase gravity drainage. SPERE. 1996;54-60. February 1996.
28. Weast R.C. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 1990;CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 1990-1991.