Viscosity enhancement in the flow of hydrolysed poly(acrylamide) saline solutions around spheres: Implications for enhanced oil recovery

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-137

  Odell, Jeff A ^a   Haward, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extensional flow; Polyelectrolyte; Polymer solution; Sphere; Stagnation point; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW RATE; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; OIL FIELDS; POLYACRYLATES; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; SPHERES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 41149180288     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-007-0220-9     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Arigo MT, McKinley GH (1998) An experimental investigation of negative wakes behind spheres settling in a shear-thinning viscoelastic fluid. Rheol Acta 37:307-327
2. Arigo MT, Rajagopalan D, Shapley N, McKinley GH (1995) The sedimentation of a sphere through an elastic fluid. Part 1. Steady motion J Non Newtonian Fluid Mech 60:225-257
3. Bisgaard C (1983) Velocity fields around spheres and bubbles investigated by laser-Doppler velocimetry. J Non Newtonian Fluid Mech 12:283-302
4. Brandrup J, Immergut EH (eds) (1989) Polymer handbook, 3rd edn. Wiley Interscience, USA
5. de Gennes PG (1974) Coil-stretch transition of dilute flexible polymers under ultrahigh velocity gradients. J Chem Phys 60:5030-5042
6. Durst F, Haas R, Kaczmar BU (1981) Flows of Dilute hydrolyzed polyacrylamide solutions in porous media under various solvent conditions. J Appl Polym Sci 26:3125-3149
7. Haward SJ, Odell JA (2003) Viscosity enhancement in non-Newtonian flow of dilute polymer solutions through crystallographic porous media. Rheol Acta 42:516-526
8. Haward SJ, Odell JA (2004) Molecular orientation in non-Newtonian flow of dilute polymer solutions around spheres. Rheol Acta 43:350-363
9. Hinch EJ (1977) Mechanical models of dilute polymer solutions in strong flows. Phys Fluids 20:S22-S30
10. Hodgman CD (ed) (1960-1961) Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 42nd edn. The Chemical Rubber Publishing Company, Cleveland, USA
11. Jones WM, Price AH, Walters K (1994) The motion of a sphere falling under gravity in a constant-viscosity elastic liquid. J Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech 53:175-196
12. Klein J, Conrad K (1980) Characterisation of poly(acrylamide) in solution. Macromol Chem 181:227-240
13. Leal LG, Denn MM, Keunings R (1988) Lake Arrowhead workshop special issue papers - introduction. J Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech 29:1-8
14. Miles MJ, Tanaka K, Keller A (1983) The behaviour of polyelectrolyte solutions in elongational flow; the determination of conformational relaxation times (with an Appendix of an anomalous adsorption effect). Polymer 24:1081-1088
15. Muller G (1981) Thermal stability of high-molecular-weight polyacrylamide aqueous solutions. Polym Bull 5:31-37
16. Muller G, Laine JP, Fenyo JC (1979) High-molecular-weight hydrolyzed polyacrylamides. I. Characterization. Effect of salts on the conformational properties. J Polym Sci Polym Chem Ed 17:659-672
17. Noik CH, Delaplace PH, Muller G (1995) Physio-chemical characteristics of polyacrylamide solutions after mechanical degradation through a porous medium. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, pp 93-100
18. Odell JA, Haward SJ (2006) Viscosity enhancement in non-Newtonian flow of dilute aqueous polymer solutions through crystallographic and random porous media. Rheol Acta 45:853-863
19. Riddle MJ, Narvaez C, Bird RB (1977) Interactions between two spheres falling along their line of centres in a viscoelastic fluid. J Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech 2:23-35
20. Scholtan W (1954) The determination of the molecular weight of polyacrylamide by means of the ultracentrifuge. Makromol Chem 14:169-178
21. Washburn EW (ed) (1926-1933) International critical tables. McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., New York, USA