High-temperature high-pressure microfluidic system for rapid screening of supercritical CO2 foaming agents

Abstract CO2 foam helps to increase the viscosity of CO2 flood fluid and thus improve the process efficiency of the anthropogenic greenhouse gas’s subsurface utilization and sequestration. Successful CO2 foam formation mandates the development of high-performance chemicals at close to reservoir cond...

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Autores principales:	Ayrat Gizzatov, Scott Pierobon, Zuhair AlYousef, Guoqing Jian, Xingyu Fan, Ali Abedini, Amr I. Abdel-Fattah
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ac82a031ee024b50a1749351b0128ec92021-12-02T14:26:54ZHigh-temperature high-pressure microfluidic system for rapid screening of supercritical CO2 foaming agents10.1038/s41598-021-82839-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/ac82a031ee024b50a1749351b0128ec92021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82839-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract CO2 foam helps to increase the viscosity of CO2 flood fluid and thus improve the process efficiency of the anthropogenic greenhouse gas’s subsurface utilization and sequestration. Successful CO2 foam formation mandates the development of high-performance chemicals at close to reservoir conditions, which in turn requires extensive laboratory tests and evaluations. This work demonstrates the utilization of a microfluidic reservoir analogue for rapid evaluation and screening of commercial surfactants (i.e., Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Lauramidopropyl Betaine, Tallow Amine Ethoxylate, N,N,N′ Trimethyl-N′-Tallow-1,3-diaminopropane, and Sodium Alpha Olefin Sulfonate) based on their performance to produce supercritical CO2 foam at high salinity, temperature, and pressure conditions. The microfluidic analogue was designed to represent the pore sizes of the geologic reservoir rock and to operate at 100 °C and 13.8 MPa. Values of the pressure drop across the microfluidic analogue during flow of the CO2 foam through its pore network was used to evaluate the strength of the generated foam and utilized only milliliters of liquid. The transparent microfluidic pore network allows in-situ quantitative visualization of CO2 foam to calculate its half-life under static conditions while observing if there is any damage to the pore network due to precipitation and blockage. The microfluidic mobility reduction results agree with those of foam loop rheometer measurements, however, the microfluidic approach provided more accurate foam stability data to differentiate the foaming agent as compared with conventional balk testing. The results obtained here supports the utility of microfluidic systems for rapid screening of chemicals for carbon sequestration or enhanced oil recovery operations.Ayrat GizzatovScott PierobonZuhair AlYousefGuoqing JianXingyu FanAli AbediniAmr I. Abdel-FattahNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Ayrat Gizzatov Scott Pierobon Zuhair AlYousef Guoqing Jian Xingyu Fan Ali Abedini Amr I. Abdel-Fattah High-temperature high-pressure microfluidic system for rapid screening of supercritical CO2 foaming agents
description	Abstract CO2 foam helps to increase the viscosity of CO2 flood fluid and thus improve the process efficiency of the anthropogenic greenhouse gas’s subsurface utilization and sequestration. Successful CO2 foam formation mandates the development of high-performance chemicals at close to reservoir conditions, which in turn requires extensive laboratory tests and evaluations. This work demonstrates the utilization of a microfluidic reservoir analogue for rapid evaluation and screening of commercial surfactants (i.e., Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Lauramidopropyl Betaine, Tallow Amine Ethoxylate, N,N,N′ Trimethyl-N′-Tallow-1,3-diaminopropane, and Sodium Alpha Olefin Sulfonate) based on their performance to produce supercritical CO2 foam at high salinity, temperature, and pressure conditions. The microfluidic analogue was designed to represent the pore sizes of the geologic reservoir rock and to operate at 100 °C and 13.8 MPa. Values of the pressure drop across the microfluidic analogue during flow of the CO2 foam through its pore network was used to evaluate the strength of the generated foam and utilized only milliliters of liquid. The transparent microfluidic pore network allows in-situ quantitative visualization of CO2 foam to calculate its half-life under static conditions while observing if there is any damage to the pore network due to precipitation and blockage. The microfluidic mobility reduction results agree with those of foam loop rheometer measurements, however, the microfluidic approach provided more accurate foam stability data to differentiate the foaming agent as compared with conventional balk testing. The results obtained here supports the utility of microfluidic systems for rapid screening of chemicals for carbon sequestration or enhanced oil recovery operations.
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author	Ayrat Gizzatov Scott Pierobon Zuhair AlYousef Guoqing Jian Xingyu Fan Ali Abedini Amr I. Abdel-Fattah
author_facet	Ayrat Gizzatov Scott Pierobon Zuhair AlYousef Guoqing Jian Xingyu Fan Ali Abedini Amr I. Abdel-Fattah
author_sort	Ayrat Gizzatov
title	High-temperature high-pressure microfluidic system for rapid screening of supercritical CO2 foaming agents
title_short	High-temperature high-pressure microfluidic system for rapid screening of supercritical CO2 foaming agents
title_full	High-temperature high-pressure microfluidic system for rapid screening of supercritical CO2 foaming agents
title_fullStr	High-temperature high-pressure microfluidic system for rapid screening of supercritical CO2 foaming agents
title_full_unstemmed	High-temperature high-pressure microfluidic system for rapid screening of supercritical CO2 foaming agents
title_sort	high-temperature high-pressure microfluidic system for rapid screening of supercritical co2 foaming agents
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/ac82a031ee024b50a1749351b0128ec9
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High-temperature high-pressure microfluidic system for rapid screening of supercritical CO2 foaming agents

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