This book aims at presenting, describing, and summarizing the latest advances in polymer flooding regarding the chemical synthesis of the EOR agents and the numerical simulation of compositional models in porous media, including a description of the possible applications of nanotechnology acting as a booster of traditional chemical EOR processes.
A large part of the world economy depends nowadays on non-renewable energy sources, most of them of fossil origin. Though the search for and the development of newer, greener, and more sustainable sources have been going on for the last decades, humanity is still fossil-fuel dependent. Primary and secondary oil recovery techniques merely produce up to a half of the Original Oil In Place. Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes are aimed at further increasing this value. Among these, chemical EOR techniques (including polymer flooding) present a great potential in low- and medium-viscosity oilfields.
Describes recent advances in chemical enhanced oil recovery.
Contains detailed description of polymer flooding and nanotechnology as promising boosting tools for EOR.
Includes both experimental and theoretical studies.
About the Authors
Patrizio Raffa
is Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen. He focuses on design and synthesis of new polymeric materials optimized for industrial applications such as EOR, coatings and smart materials. He (co)authored about 40 articles in peer reviewed journals.
Pablo Druetta
works as lecturer at the University of Groningen (RUG) and as engineering consultant. He received his Ph.D. from RUG in 2018 and has been teaching at a graduate level for 15 years. His research focus lies on computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
| ISBN: | 9783110640243 |
| Publication date: | 22nd July 2019 |
| Author: | Patrizio Raffa, Pablo Druetta |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 185 pages |
| Series: | De Gruyter STEM |
| Genres: |
Biochemical engineering Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering Fossil fuel technologies Petroleum technology |
This book aims at presenting, describing, and summarizing the latest advances in polymer flooding regarding the chemical synthesis of the EOR agents and the numerical simulation of compositional models in porous media, including a description of the possible applications of nanotechnology acting as a booster of traditional chemical EOR processes.
A large part of the world economy depends nowadays on non-renewable energy sources, most of them of fossil origin. Though the search for and the development of newer, greener, and more sustainable sources have been going on for the last decades, humanity is still fossil-fuel dependent. Primary and secondary oil recovery techniques merely produce up to a half of the Original Oil In Place. Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes are aimed at further increasing this value. Among these, chemical EOR techniques (including polymer flooding) present a great potential in low- and medium-viscosity oilfields.
Describes recent advances in chemical enhanced oil recovery.
Contains detailed description of polymer flooding and nanotechnology as promising boosting tools for EOR.
Includes both experimental and theoretical studies.
About the Authors
Patrizio Raffa
is Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen. He focuses on design and synthesis of new polymeric materials optimized for industrial applications such as EOR, coatings and smart materials. He (co)authored about 40 articles in peer reviewed journals.
Pablo Druetta
works as lecturer at the University of Groningen (RUG) and as engineering consultant. He received his Ph.D. from RUG in 2018 and has been teaching at a graduate level for 15 years. His research focus lies on computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery features in the following genres: Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering, Energy technology and engineering, Fossil fuel technologies, Petroleum technology
Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery is available in Paperback
Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery was written by Patrizio Raffa, Pablo Druetta and published by De Gruyter
Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery has 185 pages
Yes it is part of De Gruyter STEM series