Improved polymers for enhanced-oil-recovery synthesis and rheology. Fifth annual report, October 1981-September 1982

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5802003

McCormick, C L; Hester, R D; Neidlinger, H H; Wildman, G C

The goal of this project is to gain a more complete understanding of structure/property/performance interrelationships of water-soluble polymers which can aid industry in commercial production of polymers which are more efficient than those presently used. During the past the following have been accomplished: synthesis of model dextran-g-poly(acrylamide-co-sodium acrylates); synthesis of model dextran-g-poly(acrylamide-co-sodium-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonates); characterization of model copolymers by elemental analysis, C-13NMR, and viscometry; study of dilute solution properties of the models including the effects of temperature, salt, pH; rheological studies of model graft copolymers; development of mathematical models, new calibration functions, analytical methods, and data acquisition techniques for aqueous size exclusion chromatography; application of quasielastic light scattering techniques to the study of hydrodynamic volume concepts; preferential and overall solvation studies of AN/NaA and AM/NaAMPS copolymers; study of phase behavior of model polymers in mono- and multivalent electrolytes at different polymer and salt concentrations as a function of temperature; education and training of students in basic energy research.

• Research Organization: University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg (USA). Dept. of Polymer Science
• DOE Contract Number: AS19-80BC10321
• OSTI ID: 5802003
• Report Number(s): DOE/BC/10321-12; ON: DE83017371
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACRYLAMIDE
ADDITIVES
AMIDES
BLOOD SUBSTITUTES
CARBOHYDRATES
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COPOLYMERS
DATA
DEXTRAN
DRUGS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GRAFT POLYMERS
HEMATOLOGIC AGENTS
INFORMATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NMR SPECTRA
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL WELLS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PHASE STUDIES
POLYAMIDES
POLYMERS
POLYSACCHARIDES
RECOVERY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RHEOLOGY
SACCHARIDES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTRA
STRUCTURAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SULFONATES
SYNTHESIS
VISCOSITY
WATERFLOODING
WELLS