Experimental and theoretical investigation of time-setting polymer gels in porous media. [Xanthan/Chromium gel]

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Reserv. Eng.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6468407

Hubbard, S; Roberts, L J; Sorbie, K S ^[1]

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1. U.K. Atomic Energy Authority (GB)

This paper comprises studies of the kinetics of the xanthan/chromium gel system. The central objective of this work is to perform well-characterized core flow experiments with a simple gelling system that may then be mathematically simulated to obtain a detailed knowledge of the processes that are occurring. Gamma-labeled /sup 51/Cr is used so that in-situ chromium profiles may be observed during gel emplacement. These are required to distinguish between different kinetic/transport models because effluent profiles alone are insufficient for this purpose. A generalized multicomponent transport equation including terms describing the crosslinking reaction is used to simulate the experiments.

• OSTI ID: 6468407
• Journal Information: SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Reserv. Eng.; (United States), Vol. 3:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
GELS
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
MICROEMULSION FLOODING
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
REAGENTS
CHROMIUM 51
CROSS-LINKING
DRILL CORES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
POLYMERS
POROUS MATERIALS
THEORETICAL DATA
TRACER TECHNIQUES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMIUM ISOTOPES
COLLOIDS
DATA
DISPERSIONS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FLUID INJECTION
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
KINETICS
MATERIALS
MISCIBLE-PHASE DISPLACEMENT
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
POLYMERIZATION
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