Viscosity of capsule suspensions: Effects of internal-external viscosity ratio and capsule rupture release
Polymer flooding is a popular method for enhancing oil recovery in the field of oil extraction. Experimental studies have shown that during injection, polymers experience significant viscosity loss due to shear degradation. To address the issues, a method of encapsulating polymers by synthesizing micro-nano capsules is proposed. The variation of viscosity of capsule suspension during the process of capsule rupture and polymer release are explored in details and an available law that relates suspension viscosity is established.
Authors
- Bei Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5758-2046)
- Haibo Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1308-9900)
- Huiyong Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6183-4197)
- Chao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4943-489X)
- Jian Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4121-8538)
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- China North Industries Group Corporation (China) (CN)
- China University of Petroleum, East China (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Fluids
- Published
- 2024-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevfluids.9.093602
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Blood properties and coagulation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- University of Science and Technology of China