학술논문

Conjoined-network induced highly tough hydrogels by using copolymer and nano-cellulose for oilfield water plugging
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 109(0), pp.161-172 May, 2022
Subject
화학공학
Language
English
ISSN
1876-794X
1226-086X
Abstract
Hydrogels have been widely adopted for in-depth water control in mature oilfields, however, the poormechanical properties limit their application. Herein, a conjoined-network induced hydrogel was preparedthrough the in-situ free radical copolymerization of acrylamide (AM), Acrylic acid (AA) and N,N0-methylenebis(acrylamide) (MBA) in the presence of nano-cellulose (CNF/ACNF), and the coordinationeffect between aluminium ion and carboxyl. The results showed that a small amount of nano-cellulose(0.2 %) increased the compressive strength of the hydrogel by 7 times. The presence of nano-celluloseendowed the hydrogel with excellent thermal stability and high shearing elasticity, at the same time,could effectively reduced the swelling rate that hindered its disintegration in practical application. Theevaluation of sand-pack plugging suggested that the double cross-linked nano-cellulose hydrogel presenteda significant capacity for efficient water plugging, where the breakthrough pressure gradientwas as high as 23.73 MPa, the plugging rate reached 99.9%, and the maximum residual resistance factorwas 3902.06. This work provided a novel design of hydrogel with high compressive strength and satisfactorystability for water shutoff and conformance control in heterogeneous oil reservoirs.