Shear and Elongational Rheology of Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide Used for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Abstract: Rheological properties are one of the primary considerations in selecting a fluid for using in chemical flooding enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations. In this work, the rheological behavior of partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) used for EOR was characterized by different techniques like steady shear flow and uniaxial elongation in capillary breakup experiments. Particular attention was focused on the main parameters affecting flow behavior of solutions, such as polymer concentration, molecular weight and molecular weight distribution. The shear rate dependence of viscosity for HPAM solutions could be described by the Carreau model. Elastic model was used to fit the rheological results obtained by transient uniaxial extensional technique, which enabled to evaluate relaxation time. The results indicated that the elasticity of HPAM solutions was dominated by molecular weight. Shear viscosity at higher shear rates was mainly influenced by polymer concentration, which was not an important factor determining relaxation time. For HPAM solutions, increasing of molecular weight distribution led to a decrease in shear viscosity, and vice versa for elongational viscosity and relaxation time. In addition, it was found that there was direct proportional relationship between first normal stress difference and elongational viscosity.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Shear and Elongational Rheology of Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide Used for Enhanced Oil Recovery ; volume:23 ; number:5 ; year:2013 ; extent:7 ; Applied rheology ; 23, Heft 5 (2013) (gesamt 7)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Wu, Shuyun

Further information

• DOI: 10.3933/applrheol-23-53800
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405241633443.607896192744
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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