Abstract
The Oil companies are increasingly concerned with the recovery of oil wells by focusing on the residual amounts retained in the pockets through the injection of large quantities of water. Hence, this work aims at studying experimentally the effects of the presence of the water on the capacity of the crude oil recovery. For this purpose, two samples of synthetic crude oil, from the Algerian Sahara, were prepared. The experimental results, expressed in terms ofrevealed the Newtonian fluid character. The oil-water emulsions (30%, 50% and 70% in water), that are thermodynamically relatively stable, found to exhibit a Herschel-Bulkley and Bingham rheological models. Apart from this, the slow phase separation implied much larger energy and therefore constituted a major obstacle for the storage and the trading of the finished product. The release of the oil emulsion will result in the production of pollution that is required to be reduced to the minimum. The analysis of the stability of the emulsions was introduced by using the concept of interfacial dilatation module. It was found that emulsions were characterized by a plate region due to the formation of a network of pseudo-gel, in accordance with the physical and chemical bonds to oil-water interface.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 6th International Conference on Thermal Engineering Theory and Applications |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 6th International Conference on Thermal Engineering Theory and Applications - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: May 29 2012 → Jun 1 2012 |
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| Other | 6th International Conference on Thermal Engineering Theory and Applications |
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| Country | Turkey |
| City | Istanbul |
| Period | 5/29/12 → 6/1/12 |
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Keywords
- Algerian crude oil
- Emulsion
- Non-newtonian
- Temperature
- Viscosity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
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Experimental study of the rheological behaviour of the algerian crude oil. / Meriem-Benziane, Madjid; Abdul-Wahab, Sabah A.; Douani, Mustapha; Belhadri, Mansour.
6th International Conference on Thermal Engineering Theory and Applications. 2012.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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PY - 2012
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N2 - The Oil companies are increasingly concerned with the recovery of oil wells by focusing on the residual amounts retained in the pockets through the injection of large quantities of water. Hence, this work aims at studying experimentally the effects of the presence of the water on the capacity of the crude oil recovery. For this purpose, two samples of synthetic crude oil, from the Algerian Sahara, were prepared. The experimental results, expressed in terms ofrevealed the Newtonian fluid character. The oil-water emulsions (30%, 50% and 70% in water), that are thermodynamically relatively stable, found to exhibit a Herschel-Bulkley and Bingham rheological models. Apart from this, the slow phase separation implied much larger energy and therefore constituted a major obstacle for the storage and the trading of the finished product. The release of the oil emulsion will result in the production of pollution that is required to be reduced to the minimum. The analysis of the stability of the emulsions was introduced by using the concept of interfacial dilatation module. It was found that emulsions were characterized by a plate region due to the formation of a network of pseudo-gel, in accordance with the physical and chemical bonds to oil-water interface.
AB - The Oil companies are increasingly concerned with the recovery of oil wells by focusing on the residual amounts retained in the pockets through the injection of large quantities of water. Hence, this work aims at studying experimentally the effects of the presence of the water on the capacity of the crude oil recovery. For this purpose, two samples of synthetic crude oil, from the Algerian Sahara, were prepared. The experimental results, expressed in terms ofrevealed the Newtonian fluid character. The oil-water emulsions (30%, 50% and 70% in water), that are thermodynamically relatively stable, found to exhibit a Herschel-Bulkley and Bingham rheological models. Apart from this, the slow phase separation implied much larger energy and therefore constituted a major obstacle for the storage and the trading of the finished product. The release of the oil emulsion will result in the production of pollution that is required to be reduced to the minimum. The analysis of the stability of the emulsions was introduced by using the concept of interfacial dilatation module. It was found that emulsions were characterized by a plate region due to the formation of a network of pseudo-gel, in accordance with the physical and chemical bonds to oil-water interface.
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KW - Non-newtonian
KW - Temperature
KW - Viscosity
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