AI Article Synopsis
- Nanofluids are special liquids that can help get more oil out of the ground by making it easier for oil and water to mix and reducing how sticky oil is on rocks.
- This text talks about how different types of nanofluids are made and what makes them unique.
- A big focus is on "disjoining pressure," which is important to understanding how these nanofluids can push oil out of rocks more effectively.
Article Abstract
Nanofluid application in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) recently emerged and garnered significant attention within the field. Nanofluids possess unique properties of reducing oil-water interfacial tension, stabilizing emulsions, altering rock surface wettability, and enhancing disjoining pressure between crude oil and rock surfaces, therefore have potential for the oil recovery process. This review provides an in-depth exploration of various aspects related to nanofluids in EOR. Different types of nanofluids are presented with their preparation methods and representative properties. More importantly, the disjoining pressure, a key physical concept in nanofluid-assisted EOR, is introduced and discussed in terms of the mechanism of oil displacement and measurement methods. Further understanding the role of disjoining pressure in nanofluid-assisted oil displacement is necessary for the development and application of effective nanofluids for EOR.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11267254 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4ra03036b | DOI Listing |
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