Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Graphene-Based Comb Polymer Viscosity Reducer
The high viscosity of heavy oil makes it difficult to realize its economic value. Therefore, improving the fluidity of heavy oil can effectively improve the economic benefit of the development of heavy oil resources. Oil-soluble viscosity reducers can utilize functional groups in monomers to break u...
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| author | Zhengdong Xu Mingjie Li Yidan Kong Changjun Long Yankun Sun Guohua Liu Chunhui Yu Yi Lu Junpu An Fan Yang |
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| description | The high viscosity of heavy oil makes it difficult to realize its economic value. Therefore, improving the fluidity of heavy oil can effectively improve the economic benefit of the development of heavy oil resources. Oil-soluble viscosity reducers can utilize functional groups in monomers to break up asphaltene aggregates to improve the flow of crude oil. Graphene can be used to insert and split asphaltene aggregates through sliding phenomena and π–π interaction with colloidal asphaltene, thereby improving the fluidity of heavy oil. In this study, a graphene nanocomposite viscosity reducer was synthesized from lipophilic-modified graphene and a polymer viscosity reducer. The net viscosity reduction rate reached 80.0% at 400 ppm. Compared with a polymer viscosity reducer, the viscosity reduction effect of a graphene nanocomposite viscosity reducer was improved by about 7%. Structural characterization of a graphene nanocomposite viscosity reducer was characterized with infrared spectroscopy and a thermogravimetric test. The mechanism of a graphene nanocomposite viscosity reducer splitting asphaltene aggregates was verified with scanning electron microscopy. This study provides a theoretical and practical basis for the research and development of a novel nanocomposite viscosity reducer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7cefdfba05dd4e858fc6ca93217b306a2023-11-18T22:52:42ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-08-011615577910.3390/en16155779Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Graphene-Based Comb Polymer Viscosity ReducerZhengdong Xu0Mingjie Li1Yidan Kong2Changjun Long3Yankun Sun4Guohua Liu5Chunhui Yu6Yi Lu7Junpu An8Fan Yang9Engineering Technology Research Institute, PetroChina Huabei Oilfield Company, Renqiu 062552, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, ChinaEngineering Technology Research Institute, PetroChina Huabei Oilfield Company, Renqiu 062552, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, ChinaEngineering Technology Research Institute, PetroChina Huabei Oilfield Company, Renqiu 062552, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, ChinaEngineering Technology Research Institute, PetroChina Huabei Oilfield Company, Renqiu 062552, ChinaThe high viscosity of heavy oil makes it difficult to realize its economic value. Therefore, improving the fluidity of heavy oil can effectively improve the economic benefit of the development of heavy oil resources. Oil-soluble viscosity reducers can utilize functional groups in monomers to break up asphaltene aggregates to improve the flow of crude oil. Graphene can be used to insert and split asphaltene aggregates through sliding phenomena and π–π interaction with colloidal asphaltene, thereby improving the fluidity of heavy oil. In this study, a graphene nanocomposite viscosity reducer was synthesized from lipophilic-modified graphene and a polymer viscosity reducer. The net viscosity reduction rate reached 80.0% at 400 ppm. Compared with a polymer viscosity reducer, the viscosity reduction effect of a graphene nanocomposite viscosity reducer was improved by about 7%. Structural characterization of a graphene nanocomposite viscosity reducer was characterized with infrared spectroscopy and a thermogravimetric test. The mechanism of a graphene nanocomposite viscosity reducer splitting asphaltene aggregates was verified with scanning electron microscopy. This study provides a theoretical and practical basis for the research and development of a novel nanocomposite viscosity reducer.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/15/5779heavy oilnanocomposite viscosity reducercomb polymergraphene |
| spellingShingle | Zhengdong Xu Mingjie Li Yidan Kong Changjun Long Yankun Sun Guohua Liu Chunhui Yu Yi Lu Junpu An Fan Yang Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Graphene-Based Comb Polymer Viscosity Reducer Energies heavy oil nanocomposite viscosity reducer comb polymer graphene |
| title | Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Graphene-Based Comb Polymer Viscosity Reducer |
| title_full | Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Graphene-Based Comb Polymer Viscosity Reducer |
| title_fullStr | Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Graphene-Based Comb Polymer Viscosity Reducer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Graphene-Based Comb Polymer Viscosity Reducer |
| title_short | Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Graphene-Based Comb Polymer Viscosity Reducer |
| title_sort | synthesis and performance evaluation of graphene based comb polymer viscosity reducer |
| topic | heavy oil nanocomposite viscosity reducer comb polymer graphene |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/15/5779 |
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