Acrylamide copolymer and preparation method therefor and use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11787888-B2
Application number	US-201917413988-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2019
Priority date	Dec 26, 2018
Publication date	Oct 17, 2023
Grant date	Oct 17, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of oilfield chemicals, and discloses an acrylamide copolymer, wherein the acrylamide copolymer comprises a structural unit A, a structural unit B and a structural unit C, wherein the structural unit A has a structure shown in Formula (1), the structural unit B has a structure shown in Formula (2), and the structural unit C has a structure shown in Formula (3) and/or Formula (4);

wherein R 1 is methyl or H, R 2 is —OH, —NH 2 , —COOH or C 2 -C 12 alkyl, n is an integer between 0 and 6, and a, b and c are each independently selected from integers between 0 and 2.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An acrylamide copolymer, wherein the acrylamide copolymer comprises a structural unit A, a structural unit B, and a structural unit C, wherein the structural unit A has a structure shown in Formula (1), the structural unit B has a structure shown in Formula (2), and the structural unit C has a structure shown in Formula (3) and/or Formula (4);

wherein R 1 is methyl or H, R 2 is —OH, —NH 2 , —COOH or C 2 -C 12 alkyl, n is an integer in a range of 0-6, and a, b and c are each independently selected from integers in a range of 0-2.

2. The acrylamide copolymer of claim 1 , wherein the content of the structural unit A is within a range of 85-95 wt %, the content of the structural unit B is within a range of 0.5-5 wt %, and the content of the structural unit C is within a range of 1-10 wt %, based on the total weight of the acrylamide copolymer.

3. The acrylamide copolymer of claim 1 , wherein the viscosity average molecular weight of the acrylamide copolymer is within a range of 27,000,000-32,000,000.

4. A method for preparing an acrylamide copolymer, comprising:
(1) subjecting a monomer mixture to a polymerization reaction in water under the conditions of solution polymerization and in the presence of an initiator, so as to obtain a copolymer colloid; wherein the monomer mixture comprises (meth)acrylamide, monomer X, and monomer Y, wherein the monomer X has a structure shown in Formula (5), and the monomer Y has a structure shown in Formula (6) and/or Formula (7);

wherein R 2 is —OH, —NH 2 , —COOH or C 2 -C 12 alkyl, n is an integer in a range of 0-6, and a, b and c are each independently selected from integers in a range of 0-2; and
(2) subjecting the copolymer colloid to a hydrolysis reaction to prepare the acrylamide copolymer.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the monomer mixture is used in an amount of 20-40 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of water.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the conditions of the solution polymerization reaction comprise: the solution polymerization reaction is carried out in an inert atmosphere, the initiator is an oxidation-reduction system initiator, the temperature is in a range of 20-40° C., the time is in a range of 8-10 h, and the pH is in a range of 6-10.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the oxidation-reduction system initiator is a persulfate oxidizer and a sulfite reducer.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the conditions of the hydrolysis reaction comprise that the temperature is in a range of 80-90° C. and the time is in a range of 2-3 h.

9. The acrylamide copolymer of claim 2 , wherein the content of the structural unit A is within a range of 88-95 wt %, the content of the structural unit B is within a range of 0.5-3 wt %, and the content of the structural unit C is within a range of 1-9 wt %, based on the total weight of the acrylamide copolymer.

10. The acrylamide copolymer of claim 3 , wherein the viscosity average molecular weight of the acrylamide copolymer is within a range of 27,000,000-32,000,000.

11. The method of claim 5 , wherein the (meth) acrylamide is used in an amount of 85-95 wt. %, the monomer X is used in an amount of 0.5-5 wt. %, and the monomer Y is used in an amount of 1-10 wt. %, based on the total amount of the monomer mixture.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the (meth) acrylamide is used in an amount of 88-95 wt %, the monomer X is used in an amount of 0.5-3 wt %, and the monomer Y is used in an amount of 1-9 wt %, based on the total amount of the monomer mixture.

13. The method of claim 4 , wherein the solution polymerization conditions further comprise: the polymerization is performed in the presence of an emulsifier, a complexing agent, urea, and an accelerator.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the used amount of the oxidation-reduction system initiator is 0.015-0.15 part by weight, the used amount of the emulsifier is 0.05-1 part by weight, the used amount of the complexing agent is 0.01-0.1 part by weight, the used amount of the urea is 0.5-5 parts by weight, and the used amount of the accelerator is 0.2-1 part by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the monomer mixture.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the emulsifier is sodium dodecyl sulfate and/or sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the complexing agent is disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the accelerator is pentamethyl diethylenetriamine.

Assignees

• China Petroleum & Chem Corp
• Beijing Res Inst Chemical Ind China Petroleum & Chemical Corp

Inventors

• Zhao Fangyuan
• Yi Zhuo
• Wang Xiaochun
• Yang Jie

Classifications

• C08F220/56 Primary

  Acrylamide; Methacrylamide · CPC title

• C08F2/10

  Aqueous solvent · CPC title

• C08F220/58

  containing oxygen in addition to the carbonamido oxygen {, e.g. N-methylolacrylamide, N-(meth)acryloylmorpholine} · CPC title

• C08F226/06

  by a heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen · CPC title

• C09K8/588 Primary

  characterised by the use of specific polymers {(polymeric surfactants C09K8/584)} · CPC title