Carbon dioxide fluidity control device and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11931708-B2
Application number	US-202017264539-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2020
Priority date	Apr 22, 2019
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a carbon dioxide fluidity control device comprising, a sample preparation tank, a high-pressure stirring unit, a reciprocating plunger pump and a booster pump, wherein the stirring unit comprises one or more high-pressure stirring tanks, each provided with an atomizing spray probe and a piston, wherein a discharge port of the sample preparation tank is connected to the atomizing spray probe via a plunger pump, which is connected to the piston to push the piston to reciprocate; the booster pump is connected to the high-pressure stirring tanks to provide supercritical carbon dioxide to the high-pressure stirring tank; and a discharge port of the high-pressure stirring tanks is connected to an oilfield well group. Provided is a carbon dioxide fluidity control method using the device, comprising mixing surfactants and nanoparticles with heated carbon dioxide, and injecting a microemulsion of supercritical carbon dioxide and nano-silicon dioxide into an oilfield well group.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for controlling carbon dioxide fluidity, wherein the device comprises a sample preparation tank, a high-pressure stirring unit, a reciprocating plunger pump and a booster pump, wherein the high-pressure stirring unit comprises one or more high-pressure stirring tanks; each of the high-pressure stirring tanks is provided with an atomizing spray probe and a piston, a discharge port of the sample preparation tank is connected to the atomizing spray probe via a plunger pump, the reciprocating plunger pump is connected to the piston so as to push the piston to reciprocate, the booster pump is connected to the high-pressure stirring tank so as to provide supercritical carbon dioxide to the high-pressure stirring tank, and a discharge port of the high-pressure stirring tank is connected to an oilfield well group;
wherein the high-pressure stirring unit comprises one or more high-pressure stirring tanks having a preset pressure of 10-25 MPa.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein an ultrasonic emission probe and a stirring device are disposed in the sample preparation tank.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein a magnetic stirring device is arranged on the piston in the high-pressure stirring tank.

4. A method for controlling carbon dioxide fluidity by using the device of claim 1 , including:
(i) adding a surfactant and nanoparticles of nano-silica into the sample preparation tank to prepare a mixed solution of surfactant and nanoparticles;
(ii) injecting carbon dioxide into the high-pressure stirring tank by means of a booster pump, and heating the carbon dioxide;
(iii) pumping the mixed solution prepared in step (i) by the plunger pump and atomizing the mixed solution by the atomizing spray probe, and then spraying the mixed solution into the high-pressure stirring tank for stirring; and
(iv) injecting a microemulsion of supercritical carbon dioxide and nano-silica prepared in step (iii) into a subsequent oilfield well group.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the surfactant in step (i) is fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene ether or sodium 2-ethylhexyl sulfosuccinate.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the surfactant is fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene ether, the nanoparticles are hydrophilic nano-silica particles, and a dosage mass ratio is as follows:
the mass ratio of the carbon dioxide, the fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene ether, the hydrophilic nano-silica particles and water is 100:(1-1.5):(0.5-1):(2-4).

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the surfactant is sodium 2-ethylhexyl sulfosuccinate, and the nanoparticles are hydrophobic nano-silica particles, and absolute ethanol is added into the sample preparation tank as an auxiliary agent, and a dosage mass ratio of components is as follows:
the mass ratio of the carbon dioxide, the 2-ethylhexyl sodium sulfosuccinate, the absolute ethanol, the hydrophobic nano-silica particles and water is 100:(0.5-2):(5-10):(0.5-1.5):(1-3).

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the mixed solution in step (i) is dispersed for 25-35 minutes under stirring action and ultrasonic cavitation action.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a stirring rate of the stirring action in step (i) is within a range of 7,000-9,000 rpm.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein a power of the ultrasonic cavitation action is within a range of 15-25 kW.

11. The method of claim 4 , wherein step (ii) comprises: adding the carbon dioxide into the high-pressure stirring tank by the booster pump, boosting the pressure to 10-25 MPa, starting a heating constant-temperature device of the high-pressure stirring tank, and heating to 30-50° C. at a constant temperature.

12. The method of claim 4 , wherein a stirring rate of the stirring in step (iii) is within a range of 1,000-2,000 rpm, and a stirring time of the stirring is within a range of 20-40 minutes.

13. The method of claim 4 , wherein the nanoparticles in step (i) are hydrophilic nano-silica particles or hydrophobic nano-silica particles.

Assignees

• Univ China Petroleum East China

Inventors

• Zhang Chao
• Li Zhaomin
• Li Songyan
• Wang Yong
• Lv Guangzhong
• Wu Shouya
• Xi Linghui
• Wang Meijia

Classifications

• B01F33/71 Primary

  working at super-atmospheric pressure, e.g. in pressurised vessels · CPC title

• B01F23/41 Primary

  Emulsifying · CPC title

• B01F31/83

  comprising a supplementary stirring element · CPC title

• B01F33/813

  mixing simultaneously in two or more mixing receptacles · CPC title

• B01F35/712

  for feeding fluids · CPC title