Preparation method of micro-nanofluidic model of triple-medium carbonate reservoir

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12422342-B2
Application number	US-202418976628-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2024
Priority date	Feb 2, 2024
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

A preparation method of a micro-nanofluidic model of triple-medium carbonate reservoir includes the following steps: obtaining a cave structure, a fracture structure and a pore structure of a carbonate rock, and preparing a first mask, a second mask and a third mask respectively; forming a photoresist layer on a glass substrate, and subjecting the photoresist layer to an exposure treatment and an etching treatment through the first mask, the second mask and the third mask sequentially, and then subjecting to a washing treatment, to obtain a first intermediate model; fitting the etched side of the first intermediate model with a glass cover, and subjecting to a bonding treatment, to obtain a second intermediate model; introducing a first solution, a second solution and a third solution into the second intermediate model sequentially to form a calcium carbonate nanocrystalline layer and to obtain the micro-nanofluidic model of triple-medium carbonate reservoir.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A preparation method of a micro-nanofluidic model of triple-medium carbonate reservoir, comprising the following steps:
obtaining a cave structure, a fracture structure and a pore structure of a carbonate rock, and preparing a first mask, a second mask and a third mask respectively; wherein the first mask has a cave structure of the reservoir, the second mask has the cave structure and a fracture structure of the reservoir, and the third mask has the cave structure, the fracture structure and a pore structure of the reservoir;
forming at least one photoresist layer on a glass substrate, and subjecting the at least one photoresist layer to an exposure treatment and an etching treatment through the first mask, the second mask and the third mask sequentially, so that etching depth at a position corresponding to the cave structure on the glass substrate is greater than etching depth at a position of the fracture structure, and the etching depth at the position of the fracture structure is greater than etching depth at a position of the pore structure, and subjecting the at least one photoresist layer to a washing treatment, to obtain a first intermediate model; wherein the position corresponding to the cave structure on the glass substrate is etched three times, the position of the fracture structure is etched twice, and the position of the pore structure is etched once; the method uses the etching treatment three times, the first two etchings are wet etchings, and the third etching is inductively coupled plasma etching;
stacking an etched side of the first intermediate model with a glass cover to obtain a model to be bonded, placing the model to be bonded between two graphite sheets, and placing a steel plate or a corundum plate on a side of the two graphite sheets away from the model to be bonded, and then horizontally placing into a muffle furnace for a bonding treatment, to obtain a second intermediate model; wherein the bonding treatment has a temperature of 400-700° C. and time of 4-12 hours; and
introducing a first solution, a second solution and a third solution into the second intermediate model sequentially to form a calcium carbonate nanocrystalline layer and obtain the micro-nanofluidic model of triple-medium carbonate reservoir;
wherein the first solution comprises N-(trimethoxysilylpropyl) ethylenediamine triacetic acid sodium salt, and the second solution comprises Ca 2+ , and the third solution comprises CO 3 2− .

2. The preparation method according to claim 1 , further comprising the following steps:
introducing a crude oil and water into the micro-nanofluidic model of triple-medium carbonate reservoir sequentially to undergo a flushing treatment, and
subjecting to an aging and drying treatment, to change the model wettability from water-wet characteristic to oil-wet characteristic; or, introducing a paraffin solution, a crude oil and water into the micro-nanofluidic model of triple-medium carbonate reservoir sequentially to undergo a flushing treatment, and subjecting to an aging and drying treatment, to change the model wettability from water-wet characteristic to mixed-wet characteristic or oil-wet characteristic.

3. The preparation method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the cave structure, the fracture structure and the pore structure of the carbonate rock comprises the following steps:
selecting a triple-medium carbonate rock, washing oil and drying, to obtain a rock sample in cylindrical shape;
subjecting the rock sample to scanning image, to obtain the cave structure and the fracture structure of the carbonate rock;
obtaining the pore structure of the rock sample by a thin section and a scanning electron microscopy.

4. The preparation method according to claim 1 , wherein before applying photoresist on the glass substrate, the preparation method further comprises the following steps: placing the glass substrate into a solution comprising a surfactant to undergo an ultrasonic treatment.

5. The preparation method according to claim 1 , wherein the forming the at least one photoresist layer on the glass substrate, and subjecting the at least one photoresist layer to the exposure treatment and the etching treatment through the first mask, the second mask and the third mask sequentially, and subjecting the at least one photoresist layer to the washing treatment, to obtain the first intermediate model comprises:
forming a first photoresist layer on the glass substrate, and subjecting the first photoresist layer to a first exposure treatment and a first etching treatment through the first mask, and then subjecting to a first washing treatment, to obtain a first etched model;
forming a second photoresist layer on the first etched model, and subjecting the second photoresist layer to a second exposure treatment and a second etching treatment through the second mask, and then subjecting to a second washing treatment, to obtain a second etched model; and
forming a third photoresist layer on the second etched model, and subjecting the third photoresist layer to a third exposure treatment and a third etching treatment through the third mask, and then subjecting to a third washing treatment, to obtain the first intermediate model,
wherein the first etching treatment and the second etching treatment each are wet etchings, and the third etching treatment is inductively coupled plasma etching.

6. The preparation method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
subjecting to a punching treatment at both ends of the first intermediate model to form an injection inlet and a collection outlet.

7. The preparation method according to claim 6 , further comprising the following steps: introducing the first solution, the second solution and the third solution sequentially through the injection inlet.

8. The preparation method according to claim 1 , wherein the calcium carbonate nanocrystalline layer has a thickness of 0.5-4 μm.

9. The preparation method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one photoresist layer comprises at least two layers.

Assignees

• Univ China Petroleum Beijing
• China Univ Of Petroleum—Beijing

Inventors

• Lv Qichao
• Zheng Rong
• Xian Chenggang
• Zhan Honglei
• Zhang Juan
• Zhou Tongke
• Hemmati-Sarapardeh Abdolhossein
• Yi Tingting
• Norouzi Apourvari Saeid

Classifications

• G01N15/088

  Investigating volume, surface area, size or distribution of pores; Porosimetry · CPC title

• G01N33/24 Primary

  Earth materials (G01N33/42 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01N15/082

  Investigating permeability by forcing a fluid through a sample · CPC title

• E21B49/088

  combined with sampling · CPC title

• Y02C20/40

  of CO2 · CPC title