Characterization of Ultrasonic-Induced Wettability Alteration under Subsurface Conditions.
Langmuir
; 38(1): 514-522, 2022 Jan 11.
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ABSTRACT
Understanding and manipulating wettability alterations has tremendous implications in theoretical research and industrial applications. This study proposes a novel idea of applying ultrasonic for wettability alterations and also provides its quantitative characterizations and in-depth analyses. More specifically, with pretreatment of ultrasonic, mechanisms of wettability alteration were characterized from the contact angle measurements, as well as the in-depth analyses from atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). After ultrasonic treatments, the wettability of mineral with low permeability is determined to altered from strong hydrophilic to intermediate wettability. The mechanism interpretations are conducted by means of the AFM, XRD, and FTIR. Basically, as the time of ultrasonic treatment increases, the AFM results indicate that the roughness of rock surface and oil/rock interface (contact area) with surroundings of brine is enhanced. Meanwhile, the XRD results show the diffusions of clays from the rock surface to the aqueous phase, and FTIR indicates that the number of functional groups of Si-O-Si, C-O-C, C-O, CâO, and OH decreases while the number of COOH and CâCâO groups increases. This study clearly reveals the surface chemistry of oil-rock wettability alteration in the subsurface conditions, which would provide technical support for subsurface usage of geo-energy productions and carbon sequestrations.
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Langmuir
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QUIMICA
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2022
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