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Static and dynamic behavior of CO2 enhanced oil recovery in shale reservoirs: Experimental nanofluidics and theoretical models with dual-scale nanopores

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  • Zhang, Kaiqiang
  • Jia, Na
  • Li, Songyan
  • Liu, Lirong

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Understanding and controlling confined CO2 fluids in nanopores is at the heart of the CO2 enhanced oil recovery in shale reservoirs. Here, for the first time, qualitative and quantitative static and dynamic behavior of complex confined CO2 fluids in dual-scale nanopores are experimentally performed in nanofluidics, which combines with the theoretical model, the statistical mechanics coupled with the thermodynamic equation of state, to investigate the CO2 utilization in shale reservoirs. In experiment, a series of phase behavior and fluid flow laboratory tests are conducted through a self-manufactured nanofluidic system at different conditions; in theory, a generalized equation of state including the confinements and pore-size distributions and five dynamic models are developed and applied to calculate the vapor–liquid equilibrium and fluid dynamics. Results from this study show that the static behavior has drastic changes in the dual-scale nanopores that the measured saturation pressure of the confined CO2–C10 fluids reduces by 10.19% at T = 25.0 °C and 7.26% at T = 53.0 °C from bulk phase to nanometer scale. Furthermore, under the strong confinements in the dual-scale nanopores, the calculated phase properties including the pore-size distribution effects are more accurate. In addition, effects of the temperature and feed gas to liquid ratio on the confined fluids in nanopores share similar manners with the bulk phase cases. The proposed theoretical models are capable of calculating the static and dynamic behavior of the confined fluids and all calculations have been validated by the experimentally measured results. This study supports the foundation of more general applications pertaining to producing shale fluids and sequestrating CO2 in shale reservoir characterization and exploration.

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  • Zhang, Kaiqiang & Jia, Na & Li, Songyan & Liu, Lirong, 2019. "Static and dynamic behavior of CO2 enhanced oil recovery in shale reservoirs: Experimental nanofluidics and theoretical models with dual-scale nanopores," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 255(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:255:y:2019:i:c:s0306261919314394
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113752
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    1. Wang, Hui & Chen, Li & Qu, Zhiguo & Yin, Ying & Kang, Qinjun & Yu, Bo & Tao, Wen-Quan, 2020. "Modeling of multi-scale transport phenomena in shale gas production — A critical review," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 262(C).
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