WANG Xin. Effect of CO2 injection on interfacial tension of oil-formation water system at high temperature and pressure[J]. Thermal power generation, 2021, 50(1): 123-128.
WANG Xin. Effect of CO2 injection on interfacial tension of oil-formation water system at high temperature and pressure[J]. Thermal power generation, 2021, 50(1): 123-128. DOI: 10.19666/j.rlfd.202007198.
there are many researches on the interfacial interaction between CO_2 and oil
but few on the interfacial interaction of CO_2-water-oil. In this paper
axisymmetric drop shape analysis method is used to analyze the influence of different CO_2 saturations on the interfacial tension of crude oil-formation water and the change of the interfacial tension between crude oil-carbonate water and crude oil-formation water. In addition
the extraction of light hydrocarbon components from oil drops by CO_2 through the gas-water interface is studied. The results show that
the equilibrium interfacial tension of crude oil-carbonated water system decreases with the increase of pressure
and the dissolution and diffusion of the system becomes more and more obvious with the increase of pressure. The medium exchange occurs between oil and carbonated water
and the phenomenon of partial miscibility occurs. When the pressure is higher than the pressure threshold of 17.09 MPa
the increasing trend of CO_2 solubility becomes slower
and the interfacial tension of crude oil saturated CO_2 formation water decreases slowly and remains unchanged. In practical production
when the pressure is lower than the system threshold pressure
increasing CO_2 content can effectively reduce the interfacial tension. When the pressure is higher than the threshold pressure
increasing CO_2 content has little effect on the equilibrium interfacial tension.