Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

  • Volume 68
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  • Pages.99-108
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  • 2018
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  • 1226-086X(pISSN)
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  • 1876-794X(eISSN)
The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (한국공업화학회)
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An oil-tolerant and salt-resistant aqueous foam system for heavy oil transportation

  • Sun, Jie (School of Oil & Natural Gas Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University) ;
  • Jing, Jiaqiang (School of Oil & Natural Gas Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University) ;
  • Brauner, Neima (Department of Fluid Mechanics, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University) ;
  • Han, Li (Engineering Technology Research Institute, Xinjiang Oilfield Company) ;
  • Ullmann, Amos (Department of Fluid Mechanics, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University)
  • Received : 2018.04.30
  • Accepted : 2018.07.24
  • Published : 2018.12.25
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Abstract

An oil-tolerant and salt-resistant aqueous foam system was screened out as a possible lubricant to enable cold heavy oil transportation. The microstructures and viscoelasticity and effects of heavy oil, salt and temperature on the foam stability were investigated and new rheological and drainage models were established. The results indicate the foam with multilayered shells belongs to a special microcellular foam. The viscoelasticity could be neglected due to its low relaxation time. The drainage process can be divided into three stages. The foam with quality of 67.9% maintains great stability at high oil and salt concentrations and appropriate elevated temperature.

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Supported by : National Natural Science Foundation of China

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