Volume 129, Issue 4 pp. 1888-1896
Article

A water-soluble acrylamide hydrophobically associating polymer: Synthesis, characterization, and properties as EOR chemical

Nanjun Lai

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Nanjun Lai

State Key Lab of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

State Key Lab of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China===Search for more papers by this author
Wan Dong

Wan Dong

State Key Lab of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

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Zhongbin Ye

Zhongbin Ye

State Key Lab of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

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Jun Dong

Jun Dong

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

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Xiaoping Qin

Xiaoping Qin

State Key Lab of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

School of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

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Weili Chen

Weili Chen

State Key Lab of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

School of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

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Ke Chen

Ke Chen

State Key Lab of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China

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First published: 25 December 2012
Citations: 62

Abstract

A water-soluble acrylamide hydrophobically associating terpolymer for polymer flooding was successfully synthesized via free radical polymerization using acrylamide (AM), acrylic acid (AA), and N,N-divinylnonadeca-1,10-dien-2-amine (DNDA) as raw materials. The terpolymer was characterized by IR spectroscopy and fluorescence spectra. Compared with partially hydrolyzed polyacryamide (HPAM), the terpolymer showed a stronger link and better dimensional network structure under the environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM). The results of rheology indicated that the terpolymer (AM-NaAA-DNDA) showed an excellent shear-resistance in high shear rate (1000 s−1) and remarkable temperature-tolerance (above 110°C). The salt-resisting experiment revealed that this terpolymer had a better anti-salt ability. According to the core flooding test, it could be obtained that oil recovery was enhanced more than 15% under conditions of 2000 mg/L terpolymer in the mineralization of 8000 mg/L at 60°C. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013

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