基于相场方法的孔隙尺度油水两相流体流动模拟

基于真实岩心颗粒粒径分布,利用过程法构建疏松砂岩油藏的三维孔隙结构模型,利用相场方法建立两相流体流动数学模型并利用有限元方法进行求解,研究驱替速度、流体性质、润湿性对剩余油分布以及采出程度的影响.结果表明：驱替速度的增大和油水粘度比的减小会导致较大的毛管数,进而有利于采出程度的提高;就润湿性而言,水湿条件下毛管力是水驱油的动力,而在油湿条件下是阻力,因此水湿岩心采出程度更高.同时,从孔隙尺度对油水渗流机理及剩余油分布机理进行揭示,结果表明：由于多孔介质的复杂孔隙结构,流体在流经不同孔隙时呈现不同的流动特征,进而对油水两相流整体的压力分布、流速分布造成重要影响.     

三氨基三硝基苯材料微孔结构的小角x射线散射实验研究

应用同步辐射x射线小角散射技术研究了不同工艺制备的三氨基三硝基苯样品中的微孔状况 ，得到了样品材料有关微结构参数，包括微孔平均孔径及孔径分布、分形特征、Porod常数 及界面参数等，并分析了微孔结构参数的变化规律.结果表明，不同工艺制备的TATB样品材 料其微孔结构有较大差别，都有较显著的特征. 关键词： 小角x射线散射 TATB材料微孔分布     

水驱油过程的核磁共振二维谱研究

岩心水驱油过程中油水分布状况是岩心多孔介质的重要性质. 水驱油过程的研究是进一步进行提高采收率研究的基础. 核磁共振扩散-弛豫二维谱提供了岩心中流体性质的多方面信息,与核磁共振一维弛豫谱相比极大地提高了区分油水的能力. 该文通过2组岩心水驱油实验,从不同含油饱和度的扩散-弛豫二维谱中提取出水的一维弛豫谱,在原油粘度比较高的情况下获得了驱替过程中油水在不同孔隙中的分布状况以及润湿性等信息, 解决了单独用一维弛豫谱方法难以区分油水的问题. 该文的研究方法对油田提高采收率的研究有比较大的参考价值.     

Coarsening in Sintering: Grain Shape Distribution,Grain Size Distribution,and Grain Growth Kinetics in Solid-Pore Systems

Sintering occurs when packed particles are heated to a temperature where there is sufficient atomic motion to grow bonds between the particles. The conditions that induce sintering depend on the material, its melting temperature, particle size, and a host of processing variables. It is common for sintering to produce a dimensional change, typically shrinkage, where the powder compact densifies, leading to significant strengthening. Microstructure coarsening is inherent to sintering, most evident as grain growth, but it is common for pore growth to occur as density increases. During coarsening, the grain structure converges to a self-similar character seen in both the grain shape distribution and grain size distribution. Coarsening behavior during sintering conforms to classic grain growth kinetics, modified to reflect the evolving microstructure. These modifications involve the grain boundary coverage due to pores, liquid films, or second phases and the altered grain boundary mobility due to these phases. The mass transport rates associated with each of these interfaces are different, with different temperature and composition dependencies. Hence, the coarsening rate during sintering is not constant, but changes with the evolving microstructure. Core aspects treated in this review include models for coarsening, grain shape, grain size distribution, and how pores, liquids, dispersoids, and other phases determine microstructure coarsening during sintering.     

Quantitative evaluation of porous media wettability using NMR relaxometry

We propose a new method to determine wettability indices from NMR relaxometry. The new method uses the sensitivity of low field NMR relaxometry to the fluid distribution in oil-water saturated porous media. The model is based on the existence of a surface relaxivity for both oil and water, allowing the determination of the amount of surface wetted either by oil or by water. The proposed NMR wettability index requires the measurement of relaxation time distribution at four different saturation states. At the irreducible water saturation, we determine the dominant relaxation time of oil in the presence of a small amount of water, and at the oil residual saturation, we determine the dominant relaxation time of water in the presence of a small amount of oil. At 100% water and 100% oil saturation, we determine the surface relaxivity ratio. The interaction of oil with the surface is also evidenced by the comparison of the spin-lattice (T1) and spin-locking (T1rho) relaxation times. The new NMR index agrees with standard wettability measurements based on drainage-imbibition capillary pressure curves (USBM test) in the range [-0.3-1].     

二维核磁共振观测岩石润湿性

润湿性是反映储层中油水分布状况的一个重要表征参数,因此研究储层岩石的润湿性对原油开采有着重要的意义. 扩散弛豫二维谱可展示扩散系数与弛豫时间的相关性,并可以对油水的弛豫时间、扩散系数分别进行研究,与核磁共振一维弛豫谱相比极大地提高了区分油水的能力. 该文首先通过多组实验验证扩散-弛豫二维谱可以很好地观测到油水共存状态下玻璃珠表面的润湿性,继而通过对3组人造岩心表面润湿性的测量,获得了人造岩心表面润湿性的信息,解决了此时单独用一维弛豫谱方法难以区分油水的问题. 利用二维谱观察岩石润湿性的研究对油田提高采收率的研究有较大的参考价值.     

水驱油藏中原油极性物质对吸附和润湿性影响的分子模拟

为了研究水驱油藏中原油极性物质的吸附机理及其对油藏表面润湿性的影响,构建以石英为代表的砂岩岩石骨架模型,己烷为代表的非极性物质模型和以甲苯、胶质和沥青质为代表的极性物质模型,运用分子模拟方法研究4种原油组分和水分子在砂岩油藏表面竞争吸附过程和润湿状态。结果表明：水与4种原油组分在石英矿物表面竞争吸附时,原油中的非极性物质会比极性物质更加容易脱附。极性物质会随着时间的变化逐渐吸附在矿物表面,非极性的物质会随着时间变化逐渐远离矿物表面。吸附过程中静电力起吸附作用,范德华力起排斥作用。最后结合润湿性实验结果,从机理上解释了不同原油组成对润湿性的影响,即原油组分中极性物质含量越高,胶质沥青质含量越大,岩石表面油湿性越大,且水驱过程中润湿性向亲水方向变化越难。结论对提升水驱油藏采收率影响因素的认识有重要意义。     

Wettability alteration of sandstones by silica nanoparticle dispersions in light and heavy crude oil

Unlike conventional oil production methods, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes can recover most oil products from the reservoir. One method, known as wettability alteration, changes the hydrophilicity of the reservoir rock via decreased surface interactions with crude oils. The mitigation of these attractive forces enhances petroleum extraction and increases the accessibility of previously inaccessible rock deposits. In this work, silica nanoparticles (NPs) have been used to alter the wettability of two sandstone surfaces, Berea and Boise. Changes in wettability were assessed by measuring the contact angle and interfacial tension of different systems. The silica NPs were suspended in brine and a combined solution of brine and the Tween®20 nonionic surfactant at concentrations of 0, 0.001, and 0.01 wt% NP with both light and heavy crude oil. The stability of the different nanofluids was characterized by the size, zeta potential, and sedimentation of the particles in suspension. Unlike the NPs, the surfactant had a greater effect on the interfacial tension by influencing the liquid-liquid interactions. The introduction of the surfactant decreased the interfacial tension by 57 and 43% for light and heavy crude oil samples, respectively. Imaging and measurements of the contact angle were used to assess the surface-liquid interactions and to characterize the wettability of the different systems. The images reflect that the contact angle increased with the addition of NPs for both sandstone and oil types. The contact angle in the light crude oil sample was most affected by the addition of 0.001 wt% NP, which altered both sandstones’ wettability. Increases in contact angle approached 101.6% between 0 and 0.001 wt% NPs with light oil on the Berea sandstone. The contact angle however remained relatively unaffected by addition of higher NP concentrations, thus indicating that low NP concentrations can effectively be used for enhancing crude oil recovery. While the contact angle of the light crude oil plateaued, the heavy crude oil continued to increase with an increase in NP concentration; therefore indicating that a maximum contact angle in heavy crude oil was not yet achieved. The introduction of NPs in light and heavy crude oil samples altered both the Berea and Boise sandstone systems’ wettability, which in turn indicated the efficacy of the silica NPs and surfactants in generating a more water-wet reservoir. Consequently, silica NPs and surfactants are most promising for EOR across the range of oil types.     

单一微孔隙中油水相对渗透率特性研究

孔隙渗流是多孔介质渗流的微观基础。本文对孔隙中的两相流应用分相模型,结合达西渗流定律,提出了适用于油水两相的相对渗透率模型,得到相对渗透率与孔隙度无关、相对渗透率只是微孔隙中相态分布的几何尺度以及流体饱和度的函数等结论。设计了微流动实验装置,以去离子水和白油的乳化液为两相流体,在不同含油率下研究了微孔隙中油水两相的渗流特性,并与相应条件下的模型计算结果进行对比。结果表明,对于低渗透尺度等级的微孔隙,实验与计算结果吻合较好,对于高渗透尺度等级的微孔隙,实验与计算结果存在偏差。在某些条件下,油与水的相对渗透率之和存在大于1的情形。     

Blended pastes of cement and lime: Pore structure and capillary porosity

Microstructure of blended pastes of lime and cement were studied in this paper. An increment of complexity of the microstructure was found when pastes increase their percentage in cement. Microstructural characteristics as porosity, morphology of the pores, pore size distribution and surface fractal dimension were evaluated in the different pastes studying the modification with the variation of composition. The capillary water absorption is also evaluated obtaining higher capillary coefficients values for the pastes with higher amounts of lime. The increase of complexity of the microstructure, due to the cement in the pastes, leads to slight deviations of the parallel tube model.     

分子动力学模拟研究方解石表面润湿性反转机理

利用分子动力学模拟技术从分子尺度探究方解石表面润湿性反转机理.首先,研究方解石表面润湿性反转过程;而后,从原油分子-方解石表面与原油分子-原油分子/水分子相互作用两个方面系统揭示方解石表面润湿性反转机理.结果:(1)水分子能够驱离方解石表面弱吸附的非极性分子造成润湿性的改变,但不能驱离强吸附的极性分子使润湿性反转难以实现;(2)原油分子极性越强与方解石表面相互作用越强,极性分子与方解石表面之间主要为静电力,非极性分子与方解石表面之间主要为范德华力;(3)原油分子极性越相近分子之间的相互作用越强,分子极性相差越大分子之间的相互作用越弱.非极性分子之间主要是范德华力,极性分子之间主要是静电力;(4)原油分子在方解石表面和水分子的共同作用下形成乙酸-吡啶-水-甲苯-己烷的稳定吸附序列.本研究为靶向提高采收率技术的设计与应用提供理论基础.     

石墨烯表面的特征水分子排布及其湿润透明特性的分子动力学模拟

石墨烯因其独特的分子构型、卓越的物理化学性能而受到广泛关注.本文首先利用分子动力学模拟比较了单层石墨烯、铜、二氧化硅三者表面的浸润性,除了接触角的比较,还分析了基底表面的水分子排布,得到石墨烯表面的特征水分子排布为:表面有两层密集的水分子层,其中靠近基底的密集水分子层中O—H键与垂直基底方向夹角集中在90°附近,并且基底表面的氢键几乎都垂直于基底.另一方面,本文研究了石墨烯浸润透明特性,发现在铜和二氧化硅上添加一层石墨烯,对铜的浸润性影响较小,对二氧化硅的浸润性影响很大,不仅使其上接触角显著增大,还使得基底表面的水分子排布呈现出类似单层石墨烯上的规律.本文使用分子动力学模拟方法从微观尺度验证了文献的实验结果,从基底表面水分子排布角度分析了石墨烯独特的浸润透明特性,为进一步开发石墨烯在微结构设计上的应用提供了理论指导.     

燃煤飞灰物理化学特性及其润湿机理研究

以小龙潭电厂燃煤飞灰及其不同粒径范围的分级灰为对象,采用X射线荧光光谱、X射线衍射、离子色谱、Zeta电位、扫描电镜等实验方法研究了飞灰的物理化学特征.同时采用沉降实验、表面张力实验研究了三种不同润湿剂对飞灰的润湿性能.研究发现,溶液对飞灰的润湿能力不仅取决于其气液界面张力,还与飞灰的组成、表面电位以及形貌特征密切相关.亲水性物质含量的增加,颗粒表面电荷与润湿剂分子间的静电吸引,颗粒表面的棱角孔隙等均可以促进其润湿;温度越高飞灰润湿性能越好,且温度对飞灰润湿过程影响较大,温度较高(60℃)时润湿剂种类及浓度对飞灰润湿过程的影响不明显.     

Dielectric constant of porous ultra low-k dielectrics by fractal-Monte Carlo simulations

The effective dielectric constant of porous ultra low-k dielectrics is simulated by applying the fractal geometry and Monte Carlo technique in this work. Based on the fractal character of pore size distribution in porous media, the probability models for pore diameter and for effective dielectric constant are derived. The proposed model for the effective dielectric constant is expressed as a function of the dielectric coefficient of base medium and the volume fractions of pores and base medium, fractal dimension for pores, the pore size, as well as random number. The Monte Carlo simulations combined with the fractal geometry are performed. The predictions by the present simulations are shown in good accord with the available experimental data. The proposed technique may have the potential in analyzing other properties such as electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity in porous ultra low-k dielectrics.     

On the stability of bubbles trapped at a solid–liquid interface: A thermodynamical approach

In this paper we present a condition for thermodynamic equilibrium of gas bubbles of dimensions larger that a few tens of nanometers trapped at a solid–liquid interface. It is defined an intensive adimensional function that relates bubble stability with wettability and surface corrugation related parameters. From it, we deduce that bubbles can be stable on smooth, highly hydrophobic surfaces and that, on weakly hydrophobic surfaces, bubbles may be stabilized by topographical heterogeneities like pores and grooves.     

Effects of porosity on the measured fracture energy of brittle materials

Although it is known that growing cracks will interact with pores, it is unclear whether the magnitude of this effect is sufficient to influence the fracture energy. To study this, experiments have been carried out where cracks have been grown through simple distributions of pores in poly(methyl methacrylate). These show that the applied force required to grow the crack between two pores can be greater than that required to grow the crack in the pore-free material. Direct observation during crack growth shows that this increase in applied force is associated with the crack front becoming curved. Based on these observations, the effect of equiaxed pores on the fracture energy of brittle materials has been quantitatively described. The analysis predicts how the relative fracture energy should be influenced by the pore volume fraction, and that it should be independent of the size of the pores or the fracture energy of the matrix. These predictions give good agreement with experimental measurements in different ceramic materials, in which the microstructure of the matrix surrounding the pores does not change with pore volume fraction.     

双尺度疏油结构纳米通道滑移效应的研究

针对双尺度结构表面疏油特性的优异性,采用分子动力学的方法建立油液流体正十六烷烃分子模型,研究双尺度结构壁面润湿性影响下的纳米通道内流体的流动特性,通过对通道壁面亲疏油性下的双尺度结构的构建,与光滑壁面和单尺度壁面进行比较来探究双尺度纳米通道表面结构影响下油液流体在纳米通道内密度分布、速度分布、速度滑移和滑移长度的影响.模拟结果表明:对于亲油通道壁面,双尺度结构壁面亲油性明显加强,主流区域流体密度、流体速度和速度滑移都减小,甚至出现负滑移;而对于疏油通道壁面,双尺度分层结构能加强壁面的疏油性,通道内壁面形成稳定的气层使流体主流区域的密度增大,并且通道内流体的速度、速度滑移和滑移长度明显大于光滑和单尺度结构壁面.因此,纳米通道内双尺度结构能改变通道壁面的润湿性,并且能够加强流体在纳米疏油通道内的滑移减阻效应,为纳米通道内油液运输以及润滑薄膜减阻提供了设计基础.     

分子动力学模拟方解石和白云石润湿性

利用分子动力学模拟研究油水分子在方解石和白云石表面的吸附,分析体系的平衡构型、相对浓度、径向分布函数和吸附能,研究方解石和白云石的亲水性并对比二者差异.根据油水分子吸附规律分析方解石/白云石-油水体系作用机理.研究表明：白云石-油水体系更易达到热力学稳定状态并且体系更加稳定;方解石和白云石表面均能够优先吸附水分子并在表面形成双层结构的水膜.其中,白云石表面对水分子吸附强度大于方解石;稳定吸附过程分为两步：范德华力、静电力和O（CaCO₃,CaMg（CO₃）₂）-H（H₂O）氢键共同影响下水分子向晶体表面移动并吸附形成紧密吸附层;O（H₂O）-H（H₂O）氢键作用下游离的H₂O向晶体表面靠近形成扩散层.从分子尺度解释方解石/白云石亲水特性,为碳酸盐岩储层润湿性研究奠定理论基础.     

The influence of defects on the effective Young’s modulus of a defective solid

It is difficult to establish structure-property relationships in a defective solid because of its inhomogeneous-geometry microstructure caused by defects. In the present research, the effects of pores and cracks on the Young’s modulus of a defective solid are studied. Based on the law of the conservation of energy, mathematical formulations are proposed to indicate how the shape, size, and distribution of defects affect the effective Young’s modulus. In this approach, detailed equations are illustrated to represent the shape and size of defects on the effective Young’s modulus. Different from the results obtained from the traditional empirical analyses, mixture law or statistical method, for the first time, our results from the finite element method (FEM) and strict analytical calculation show that the influence of pore radius and crack length on the effective Young’s modulus can be quantified. It is found that the longest crack in a typical microstructure of ceramic coating dominates the contribution of the effective Young’s modulus in the vertical direction of the crack.