Study of Salinity and pH Effects on Gelation Time of a Polymer Gel Using Central Composite Design Method

Experiments were conducted to investigate the main effects of salinity (NaCl) concentrations and pH factors and their interactions on the gelation time response of a polymer gel used in a water shutoff system in oil field reservoirs. Central composite design (CCD) was used to design experiments and a mathematical model building. The main advantage of CCD was to generate the quadratic mathematical model for the gelation time as functions of salinity and pH factors. Tests were limited and optimized by CCD points including low star (axial), low factorial, central, high factorial, and high star points. The evaluation of the data and the developed model were performed through the examination of graphical trend of residuals and a numerical approach. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to estimate the amount of data variations from the model predictions. It was found that the model was significant at the 99% confidence against test data. The results showed that the gelation time was dependent more on pH than salinity. For low pH, the gelation time increased with increasing of the salinity, while for a high pH (>4) the relationship was inversed. The research shows that CCD can effectively be applied for the modeling of gelation time and finding an optimum condition to achieve maximum or minimum gelation time for different salinity and pH factors.     

Spouge's Conjecture on Complete and Instantaneous Gelation

We investigate the stochastic counterpart of the Smoluchowski coagulation equation, namely the Marcus–Lushnikov coagulation model. It is believed that for a broad class of kernels, all particles are swept into one huge cluster in an arbitrarily small time, which is known as a complete and instantaneous gelation phenomenon. Indeed, Spouge (also Domilovskii et al. for a special case) conjectured that K(i, j)=(ij) , >1, are such kernels. In this paper, we extend the above conjecture and prove rigorously that if there is a function (i, j), increasing in both i and j such that _j=1 1/(j(i, j))< for all i, and K(i, j)ij(i, j) for all i, j, then complete and instantaneous gelation occurs. Evidently, this implies that any kernels K(i, j)ij(log(i+1)log(j+1)) , >1, exhibit complete instantaneous gelation. Also, we conjuncture the existence of a critical (or metastable) sol state: if lim _i+j ij/K(i, j)=0 and _{i, j=1} 1/K(i, j)=, then gelation time T _g satisfies 0<T _g<. Moreover, the gelation is complete after T _g.     

Swelling and Gelation Time Behavior of Sulfonated Polyacrylamide/Chromium Triacetate Hydrogels

A hydrogel was prepared by crosslinking of aqueous solutions of sulfonated polyacrylamide/chromium triacetate for use in water shut-off operations in oil reservoirs. The effects of pH, salinity, retarder and temperature, as well as co-polymer and crosslinker concentration, on the gelation time were investigated. The results indicated that as temperature increased, gelation occurred more rapidly. The activation energy was measured as about 86 kJ/mol. The effects of initial pH and retarder on the gelation time were also examined. The results showed that addition of retarder and increasing of pH increased and decreased the gelation time, respectively. The increase of co-polymer concentration in solution increased the gel swelling. However, the increase of crosslinker concentration decreased the gel swelling. In the presence of electrolytes, the gel swelling decreased by about 80%. Finally, some usable practical recommendations are offered for the gelling systems in reservoirs.     

Gelation and Swelling Behavior of Semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Network Hydrogels Based on Polyacrylamide and Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Novel semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Network (semi-IPN) hydrogels based on partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide (HPAM) and Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) (PVA) were prepared by solution crosslinking using chromium triacetate. Effects of PVA content on the gelation process and swelling behavior in tap water and different electrolyte solutions were investigated. Study of the gelation behavior using dynamic rheometery showed that the limiting storage modulus of the semi-IPN gels decreased with increasing PVA content. It was also found that increasing the PVA content increases the loss factor, indicating that the viscous properties of this gelling system increase more strongly than the elastic properties. The swelling ratio of the semi-IPN gels in tap water decreased as the concentration of the PVA increased. However, the semi-IPN gels showed lower salt sensitivity factor in synthetic oil reservoir water as compared with HPAM gels. Therefore, they are potentially good candidates for enhanced oil recovery applications.     

Preparation,Characterization and Coreflood Investigation of Polyacrylamide/Clay Nanocomposite Hydrogel System for Enhanced Oil Recovery

The synthesis and characterization of polyacrylamide/clay nanocomposites for the development of hydrogel system used in enhanced oil recovery is described. The synthesized nanocomposite copolymer was crosslinked with Chromium (III) acetate to form the hydrogel which exhibited an acceptable gel strength, gelation time and gel stability. The nanocomposite gels prepared with low crosslinker concentration (2000 ppm chromium acetate) showed higher gel strength and required longer gelation time than the conventional polyacrylamide (PAAm) gel; these are desirable properties for the effective placement of gel during enhanced oil recovery operations. The effects of various parameters, such as polymer and crosslinker concentration, on the gelation time and gel strength were evaluated using the bottle testing method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) revealed the formation of intercalated and exfoliated clay morphologies. The effects of the clay content on the thermal stability and gel strength of the gel network were also investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and rheological measurements (oscillatory time sweep profiles), respectively. Also, in-situ gelation and core flooding experiments revealed that a significant permeability reduction of the sand pack cores could be achieved at reservoir conditions when they were treated with the developed nanocomposite gel formulation. Hence, this nanocomposite gel system with low crosslinker concentration (10,000 ppm of nanocomposite polymer concentration containing 2000 ppm of clay with 2000 ppm chromium acetate crosslinker) may be suitable in water shut-off treatments required for enhanced oil recovery from the oil fields.     

Effect of pH and Protein Concentration on Rheological and Structural Behavior of Temperature-induced Bovine Serum Albumin Gels

The rheology of a temperature-induced protein bovine serum albumin gel is shown to strongly depend on the solution pH and protein concentration. Small-angle neutron scattering studies showed the presence of a fractal structure of the gels, resembling the aggregation of protein molecules and causing a three-dimensional network kind of arrangement. The fractal dimensions were observed to be constant and independent of the variation of pH and the protein concentration. The results of rheology and scattering experiments are correlated in terms of pH-dependent flexibility of flocs in the gels and hindrance to flow with concentration, while the structure of such flocs remains similar irrespective of the solution conditions.     

Influence of the Microstructure of Polymer Gels on the Electron-Excitation Energy Transfer Between Organic Molecules

The electron-excitation energy transfer (EEET) between ionic dyes in polyelectrolyte-network polymers with a different space distribution of charged segments has been investigated. It has been established that the structure of network polymers influences the efficiency of the EEET in them mainly due to the formation of a fractal distribution of interacting molecules. It is shown that the efficiency of the EEET can be controlled by changing the number and arrangement of charged segments of polyelectrolyte networks.__________Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 181–185, March–April, 2005.     

聚合物驱两相流试井参数敏感性

考虑油水两相、生产历史、油藏平面非均质性、井筒储存和表皮效应等因素,建立了生产历史阶段聚合物驱数学模型和不稳定试井阶段的流线模型,用流管法对解释模型进行了数值求解.研究表明:随着油水粘度比的增大,压力及压力导数曲线向上平移,随着生产时间的增加,储层的有效渗透率降低,当高渗透条带沿主流线方向分布时,注水井压降导数曲线反映不出油水前缘的影响,而随着聚合物注入浓度的增大,压力导数曲线下凹出现的越来越早.     

催化剂对SiO2凝胶结构及复合体系发光性能的影响

用溶胶—凝胶的方法制备了染料掺杂的SiO2凝胶复合体系。无机基质制备过程中的各种条件对无机基质的微结构有很大影响,从而对复合材料的性能有很大影响。大量的研究表明,凝胶制备过程的诸多因素如催化剂、水的加入量及凝胶的后处理等因素影响最大,这些因素对凝胶结构的影响已有系统的研究,但其对有机—无机复合体系发光影响的研究还未多见。详细研究了在其他条件不变的情况下酸碱催化条件对复合体系结构及染料发光性能的影响。香豆素102(C102)在不同状态下的荧光分析表明,无论是碱还是酸催化所得薄膜复合材料,C102分子在其中基本都以单体的形式存在,与在溶液中相比发光移向短波。碱催化的样品其结构更有利于染料以单体的形式存在,但碱催化的膜表面粗糙,结构疏松,而酸催化的膜表面平整,结构致密。所以以HCl为催化条件的样品适合更进一步的应用。     

柠檬酸钠对谷氨酰胺转移酶山羊乳凝胶特性影响的光谱学分析

运用多重光散射光谱、多散斑扩散波光谱和动态光散射光谱分析了柠檬酸钠(TSC)对谷氨酰胺转移酶(TG酶)山羊乳凝胶特性的影响。将浓度分别为0,20,40,60和80 mmol·L-1 的TSC加入到脱脂羊乳中,经过TG酶处理后进行酸化凝乳。凝乳形成过程中,动态光散射光谱显示,随着TSC浓度的增加,酪蛋白胶束的直径从(142.0±11.2) nm下降到(24.4±2.1) nm;在凝胶形成的前5 h内,在不同TSC浓度条件下,样品的背散射光强度分别从41.9%±0.3%,35.8%±0.4%,25.3%±0.5%,10.6%±0.3%和5.3%±0.4%,增加到55.8%±0.6%,49.5%±0.5%,41.9%±0.4%,37.8%±0.4%和30.8%±0.3%,表明TSC的浓度越高,凝胶体系中颗粒的尺寸越小,形成的凝胶构筑单元越小;同时,多散斑扩散波光谱的均方位移曲线显示,凝胶的突变时间分别为31,74,98,151和226 min,表明TSC的浓度越高,山羊乳凝胶形成时间越长;凝胶的持水力与硬度值分析发现,TSC将羊乳酪蛋白胶束分解成更小的颗粒,在TG酶作用下形成更多的共价键连接位点,形成的凝胶具有更高的硬度和持水能力。     

Effect of Photo-Induced Periodic Gain Structure on Oscillation Power and Tunability in Polymer Dye Laser

Pumping dye-doped organic polymer by interference pattern of a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG 532 nm laser to induce a periodic gain-structure and confining it within a stable optical resonator, the oscillation output can be effectively enhanced in comparison with either that of uniform irradiation, i.e., pumping, or of distributed feedback (DFB) operation, and the oscillation wavelength becomes tunable by adjusting the period of the interference pattern. Using Rhodamine-B as a dopant over the range from 200 to 1000 ppm, the oscillation output was enhanced by - 10 dB, which was larger than the output of the uniform irradiation and was - 30% greater than the DFB scheme. Moreover, changing the period of the interference pattern by adjusting the setting angle of the Koster prism enables us to vary the oscillation wavelength around 600 nm.     

硼酸盐聚合物层数对表面等离子共振谱葡萄糖浓度测量的影响

在表面等离子共振谱(surface plasmon resonance, SPR)葡萄糖浓度测量中,引入一种全新的能够特异性吸附葡萄糖分子的硼酸盐聚合物PAA-ran-PAAPBA,实现了葡萄糖浓度的特异性检测。采用层层自组装的方法分别在SPR传感器表面绑定6层和12层硼酸盐聚合物,研究了聚合物层数对葡萄糖浓度测量效果的影响。分别在浓度范围1~10 mg·dL-1(浓度间隔Δ=1 mg·dL-1)、10~100 mg·dL-1(浓度间隔Δ=10 mg·dL-1)、100~1 000 mg·dL-1(浓度间隔Δ=100 mg·dL-1)内进行实验,实验数据采用二次曲线进行拟合,得到折射率差值ΔRU和葡萄糖浓度之间的拟合度。实验结果显示在前两个较小葡萄糖浓度范围内绑定有12层聚合物传感器的测量效果要明显好于6层聚合物,在第三个较大葡萄糖浓度范围内聚合物层数的影响并不明显,表明在小浓度范围内增加聚合物绑定层数可以改善葡萄糖测量效果。     

聚合物减阻对多相流传热的影响研究

本文采用内径为40 mm的API X52石油管,建立了包括水平管,倾斜上升管、倾斜下降管和垂直上升管等不同管型的实验回路,实验研究了不同管型中聚合物的减阻性能及其对多相流传热的影响,分析了多相流减阻率与传热降低率两者间的相互关系.研究发现,聚合物减阻对于多相流传热的影响,因不同的管道型态而具有不同的变化规律;减阻率为6...     

磷酸酯聚芴阴极界面修饰层对聚合物电致发光性能的影响

发展了基于稳定金属电极的阴极界面材料,对促进聚合物电致发光器件的产业化进程具有重要意义。侧链含磷酸酯功能基团的聚芴衍生物（PF-EP）是一种极性聚合物中性材料,能溶于乙醇等醇类溶剂,非常适合制备多层溶液加工型发光器件。除此之外,它结合稳定的金属Al电极能实现有效电子注入。本文以PF-EP在绿光聚芴发光器件中的应用为例,详细对比分析了两种基于PF-EP的阴极电极结构（PF-EP/LiF/Al和PF-EP/Al）的器件EL性能。结果显示,PF-EP/LiF/Al阴极结构具有更优异的电子注入能力。基于单电子器件和X射线光电子能谱,本文对这一高效电子注入结构的注入能力和注入机理进行了探讨。     

阳极缓冲层修饰对聚合物太阳能电池性能的影响

为提高聚合物太阳能电池的能量转换效率,将聚乙二醇(PEG)掺入PEDOT∶PSS阳极缓冲层,研究了阳极缓冲层修饰对聚合物太阳能电池性能的影响。首先研究了聚乙二醇对PEDOT∶PSS薄膜电导率的影响,发现PEG会与PEDOT和PSS相互作用,使得PEDOT链重新排布,有利于电荷载流子的传输,从而显著改善了PEDOT∶PSS薄膜的电导率,当PEDOT∶PSS中掺入体积分数为2%~4%的PEG时,可得到较大的电导率。然后,以PEG修饰的PEDOT∶PSS薄膜作为阳极缓冲层制备了聚合物太阳能电池,研究了PEG的掺入对聚合物太阳能电池性能的影响。实验发现,PEG改善的PEDOT∶PSS电导率有利于提高电池的短路电流密度和填充因子,从而改善了器件光伏性能。当PEDOT∶PSS中掺入体积分数为2%的PEG时,聚合物太阳能电池的能量转换效率最高,比未掺杂的器件提高了24.4%。     

用偏光显微术研究聚合物分散液晶压光效应膜

制备出大液晶微滴的具有压光效应的聚合物分散液晶膜,给出样品按压前后偏光显微镜对比照片.提出压缩液晶微滴模型,采用Fortran软件模拟计算了压光效应液晶微滴双折射透光率分布,用Origin软件作图,计算结果绘图与偏光显微镜图片一致.定义按压后液晶微滴圆球变扁球的扁平度,计算按压后序参数与扁平度的关系,说明按压作用使液晶...     

不同环境压强下溶剂退火对聚合物太阳能电池性能的影响

通过改变溶剂退火时的环境压强控制溶剂的蒸发速率,在不同压强下进行加压溶剂退火制备了基于聚-3己基噻吩:富勒烯衍生物(P3HT:PCBM)的体异质结聚合物太阳能电池。X射线衍射(XRD)、紫外-可见吸收光谱(UV-Vis)以及原子力显微镜(AFM)的测试结果表明,增大溶剂退火的环境气压改善了薄膜的结晶度,增强了有源层的光吸收,提高了P3HT和PCBM的相分离程度,更有利于激子的解离和载流子传输。与在常压下溶剂退火相比,在2.0 MPa压强下对有源层进行溶剂退火的器件的光电转换效率提高了29%,达到了3.69%。     

Effect on Intensity Correlation Time by Input Signal in a Single-Mode Laser with Bias Signal Modulation

The effect on intensity correlation time T by input signal is studied for gain-noise model of a single-mode laser driven by colored pump noise and colored quantum noise with colored cross-correlation with a bias signal modulation in this paper. By using the linear approximation method, we detect that there exists maximum (i.e., resonance) in the curve of the intensity correlation time T upon bias-current i0 when the noise correlation coefficient λ is positive; and there exists minimum (i.e., suppression) in the T-i0 curve when λ is negative. And when λ is zero, T increases monotonously with increasing i0. Furthermore, the curve of T upon the signal frequency Ω is also studied. Our study shows that no matter what the value ofλ is, there exists minimum (i.e., suppression) in the T-Ω curve.     

Effect on Intensity Correlation Time by Input Signal in a Single-Mode Laser with Bias Signal Modulation

The effect on intensity correlation time T by input signal is studied for gain-noise model of a single-mode laser driven by colored pump noise and colored quantum noise with colored cross-correlation with a bias signal modulation in this paper. By using the linear approximation method, we detect that there exists maximum （i.e., resonance） in the curve of the intensity correlation time T upon bias current io when the noise correlation coefficient λ is positive; and there exists minimum （i.e., suppression） in the T-io curve when λ is negative. And whenλ is zero, T increases monotonously with increasing io. Furthermore, the curve of T upon the signal frequency Ω is also studied. Our study shows that no matter what the value of λ is, there exists minimum （i.e., suppression） in the T-Ω curve.     

The Effect of Tonal Changes on Voice Onset Time in Mandarin Esophageal Speech

SUMMARY: The present study investigated the effect of tonal changes on voice onset time (VOT) between normal laryngeal (NL) and superior esophageal (SE) speakers of Mandarin Chinese. VOT values were measured from the syllables /pha/, /tha/, and /kha/ produced at four tone levels by eight NL and seven SE speakers who were native speakers of Mandarin. Results indicated that Mandarin tones were associated with significantly different VOT values for NL speakers, in which high-falling tone was associated with significantly shorter VOT values than mid-rising tone and falling-rising tone. Regarding speaker group, SE speakers showed significantly shorter VOT values than NL speakers across all tone levels. This may be related to their use of pharyngoesophageal (PE) segment as another sound source. SE speakers appear to take a shorter time to start PE segment vibration compared to NL speakers using the vocal folds for vibration.