电解质对聚合物分子尺寸、结构形态和渗流特性影响研究

利用动态光散射（DLS）、扫描电镜（SEM）、表观黏度和岩心流动实验等方法,研究了电解质对聚合物分子线团尺寸、结构形态和渗流特性的影响。结果表明,随电解质浓度增大,聚合物分子线团尺寸呈现“减小、增大和再减小”变化趋势。在Ca2+、Mg2+和Na+三种离子中,Ca2+和Mg2+离子对聚合物分子双电层压缩作用更强,因而对聚合物溶液黏度和线团尺寸及其分布影响更大。随着溶剂水电解质浓度的增加,聚合物分子结构形态逐渐由多层次立体无规网状向树枝状和支状转化。在聚合物驱后的后续水驱过程中,注入压力大小受滞留聚合物采出量和仍滞留聚合物分子线团膨胀两因素的影响。聚合物相对分子质量愈大,电解质对聚合物分子线团压缩或和膨胀作用愈强,后续水驱过程中压力升高幅度愈大。聚合物驱和后续水驱所用水的电解质浓度差异愈大,后续水驱阶段压力升高幅度愈大。因此在油田聚合物驱油方案设计时,建议适当增加聚合物驱和后续水驱所用水的电解质浓度差异,这对改善聚合物驱增油效果十分有利。

Experimental Study on the Molecular Dimension and Configuration of Polymer and Its Flow Characteristics from Electrolyte Effect

Molecular clew dimension and configuration of polymer, and flow characteristics of polymer solution were studied from electrolyte effect, by making use of dynamic light scattering (DLS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), apparent viscosity method and core flow experiment. It can be observed that with the electrolyte concentration increasing, there exists a variation trend of "decreasing, increasing and decreasing again" to the molecular clew dimension of the polymer. The compression action of Ca²⁺ or Mg²⁺ to the double electrode layer of polymer molecules is more powerful by comparison against Na⁺, which results in that Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ have a more extensive effect on the viscosity of polymer solution, and clew dimensions and their distribution. With the electrolyte concentration increasing, the polymer molecular configuration of multi‐layer stereoscopic random reticulation transformed into a dendritic one. During the succeeding water flooding, the variation degree of injection pressure of core was mainly determined by the swelling extent of molecular clew of retained polymer and the produced amount of polymer. And the bigger the molecular weight of polymer is, the stronger the compression or swelling action of electrolyte to the molecule clews is, and the greater the increasing degree of injection pressure during succeeding water flooding is. The greater difference of electrolyte concentrations in used water between polymer flooding and succeeding water flooding can result in greater increasing degree of injection pressure during the succeeding water flooding. So, an advisable increasing in difference of electrolyte concentrations in used water between the polymer flooding and succeeding water flooding was proposed when designing the polymer flooding performance in oilfields, which has promising result for improving effect of polymer flooding.