Molecular Modeling of CO2 and n-Octane in Solubility Process and α-Quartz Nanoslit

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 11; p. 3045
• Main Authors: Pu, Jun, Qin, Xuejie, Gou, Feifei, Fang, Wenchao, Peng, Fengjie, Wang, Runxi, Guo, Zhaoli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Adsorption; Carbon dioxide; CO2-enhanced oil recovery; Computer simulation; Efficiency; Enhanced oil recovery; Flow velocity; Fluids; Hydrocarbons; minimum miscibility pressure; molecular dynamics simulation; n-octane; Oil shale; R&D; Research & development; α-quartz pore; Beijing China; China

After primary and secondary oil recovery, CO2-enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has become one of the most mentioned technologies in tertiary oil recovery. Since the oil is confined in an unconventional reservoir, the interfacial properties of CO2 and oil are different from in conventional reservoirs, and...