Evolutionary patterns of contact angle in CO2-water-oil-quartz system under temperature and pressure variations
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摘要:
CO2驱提高石油采收率技术(CO2-enhanced oil recovery,简称CO2-EOR)是兼顾增产与碳封存的关键技术,但深层高温高压砂岩储层中 CO2−水−油−岩石多相界面演化机制尚不明确,现有研究对温压协同、不同气相(CO2/N2)作用下润湿性变化规律缺乏系统对比,制约现场驱替参数优化。搭建高温高压可视化石英毛细管测试装置,以十六烷模拟地层原油,设置多梯度温度(25~200℃)、压力(5~30 MPa)工况,分别测定 CO2−水、水−十六烷两相及CO2/N2参与的三相体系接触角,结合界面张力、流体黏度演化规律分析润湿性调控机理。结果表明CO2−水接触角随温压小幅上升,水−十六烷接触角随升温显著降低、受压力影响微弱;气相组分可改变油水界面张力实现润湿性改造,CO2溶解降低原油粘度的调控作用强于 N2;温度 120~150℃是石英润湿性转变临界区间,超过该温度石英完全由油润湿转为水润湿;升温降低原油黏度、提升油相渗流能力,压力对流体物性影响有限。 高温更利于石英储层亲水转化,合理调控驱替温度可显著改善 CO2驱开采效果。本研究通过毛细管微观多相试验揭示温压与气相类型对界面接触角的耦合影响,可为深层石英砂岩油藏 CO2-EOR 温压制度优化提供试验支撑。
Abstract:ObjectiveCO2-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) serves as a vital technology that simultaneously realizes crude oil production increase and geological carbon sequestration. However, existing research lacks systematic comparative investigations on wettability evolution under coupled temperature-pressure conditions and different gas phases (CO2, N2) in deep high-temperature high-pressure sandstone reservoirs, and the interfacial evolution mechanism of the CO2-water-oil-quartz multiphase system remains unclear, which restricts the optimization of field injection-production parameters for CO2 flooding. This study carries out microscopic experimental research to clarify the coupling mechanism of contact angle and wettability controlled by temperature, pressure, and gas composition.
MethodsA high-temperature high-pressure visual quartz capillary experimental setup was constructed, with n-hexadecane adopted to simulate formation crude oil. Continuous temperature gradients ranging from 25℃ to 200℃ and pressure gradients from 5 MPa to 30 MPa were set up for testing. Contact angles of two-phase CO2-water, water-hexadecane systems, and three-phase systems filled with CO2 or N2 were measured separately. Combined with the variation patterns of interfacial tension and fluid viscosity, the internal control mechanism of gas composition on reservoir wettability was analyzed quantitatively.
ResultsThe test results indicated that the CO2-water contact angle increased slightly with the growth of temperature and pressure, while the water-hexadecane contact angle decreased remarkably with temperature rise and showed weak response to pressure variation. Gas injection could adjust oil-water interfacial tension to alter reservoir wettability, and CO2 exerted a stronger viscosity-reducing effect on crude oil than N2. The critical temperature range for complete wettability transition of quartz mineral was 120-150℃. Above this threshold, the quartz surface completely transformed from oil-wet to water-wet. Heating could effectively reduce crude viscosity and enhance the seepage capacity of oil phase, while pressure had a limited effect on the physical properties of oil and water fluids.
ConclusionHigher temperature facilitates the hydrophilic transformation of quartz matrix in sandstone reservoirs. Reasonable regulation of flooding temperature can greatly improve the recovery efficiency of CO2-EOR. This study innovatively conducts comparative micro-capillary experiments with CO2 and N2 as contrasting gas phases, and reveals the coupled controlling effect of temperature, pressure, and gas species on multiphase contact angle. The experimental conclusions can provide a reliable basis for optimizing temperature-pressure operation schemes for CO2 flooding in deep quartz sandstone oil reservoirs.
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Key words:
- multiphase contact angle /
- CO2-EOR /
- quartz reservoir /
- multiphase flow /
- wettability regulation /
- fluid viscosity
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表 1 试剂与器材
Table 1. Reagents and equipment
试剂/材料 纯度/规格 来源 二氧化碳(CO2) 99.99% 武汉明辉气体有限公司 正十六烷(C16H34) 99% 翁江化学试剂有限公司 去离子水 99.99% 武汉优普仪器设备有限公司 氢氧化钾溶液(KOH) 0.1mol/L 广东蒙科化学科技有限公司 毛细管 TSP300665,
TSP075200美国PolymicroTenchnologies公司 阀门 HIP 15-14AFI,
HIP 60-14AF2美国HIP公司 高压管线 1/16英寸 南通华兴石油仪器有限公司 冷热台 Linkam CAP500 英国Linkam公司 压力传感器 Setra 204D 美国Omega公司 真空干燥箱 DZF- 6050 上海一恒科学仪器有限公司 表 2 石英毛细管内接触角随温度变化数据
Table 2. Data of contact angle variation with temperature in quartz capillary
温度/(℃) 5 MPa 10 MPa 30 MPa 气−液接触角/(°) 液−液接触角/(°) 气−液接触角/(°) 液−液接触角/(°) 气−液接触角/(°) 液−液接触角/(°) 25 6.14 70.49 11.58 117.04 27.04 146.18 35 5.87 42.40 11.32 112.66 52.11 139.78 50 7.07 35.20 10.30 117.31 50.11 130.97 75 8.05 26.16 10.04 105.69 56.16 133.47 100 8.05 21.16 10.80 98.88 54.13 114.76 120 8.05 19.10 10.80 24.56 46.85 115.45 140 8.06 16.80 10.05 24.87 33.80 103.96 160 9.79 15.16 11.57 23.45 34.14 59.59 180 11.59 14.99 12.36 17.45 32.33 39.21 200 11.57 14.09 12.88 20.11 35.02 12.94 表 3 石英毛细管内接触角随压力变化数据
Table 3. Data of contact angle variation with pressure in quartz capillary
压力/MPa 25℃ 100℃ 160℃ 气−液接触角/(°) 液−液接触角/(°) 气−液接触角/(°) 液−液接触角/(°) 气−液接触角/(°) 液−液接触角/(°) 5 9.28 141.21 12.01 135.11 11.95 30.96 7 8.05 129.22 12.47 138.99 11.80 31.97 10 9.79 133.98 14.69 124.40 12.10 27.44 12 9.79 134.48 15.33 130.11 12.11 19.79 15 10.04 140.50 15.99 127.54 12.27 13.19 20 12.37 140.97 29.10 125.98 13.98 11.34 25 13.57 136.44 18.01 127.78 12.72 9.86 30 45.43 136.19 42.16 132.62 13.35 9.30 表 4 石英毛细管内接触角随温度变化(实验压力:10 MPa)
Table 4. Data of contact angle variation with temperature in quartz capillary
温度/(℃) 气液接触
角①/(°)液液接触
角②/(°)气液接触
角③/(°)液液接触
角④/(°)25 15.51 90.00 17.08 127.96 35 20.61 37.33 17.08 112.62 50 24.20 33.11 14.83 79.62 75 19.45 22.85 12.65 73.61 100 18.68 16.52 7.47 67.29 120 18.31 15.70 8.47 56.29 140 11.60 10.83 9.49 50.47 160 13.35 11.02 14.83 42.91 180 11.60 8.75 20.58 22.90 200 13.35 7.82 10.75 10.31 表 5 石英毛细管内接触角随压力变化(实验温度:100℃)
Table 5. Data of contact angle variation with pressure in quartz capillary
压力/MPa 气−液接触
角①/(°)液−液接触
角②/(°)气−液接触
角③/(°)液−液接触
角④/(°)2 11.18 30.76 11.58 26.11 5 13.08 35.94 11.58 42.30 7 14.18 33.72 10.53 53.24 10 13.01 35.25 12.65 64.04 12 12.66 37.09 15.95 73.66 15 12.83 37.79 15.95 81.37 20 12.13 39.42 15.95 86.10 30 13.89 41.56 17.08 88.97 -
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