Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering

Volume 2, Issue 5 (May 2014)

ISSN Print: 2327-6045   ISSN Online: 2327-6053

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Stability Evaluation of Surfactant-Grafted Polyacrylamide Used in Oilfields by Evolution of Ammonia

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DOI: 10.4236/msce.2014.25003    3,271 Downloads   4,640 Views  

ABSTRACT

Surfactant-grafted Polyacrylamide (S-PAM) serves as a novel oil displacement agent in oilfield. The analysis on composition of S-PAM shows that due to its instability the harmful ammonia gas may be generated during the operation of S-PAM or high temperature. In this paper, stability of S-PAM was studied by measuring the ammonia release from solid and aqueous S-PAM at different temperatures. The results showed that ammonia release of the solid S-PAM was increased with raising temperature. The ammonia release from S-PAM produced by Haibo Company is more than one from Lianhua in the solid state. The ammonia emissions from Lianhua S-PAM are slightly higher than Haibo one in the solutions prepared by both clean water and oilfield water.

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Jiang, T. , Wang, B. and Wang, H. (2014) Stability Evaluation of Surfactant-Grafted Polyacrylamide Used in Oilfields by Evolution of Ammonia. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 2, 15-19. doi: 10.4236/msce.2014.25003.

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