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Evaluation of silicone fluids and resins as CO2 thickeners for enhanced oil recovery using a computational and experimental approach

dc.contributor.authorGallo Jiménez, Gonzalo Augusto
dc.contributor.authorErdmann, Eleonora
dc.contributor.authorCavasotto, Claudio N.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-01T16:01:46Z
dc.date.available2022-06-01T16:01:46Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstract"CO2 thickeners have the potential to be a game changer for enhanced oil recovery, carbon capture utilization and storage, and hydraulic fracturing. Thickener design is challenging due to polymers’ low solubility in supercritical CO2(scCO2) and the difficulty of substantially increasing the viscosity of CO2. In this contribution, we present a framework to design CO2 soluble thickeners, combining calculations using a quantum mechanical solvation model with direct laboratory viscosity testing. The conductor-like polarizable continuum model for solvation free-energy calculations was used to determine functional silicone and silsesquioxane solubilities in scCO2. This method allowed for a fast and efficient identification of CO2-soluble compounds, revealing silsesquioxanes as more CO2-philic than linear polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), the most efficient non-fluorinated thickener know to date. The rolling ball apparatus was used to measure the viscosity of scCO2 with both PDMS and silicone resins with added silica nanoparticles. Methyl silicone resins were found to be stable and fast to disperse in scCO2 while having a significant thickening effect. They have a larger effect on the solution viscosity than higher-molecular-weight PDMS and are able to thicken CO2 even at high temperatures. Silicone resins are thus shown to be promising scCO2 thickeners, exhibiting enhanced solubility and good rheological properties, while also having a moderate cost and being easily commercially attainable."en
dc.identifier.issn2470-1343
dc.identifier.urihttp://ri.itba.edu.ar/handle/123456789/3904
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/reference/doi/10.1021/acsomega.1c03660
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectNANOPARTICULASes
dc.subjectPOLIMEROS ORGANICOSes
dc.subjectSILICONASes
dc.subjectVISCOSIDADes
dc.subjectSOLUBILIDADes
dc.titleEvaluation of silicone fluids and resins as CO2 thickeners for enhanced oil recovery using a computational and experimental approachen
dc.typeArtículos de Publicaciones Periódicases
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dspace.entity.typeArtículo de Publicación Periódica
itba.description.filiationFil: Gallo Jiménez, Gonzalo Augusto. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina.
itba.description.filiationFil: Erdmann, Eleonora. Universidad Nacional de Salta; Argentina.
itba.description.filiationFil: Erdmann, Eleonora. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
itba.description.filiationFil: Cavasotto, Claudio N. Universidad Austral; Argentina.
itba.description.filiationFil: Cavasotto, Claudio N. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.

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