A critical review of the CO2 huff 'n'puff process for enhanced heavy oil recovery

X Zhou, Q Yuan, X Peng, F Zeng, L Zhang - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Heavy oil resources have become increasingly important in recent years due to a reduction
in light oil production and an increase in energy consumption. A large number of heavy oil …

[HTML][HTML] Improved pressure decay method for measuring CO2-water diffusion coefficient without convection interference

E Basilio, M Addassi, M Al-Juaied… - Advances in Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) storage in deep aquifers is a promising solution to mitigate
anthropogenic CO 2 emissions. CO 2 solubility in brine results in a non-buoyant phase …

A new prediction model of CO2 diffusion coefficient in crude oil under reservoir conditions based on BP neural network

H Chen, Y Wang, M Zuo, C Zhang, N Jia, X Liu, S Yang - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Diffusion is the key mechanism of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) by CO 2 injection in
unconventional oil reservoirs. The accurate measurement of the diffusion coefficient in …

CO2 Diffusion and Dispersion in Porous Media: Review of Advances in Experimental Measurements and Mathematical Models

MG Rezk, J Foroozesh, A Abdulrahman… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
CO2 molecular diffusion in subsurface porous media is one of the key mechanisms in high-
pressure–high-temperature CO2 geosequestration and CO2-based enhanced oil recovery …

Measurements of molecular diffusion coefficients of carbon dioxide, methane, and propane in heavy oil under reservoir conditions

AK Tharanivasan, C Yang, Y Gu - Energy & fuels, 2006 - ACS Publications
In this paper, the so-called pressure decay method is applied to measure the molecular
diffusivities of carbon dioxide, methane, and propane in heavy oil. In the experiment, a …

Diffusion coefficients and oil swelling factors of carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, propane, and their mixtures in heavy oil

C Yang, Y Gu - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2006 - Elsevier
In this paper, a newly developed dynamic pendant drop volume analysis (DPDVA) method
is applied to measure the diffusion coefficients and oil swelling factors of four pure solvents …

Diffusivity of CO2 in H2O: A Review of Experimental Studies and Molecular Simulations in the Bulk and in Confinement

HM Polat, FM Coelho, TJH Vlugt… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
An in-depth review of the available experimental and molecular simulation studies of CO2
diffusion in H2O, which is a central property in important industrial and environmental …

Development of graphical methods for estimating the diffusivity coefficient of gases in bitumen from pressure-decay data

H Sheikha, M Pooladi-Darvish, AK Mehrotra - Energy & fuels, 2005 - ACS Publications
New graphical techniques are presented for estimating the diffusivity coefficient (or mass
diffusivity) of CO2, CH4, and N2 in highly viscous bitumens from pressure-decay data. These …

Constant-pressure technique for gas diffusivity and solubility measurements in heavy oil and bitumen

SR Etminan, BB Maini, Z Chen, H Hassanzadeh - Energy & Fuels, 2010 - ACS Publications
A modified pressure decay method has been designed and tested for more reliable
measurements of molecular diffusion coefficients of gases into liquids. Unlike the …

Determination of Diffusion Coefficient for Alkane Solvent–CO2 Mixtures in Heavy Oil with Consideration of Swelling Effect

S Zheng, HA Li, H Sun, D Yang - Industrial & Engineering …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A generalized methodology has been developed and successfully applied to determine
diffusion coefficient of alkane solvent–CO2–heavy oil systems with consideration of swelling …