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Investigate Effects of Microstructures on Nanoconfined Water Flow Behaviors from Viscous Dissipation Perspectives

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The nanoscale effects of solid–fluid molecular interactions on the nanoconfined fluid flow have received increasing attention in science and engineering. Additionally, due to the complex microstructures of porous media, the nanoconfined fluid flow behaviors will be more complicated. In this paper, we comprehensively use theoretical analysis and lattice Boltzmann simulations with a new slip curved boundary condition to study the microstructures and molecular interaction effects on nanoconfined water flow. The viscous dissipation rate caused by the entrance effect (streamlines bending), and the nanoscale effects of the slip boundary and the varying interfacial water viscosity caused by molecular interactions are considered and discussed. The results show that the entrance viscous dissipation rate can result in the negative effects near the pore entrance and exit because of the bending streamlines. The increasing entrance viscous dissipation rate can make the enhancement factor approach to 1 by weakening the nanoscale effects. With an increasing contact angle, the entrance viscous dissipation rate causes the main pressure drop and gradually dominates the overall water flow. As nanoscale effects enhance the water flow capacity, the enhancement factor decreases to near 1 with an increasing porous media size because of the decreasing nanoscale effects. As nanoscale effects weaken the water flow capacity, due to the different decreasing effects of the slip length and interfacial water viscosity, the enhancement factor decreases first and then increases to near 1. Our work can guide for studying the oil/water flow in unconventional reservoirs and provide microscopic basics to design artificial nanopores with excellent performance.

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This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51974348, 51804328), The National Science and Technology Major Project of China (ZD2019-183-007), Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation (ZR2018BEE008, ZR2018BEE018), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (18CX02168A), and Graduate Innovative Engineering project (YCX2020023).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao, 266580, People’s Republic of China

    Han Wang, Yuliang Su & Wendong Wang

  2. School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People’s Republic of China

    Han Wang, Yuliang Su & Wendong Wang

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

    Rui Qiao

  4. Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Company, Dongying, 257001, People’s Republic of China

    Jiandong Wang

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Wang, H., Su, Y., Qiao, R. et al. Investigate Effects of Microstructures on Nanoconfined Water Flow Behaviors from Viscous Dissipation Perspectives. Transp Porous Med 140, 815–836 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01614-1

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