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For successful underwater electromagnetic (EM) wave operation, knowledge is required of the wave propagation properties of seawater overall distances both short and long. This paper presents a novel application of EM wave propagation through seawater, in the field of nano-EOR by manipulating the nanoparticle characteristics under EM waves. For this purpose, a solenoid-based 167 MHz transmitter is designed, simulated, and fabricated in the laboratory and has been studied in two steps under air, tap water, and salt water as a transmission medium. Firstly, a laboratory-scale model was simulated by using computer simulation technology (CST) to test the designed solenoid under different background media, whereas in second step, these simulation results were validated experimentally using a scale tank with a scale factor of 4360. It is noted that the solenoid has been best to propagate at an optimum applied voltage of 1.5 V in salt water. The comparative results at 1.5 V show that the magnitude of the EM waves was found to deviate up to 8.23 % in salt water, while it deviates by 21.3 and 44.3 % for tap water and air, respectively. This proved its suitability to employ in underwater EOR application.
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Adil, M., Zaid, H.M., Chuan, L.K., Latiff, N.R.A. (2016). Designing and Experimental Validation of an Electromagnetic Setup at MHz Frequency Under Different Propagation Media. In: Soh, P., Sulaiman, H., Othman, M., Abd. Aziz, M., Abd Malek, M. (eds) Theory and Applications of Applied Electromagnetics. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 379. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30117-4_4
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