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Preparation and investigation of the physical and chemical properties of clay-based polyacrylamide/Cr (III) hydrogels as a water shut-off agent in oil reservoirs

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The effects of clay (montmorillonite and kaolinite) in the hydrogels were investigated on various properties such as syneresis and strength of thermal and salinity situations in one of the southern Iranian oil reservoirs. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns exhibited a significant increase in interplanar spacing between the montmorillonite clay layers, varying from the initial value of 12.43 °A to 19.45 °A, which evidences the intercalation formation. It was revealed that even increasing of the interlayer spacing due to kaolinite modification had no effect on the clay compositions. Formation water was used to study the strength of the hydrogel in the presence of ions. The results indicated that 15 wt% increase of kaolinite clay (modified and non-modified) leads to 20% decrease of the hydrogels’ syneresis. The diffusion of polymer chains between the clay layers increased the elastic modulus (G′) of the prepared hydrogels with modified kaolinite and montmorillonite, where the maximum value of G’ was observed in 3 wt% of montmorillonite. Finally, the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) indicated an increase in the thermal stability of the mentioned hydrogels.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah Branch, P. O. Box 6718997551, Kermanshah, Iran

    Farhad Salimi

  2. Chemical Engineering Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal Ale Ahmad Highway, P. O. Box 14155-143, Tehran, Iran

    Mohsen Vafaie Sefti

  3. School of Chemical, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Semnan University, P. O. Box 35195-363, Semnan, Iran

    Majid Rafipoor

  4. Polymer Science and Technology Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), P. O. Box 14665-137, Tehran, Iran

    Khosrow Jarrahian & Seyyed Saeed Ghorashi

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Salimi, F., Sefti, M.V., Jarrahian, K. et al. Preparation and investigation of the physical and chemical properties of clay-based polyacrylamide/Cr (III) hydrogels as a water shut-off agent in oil reservoirs. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 31, 986–993 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-014-0023-5

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