期刊
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
卷 252, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.117275
关键词
Wettability; Ion-Bridging; Rock surface; Molecular dynamics; Oil recovery
资金
- National Nat-ural Science Foundation of China [51876169, 52111530037]
This study reveals the effects of ions on the oil-water wettability of rock surfaces and provides molecular insights into the mechanism of wettability alteration under ion-bridging interactions.
We reveal the effects of ions on the oil-water wettability of rock surfaces, which originally adsorb polar molecules via ion-bridging interactions. The ion-induced oil-water wettability alteration is instead revealed by using molecular dynamics simulations, owing to the difficult in the realization of ion bridging interactions in a hydrated water film in experiments. The results show that the spontaneous displacement of Ca2+ ions in water film by Na+ ions in bulk water phase can weaken the ion-bridging effect and accordingly the rock surface becomes more water-wet. A maximum decrease of approximately 20 degrees in the water contact angle is observed in a period of 30 ns at 0.5 mol/L of Na+ ions. The displacement is guaranteed because smaller Na+ ions can easily embed into silica structure and subsequently weaken the electronegativity of rock surfaces. This study gives a molecular insight of the mechanism of wettability alteration on rock surfaces under ion-bridging interactions. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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