TY  - EJOU
AU  - Hasan, Muayad M. 
AU  - Al-Zuhairi, Firas K. 
AU  - Sadeq, Anfal H. 
AU  - Azeez, Rana A. 

TI  - Assessment of Nanoparticle-Enriched Solvents for Oil Recovery Enhancement
T2  - Fluid Dynamics \& Materials Processing

PY  - 2023
VL  - 19
IS  - 11
SN  - 1555-2578

AB  - Solvents are generally used to reduce the viscosity of heavy crude oil and ultimately enhance oil recovery.
Recently, a new method has been introduced where nanoparticles (NPs) are exploited to induce enhanced oil
recovery owing to their ability to improve the mobility ratio, dampen the interfacial tension, and alter rock wettability. This study investigated the integration of nano-alumina (Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) NPs with an n-hexane solvent. In particular, a Brookfield viscometer has been used to measure the crude oil viscosity and it has been found that NPs can
effectively lead to a significant decrease in the overall oil viscosity (70 cp using the solvent only, 45 cp when NPs
are added).
KW  - Nanotechnology; viscosity reduction; organic solvents; degree of viscosity reduction (DVR); enhanced oil recovery (EOR)

DO  - 10.32604/fdmp.2023.027746