About This Special Issue
The future of oil and gas industries needs to adapt themselves to newer technologies such as Membrane technology. Background of polypropylene membranes obtained by MEAUS: The works of Ajji and co-workers (Polytechnique de Montréal), 2007-2014, The research group of Lei Caihong et al. 2013-2016, The research group of Nakamura and co-workers, 1993-1998, The work of Ajji and co-workers, 2014. Hydrophilic modification of polypropylene microporous membranes by grafting TiO2 nanoparticles with acrylic acid groups on the surface, the work of Kian Habibi et al. Development and characterization of mineral-filled (calcium carbonate or talc) polypropylene porous membranes obtained by extrusion, 2015-2018.
Goals to tackle are given:
- (1)Mini-reactors for the generation of high value-added production Oils & Gas and Energy
- The MIRARI Project aims to introduce the Process Intensification concept to produce high-added value products for two industrial sectors: Oil & Gas and Energy & Mobility.
- (2)Biogas membrane reformer for decentralized H2 production
- BIONICO will demonstrate the membrane reactor at a much larger scale, so that more than 100 membranes will be implemented in a single fluidized bed membrane reactor. In this way an easier operation can be carried out so that a stable pure hydrogen production can be achieved.
- (3)Advanced Membranes and membrane assisted processes for pre- and post- combustion CO2 capture
- The key objective of the MEMBER project is the scale-up and manufacturing of advanced materials (membranes and Sorbents) and their demonstration at TRL6 in novel membrane-based technologies that outperform current technology for pre- and post-combustion CO2 capture in power plants as well as H2 generation with integrated CO2 capture.
Reservoir simulation
- (1)Gridding in reservoir simulation
- (2)Upscaling of grid properties in reservoir simulation
Reservoir simulation applications are:
- (1)Relative permeability models
- Permeability determination
- Disproportionate permeability reduction
- Permeability of a layer
- (2)Permeability barrier
- Geomechanics in reservoir simulation
- Isotropic elastic properties of minerals
- In-situ stress EOR cases
- Methods to determine pore pressure
Reservoir Characterization
- (1)DNA fingerprinting for reservoir characterization
- (2)Pore pressure prediction using seismic
- (3)Acoustic velocity dispersion and attenuation
Keywords:
- Membrane technology
- EOR
- Gas Removal
- Gas-Lifting
- Reservoir characterization
- MEAUS (Melt extrusion annealing uniaxial stress)
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