A review of the viscosity of carbon dioxide expanded liquids in enhanced oil recovery

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Abstract The global warming issue caused by the greenhouse effect has attracted much attention over the past few years. Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is considered the most important greenhouse gas. China has committed to the international community to reach carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. The CO₂-EOR (CO₂ enhanced oil recovery) technology can not only reduce CO₂ emissions, but also expand the crude oil, reduce the viscosity of the crude oil, and enhance the fluidity of the crude oil to improve the oil recovery efficiency. Therefore, a full understanding of the transfer characteristics of CO₂-expanded liquids (CXLs) is very important for the utilization of CO₂-EOR technology. This paper provides a literature review of the research on the viscosity of carbon dioxide expanded liquids systems, including the experiment equipment, experimental data, and calculation models. The non-contact viscosity measurement methods such as surface light scattering have recently attracted more attention. And, there were many available experimental data for the CO₂-n-decane and CO₂-n-tetradecane binary systems while few data for CO₂-n-alkane multi-system, CO₂-cycloalkane, CO₂-aromatic hydrocarbon, and CO₂-cosolvent systems. This paper also describes the use of Eyring’s absolute reaction theory for calculating the viscosity of CXLs.

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	FANG Yuan
	GAO Yahui
	GONG Yanling
	XIA Shuqian

Keywords： CO₂-expanded liquids CO₂ enhanced oil recovery viscosity

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FANG Yuan, GAO Yahui, GONG Yanling, XIA Shuqian.A review of the viscosity of carbon dioxide expanded liquids in enhanced oil recovery[J] Chemcial Industry and Engineering, 2024,V41(1): 90-102

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