DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF A NEW THERMO-

RESPONSIVE POLYMER THROUGH INDUCED

RADIATION POLYMERIZATION TO ENHANCE
SWEEP EFFICIENCY IN HETEROGENEOUS
RESERVOIRS

by
Islam Mohamed
UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF PROFESSOR ATTIA
M. ATTIA
 Polymer Flooding

Introductio Problems with Polymer

Flooding
n
Thermal High Salinities Expensive
Degradation Pumping
Equipment
What is a thermo-
responsive polymer ?
Rheological
properties of some
types of Thermo-
responsive
polymers

(Maddinelli, Bartosek,
Carminati and Moghadasi,
2020)
How this Polymer Solves the challenges
faced by conventional polymers

Thermal Degradation

High Salinities

Expensive Pumping Equipment

Work-Flow
 Chemicals Selection
Acrylamide

Meth-acrylamide

Poly(ethylene Glycol)
Radiation Induced
Polymerization
Radiation Induced Polymerization

Ease of process control

No need for crosslinkers that can be harmful and difficult to remove

No generation of waste

Polymerization Can Occur in the solid state

Relatively low run costs

Research
Findings
Visual Cloud Point Test
 Cloud Point Test For the Composite at 0.3 wt.%
concentration and 200000 ppm of NaCl
6

5 s ity
f V isco
to
Poin ase
4 Incre
Viscosity (CP)

0
35 45 55 65 75 85 95 105
Temperature (°C)
Thank You
Any Questions ?
 References
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