HU Jinghua; LIU Yuzhang; BAI Baojun; LI Liangxiong and Cost JeanPau
, 2002, 29(4): 421-0.
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In water shut-off operations, the polymer solution and the crosslinker are currently mixed into surface facilities just before to be injected through the production or injection well and then inside the reservoir. Therefore, the crosslinking system is always subjected to shear stresses while gelling, so, the process of the crosslinking under shear should be studied. This paper reports a theoretical and experimental investigation of the process of the crosslinking under shear. The proposed theory describes the crosslinking under shear as a four successive steps process, and a solution of monodispersed microgels is obtained at the end of the final step. New experimental data, obtained by using a low toxicity crosslinking system, i.e. a weakly hydrolyzed and sulfonated polyacrylamide together with Al3+ are reported, the authors of this paper also analyzed the effects of Al3+ concentration, pH, rheometer gap and applied shear rate to the crosslinking system under shear, found that the final shear viscosity, the characteristic time Tg are all influenced by the shear rate, therefor new monodispersed microgel can be prepared under the proper condition under shear.