Surface modification of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) films via environmental crazing

This work addresses the phenomenon of the development of a patterned surface relief on polymer films via different modes of environmental crazing. Commercial films of semicrystalline poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) and amorphous glassy poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) were subjected to tensile drawing in the presence of physically active liquid environments (carbon tetrachloride or aliphatic alcohols). The structure parameters and wettability of the modified films were studied by AFM, SEM, profilometer measurements and contact angle measurements. Environmental intercrystallite crazing of PTFE is accompanied by the development of an unstable structure with a high free surface, which experiences marked strain recovery upon unloading. As a result of the relief formation, PTFE hydrophobicity is enhanced (the water contact angle increases by 25°). Classical environmental crazing of PET films is accompanied by the formation of an anisotropic surface relief which is an assembly of crazes oriented perpendicular to the direction of tensile drawing, thus leading to the phenomenon of anisotropic wetting. The proposed approach for structural surface modification makes it possible to use the advantages of surface instability and spontaneous self‐organization of the polymer towards the development of a unique surface microrelief. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry     

Hydrogen wettability of clays: Implications for underground hydrogen storage

This study investigates the ability of hydrogen (H₂) to wet clay surfaces in the presence of brine, with implications for underground hydrogen storage in clay-containing reservoirs. Rather than measuring contact angles directly with hydrogen gas, a suite of other gases (carbon dioxide (CO₂), argon (Ar), nitrogen (N₂), and helium (He)) were employed in the gas-brine-clay system under storage conditions (moderate temperature (333 K) and high pressures (5, 10, 15, and 20 MPa)), characteristic of a subsurface environment with a shallow geothermal gradient. By virtue of analogies to H₂ and empirical correlations, wettabilities of hydrogen on three clay surfaces were mathematically derived and interpreted. The three clays were kaolinite, illite, and montmorillonite and represent 1:1, 2:1 non-expansive, and 2:1 expansive clay groups, respectively. All clays showed water-wetting behaviour with contact angles below 40° under all experimental set-ups. It follows that the presence of clays in the reservoir (or caprock) is conducive to capillary and/or residual trapping of the gas. Another positive inference is that any tested gas, particularly nitrogen, is suitable as cushion gas to maintain formation pressure during hydrogen storage because they all turned out to be more gas-wetting than hydrogen on the clay surfaces; this allows easier displacement and/or retrieval of hydrogen during injection/production. One downside of the predominant water wettability of the clays is the upstaged role of biogeochemical reactions at the wetted brine-clay/silicate interface and their potential to affect porosity and permeability. Water-wetting decreased from kaolinite as most water-wetting clay over illite to montmorillonite as most hydrogen-wetting clay. Their wetting behaviour is consistent with molecular dynamic modelling that establishes that the accessible basal plane of kaolinite's octahedral sheet is highly hydrophilic and enables strong hydrogen bonds whereas the same octahedral sheet in illite and montmorillonite is not accessible to the brine, rendering these clays less water-wetting.     

电场对竖直矩形微槽群润湿及表面温度的影响

微槽群在热流密度较大时会达到其毛细极限，可通过主动换热方式之一——电水动力学效应对其进行强化。本文为了研究电场对微槽群表面润湿特性和温度分布的影响，采用平板电极提供电场，蒸馏水作为工质，使用高速相机拍摄微槽内液体润湿长度，测量误差为2.97%～7.46%；使用红外热像仪拍摄电场作用下微槽群表面温度分布，测量误差为2.1%～2.39%。热流密度测量误差范围是9.66%～11.11%。结果表明：电场通过驱动微槽内流体向加热区域流动而提升其润湿性能，且较低热流密度下提升更好。因润湿性能的提升，微槽表面温度得以下降。随着电场增强，微槽横向温度分布的“波峰”、“波谷”差别加大，微槽纵向温度明显降低。当热流密度加大时，温降更为显著，1.4W/cm²热流密度、6kV电压下温降可达到30℃以上。温降的增加反映了电场对微槽的强化润湿进一步提升了微槽换热性能，且电场对较高热流情形下的微槽换热有着更为显著的强化效果。     

不同润湿表面液体沸腾的分子动力学模拟

采用分子动力学方法研究纳米尺度下液氩在过热基板上的沸腾过程。通过调节固液间相互作用的方式改变壁面润湿性，模拟并分析了壁面润湿性对沸腾过程中能量传递和液体运动情况的影响。结果表明：不同润湿性表面均会发生固液分离的现象，但是固体表面附近吸附的氩原子数密度随润湿性增强而增大；润湿性较强时，液体的能量上升快，热通量高，液体内部温度梯度大，发生固液分离时间早，系统中氩的温度和能量低，上升过程中液氩密度、厚度变化小；润湿性较弱时，液体的能量上升慢，热通量小，液体内部温度梯度小，发生固液分离时间延后，系统中氩的温度、能量更高，上升过程中液氩密度、厚度变化较大。下部气体压力整体上大于上部气体压力，发生固液分离时润湿性越强的表面上液体上下压差越大，首次上升过程能达到的高度越高，所需时间越短。     

油藏中分散非连续残余油膜的驱替机理分析

水驱后的残余油膜将贴于孔隙壁面，为壁面边界层流体，处于三相界面的包围和共同作用下。目前的调研结果显示，油膜的组成及力学特性沿孔壁方向上是变化的。在化学驱过程中油膜不仅受到驱油剂的驱替作用。还受驱油剂／油界面张力、油／固体界面张力及驱油剂／固体界面张力的阻碍作用。由于油膜组成、力学特性及相间作用的复杂性．以往对油膜驱替机理的研究都是从微观实验的角度对现象作观察和定性解释。本文根据水驱后残余油膜在油藏孔隙中存在的特点，提出了油膜驱替的简化模型。基于油膜驱替的微观实验，采用数值方法从定量的角度分别计算了不同黏弹性驱油剂在不同的驱油剂／原油界面张力作用下对残余油膜的驱替效率。考察了驱油剂的流变性、驱油剂／油界面张力、驱替速度等因素对驱替不同厚度油膜的影响规律。进一步探讨了驱油剂／原油界面特性和流变性在驱替残余油中的综合作用。研究结果表明，驱油剂对油膜的驱替始于驱油剂／油界面，要同时克服驱油剂／油界面约束力和油膜的屈服应力。降低界面张力、增强驱油剂的黏弹性、增加驱替速度，有利于提高驱替残余油膜的驱替效率。适当增加驱油刑的黏弹性可以放宽驱替薄油膜时对超低界面张力的要求。图13参9。     

注水吞吐开发低渗透裂缝油藏探讨

室内油层岩心驱替实验研究结果表明，注水吞吐采油技术可发挥油层毛管力吸水排油作用，实现水驱，能有效地补充地层能量，恢复地层压力。通过多周期的注水吞吐开发，逐渐扩大水驱波厦半径，提高驱替效率。油层润湿性和渗透率是影响注水吞吐开发效果的主要因素。该技术简单易行，在头台油田实施后，效果十分显著，对同类油藏的开发真有指导意义。     

高温酸化助排剂HC2-1的研究

为了满足高温油藏和深井酸化作业残酸返排的需要，通过表面活性剂的筛选和复配研究，得到了高温酸化助排剂HC2—1。其性能评价结果表明，HC2—1具有使用浓度低、表面活性高的特点，在20％的HCI溶液中，当其浓度为50mg／L时，表面张力为20．7mN／m；具有良好的耐温性能，在180℃下恒温48h，HC2—1仍保持较高的表面活性；具有良好的耐盐能力，加有HC2—1的20％HCl溶液和CaCO3反应至HCl完全消耗，整个反应过程体系无新相生成且表面张力基本不变；可增大酸液体系的润湿角，进一步降低毛细管阻力，使酸液返排率由46％提高到97％，在促进酸液返排的同时与原油不发生乳化反应。     

T8钢－聚有机硅氧烷仿生减粘降阻复合涂层的特性

研究了Ｔ８钢－聚有机硅氧烷仿生减粘降阻复合涂层的表面润湿性、磨料磨损特性及对土壤的减粘降阻性能与金属材料相比，仿生复合涂层的表面憎水性显著提高，水在其表面上的接触角达９２°；与４５钢相比，其磨料磨损的体积相对耐磨系数为６３％，降阻率达１５．２２％～２２．２７％     

Effects of solvent and temperature on the coupling agent/epoxy resin interface

Increased wetting of the coupling agent/epoxy resin interface was observed when γ-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, polyfunctional aminosilane and γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane were applied respectively from methyllethylketone, dimethylformamide and water on woven glass cloths which had been cleaned at 300°C. However, when factory-applied coupling agents were burnt off the woven cloths and fresh coupling agents re-applied, it was found that the nature of the factory-applied coupling agent influenced subsequent wetting. Thinner glass fibres showed a greater improvement in wetting rate than thicker fibres in those solvents identified to be good for improved wettability, irrespective of the heat-cleaning temperature.