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Krunal M. Gangawane is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India. He holds a Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2015. His current area of research is magneto-convection, nanofluidics, enhanced oil recovery, aerogels, etc. He has more than 20 publications in journals of repute. He had a research collaboration with the Firat University (Turkey), Ghent University (Belgium), and King Saud University (Saudi Arabia) on the topic of 'Convection heat transfer in enclosed bodies for different fluids.' He is also the recipient of the ISRO ESPOND sponsored project in March 2020.

Abhishek Kumar is a Ph.D. student of Chemical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, India. He graduated in Chemical Engineering (B.Tech.) from Monad University in 2014. Later, he received his M.Tech. Degree in Chemical Engineering from C.V. Raman College of Engineering & Technology, Bhubaneshwar, in 2018. His Ph.D. research is based on hybrid ferrofluids for energy and environmental applications; their focus area is enhanced oil recovery using hybrid ferrofluids.

Klappentext

The book presents an in-depth analysis of the various nanotechnologies that have been developed and their potential application in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) backed by case studies.

Inhalt

1. Overview of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) 2. Fundamentals of Nanotechnology for EOR 3. Wettability Alteration and Interfacial Tension Reduction in EOR 4. Factors Affecting Nanofluids by Nanotechnology for Enhanced Oil Recovery 5. Nanoparticle Assisted Foam for Enhanced Oil Recovery 6. Functional Groups and Functionalized Nanoparticles in EOR Techniques 7. Effects of Silica Nanoparticles Coupled with Low Salinity Water on Oil Recovery in a Part of Upper Assam Basin, India 8. Case Studies of EOR by Using Nanoparticles 9. Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oil Recovery 10. CFD of Fluid Flow for EOR Using Nanoparticles 11. Simulation of Nanoparticle Assisted Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Coupled Multiphase Fluid Flow and Nanoparticle Transport Model 12. Optimisation of Parameters for Enhanced Oil Recovery and the Role of Nanotechnology 13. Nanotechnology in Enhanced Oil Recovery: Challenges and Future Directions Index