Key words: ammonium nitrate, organic ammonium nitrate, watered oil deposits, supercritical state, binary mixtures
Thermodynamic aspects of innovative binary mixture (BM) technology for increasing of productivity of oil-bearing beds that provides with a substantial cut of oil well watering (compared to the conventional steam heating) are discussed. The inorganic and organic ammonium nitrates (NH4NO3
and HOCH2CH2NH3+NO3-, respectively) are comparatively examined as heat producing components of BM that also contains sodium nitrite as an initiator of nitrate decomposition. Effects of temperature and pressure onto the product distribution and heat evolution in ethanolammonium nitrate decomposition are evaluated. Calculations of parameters in a near-well space taking into account the heat capacity of the surrounding rock layer demonstrate that temperature and pressure can exceed their critical values for both water and main oil fractions. As a result, the conditions for the intense upward flow of water-oil fluid in an artificial gas-lift regime arise.
doi:10.1134/S1990793113070026