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AssigneesSaudi Arabian Oil Company, Aramco Innovations LLC
InventorsIaroslav Rybkin, Maxim Orlov, Qasim Sahu
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A system and method are described for making a proppant. The system includes a plurality of pumps for a first solution with an emulsion stabilizer, a matrix polymer, and a monomer; a second solution with an initiator, and a plant-based filler. The system includes a microfluidic device with a plurality of channels that receive the solutions, at least one channel junction where the solutions mix to form an emulsion, and a collecting zone. The process includes dissolving a matrix polymer, an emulsion stabilizer, and a monomer in a solvent to form a first solution and dissolving an initiator in another solvent to form a second solution, then adding a plant-based filler to the first or second solution, then feeding the solutions to a microfluidic device to form an emulsion, polymerizing the emulsion to form a proppant, and collecting the proppant.
A system for making a proppant, the system comprising:
A process of preparing a proppant, the process comprising:
A treatment fluid comprising a plurality of proppants each comprising a plant-based filler, a matrix polymer, and a monomer, wherein the plurality of proppants has a narrow size distribution,
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