Location
Innovation Lab Atrium
Start Date
4-3-2025 10:00 AM
End Date
4-3-2025 11:30 AM
Presentation Date
3 April 2025, 10:00am - 11:30am
Biography
Maryam Sharifi Paroushi is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on polymer gel technologies for CO₂ conformance control in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). She specializes in developing CO₂-resistant hydrogels to enhance sweep efficiency, addressing critical challenges in sustainable energy and climate change mitigation. Maryam has extensive experience in polymer synthesis, rheological studies, and high-pressure CO₂ testing and collaborates with industry partners to advance practical applications of her work. She has presented at international conferences, including the AIChE Annual Meeting. Beyond her research, Maryam is passionate about technology commercialization and sustainable energy solutions.
Meeting Name
2025 - Miners Solving for Tomorrow Research Conference
Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Document Type
Poster
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
event
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2025 The Authors, All rights reserved
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Enhancing CO₂ Sweep and Storage Efficiency: Development and Evaluation of a Hydrogel for CO₂ Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery
Innovation Lab Atrium
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Advisor: Baojun Bai
Abstract:
Combining carbon capture and utilization (CCU) with enhanced oil recovery (EOR) reduces CO₂ emissions while increasing oil extraction. However, controlling CO₂ movement in reservoirs remains challenging. Hydrogels offer a promising solution but face issues like degradation in acidic CO₂ environments, low thermal stability, and poor gelation kinetics. Traditional gels struggle under extreme reservoir conditions, limiting long-term CO₂ storage and EOR effectiveness. This study develops a CO₂-resistant polymer gel using sulfonated HPAM (AN125) crosslinked with chromium, enhancing stability in acidic and high-temperature conditions. By optimizing polymer concentration, molecular weight, crosslinker ratio, ionic strength, and pH, the gel achieves controllable gelation, offering a reliable conformance control strategy for improved CO₂-EOR and long-term storage.