Table 2.
Research publications with experimental testing.
| Application | Reference | Study Overview |
|---|---|---|
| CO2 flooding | Wang et al. [95] | US application for oil–gas miscibility during CO2 flooding and extraction of tight oils |
| Hamidi et al. [36] | US-assisted CO2 flooding in a porous media, parameters optimization incl. temperature | |
| Enhanced diffusion of colloids | Yeh and Juarez [102] | US application for colloidal particles mobility increase of in porous media |
| EOR |
Qajar et al. [78] | Effect of US and solvent treatment on heavy oil rheology and asphaltene structure |
| Abdulfatah [1] | US as EOR using Niger Delta crude oil | |
| Agi et al. [10] | Acoustic parameters study for recovery of kerosene and paraffin | |
| Arabzadeh and Amani [20] | US as EOR by means of free fall gravity drainage | |
| Mohsin and Meribout [62] | Model for US as EOR | |
| Naderi and Babadagli [70] | Immiscible displacement processes under US waves | |
| Najafi [71] | US as EOR by means of free gravity drainage | |
| EOR from sludges | Lins et al. [53] | Study of US treatment combined with mechanical stirring for oil recovery from waste lubricant oil |
| Luo et al. [55] | Effect of US treatment on oil recovery from oily sludges | |
| He et al. [37] | US parameters study on EOR from sludges | |
| Gao et al. [27] | US waves on the oil components removal from oily sludge | |
| Formation damage |
Otumudia et al. [75] | Effect of ultrasound in removing plugging using glass models to simulate oil reservoirs |
| Ghamartale et al. [29] | Permeability and pore structure enhancement using US | |
| Wang and Huang [96] | Water-induced damage treatment using US and chemicals | |
| Khan et al. [44] | Permeability recovery on water-induced damaged cores using US | |
| Naderi and Babadagli [69] | Capillary interaction and EOR study using US waves on rocks | |
| Taherynia et al. [92] | Imbibition studies on limestone samples from Iranian fields | |
| Khan et al. [47] | Permeability recovery on damaged cores using chemicals and US | |
| Guo et al. [31] | Effect of US waves on fluid density, porosity and permeability | |
| Li et al. [49] | Effect of US on shale gas flow characteristics and gas production | |
| Mo et al. [58] | Colloidal precipitates removal using US and chemicals | |
| Karami et al. [42] | Condensate blockage removal using US treatment | |
| Ainuddin et al. [15] | Influence of US amplitudes on the removal of condensate in heterogeneous glass packs | |
| Khan et al. [45 ] | Removal of calcium carbonate in the near wellbore region | |
| Khan et al. [46] | Comparison of US and chemical to remove calcium carbonate plugs | |
| Pu et al. [77] | Removal of inorganic scale damage using US | |
| Zhang et al. [106] | Removal of calcium carbonate using US and chemical treatment | |
| Kunanz and Wolfel [48] | Scale removal using US treatment | |
| Xu and Bao [100] | Removal of asphaltene using US and chemicals | |
| Zhou and Wang [108] | Removal of paraffins using US and chemicals | |
| Otumudia et al. [73] | US parameters and rock pore geometry on asphaltene removal | |
| Rezaei Dehshibi et al. [82] | Study of effect of US treatment on asphaltene deposition | |
| Salehzadeh et al. [85] | Study of US effect of asphaltene aggregation and deposition | |
| Mousavi et al. [63] | US effect on rheological prop. and viscosity of heavy oils | |
| Wang et al. [99] | Effect of frequency on removing drilling fluid, paraffin deposition, polymer and inorganic scale plugs | |
| Surfactant flooding |
Agi et al. [14] | Paraffin recovery using US along with water and surfactant flooding enhancement and critical micelle concentration study |
| Hamidi et al. [34] | Effect of US on phase behavior of surfactant-brine-oil system | |
| Viscosity reduction | Tahmasebi Boldaji et al. [93] | US effect on heavy oil viscosity using mathematical and ANFIS models |
| Cui et al. [24] | Effect of metallic nickel particles addition in the US treatment process for increased cavitation | |
| Lv et al. [88] | Effect of US on the viscosity and pour point of crude | |
| Hua et al. [38] | Effect of US on the viscosity of heavy crude oil | |
| Rezaei Dehshibi et al. [81] | Study of the US assisted recovery of two crude oils with differences in viscosity (light and heavy oil) | |
| Shie et al. [87] | Application and mechanism of ultrasonic static mixer in heavy oil viscosity reduction | |
| Mullakaev et al. [68] | US effect on the viscosity and congelation temperature of crude oils with various compositions | |
| Hamidi et al. [35] | Effect of US on pressure drop and viscosity in porous media | |
| Razavifar and Qajar [80] | US effect on viscosity of oil with a high asphaltene concentration | |
| Aliev et al. [17] | US influence on rheological properties of heavy oil | |
| Rahimi et al. [79] | US effect on rheological behavior of extra heavy oil | |
| Wang et al. [98] | US effect on ultra-heavy oil viscosity reduction | |
| Waterflooding |
Alhomadhi et al. [16] | Effect of US on mobility of oil during waterflooding |
| Li et al. [50] | US-assisted waterflooding in low-permeability reservoirs | |
| Mohammadian et al. [60] | US-assisted waterflooding as oil recovery method | |
| Mohammadian et al. [61] | US-assisted waterflooding as oil recovery method | |
| Mohammadian et al. [59] | US effect on oil recovery in waterflooding | |
| Taheri Shakib et al. [90] | KCl scales removal using US-assisted waterflooding | |
| Taheri Shakib et al. [91] | NaCl scales removal using US-assisted waterflooding | |
| Nanotechnology | Agi et al. [13] | US assisted flooding and cavitation to enhance heavy oil recovery using empty fruit bunch SiO2 nanoparticles (EFBSNP) |
| Agi et al. [11] | US-assisted crystalline starch nanoparticles production w/ ascorbic acid |