整篇论文中详细介绍的研究旨在了解表面活性剂（作者将其称为高温乳化剂 (HEA)）作为蒸汽辅助重力泄油 (SAGD) 过程中的添加剂的效果。这项工作深入了解了表面活性剂在蒸汽沥青生产中形成水包油 (O/W) 乳液中的作用。新型高压/高温 (HP/HT) 视觉单元能够快速评估恢复过程，并更好地了解此类系统中的主动乳化机制。
作者进行了孔隙网络微观模型实验来分析乳化剂对 SAGD 过程的影响。将含有或不含优先乳化剂的热水注入82℃的沥青饱和微模型中。表面活性剂溶液可以去除侵入区域的残余油，并在未侵入区域扩散时形成O/W乳液。
实验装置包括高分辨率成像系统、灯箱、精密注射泵、沥青转移容器和 HP/HT 池（图 1）。
The study detailed in the complete paper aims at understanding the effect of a surfactant that the authors refer to as a high-temperature emulsifying agent (HEA) as an additive in the steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) process. The work provides insights into the role of surfactants in forming oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions in steam-based bitumen production. A novel high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) visual cell enables the rapid assessment of recovery processes and a better understanding of the active emulsifying mechanism in such a system.
The authors conducted a pore-network micromodel experiment to analyze the effect of emulsifiers on the SAGD process. Hot water, with and without a priority emulsifying agent, was injected into a bitumen-saturated micromodel at 82°C. The surfactant solution can remove the residual oil from the invaded zone and forms O/W emulsions as it spreads in uninvaded regions.
The experimental setup includes a high-resolution imaging system, a lightbox, a precision syringe pump, a bitumen-transfer vessel, and an HP/HT cell (Fig.
