Nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted great attention in
the tertiary
oil recovery process due to their unique properties. As an economical
and efficient green synthesis method, biosynthesized nanoparticles
have the advantages of low toxicity, fast preparation, and high yield.
In this study, with the theme of biotechnology, for the first time,
the bio-nanoparticles reduced by iron-reducing bacteria were compounded
with the biosurfactant produced by Bacillus to form
a stable bio-nano flooding system, revealing the oil flooding mechanism
and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) potential of the bio-nano flooding
system. The interfacial properties of the bio-nano-oil displacement
system were studied by interfacial tension and wettability change
experiments. The enhanced oil recovery potential of the bio-nano-oil
displacement agent was measured by microscopic oil displacement experiments
and core flooding experiments. The bio-nano-oil displacement system
with different nanoparticle concentrations can form a stable dispersion
system. The oil–water interfacial tension and contact angle
decreased with the increase in concentration of the bio-nano flooding
system, which also has a high salt tolerance. Microscopic oil displacement
experiments proved the efficient oil displacement of the bio-nano-oil
displacement system and revealed its main oil displacement mechanism.
The effects of concentration and temperature on the recovery of the
nano-biological flooding system were investigated by core displacement
experiments. The results showed that the recovery rate increased from
4.53 to 15.26% with the increase of the concentration of the system.
The optimum experimental temperature was 60 °C, and the maximum
recovery rate was 15.63%.