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The Viscosity of Aqueous Alkali-Chloride Solutions up to 623 K, 1,000 bar, and High Ionic Strength

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An accurate viscosity (dynamic viscosity) model is developed for aqueous alkali-chloride solutions of the binary systems, LiCl–H2O, NaCl–H2O, and KCl–H2O, from 273 K to 623 K, and from 1 bar to 1,000 bar and up to high ionic strength. The valid ionic strengths for the LiCl–H2O, NaCl–H2O, and KCl–H2O systems are 0 to 16.7 mol · kg−1, 0 to 6 mol · kg−1, and 0 to 4.5 mol · kg−1, respectively. Comparison of the model with about 4,150 experimental data points concludes that the average absolute viscosity deviation from experimental data in the above range is within or about 1 % for the LiCl–H2O, NaCl–H2O, and KCl–H2O mixtures, indicating the model is of experimental accuracy. With a simple mixing rule, this model can be extrapolated to predict the viscosity of ternary aqueous alkali-chloride solutions, making it useful in reservoir fluid flow simulation. A computer code is developed for this model and can be obtained from the author: (maoshide@cugb.edu.cn).

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Abbreviations

m :

Molality (mol · kg−1) of alkali-chloride in liquid phase

P :

Total pressure in bar

T :

Absolute temperature in kelvin

η r :

Relative viscosity

η sol :

Viscosity of solutions in Pa · s

\({\eta _{{\rm H}_2{\rm O}}}\) :

Viscosity of pure water in Pa · s

η mix :

Viscosity of ternary aqueous alkali-chloride solutions

ρ sol :

Density of aqueous salt-chloride solutions in g · cm−3

\({\rho _{{\rm H}_2{\rm O}}}\) :

Density of pure water in g · cm−3

a i , b i , c i , d i :

Parameters

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Mao, S., Duan, Z. The Viscosity of Aqueous Alkali-Chloride Solutions up to 623 K, 1,000 bar, and High Ionic Strength. Int J Thermophys 30, 1510–1523 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-009-0646-7

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