O carvão mineral apresenta-se como uma importante alternativa para geração termoelétrica no Brasil. Os carvões brasileiros, porém, são caracterizados por elevados teores de enxofre, e na sua combustão libera-se consideráveis de quantidades dióxido de enxofre. O processo de combustão em leito fluidizado apresenta-se particularmente adequado para a queima destes carvões, notadamente devido à possibilidade da utilização de absorventes calcários para remoção in loco do dióxido de enxofre produzido na combustão. Neste trabalho estudou-se a combustão em leito fluidizado atmosférico borbulhante de um carvão mineral beneficiado para uso termoelétrico denominado CE4500, procedente de Criciúma-SC. Para absorção de enxofre utilizou-se um calcário dolomítico procedente de Ipeúna-SP. Utilizou-se a planta piloto para combustão em leito fluidizado do Laboratório de Engenharia Térmica e Fluidos da EESC-USP, com câmara de combustão de 0,5 x 0,5 m de seção transversal e 3 m de altura. Ensaios foram realizados para diferentes velocidades de fluidização e relações (Ca+Mg)/S de alimentação. Concentrações de gases foram medidas ao longo da altura e da seção transversal do reator, permitindo verificar a homogeneidade do processo, além do efeito dos pontos de alimentação de carvão e calcário sobre esta homogeneidade. Determinou-se conversões e coeficientes globais de taxa de reação para a combustão do carvão e para a sulfatação do calcário. Avalia-se que os resultados obtidos representam uma significativa contribuição para auxílio ao projeto de reatores, e para a validação de modelos matemáticos de simulação. / Mineral coal stands as an important alternative for thermoelectric power generation in Brazil. Brazilian coals, however, are characterized by high sulfur contents, and significant amounts of sulfur dioxide are produced in its combustion. The fluidized bed combustion process is particularly suitable for burning those coals, notably due to the possibility of using limestone absorbents to in loco remove the sulfur dioxide produced in the combustion. In this work the atmospheric bubbling fluidized bed combustion of a mineral coal was studied, which is a benefited coal for thermoelectric use named CE4500, from Criciúma-SC. A dolomitic limestone from Ipeúna-SP was used for sulfur absorption. The pilot scale fludized bed combustion plant of the Laboratory of Thermal and Fluids Engineering of EESC-USP was used, which has a combustion chamber of 0.5 x 0.5 m of cross section and is 3 m high. Tests were performed for different fluidization velocities and (Ca+Mg)/S feed ratios. Gas concentrations were measured along the height and the cross section of the reactor, allowing to verify the process homogeneity, besides the effect of the coal and limestone feeding points over this homogeneity. Conversions and global reaction rates were determined for both coal combustion and absorption by limestone. It is evaluated that the results that were obtained represent a significant contribution regarding reactor design as well as modeling validation.

Submitted by Edineia Teixeira (edineia.teixeira@unioeste.br) on 2018-09-27T13:01:43Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Robson_Almeida__2018.pdf: 1766568 bytes, checksum: 32a39db59751d708199d8b0c7ff9aec8 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-27T13:01:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Robson_Almeida__2018.pdf: 1766568 bytes, checksum: 32a39db59751d708199d8b0c7ff9aec8 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-19 / The correction of soil acidity and fertility maintenance are essential factors to enhance the productive potential of crops. However, failures have been recurrent during the application process of these correctives and nutrients. This is due to poorly adjusted equipment problems, products to be applied with very heterogeneous physical characteristics and even to planning failures. This work had the objective of evaluating the influence of the humidity of two limestones on the distribution to the haul in centrifugal distributor equipment. The experiment will be conducted in an area of agricultural production in the West of Paraná, was used tractor-distributor of correctives and fertilizers with distributor of centrifugal discs. Prior tests were performed with calcitic limestone for profile adjustment, and two types of limestone, calcitic and dolomitic, were evaluated in four moisture contents each, applied in fixed rate and constant velocity. The analyzes were in a 2x4 factorial scheme with five replicates for each sample. The coefficients of variation of the transverse profile in the fixed and variable width application range were determined in three working systems. It was also demonstrated the coefficient of variation of the longitudinal profile, in addition to the characterization of limestones, such as angle of repose, density, gravimetric humidity and grain size, as well as the environmental conditions at the time of the test. It was concluded that the moisture content of the limestones varied over time, the density of the limestones in the moisture content and the rest angle were the same. With the increase of the moisture content of limestones, it is possible to increase working width, since it is also possible to increase the CV% of the transversal profile. The lower CV% of the transversal profile reduced the width of the applied strip of the two limestones. In the longitudinal application profile, the greater the distance from the center of the applied range, the higher the CV% of the product deposited at the ends of the dolomitic limestone regardless of the moisture content. / A correção da acidez dos solos e a manutenção da fertilidade são fatores essenciais para elevar o potencial produtivo das culturas. Entretanto, falhas tem sido recorrentes durante o processo de aplicação destes corretivos e nutrientes. Isso se deve a problemas de equipamentos mal ajustados, produtos a serem aplicados com características físicas muito heterogêneas e até mesmo por falhas no planejamento. Este trabalho teve o objetivo avaliar a influência da umidade de dois calcários sobre a distribuição a lanço em equipamento distribuidor centrífugo. O experimento foi realizado em uma área de produção agrícola do Oeste do Paraná, foi utilizado conjunto trator-distribuidor de corretivos e fertilizantes com distribuidor de discos centrífugos. Foram realizados testes prévios com calcário calcítico para ajuste de perfil, e posteriormente avaliados dois tipos de calcários, calcítico e dolomítico, em quatro teores de umidades cada, aplicados em taxa fixa e velocidade constante. As análises foram em esquema fatorial 2x4 com cinco repetições para cada amostra. Foram determinados os coeficientes de variação do perfil transversal na faixa de aplicação em largura fixa e variável, em três sistemas de trabalho. Demonstrou-se ainda o coeficiente de variação do perfil longitudinal, além das caracterizações dos calcários, como ângulo de repouso, densidade, umidade gravimétrica e granulometria, e também as condições ambientais no momento do ensaio. Concluiu-se o teor de umidade dos calcários sofreram variações ao longo do tempo, a densidade dos calcários nos teores intermediários de umidade e o ângulo de repouso foram iguais. Com o aumento do teor de umidade dos calcários, é possível aumentar largura de trabalho, desde que se admita também o aumento do CV% do perfil transversal. O menor CV% do perfil transversal reduziu a largura da faixa aplicada dos dois calcários. No perfil longitudinal de aplicação, quanto maior a distância do centro da faixa aplicada, maior será o CV% do produto depositado nas extremidades do calcário dolomítico independente do teor de umidade.

A well, situated on Listerlandet in the western part of Blekinge in Sweden, has a very high content of nitrate. Water with a too high content of nitrate is hazardous to human health, in particular to small children. The area surrounding the well is mostly drained agricultural land with some larger farms for chicken and mink. The well takes its water from the bedrock and is deeper than most other wells affected by nitrate. The bedrock in the area is dominated by limestone with a relatively high flow of water. This thesis was performed in order to find the source of the nitrate. A groundwater model, simulating the water flow, was created. The model was used to trace the particles flowing to the well in order to find the most likely source. GMS Modflow and Modpath were used to create the model. The validation of the model shows that the model is good enough to be used for further investigation of the groundwater in the area. The model result indicates that the original source for most of the nitrate is some large mink farms situated on the slope of a hill south of the well. Calculation shows that it takes the water 25 years to flow from the farms to the well. There is also a probable contribution of nitrate from the agriculture in the vicinity of the well. But an extensive drainage system brings most of the water from the cultivated area into the Baltic Sea. Conclusions are that a large amount of mink farms placed in a small area contributes to the high content of nitrate in the well. Further examinations are needed to show which measures should be taken in order to diminish the content of nitrate in the well. / En brunn som förser Hörvik med dricksvatten har en hög halt av nitrat. Hörvik ligger på Listerlandet i västra Blekinge. Vatten med för hög nitrathalt är hälsovådligt för människor i allmänhet och spädbarn i synnerhet. Området som omger brunnen består till största delen av dränerad jordbruksmark med några större djurgårdar för broiler och mink. Brunnen är bergborrad och går djupare än de flesta andra nitratpåverkade brunnar i Sverige. Berggrunden i området domineras av kalkberg med ett relativt högt vattenflöde. Ett projektarbete utfördes för att ta reda på ursprungskällan till nitratet. I arbetet skapades en grundvattenmodell som skulle simulera vattenflödena i området och sedan spåra en partikels väg till brunnen för att ta reda på den mest troliga källan. GMS Modflow och Modpath är de dataverktyg som användes. Valideringen av modellen visar att den fungerar tillfredsställande och kan användas för fortsatta undersökningar av grundvattenförhållanden i området. Modellresultat tyder på att ursprungskällan för den största delen av nitratet är några stora minkfarmar som ligger på en sluttning upp mot Listers huvud söder om brunnen; dock har det tagit ca 25 år för vattnet att ta sig från ursprungskällan till brunnen. Jordbruket i närheten av brunnen bidrar sannolikt med en del nitrat, men en omfattande dränering leder den större delen av vattnet från jordbruksområdet ut i Östersjön. Slutsatsen är att ett stort antal minkfarmar i ett begränsat område är en bidragande orsak till brunnens höga nitrathalt. Vidare undersökningar bör visa vilka åtgärder som behövs för att minska nitrathalten i brunnen.

Le parc de bâti ancien représente un potentiel d’économies d’énergie avéré. Cependant, sa diversité et certaines caractéristiques des matériaux d’enveloppe gênent la mise en place de stratégies de réhabilitation efficaces. Parmi ce patrimoine, les maisons individuelles en pierre calcaire présentent des problématiques spécifiques vis-à-vis de la réhabilitation. Le tuffeau, plus spécifiquement, est une pierre calcaire à forte porosité dont la particularité est la facilité avec laquelle il se gorge d’eau. Ses propriétés hygrothermiques sont alors impactées et le matériau se dégrade. Par ailleurs, ce bâti bénéficie de températures intérieures confortables en été et de qualités architecturales certaines. Il s’agit là de contraintes à considérer lors de la réhabilitation énergétique de ces bâtiments. Les solutions proposées doivent donc répondre à des objectifs parfois divergents. Pour le patrimoine en tuffeau, quatre critères sont apparus indispensables : les besoins de chauffage, le confort hygrothermique intérieur, le risque de dégradation du matériau et l’investissement financier. Dans ce contexte, l’objectif est de développer une démarche d’aide à la décision multicritère de stratégie de réhabilitation pérenne des bâtiments en tuffeau. Cette démarche a vocation à s’adapter à tous types de bâtiments en tuffeau et à considérer l’ensemble de ses spécificités. Un panel d’actions de réhabilitation portant sur les éléments d’enveloppe est identifié et testé sur le bâtiment considéré. La mise en place du processus a nécessité l’utilisation d’un outil de modélisation traduisant la réalité du comportement énergétique de ces bâtiments. L’outil EnergyPlus avec l’algorithme de transfert de masse et de chaleur HaMT a été mis en place et vérifié avec des mesures expérimentales. L’ensemble des résultats des stratégies de réhabilitation sont alors agrégées dans une méthode d’analyse multicritère. L'incertitude de l'évaluation des stratégies de réhabilitation est intégrée à la méthode (ELECTRE III) pour que les recommandations soient réalisées avec un degré de confiance satisfaisant. L’application de cette démarche à deux cas de bâtiments en tuffeau a mis en évidence l’adaptabilité de la démarche à des bâtiments de typologie et de complexité variables. Elle permet par ailleurs de fournir des recommandations robustes sur les travaux les plus pertinents à mener / The old buildings stock represents a true potential for energy savings. However, its diversity and some characteristics of its envelop materials interfere with the setting of effective retrofitting strategies. Among this heritage, individual limestone dwellings present specific issues concerning retrofitting. Tuffeau, particularly, is a high porosity limestone which specificity is propensity to fill up with water. Its hygrothermal properties are then affected and it quickly deteriorates.Furthermore, this kind of building offers comfortable indoor summer temperatures and undeniable architectural qualities. Those factors have to be considered during the energetic retrofitting of those dwellings. Consequently, the solutions proposed have sometimes to meet divergent goals. Concerning limestone heritage, four criteria appeared as indispensable: the heating needs, the indoor hygrothermal comfort, the material deterioration risk, and the financial investment. In thiscontext, the goal is to develop a multicriteria decision aiding method of old limestone buildings retrofitting strategies. This method has a potential to adapt to every type of limestone buildings and to consider those specificities as a whole. A panel of retrofitting actions concerning the envelop elements is identified and then tested on the concerned building. The process implementation required the use of a modeling tool to translate the reality of those buildings behaviour. The tool EnergyPlus with its mass and heat transfer algorithm HaMT was implemented and validated with experimental measures. The uncertainty of the retrofitting strategies results are thenintegrated to the method (ELECTRE III) so that the recommendation can be performed with an acceptable level of confidence.The application of this process to two cases of limestone buildings emphasized the adaptability of this method to very different buildings in term of typology and complexity. It also allows providing with robust recommendations on which retrofitting work has to be performed.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect on side shear resistance in limestone when temporary casing is used. Due to testing in actual limestone being an unrealistic goal, simulated limestone mixes were prepared and cast into 6 – 42 in. diameter beds. Limestone throughout Florida can be quite varied (e.g. 50-5000 psi) but where stronger limestone is not likely to be penetrated by casing installation. Therefore, target unconfined compressive strengths of the study specimens ranged between 60 psi to 850 psi. A simulated limestone material was developed based on over 200 cylinders cast for unconfined compression testing where the binder (cement or lime), water to binder ratio, aggregate types (sand, coquina, and oyster shells), and binder content were all varied. Results of the laboratory tests were used to establish simulated limestone mixes for 42 in. diameter specimen beds in which 1/10th scale drilled shaft rock sockets were cast. Drilled shaft casing installation techniques were adapted to 1/10th scale where driven casing and oscillated/rotated casing methods were simulated. Within each of the simulated limestone test beds, 5 shaft specimens were cast with and without temporary casing where at least one of the specimens was cast without temporary casing (control specimen). Pullout tests of each specimen revealed that the presence of temporary casing reduced the side shear by 25 to 28 percent depending on the casing installation/extraction method. However, in all cases representative of weaker limestone, the measured reduction did not affect the anticipated design side shear resistance.

M.Sc. / Certain carbonate bearing formations in the Paleoproterozoic Pretoria Group and its Griqualand West equivalent exhibit remarkable geochemical and stable isotopic signatures. The 8'3Ccarb isotopic signatures from the Duitschland and Silverton Formations exhibit large positive excursions, which seemingly coincide with a significant increase in atmospheric oxygen between 2.4 and 2.0 Ga. The Duitschland Formation with its distinctive basal unconformity is composed primarily of limestone and dolomite units, interbedded with two compositionally different shale units and quartzite. Toward the base of the formation there is a distinct conglomeratic quartzite which forms a sequence boundary above which isotopic and geochemical signatures change dramatically. Normal marine isotopic signatures characterize the lower portion of the succession while above the sequence boundari, the carbonates are enriched in "C. This enrichment, however, appears to be the result of local processes occurring within a closed basin. Furthermore it is apparent that the Duitschland Formation (with its three distinct marker beds) is the equivalent of the Rooihoogte Formation and therefore constitutes the base of the Pretoria Group. The Mooidraai Dolomite Formation which outcrops only locally in the Northern Cape Province, is characterized by fenestral and microbially laminated dolomite. The geochemical properties are relatively homogeneous with increases in the FeO and MnO concentrations, resulting from post depositional diagenesis. The stable isotope signatures of these dolomites represent normal marine signatures. There is, however, a depletion in the 813C and 8180 signatures in the ankeritic and sideritic lithofacies, which suggests that this succession was deposited from a stratified water column with respect to the total dissolved CO2. The positive 6 13C excursion present in the carbonates of the Lucknow Formation in Griqualand West, traditionally grouped with the Olifantshoek Group can be correlated with carbonates near the top of the Silverton Formation in the Transvaal area. The latter also displays distinctly positive 6 43C values. One possibility is that if these successions were deposited in closed anoxic basins and that the isotopic anomalies are the result of local processes such as fermentive diagenesis and methanogenesis. However, the close association of the carbonates with shallow marine orthoquartzites suggests that these were deposited in an open marine system and that the positive 8 !3C values reflect a shift in the composition of the ocean water at the time of deposition of the carbonates at 2.2 Ga. Other carbonates present in the Pretoria Group, namely from the Vermont and Houtenbek Formations, display normal open marine 8' 3C values of close to zero. A systematic stratigraphic compilation of all 6 43C values available from the Transvaal Supergroup indicates that two clear-cut positive 5' 3C excursions are present. These excursions were apparently short-lived and well defined and did not occur over an extended period of time as suggested by earlier studies based on global compilations with large uncertainties in radiometric ages of deposits.

L'objectif de ce travail est de comprendre le processus d'altération des calcaires oolithiques et d'estimer leur cinétique d'altération en fonction des conditions climatiques présentes en France. Pour y répondre, des cycles de vieillissement accéléré, basés sur les paramètres issus de l'étude bibliographique et sur les données de température et de précipitations réelles, ont été définis. Ensuite, des lots d'échantillons de deux calcaires oolithiques ont subis ces vieillissements. Les mesures réalisées pour déterminer l'endommagement ont été choisies en fonction de leurs caractéristiques métrologiques et de leur pertinence. Les résultats obtenus ont été comparés avec les mêmes mesures réalisées sur des calcaires altérés de façon naturelle prélevés sur site. Ainsi, les liens entre le processus d'altération des calcaires et les caractéristiques mécaniques, physiques et surtout microstructurales des calcaires ont été établis. Cette analyse a également abouti à des cinétiques d'altération. Les résultats ont été validés par l'étude d'un autre calcaire oolithique sous d'autres conditions climatiques. Enfin, l'influence de changements climatiques éventuels sur les cinétiques d'altération a été déterminée à l'aide d'un outil statistique / The objective of this work is to understand the weathering process of oolitic limestone and estimate their weathering kinetics under French climatic conditions. Accelerated ageing cycles, based on parameters deduced from a literature review and on temperature and precipitation data, have been defined. Then samples of two oolitic limestones have undergone these ageing. The measurements used to determine damage were chosen based on their metrological characteristics and their relevance. The results were compared with the same measurements performed on naturally weathered limestone. Thus, the relationships between the weathering process of oolitic limestone and their mechanical, physical and microstructural characteristics have been established. This analysis also led to weathering kinetics. The results were validated by the study of another oolitic limestone under different climatic conditions. Finally, the influence of a potential climate change on the weathering kinetics was determined using a statistical tool

This study investigates the use of larger foraminifera in determining the biostratigraphy of the Avon Park Formation and the Ocala Limestone in central Florida. Sedimentary rocks of the Avon Park Formation are the oldest exposed deposits in the state of Florida, and together with the Ocala Limestone comprise a part of the confining unit of the Floridan Aquifer, a major source of Florida’s water supply. Material from the ROMP 29A core collected by the U. S. Geological Survey was evaluated and compared to previous studies of the biostratigraphy of the formations. The larger foraminifera of the Avon Park Formation were examined in thin section, and those of the Ocala Limestone were free specimens. The larger foraminifera from both units were described and identified, and the biostratigraphy determined. The morphological features of the larger foraminifera of the Ocala Limestone were measured and analyzed at various depths within the ROMP 29A core. The Avon Park Formation contains predominantly the shallow-water, conical foraminifera Fallotella cookei, Fallotella floridana, Pseudochrysalidina floridana, Coleiconus christianaensis, Coleiconus sp. A, Coskinolina sp. A, Coskinolina sp. B, Fallotella sp. A, Fallotella sp. B, Fabularia vaughani and larger miliolids. The Ocala Limestone contains a different, deeper water assemblage that included the larger foraminifera Heterostegina ocalana, Lepidocyclina ocalana varieties, Lepidocyclina chaperi, Lepidocyclina pustulosa, Nummulites willcoxi, Nummulites striatoreticulatus, Nummulites floridensis and Pseudophragmina spp. A, B, and C. The age of the Avon Park Formation was corroborated by the occurrence of the biomarker echinoid Neolaganum dalli as Eocene, and the Ocala Limestone also contained Eocene larger foraminifera with Eocene to possibly Oligocene calcareous nannofossils. The distribution of the larger foraminifera of the Avon Park Formation was correlated with the subtidal and peritidal zones of the continental shelf. Analyses of variance showed that the changes in measurements of the morphology in Heterostegina ocalana, Lepidocyclina spp. and Nummulites spp. were correlated with change in the depositional environments.

Orientador: Osvair Vidal Trevisan / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica e Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-29T00:01:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RuidiazMunoz_Eddy_D.pdf: 4515503 bytes, checksum: 70497e20d04fea10c0814c3960b218d9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: Em caracterização de reservatórios, é importante estudar e entender propriedades chaves na produção de petróleo. Em reservatórios carbonáticos, uma destas propriedades é a molhabilidade. Diretamente relacionada à interação rocha/fluido no reservatório, pode variar entre molhabilidade intermediária e a preferencial ao óleo. O objetivo principal deste trabalho foi o de estudar o mecanismo de alteração da molhabilidade em rochas de coquinas e dolomita de afloramentos. Foram realizados experimentos usando água com concentração de 35kppm e 200kppm de cloreto de sódio, água do mar modificada na composição iônica e água enriquecida com CO2. Inicialmente foram caracterizadas as rochas na sua estrutura e composição mineral seguido de um teste de forças capilares e molhabilidade inicial. Em seguida, foi investigada a adsorção/dissolução de ións de sulfato. Com o propósito de obter rochas com molhabilidade ao óleo, foi realizado um estudo de envelhecimento baseado no tempo de contato utilizando óleo morto e uma mistura constituída por óleo mineral e ácido naftênico (2%) sobre uma condição de saturação de 100%. A partir destes resultados foram preparadas rochas com saturação de água irredutível para medir a molhabilidade através de embebição espontânea e do índice de Amott_Harvey. As águas utilizadas foram salmouras em diferentes concentrações salinas, salmoura carbonatadas e água do mar modificada. Para encerrar o estudo, foram realizadas trocas de concentração salina e iônica, para observar os efeitos na recuperação e associá-los com a alteração da molhabilidade. Os resultados obtidos no estudo do envelhecimento, as coquinas não apresentaram variações na recuperação durante os tempos utilizados. Já para as rochas de dolomita, conforme se aumentou o tempo de envelhecimento, a recuperação diminuiu consideravelmente, fenômeno diretamente associado à adsorção de componentes polares durante o envelhecimento. Além disso, as rochas de dolomita responderam positivamente às trocas de concentração salina. No caso do uso de água do mar modificada, os resultados mostram que para as rochas de dolomita apresentaram-se dois cenários no fenômeno de alteração da molhabilidade; o primeiro relacionado com a presença de sulfato na água do mar e/ou a remoção do cloreto de sódio, e o segundo com a injeção de água de baixa salinidade. Para as rochas de coquina o fator relevante para obter volumes adicionais por efeitos da alteração da molhabilidade foi o acréscimo de concentração de sulfato, com a remoção do cloreto de sódio da água utilizada ou o uso de água do mar com altas concentrações de sulfato. Finalmente o estudo do efeito do CO2 na alteração da molhabilidade mostrou que, tanto pela embebição espontânea quanto pelo índice Amott_Harvey, a molhabilidade não é alterada significativamente com o uso de água carbonatada / Abstract: In reservoir characterization, it is important to study and understand properties that are key in oil production. One of these properties in carbonate reservoirs is rock wettability. Directly related to the reservoir rock/fluid interaction, rock wettability can vary from intermediate to preferably oil-wetting. The main objective of this work was to study the mechanism of wettability alteration in limestone and dolomite outcrop rocks. Experiments were carried out using sodium chloride brines at 35kppm and 200kppm, seawater brines modified in its ionic composition and sodium chloride brines at 35kppm and 200kppm enriched with CO2. Initially, the rocks samples were characterized in their mineralogy and structure and initial wetting and capillary forces. In the sequence tests were performed with the samples to investigate adsorption/dissolution of sulfate ions. In order to attain oil-wetting conditions, an aging study using dead oil or a mixture composed by synthetic mineral oil and naphthenic acid (2%) was undertaken, focusing contact time. After these results, rocks were prepared at irreducible water saturation for measuring the wettability by spontaneous imbibition and Amott_Harvey wettability index. Injection water was: brines of different salinities, modified seawater and brines enriched with CO2. To close the study, salinity and ionic concentration were switched, in order to check for additional recoveries and associate them with wettability alteration. The results obtained from the aging, study show that limestone had no variations in oil recovery for the aging time evaluated. In the case of dolomites, there was increase on oil recovery as the aging time increased. The occurrence is attributed to the adsorption of polar components during the aging. In addition, additional recoveries were obtained for dolomites with the switch of brine concentration. For the modified seawater, the results showed that wettability alteration in dolomite presented two scenarios; the first is related to the presence of sulphate ions in seawater or with the removal of sodium chloride, and the second one, the injection of low salinity water. For the limestone, the relevant factor for wettability alteration was the increase of sulfate ions associated with removal of sodium chloride from seawater or the use of seawater spiked with high concentrations of sulfate. Finally, there was no significant change on rock wettability when carbonated water was used. Both spontaneous imbibition and Amott_Harvey indices show no relevant effect of CO2 regarding wettability alteration / Doutorado / Reservatórios e Gestão / Doutor em Ciências e Engenharia de Petróleo

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