Antonio Carlos Bannwart holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (1977), a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (1984) and a PhD in Mechanics from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (1988). He completed a postdoctoral internship at the University of Minnesota (1995-1996) with financial support from FAPESP. He was a Full Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the State University of Campinas, of which he was also director (2014-2018). He is currently a Visiting Researcher at the Center for Energy and Petroleum Studies (CEPETRO) at the State University of Campinas. He has extensive experience in teaching and applied research in Mechanical Engineering, with an emphasis on Transport Phenomena, working mainly in the following areas: submersible centrifugal pumping, flow assurance and multiphase flow of viscous oils. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The present proposal is divided into four research lines, namely: 1) Production Optimization (RL1) - Reservoir Modeling; 2) Production Optimization (RL2) - Artificial Lift and Flow Assurance; 3) EOR/IOR (RL3); and 4) Water Handling (RL4). In the Reservoir Modeling plan, the initial application (first years of project) will be in a reservoir with the characteristics of the Peregrino field …
A thematic project which seeks to analyze various aspects of the production of energy excedents in the sugar-alcohol sector. The project is divided into eight sub-projects, namely: 1) Production of electricity on a large scale using sugarcane sub-products in the State of São Paulo: alternatives, conditioning factors, obstacles and opportunities. 2) Harvesting and conditioning of sugarcane…
This research proposal aims to study the flow of emulsions in pipes with different coatings. The drag coefficient of the oil/pipe wall interface and the mechanical degradation resistance of this coating will be evaluated. Resistance to fluid flow is the result of internal friction, intermolecular interactions in the bulk of the fluid, and external friction at the interface between fluid a…
This research project aims to study the effect of the HLD parameter (Hydrophilic/ Lipophilic Difference), a thermodynamic property associated to the surfactant partitioning between emulsion phases, on the physicochemical properties of the interfacial film and, consequently, the energy barrier that separates the thermodynamic state of isolated droplets from that state after the coalescence…
The aim of this research project is to study crude oil emulsions, the process of droplet coalescence and the phase inversion point. For that, two kinds of studies will be performed: one based on the formulation of both phases composing the emulsion and other in microscopic scale focused on the coalescence of micro-droplets and interfacial phenomena related to emulsion stabilization. For t…
The objective of this research project is to complement the objectives proposed for the EPIC-Energy Production Innovation Center, which is focused on studies of emulsion properties and the influence of physical and chemical parameters on viscosity and inversion of phases. This work aims to improve models of viscosity and phase inversion by implementing a parameter representative of the ch…
This research project aims to study the effect of the HLD parameter (hydrophilic/lipophilic difference) on the inversion point of oil/water emulsions, a continuation of works that have been developed in the emulsion area in the research group in recent years. This approach brings the application of new concepts in the petroleum area with regard to the inversion of emulsions and a possibil…
The objective of this research project is to assess the risks and understand the causes of the formation of precipitates in lines of injection of emulsion breakers in producing wells. Such a phenomenon can cause the clogging lines and injection valves of this type of fluid. During the injection process, the fluids are subject to great variations in pressure and temperature, which can caus…
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Crude oil remains the most important source of energy in the world. Electrical Submersible Pumps (ESP) are commonly used as artificial lifting system of crude oil, and the shear produced by the ESP causes the emulsion formation, and the phase inversion phenomenon, which is considered one of the most challenging ESP operation in oil production. Emulsions are kinetically stable systems due …
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