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However, the effect and mechanism of flue gas on the performance of polymer gels have rarely been reported. In this study, a polymer gel was prepared by cross-linking hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) and resorcinol\/ hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) to illuminate the influencing mechanism of flue gas composition on gel. The gel rheological testing results showed that flue gas promoted gelation performance, whereas it seriously threatened gel long-term stability, especially at high pressure conditions. The influence of CO2 on the polymer gel had the characteristic of multiplicity. The hydrodynamic radius (Rh) and the initial viscosity of HPAM solution decreased in the presence of CO2. Nonetheless, the dissolved CO2 expedited the decomposition rate of HMTA into formaldehyde, which promoted the cross-linking process of the HPAM, leading to a shorter gelation time. Oxidation\u2013reduction potential (ORP) tests and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis indicated that O2 played a leading role in the oxidative degradation of HPAM compared to CO2 and threatened the gel long-term stability at elevated gas pressures. To address the adverse effects caused by flue gas, it is highly desirable to develop polymer gels by adding oxygen scavengers or strengthening additives.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/gels8120772","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,28]],"date-time":"2022-11-28T06:04:36Z","timestamp":1669615476000},"page":"772","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Probing the Effect and Mechanism of Flue Gas on the Performance of Resorcinol\/Hexamethylenetetramine-Based Polymer Gel in Flue Gas Flooding Reservoir"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Wenli","family":"Qiao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guicai","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jianda","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ping","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haihua","family":"Pei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1033","DOI":"10.1016\/j.petrol.2017.07.044","article-title":"Flue gas injection for EOR and sequestration: Case study","volume":"157","author":"Bender","year":"2017","journal-title":"J. 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