Williamson Franck (bullglue05)

A waterflooding core model was established, simulated, and verified by the method proposed in this paper. It is found that using time-varying permeability curves for simulation, the highest oil recovery factor (61.58%) can be obtained with injected water volume up to 2000 PV, and the purpose of improved oil recovery (IOR) can be achieved by high water injection volume, but the increment is only approximately 10%. Besides, a waterflooding model of an inverted five-spot reservoir unit based on the X oilfield was also established, simulated, and analyzed. Simulation results have shown that no matter which set of core permeability curves measured from 100 to 2000 PV is directly used alone, the oil recovery factor will be simulated inaccurately. The findings of this study can help in better understanding the quantitative description of the oil recovery changes with time-varying reservoir physical properties in high water-cut reservoirs during waterflooding.A novel biostimulant, Paecilomyces variotii extracts (ZNC), with the ability to promote N absorption in the plant at a very low level has been proved in the lab experiment, but its chemical composition and practical effect in the field remain unclear. Selleckchem BAY-61-3606 In this work, we determined the molecular composition of ZNC. Then, a three-year field experiment was conducted to investigate the synergistic effects of controlled-release urea (CRU) without ZNC or with ZNC at three doses (87.5, 175, and 262.5 mL ha-1) on the yield, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), and net returns of rice. Results indicated that ZNC contained more carbohydrates, amino acids, alkyl structures, and less aromatic structures with a molecular weight between 140 and 2507 Da. Rice yield was 6.9-21.0% higher with CRU than with conventional urea. Combining CRU with ZNC at a dose of 87.5 mL ha-1 performed the best and significantly increased rice yields by 8.7-12.1%, NUE by 15.0-20.2%, and average net returns by 10.9-15.4% during three rice-growing seasons compared to the application of CRU only, which is attributed to the positively increasing panicles and N uptake of rice. With the increased dose of ZNC, the yield of rice showed a decreasing trend, but the yield was still higher/not significant than the CFF treatment without ZNC. Therefore, the planting patterns with the combination of CRU and biostimulant are an efficient way to increase the rice grain yield and net returns.(+)-Abscisic acid 1 was obtained in a concise total synthesis from ethyl 2,6,6-trimethyl-4-oxocyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxylate (2) with 41% overall yield in seven steps. A hydroxyl group was stereoselectively introduced by Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation; then, the side chain was appended with dimethyl 2-(propan-2-ylidene)malonate (7); subsequently, selective decarboxylation of diacid 8 established the Z-configuration of the conjugated acid 1.The fate and movement of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), in terms of sorption-desorption and leaching potential, were evaluated in urban soils following the batch experimental method. The sorption kinetics of 2,4-D in soils followed both "fast" and "slow" sorption processes that could be well described by a pseudo-second-order kinetics model, suggesting that 2,4-D was partitioned into soil organic matter and clay surfaces, and eventually diffused into soil micropores. The sorption isotherms were linear, following both Langmuir and Freundlich models. Partially decomposed or undecomposed organic matter present in urban soils decreased sorption and increased desorption of 2,4-D. Also, sorption of 2,4-D increased with an increase in the contents of clay and Al and Fe oxides, whereas sand and alkaline pH increased the desorption process. The lower calculated K d values suggest that 2,4-D is highly mobile in urban soils than in agricultural soils. The calculated values of groundwater ubiquity score, leachability index, and hysteresis index indicated that the herbicide is highly prone to le