DISE EVIDENCE LIBRARY · 02
Laboratory and field thermoresponsive precedent
Operational precedent evidence supporting one defined part of the DISE engineering architecture.
CITE THEM RIGHT HARVARD
Zhang, N., Luo, Z., Zhao, L., Zhu, R., Chen, W., Liu, G., Chen, X., Xie, Y. and Cheng, L. (2022) ‘Innovative thermo-responsive in-situ generated proppant: Laboratory tests and field application’, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 208, pp. 109514. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109514.
WHAT THE PAPER ESTABLISHES
The evidence contribution
Demonstrates that a thermoresponsive, initially fluid system can be evaluated through laboratory testing and translated into a field application pathway.
WHY IT MATTERS TO DISE
It is one of the closest operational precedents for DISE’s transport-first logic. Its value is not that it proves the DISE chemistry, but that it validates the broader engineering proposition of delaying solid support formation until after placement.
EVIDENCE BOUNDARY
What this reference does not prove
The reported formulation, transformation mechanism and morphology are not equivalent to DISE’s isolated reactive droplets. Its field result cannot be transferred directly to DISE performance claims.
LABORATORY TRANSLATION
How it shapes the DISE programme
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Reproduce temperature–time histories rather than using a single isothermal endpoint.
02
Measure placement rheology before transformation.
03
Include fracture conductivity and spatial distribution as system-level outcomes.
Evidence classification: literature precedent. This page explains relevance to DISE; it does not represent experimental validation of the integrated platform.
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