Modelling of single-phase flow for horizontal wells in a stratified medium

2004 ◽  
Vol 33 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 715-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Ding ◽  
T. Ha-Duong ◽  
J. Giroire ◽  
V. Moumas
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitriy Alekseevich Samolovov ◽  
Artem Igorevich Varavva ◽  
Vitalij Olegovich Polyakov ◽  
Ekaterina Evgenevna Sandalova

Abstract The study proposes an analytical method for calculating the productivity of horizontal wells in a line-drive development pattern in fields with oil rims. The paper presents an analysis of existing techniques and compares them with the results of detailed numerical experiments. It also shows the limited applicability of existing techniques. On the basis of the obtained solution of a single-phase flow equation for a line-drive pattern of horizontal wells, an analytical formula was obtained which more accurately describes the productivity of wells beyond the limits of applicability of existing methods. The resulting formula is in good agreement with the results of a detailed numerical experiment.


Fuel ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 293 ◽  
pp. 120358
Author(s):  
Charlie van der Geest ◽  
Aline Melchuna ◽  
Letícia Bizarre ◽  
Antonio C. Bannwart ◽  
Vanessa C.B. Guersoni

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fayao Xu ◽  
Huiying Wu ◽  
Zhenyu Liu

In this paper, the flow patterns during water flow boiling instability in pin-fin microchannels were experimentally studied. Three types of pin-fin arrays (in-line/circular pin-fins, staggered/circular pin-fins, and staggered/square pin-fins) were used in the study. The flow instability started to occur as the outlet water reached the saturation temperature. Before the unstable boiling, a wider range of stable boiling existed in the pin-fin microchannels compared to that in the plain microchannels. Two flow instability modes for the temperature and pressure oscillations, which were long-period/large-amplitude mode and short-period/small-amplitude mode, were identified. The temperature variation during the oscillation period of the long-period/large-amplitude mode can be divided into two stages: increasing stage and decreasing stage. In the increasing stage, bubbly flow, vapor-slug flow, stratified flow, and wispy flow occurred sequentially with time for the in-line pin-fin microchannels; liquid single-phase flow, aforementioned four kinds of two-phase flow patterns, and vapor single-phase flow occurred sequentially with time for the staggered pin-fin microchannel. The flow pattern transitions in the decreasing stage were the inverse of those in the increasing stage for both in-line and staggered pin-fin microchannels. For the short-period/small-amplitude oscillation mode, only the wispy flow occurred. With the increase of heat flux, the wispy flow and the vapor single-phase flow occupied more and more time ratio during an oscillation period in the in-line and staggered pin-fin microchannels.


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