scholarly journals Control of instability by injection rate oscillations in a radial Hele-Shaw cell

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahul Arun ◽  
Scott T. M. Dawson ◽  
Peter J. Schmid ◽  
Angeliki Laskari ◽  
Beverley J. McKeon
2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 2050169
Author(s):  
Leonardo Fabio R. Rocero ◽  
Aureliano Sancho S. Paiva ◽  
Roberto F. S. Andrade

This work considers the displacement of a resident fluid in a radial Hele-Shaw cell by an invading low viscosity fluid driven by time-dependent injection rates. Finger formation in the circular interface through a sequence of bifurcations may be minimized by the optimal choice of a time-dependent injection rate. Approximate solutions of fluid equations predict how bifurcations can be suppressed or strongly reduced. Based on a computational fluid-dynamic approach, the magnitude of the fluctuations of invading interface is numerically evaluated, leading to the identification of the optimal parameter choice for any injection rate family. The combination of two time-dependent injection rates is investigated, where one decreases as a power-law and the second increases linearly. Results for a well tuned change between the two regimes reduce the injection time as compared to those based on a single rate whole process, with similar or reduced effects on interface fluctuations.


Author(s):  
A. Koto

The objective of this paper is to determine the optimum anaerobic-thermophilic bacterium injection (Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery) parameters using commercial simulator from core flooding experiments. From the previous experiment in the laboratory, Petrotoga sp AR80 microbe and yeast extract has been injected into core sample. The result show that the experiment with the treated microbe flooding has produced more oil than the experiment that treated by brine flooding. Moreover, this microbe classified into anaerobic thermophilic bacterium due to its ability to live in 80 degC and without oxygen. So, to find the optimum parameter that affect this microbe, the simulation experiment has been conducted. The simulator that is used is CMG – STAR 2015.10. There are five scenarios that have been made to forecast the performance of microbial flooding. Each of this scenario focus on the injection rate and shut in periods. In terms of the result, the best scenario on this research can yield an oil recovery up to 55.7%.


2017 ◽  
pp. 63-67
Author(s):  
L. A. Vaganov ◽  
A. Yu. Sencov ◽  
A. A. Ankudinov ◽  
N. S. Polyakova

The article presents a description of the settlement method of necessary injection rates calculation, which is depended on the injected water migration into the surrounding wells and their mutual location. On the basis of the settlement method the targeted program of geological and technical measures for regulating the work of the injection well stock was created and implemented by the example of the BV7 formation of the Uzhno-Vyintoiskoe oil field.


2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Derec ◽  
P. Boltenhagen ◽  
S. Neveu ◽  
J.-C. Bacri

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 325-339
Author(s):  
Vasily N. Lapin ◽  
Denis V. Esipov

AbstractHydraulic fracturing technology is widely used in the oil and gas industry. A part of the technology consists in injecting a mixture of proppant and fluid into the fracture. Proppant significantly increases the viscosity of the injected mixture and can cause plugging of the fracture. In this paper we propose a numerical model of hydraulic fracture propagation within the framework of the radial geometry taking into account the proppant transport and possible plugging. The finite difference method and the singularity subtraction technique near the fracture tip are used in the numerical model. Based on the simulation results it was found that depending on the parameters of the rock, fluid, and fluid injection rate, the plugging can be caused by two reasons. A parameter was introduced to separate these two cases. If this parameter is large enough, then the plugging occurs due to reaching the maximum possible concentration of proppant far from the fracture tip. If its value is small, then the plugging is caused by the proppant reaching a narrow part of the fracture near its tip. The numerical experiments give an estimate of the radius of the filled with proppant part of the fracture for various injection rates and leakages into the rock.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1809 (1) ◽  
pp. 012020
Author(s):  
Ivan E Karpunin ◽  
Nikolai V Kozlov ◽  
Viktor G Kozlov

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 639
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Koulountzios ◽  
Tomasz Rymarczyk ◽  
Manuchehr Soleimani

Crystallisation is a crucial step in many industrial processes. Many sensors are being investigated for monitoring such processes to enhance the efficiency of them. Ultrasound techniques have been used for particle sizing characterization of liquid suspensions, in crystallisation process. An ultrasound tomography system with an array of ultrasound sensors can provide spatial information inside the process when compared to single-measurement systems. In this study, the batch crystallisation experiments have been conducted in a lab-scale reactor in calcium carbonate crystallisation. Real-time ultrasound tomographic imaging is done via a contactless ultrasound tomography sensor array. The effect of the injection rate and the stirring speed was considered as two control parameters in these crystallisation functions. Transmission mode ultrasound tomography comprises 32 piezoelectric transducers with central frequency of 40 kHz has been used. The process-based experimental investigation shows the capability of the proposed ultrasound tomography system for crystallisation process monitoring. Information on process dynamics, as well as process malfunction, can be obtained via the ultrasound tomography system.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Amir Taheri ◽  
Jan David Ytrehus ◽  
Bjørnar Lund ◽  
Malin Torsæter

We present our new designed concentric Hele-Shaw cell geometry with dynamic similarity to a real field wellbore annulus during primary cementing, and then, the results of displacement flow of Newtonian and yield-stress non-Newtonian fluids in it are described. The displacement stability and efficiency, the effect of back, front, and side boundaries on displacement, bypassing pockets of displaced yield-stress fluid in displacing fluid, and the behavior of pressure gradients in the cell are investigated. Applications of intermediate buoyant particles with different sizes and densities intermediate between those of successively pumped fluids for tracking the interface between the two displaced and displacing fluids are examined. The main idea is to upgrade this concentric Hele-Shaw cell geometry later to an eccentric one and check the possibility of tracking the interface between successive fluids pumped in the cell. Successful results help us track the interface between drilling fluid and spacer/cement during primary cementing in wells penetrating a CO2 storage reservoir and decreasing the risk of CO2 leakage from them.


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