EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FLOW RATE’S EFFECT ON SURFACTANT-ALTERNATING-GAS FOAM PROCESS

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (6-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Hematpur ◽  
Syed Mohammad Mahmood ◽  
Mongy Mohamad Amer
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Core Flooding ◽  
Foam Flow ◽  
Injection Flow Rate ◽  
Injection Flow ◽  
High Injection ◽  
Flow Through

The gas injection is one of the most common methods to increase oil recovery. However, there are several drawbacks in the application of this method due to density and viscosity differences between displaced and displacing fluids. In order to tackle these drawbacks, gas can be utilized as different forms of foam which one of these methods is called Surfactant-Alternating-Gas (SAG). Although many studies have been conducted on foam flow through porous media, the behavior of foam still is moot to some extent. Since, the elaboration of SAG foam behavior in porous media is the aim of this study. However many parameters affect SAG foam behavior, the injection flow rate plays a significant role in foam behavior. In this study, we investigated the flow rate’s effect on SAG behavior. To achieve this target, several cores flooding, in the absence of oil, were conducted and results were interpreted. The experimental design for this work included core flooding apparatus, IOS as surfactant and nitrogen as injected gas. The experiments were interpreted in term of liquid recovery and pressure drop. The results show that the SAG efficiency highly depends on gas flow rate which high injection flow rate, low SAG foam efficiency.

scholarly journals Influence of mineralization and injection flow rate on flow patterns in three-dimensional porous media

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (27) ◽  
pp. 14605-14611 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Moosavi ◽  
A. Kumar ◽  
A. De Wit ◽  
M. Schröter
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Injection Flow Rate ◽  
Injection Flow

At low flow rates, the precipitate forming at the miscible interface between two reactive solutions guides the evolution of the flow field.

Pressure-Driven Gas Flow through Nano-Channels at High Knudsen Numbers

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 116-127
Author(s):  
Stamatina Karakitsiou ◽  
Bodil Holst ◽  
Alex Christian Hoffmann
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Pressure Profile ◽  
Anodic Bonding ◽  
Pressure Data ◽  
Flow Models ◽  
Knudsen Numbers ◽  
Flow Through

Flow through nano-channels is important in several fields, ranging from natural porous media to microfluidics. It is therefore important to study the flow under controlled conditions. While quite a lot of work has been done on the flow of liquids through nano-channels, comparatively little systematic work has been done on gas flow. Here we present a study of the flow of argon through nano-channels. We study samples with 2000 parallel nano-channels, with quadratic cross section. Each side is 100nm. The total length is 20 m. The nano-channels are made by patterning a Si<110> wafer usingelectron beam lithography (EBL) followed by reactive ion etching and with subsequent anodic bonding between silicon and a borosilicate glass as a top plate. The samples were investigated using a home-built apparatus which allows us to measure flow at high Knudsen numbers (from around 10 to 550). We compare our results with a range of theoretical flow models. As innovation this work provides measurements of gas transport from the home-built apparatus. The system records the pressure profile of each sample and the mass flow rate is calculated numerically from the pressure data.

Studies on Foam Flow in the Porous Media in the Last Decade: A Review

2012 ◽  
Vol 616-618 ◽  
pp. 257-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Ming Lv ◽  
Shu Zhong Wang ◽  
Ze Feng Jing ◽  
Ming Luo
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Flow In Porous Media ◽  
Balance Model ◽  
Sweep Efficiency ◽  
Foam Flow ◽  
New Findings ◽  
X Ray Computed ◽  
Flow Through

Foam has been used for several decades to decrease the mobility of drive gas or steam, thereby increasing the reservoir sweep efficiency and enhancing the oil recovery. The optimization of the operations requires a thorough understanding of the physical aspects involved in foam flow through porous media. The present paper aims mainly at reviewing experimental and modeling studies on foam flow in porous media particularly during the last decade, to stress the new achievements and highlight the areas that are less understood. X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a useful tool to study in-situ foam behaviors in porous media and new findings were obtained through this technology. The population-balance model was improved in different forms by researchers.

scholarly journals Correction: Influence of mineralization and injection flow rate on flow patterns in three-dimensional porous media

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (48) ◽  
pp. 26647-26647
Author(s):  
R. Moosavi ◽  
A. Kumar ◽  
A. De Wit ◽  
M. Schröter
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Chem Phys ◽  
Injection Flow Rate ◽  
Injection Flow ◽  
Phys Chem Chem Phys

Correction for ‘Influence of mineralization and injection flow rate on flow patterns in three-dimensional porous media’ by R. Moosavi et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 14605–14611.

scholarly journals Influência da vazão de injeção contínua de água no processo de recuperação de óleos: modelagem e simulação / Influence of continuous water injection flow rate in the oil recovery process: modeling and simulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 39963-39974
Author(s):  
Helton Gomes Alves ◽  
Hortência Luma Fernandes Magalhães ◽  
Veruska do Nascimento Simões ◽  
Wanessa Raphaella Gomes Dos Santos ◽  
Danielle Alves Ribeiro Da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Injection Flow Rate ◽  
Injection Flow

scholarly journals Evaluation of the impact of viscosity, injection volume, and injection flow rate on subcutaneous injection tolerance

2015 ◽  
pp. 473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Schwarzenbach ◽  
Cecile Berteau ◽  
Orchidee Filipe-Santos ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Humberto Rojas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Subcutaneous Injection ◽  
Injection Volume ◽  
Injection Flow Rate ◽  
Injection Flow ◽  
The Impact

Modeling and Calculation of Initial Ignition Gas Pressure Flow through the Rigid Porous Media in 100 mm Ignition Simulator

2012 ◽  
Vol 560-561 ◽  
pp. 1103-1113
Author(s):  
Zheng Gang Xiao ◽  
Wei Dong He ◽  
San Jiu Ying ◽  
Fu Ming Xu
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Ceramic Composite ◽  
Peak Position ◽  
Chamber Pressure ◽  
Lateral Side ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
Local Permeability ◽  
Pressure Peak ◽  
Flow Through

To acquire better understanding of the early ignition phenomena in 100mm ignition simulator loaded with packed propellant bed, a theoretical model of ignition gas flow through rigid porous media is developed. Three pressure gauges are installed in the lateral side of ignition simulator for chamber pressure measurements after ignition. The pseupropellant loaded in the chamber is similar to the standard 13/19 single-base cylindrical propellant in size. It is composed of rigid ceramic composite with low thermo conductivity. It is assumed that the pseupropellant bed is rigid in contrast to the previous elastic porous media assumption. The calculated pressure values can be verified by the experimental data well at the low loading density of pseupropellant bed of 0.18 g/cm3. However, there is still error between the experimental and calculated results in the early pressure peak position close to the ignition primer when the loading density of pseupropellant bed increases to 0.73 and 1.06g/cm3, due to the change of local permeability of pseupropellant bed at high loading density, which is assumed a constant in the model for the modeling easily. The calculations can enable better understanding of physical processes of ignition gas flow in the ignition simulator loaded with the pseupropellant bed.

scholarly journals Effect of Injection Flow Rate on Product Gas Quality in Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Based on Laboratory Scale Experiment: Development of Co-Axial UCG System

Energies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiro Hamanaka ◽  
Fa-qiang Su ◽  
Ken-ichi Itakura ◽  
Kazuhiro Takahashi ◽  
Jun-ichi Kodama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Coal Gasification ◽  
Laboratory Scale ◽  
Underground Coal Gasification ◽  
Injection Flow Rate ◽  
Injection Flow ◽  
Product Gas ◽  
Scale Experiment

Experimental, Numerical, and Statistical Investigation of Two Phase Flow in a Cylindrical Perforation Tunnel

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekhwaiter Abobaker ◽  
Abadelhalim Elsanoose ◽  
Mohammad Azizur Rahman ◽  
Faisal Khan ◽  
Amer Aborig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Gas Flow Rate ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Flow Through

Abstract Perforation is the final stage in well completion that helps to connect reservoir formations to wellbores during hydrocarbon production. The drilling perforation technique maximizes the reservoir productivity index by minimizing damage. This can be best accomplished by attaining a better understanding of fluid flows that occur in the near-wellbore region during oil and gas operations. The present work aims to enhance oil recovery by modelling a two-phase flow through the near-wellbore region, thereby expanding industry knowledge about well performance. An experimental procedure was conducted to investigate the behavior of two-phase flow through a cylindrical perforation tunnel. Statistical analysis was coupled with numerical simulation to expand the investigation of fluid flow in the near-wellbore region that cannot be obtained experimentally. The statistical analysis investigated the effect of several parameters, including the liquid and gas flow rate, liquid viscosity, permeability, and porosity, on the injection build-up pressure and the time needed to reach a steady-state flow condition. Design-Expert® Design of Experiments (DoE) software was used to determine the numerical simulation runs using the ANOVA analysis with a Box-Behnken Design (BBD) model and ANSYS-FLUENT was used to analyses the numerical simulation of the porous media tunnel by applying the volume of fluid method (VOF). The experimental data were validated to the numerical results, and the comparison of results was in good agreement. The numerical and statistical analysis demonstrated each investigated parameter’s effect. The permeability, flow rate, and viscosity of the liquid significantly affect the injection pressure build-up profile, and porosity and gas flow rate substantially affect the time required to attain steady-state conditions. In addition, two correlations obtained from the statistical analysis can be used to predict the injection build-up pressure and the required time to reach steady state for different scenarios. This work will contribute to the clarification and understanding of the behavior of multiphase flow in the near-wellbore region.

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