Multiple Fluids, Proppant Transport, and Thermal Effects in Three-Dimensional Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.J. Clifton ◽  
J-J. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Thermal Effects ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Proppant Transport ◽  
Dimensional Simulation

Three-Dimensional Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing

1984 ◽  
Vol 36 (07) ◽  
pp. 1177-1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonin Settari ◽  
Michael P. Cleary
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Simulation

scholarly journals Multi-Size Proppant Pumping Schedule of Hydraulic Fracturing: Application to a MP-PIC Model of Unconventional Reservoir for Enhanced Gas Production

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prashanth Siddhamshetty ◽  
Shaowen Mao ◽  
Kan Wu ◽  
Joseph Sang-Il Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Computational Cost ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Sensitivity Study ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Field Scale ◽  
Fracture Geometry ◽  
Fracture Conductivity ◽  
Proppant Transport

Slickwater hydraulic fracturing is becoming a prevalent approach to economically recovering shale hydrocarbon. It is very important to understand the proppant’s transport behavior during slickwater hydraulic fracturing treatment for effective creation of a desired propped fracture geometry. The currently available models are either oversimplified or have been performed at limited length scales to avoid high computational requirements. Another limitation is that the currently available hydraulic fracturing simulators are developed using only single-sized proppant particles. Motivated by this, in this work, a computationally efficient, three-dimensional, multiphase particle-in-cell (MP-PIC) model was employed to simulate the multi-size proppant transport in a field-scale geometry using the Eulerian–Lagrangian framework. Instead of tracking each particle, groups of particles (called parcels) are tracked, which allows one to simulate the proppant transport in field-scale geometries at an affordable computational cost. Then, we found from our sensitivity study that pumping schedules significantly affect propped fracture surface area and average fracture conductivity, thereby influencing shale gas production. Motivated by these results, we propose an optimization framework using the MP-PIC model to design the multi-size proppant pumping schedule that maximizes shale gas production from unconventional reservoirs for given fracturing resources.

Robust Mesh Generation for Areas With Advancing Boundaries

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney J. Clifton ◽  
Jian-Juei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Surface ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Mesh Generation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Mesh Generator ◽  
Nodal Coordinates ◽  
Principal Stretches ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Dimensional Simulation ◽  
Optimal Mesh

Abstract This paper presents an adaptive optimal mesh generator, including criteria for determining the boundary nodal coordinates. This mesh generator has been developed to provide mesh for a planar fracture surface in the three-dimensional simulation of hydraulic fracturing. The mesh generator is based on the optimization of the local aspect ratio by minimizing the difference of the principal stretches in mapping a square reference mesh onto the fracture surface. Sector areas, curvatures along the fracture boundary, and the locations of the corner nodes are used to calculate weights in determining the locations of the boundary nodes of the advancing fracture surface. Hydraulic fracturing simulation examples of various meshes are presented with discussion of the weighing parameters used in locating the boundary nodes.

Three-Dimensional Simulation of Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack

2008 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 459-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshitaka Inui ◽  
Tadashi Tanaka ◽  
Tomoyoshi Kanno
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Fuel Cell Stack ◽  
Dimensional Simulation

THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION OF EFFERVESCENT ATOMIZATION SPRAY

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Bing Xiong ◽  
Jian-Zhong Lin ◽  
Ze-Fei Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Atomization Spray ◽  
Dimensional Simulation
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