A Heat Transfer Study for the In-Situ Combustion Process

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.H. Kuo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
Transfer Study

A Numerical Simulation Model for Thermal Recovery Processes

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 37-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.B. Crookston ◽  
W.E. Culham ◽  
W.H. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Model ◽  
Combustion Zone ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Thermal Recovery ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Computational Results ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
Recovery Processes

Abstract This paper describes a model for numerically simulating thermal recovery processes. The primary locus is on the simulation of in-situ combustion, but the formulation also represents fire-and-water flooding, steamflooding, hot water flooding, steam stimulation, and spontaneous ignition as well. The simulator describes the flow of water, oil, and gas, and includes gravity and capillary effects. Heat transfer by conduction, convection, and vaporization-condensation of both water and hydrocarbons are included. The rigorous but general nature of the simulator is obtained by employing conservation balance equations for oxygen, inert gases, a light hydrocarbon pseudocomponent, a heavy hydrocarbon pseudocomponent, water, coke, and energy. pseudocomponent, water, coke, and energy. Vaporization-condensation is governed by vaporliquid equilibrium using temperature and pressure-dependent equilibrium coefficients. Four pressure-dependent equilibrium coefficients. Four chemical reactions are accounted for: formation of coke from the heavy hydrocarbon component and the oxidation of coke and both heavy and light hydrocarbon components. Formulation details, numerical solution procedures, and computational results are presented. procedures, and computational results are presented. The computational results include both one- and two-dimensional cross-sectional studies. The simulator represents a major improvement in the ability to simulate thermal recovery processes under complex conditions. Introduction Considerable progress has been made in numerically simulating thermally enhanced oil-recovery processes during the last few years. This is particularly true for-processes involving steam, where we have seen a continual improvement of our ability to treat the problem. The most recent contributions provide an analysis capability for steam displacement and steam stimulation recovery methods, accounting for all the important physical mechanisms of these processes. Progress in simulating the performance of in-situ combustion processes is not so advanced. Initial simulation attempts were concerned primarily with the heat-transfer aspects of combustion. The most sophisticated heat-transfer model was developed by Chu. His numerical model considers the energy effects of vaporization and condensation on the temperature distribution, but neglects the accompanying phase changes by assuming constant fluid saturations. More recent heat transfer or heat-wave models for the in-situ combustion process were proposed by Kuo in 1969 and by Smith and Farouq-Ali in 1971. Kuo's model allows two temperature fronts-one at the combustion zone and one at a heat front. The heat-front position is predicted by gas flow that is allowed to have a velocity different from the velocity of the combustion front. The simulator proposed by Smith and Farouq-Ali is designed for proposed by Smith and Farouq-Ali is designed for predicting sweep efficiencies in confined well predicting sweep efficiencies in confined well patterns. Their numerical model accounts for heat patterns. Their numerical model accounts for heat generation by a combustion zone (assuming fixed fuel content all through the reservoir), heat transfer by conduction and convection (single-phase gas flow) in the reservoir, heat losses by conduction to adjacent formations, and different permeability-to-gas (air) flow on either side of the combustion zone. Special cases of the in-situ combustion process were studied by Gottfried and Khelil. These authors examine the heat transfer and oxygen use in reservoirs composed of an oil-bearing layer and an overlying "clean" porous zone containing only gas. These models were designed primarily to investigate the various transport mechanisms present when combustion is initiated in a reservoir present when combustion is initiated in a reservoir containing a gas cap. Because of the many assumptions invoked and the specialized geometry to which they apply, they do not satisfy the need for a general purpose simulator. SPEJ P. 37

Interaction between aromatics and n-alkane for in-situ combustion process

2020 ◽  
Vol 187 ◽  
pp. 106770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengdong Yuan ◽  
Mikhail A. Varfolomeev ◽  
Artashes A. Khachatrian
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Process ◽  
In Situ Combustion

Kinetics of Wet In-Situ Combustion: A Review of Kinetic Models

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Cavanzo ◽  
S. F. Muñoz ◽  
A.. Ordoñez ◽  
H.. Bottia
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Model ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Kinetic Models ◽  
Combustion Front ◽  
Chemical Interaction ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Oxidation Reactions ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
Temperature Oxidation

Abstract In Situ Combustion is an enhanced oil recovery method which consists on injecting air to the reservoir, generating a series of oxidation reactions at different temperature ranges by chemical interaction between oil and oxygen, the high temperature oxidation reactions are highly exothermic; the oxygen reacts with a coke like material formed by thermal cracking, they are responsible of generating the heat necessary to sustain and propagate the combustion front, sweeping the heavy oil and upgrading it due to the high temperatures. Wet in situ combustion is variant of the process, in which water is injected simultaneously or alternated with air, taking advantage of its high heat capacity, so the steam can transport heat more efficiently forward the combustion front due to the latent heat of vaporization. A representative model of the in situ combustion process is constituted by a static model, a dynamic model and a kinetic model. The kinetic model represents the oxidative behavior and the compositional changes of the crude oil; it is integrated by the most representative reactions of the process and the corresponding kinetic parameters of each reaction. Frequently, the kinetic model for a dry combustion process has Low Temperature Oxidation reactions (LTO), thermal cracking reactions and the combustion reaction. For the case of wet combustion, additional aquathermolysis reactions take place. This article presents a full review of the kinetic models of the wet in situ combustion process taking into account aquathermolysis reactions. These are hydrogen addition reactions due to the chemical interaction between crude oil and steam. The mechanism begins with desulphurization reactions and subsequent decarboxylation reactions, which are responsible of carbon monoxide production, which reacts with steam producing carbon dioxide and hydrogen; this is the water and gas shift reaction. Finally, during hydrocracking and hydrodesulphurization reactions, hydrogen sulfide is generated and the crude oil is upgraded. An additional upgrading mechanism during the wet in situ combustion process can be explained by the aquathermolysis theory, also hydrogen sulphide and hydrogen production can be estimated by a suitable kinetic model that takes into account the most representative reactions involved during the combustion process.

scholarly journals An in situ combustion process for recovering heavy oil using scaled physical model

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 2681-2688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian Zhang ◽  
Qingwang Liu ◽  
Zhenzhong Fan ◽  
Qicheng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Physical Model ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
In Situ Combustion

Improving heavy oil oxidation performance by oil-dispersed CoFe2O4 nanoparticles in In-situ combustion process for enhanced oil recovery

Fuel ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 285 ◽  
pp. 119216
Author(s):  
Seyedsaeed Mehrabi-Kalajahi ◽  
Mikhail A. Varfolomeev ◽  
Chengdong Yuan ◽  
Almaz L. Zinnatullin ◽  
Nikolay O. Rodionov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Oil Oxidation ◽  
Cofe2o4 Nanoparticles ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
Oxidation Performance
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