Combustion-Drive Tests

1963 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.E. Showalter
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Test Cell ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Silica Sand ◽  
Operating Pressure ◽  
Oil Sand ◽  
Recovery Method ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Made In

SHOWALTER, W.E., UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA, BREA, CALIF. Abstract This paper discusses some of the results of combustion-drive tests which were made in a test cell using a sand bed 10 in. in diameter × 10-ft long. The test method is illustrated and described.The relationship between the API gravity of the in situ oil and the amount of air required for combustion drive is discussed n detail. Other things constant, the air requirement for combustion drive increases as the API gravity of the in situ oil decreases. If the test results apply to actual reservoirs, the lowest-priced oils may cost the most to recover by this method.Information is shown which indicates that the effect of pressure on the amount of hydrocarbon burned is not large. A method of predicting air requirements from the API gravity of the in situ oil is presented. Introduction Combustion drive is the term used to identify the process of interstitial or in situ burning as an oil recovery method. Part of the in situ oil is burned to generate the energy needed to produce the remainder of the oil. Combustion drive as an oil recovery mechanism remains an economic uncertainty in spite of all the work that has been done by the industry in both laboratory and field. This paper will show some of the results of tests which were made in a test cell for the purpose of studying the nature of the combustion-drive process. It will present data which indicate that the API gravity of the in situ oil is a significant indicator of the amount of air required to drive a burning front through oil sand. Air requirement varies inversely as the API gravity of the in situ oil. EXPERIMENTAL The tests were performed in a cell which utilized a cylindrical sand section 10 in. in diameter × 10-ft long. The thin-walled metal pipe which held the sand was wound with twenty external electrical resistance heaters which, by means of an automatic controller, maintained adjacent sections of the wall of the pipe at temperatures equal to the temperatures of the contained sand. Each heater covered 6 linear in. of the pipe. By this means lateral heat loss from the sand section was minimized, thereby causing the sand section to simulate more closely a horizontal increment of a combustion-drive reservoir.Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of the test assembly.Thermocouplestomeasurethetemperature in the sand were located every 6 in. along the length of the sand section. The pipe containing the sand was enclosed in a cell designed for an operating pressure of 500 psig. The inlet air pressure was controlled at the inlet, and the gas flow rate was controlled and measured at the outlet of the cell.The oil sand used for the tests was prepared by mixing first water and then oil with the non-consolidated sand using a closed mixer similar to a cement mixer. Table 1 shows a screen analysis of the sand. Ninety percent of the sand was 100 mesh or finer. This sand was a mixture of 80 per cent No. 120 Nevada White Sand and 20 per cent Tennessee Hi-Fusion Moulding Sand No. 3. The Nevada sand was a clean silica sand. SPEJ P. 53^

Dynamic transduction properties of in situ baroreceptors of rabbit aortic depressor nerve

1998 ◽  
Vol 274 (1) ◽  
pp. H358-H365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayuki Sato ◽  
Toru Kawada ◽  
Toshiaki Shishido ◽  
Hiroshi Miyano ◽  
Masashi Inagaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Function ◽  
White Noise ◽  
Innominate Artery ◽  
Operating Pressure ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Aortic Depressor Nerve ◽  
The Right ◽  
Common Carotid Arteries ◽  
Made In

We developed a new method for isolating in situ baroreceptor regions of the rabbit aortic depressor nerve (ADN) and estimated the transfer function from pressure to afferent nerve activity in the frequency range of 0.01–5 Hz by a white noise technique. Complete isolation of the baroreceptor area of the right ADN was made in situ by ligation of the innominate artery and the right subclavian and common carotid arteries. We altered the pressure in the isolated baroreceptor area according to a binary quasi-white noise between 80 and 100 mmHg in 12 urethan-anesthetized rabbits. The gain increased two to three times as the frequency of pressure perturbation increased from 0.01 to 2 Hz and then decreased at higher frequencies. The phase slightly led below 0.2 Hz. The squared coherence value was >0.8 in the frequency range of 0.01–4 Hz. The step responses estimated from the transfer function were indistinguishable from those actually observed. We conclude that the baroreceptor transduction of the ADN is governed by linear dynamics under the physiological operating pressure range.

The Effect of Phase Equilibria on the CO2 Displacement Mechanism

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (04) ◽  
pp. 242-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.S. Metcalfe ◽  
Lyman Yarborough
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Phase Equilibria ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Miscible Displacement ◽  
Co2 Flooding ◽  
Recovery Method ◽  
Two Fluids ◽  
Reservoir Conditions

Abstract Carbon dioxide flooding under miscible conditions is being developed as a major process for enhanced oil recovery. This paper presents results of research studies to increase our understanding of the multiple-contact miscible displacement mechanism for CO2 flooding. Carbon dioxide displacements of three synthetic oils of increasing complexity (increasing number of hydrocarbon components) are described. The paper concentrates on results of laboratory flow studies, but uses results of phase-equilibria and numerical studies to support the conclusions.Results from studies with synthetic oils show that at least two multiple-contact miscible mechanisms, vaporization and condensation, can be identified and that the phase-equilibria data can be used as a basis for describing the mechanism. The phase-equilibria change with varying reservoir conditions, and the flow studies show that the miscible mechanism depends on the phase-equilibria behavior. Qualitative predictions with mathematical models support our conclusions.Phase-equilibria data with naturally occurring oils suggest the two mechanisms (vaporization and condensation) are relevant to CO2 displacements at reservoir conditions and are a basis for specifying the controlling mechanisms. Introduction Miscible-displacement processes, which rely on multiple contacts of injected gas and reservoir oil to develop an in-situ solvent, generally have been recognized by the petroleum industry as an important enhanced oil-recovery method. More recently, CO2 flooding has advanced to the position (in the U.S.) of being the most economically attractive of the multiple-contact miscibility (MCM) processes. Several projects have been or are currently being conducted either to study or use CO2 as an enhanced oil-recovery method. It has been demonstrated convincingly by Holm and others that CO2 can recover oil from laboratory systems and therefore from the swept zone of petroleum reservoirs using miscible displacement. However, several contradictions seem to exist in published results.. These authors attempt to establish the mechanism(s) through which CO2 and oil form a miscible solvent in situ. (The solvent thus produced is capable of performing as though the two fluids were miscible when performing as though the two fluids were miscible when injected.) In addition, little experimental work has been published to provide support for the mechanisms of multiple-contact miscibility, as originally discussed by Hutchinson and Braun.One can reasonably assume that the miscible CO2 process will be related directly to phase equilibria process will be related directly to phase equilibria because it involves intimate contact of gases and liquids. However, no data have been published to indicate that the mechanism for miscibility development may differ for varying phase-equilibria conditions.This paper presents the results of both flow and phase-equilibria studies performed to determine the phase-equilibria studies performed to determine the mechanism(s) of CO2 multiple-contact miscibility. These flow studies used CO2 to displace three multicomponent hydrocarbon mixtures under first-contact miscible, multiple-contact miscible, and immiscible conditions. Results are presented to support the vaporization mechanism as described by Hutchinson and Braun, and also to show that more than one mechanism is possible with CO2 displacements. The reason for the latter is found in the results of phase-equilibria studies. SPEJ P. 242

Design Researches in Making In-Situ Thermal Foam System as a New Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery Method

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Nikolaevich Kozhin ◽  
Andrey Valerevich Mikhailov ◽  
Konstantin Vasilievich Pchela ◽  
Ivan Ivanovich Kireev ◽  
Sergey Valerevich Demin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Ionic Composition ◽  
Chemical Effect ◽  
Recovery Method ◽  
Injection Process ◽  
Viscous Oil ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Displacement Factor ◽  
Water Gas

Abstract The paper presents the results of lab and filtration studies aimed at improving the procedure of thermal/gas/chemical effect (TGCE) with the generation of thermogenic system in reservoir conditions, proposed as an alternative to the methods of increasing oil recovery, such as water-gas effect procedure and foam injection process. The objects of research were thermal/gas generating compositions at the basis of sodium salts of sulfamic and nitric acids. Moreover, the influence of the ionic composition of the aqueous solution and temperature on the surface properties of the attracted solutions of surfactants (surfactants) was also evaluated. Filtration tests have shown that the use of a thermal/gas generating composition leads to additional displacement of high-viscous oil. The introduction of surfactants in the thermal/gas generating composition promotes foaming in the porous medium of the reservoir model and prevents gas breakthrough that leads to an increase in the oil displacement factor up to 24 %.

Effects of Steam on Heavy Oil Combustion

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 508-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Lapene ◽  
Louis Castanier ◽  
Gerald Debenest ◽  
Michel Yves Quintard ◽  
Arjan Matheus Kamp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Combustion Front ◽  
Oil Viscosity ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
Temperature Oxidation ◽  
Recovery Method

Summary In-Situ Combustion. In-situ combustion (ISC) is an enhanced oil-recovery method. Enhanced oil recovery is broadly described as a group of techniques used to extract crude oil from the subsurface by the injection of substances not originally present in the reservoir with or without the introduction of extraneous energy (Lake 1996). During ISC, a combustion front is propagated through the reservoir by injected air. The heat generated results in higher temperatures leading to a reduction in oil viscosity and an increase of oil mobility. There are two types of ISC processes, dry and wet combustion. In the dry-combustion process, a large part of the heat generated is left unused downstream of the combustion front in the burned-out region. During the wet-injection process, water is co-injected with the air to recover some of the heat remaining behind the combustion zone. ISC is a very complex process. From a physical point of view, it is a problem coupling transport in porous media, chemistry, and thermodynamics. It has been studied for several decades, and the technique has been applied in the field since the 1950s. The complexity was not well understood earlier by ISC operators. This resulted in a high rate of project failures in the 1960s, and contributed to the misconception that ISC is a problem-prone process with low probability of success. However, ISC is an attractive oil-recovery process and capable of recovering a high percentage of oil-in-place, if the process is designed correctly and implemented in the right type of reservoir (Sarathi 1999). This paper investigates the effect of water on the reaction kinetics of a heavy oil by way of ramped temperature oxidation under various conditions. Reactions. Earlier studies about reaction kinetic were conducted by Bousaid and Ramey (1968), Weijdema (1968), Dabbous and Fulton (1974), and Thomas et al. (1979). In these experiments, temperature of a sample of crude oil and solid matrix was increased over time or kept constant. The produced gas was analyzed to determine the concentrations of outlet gases, such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and oxygen. This kind of studies shows two types of oxidation reactions, the Low-Temperature Oxidation (LTO) and the High-Temperature Oxidation (HTO) (Burger and Sahuquet 1973; Fassihi et al. 1984a; Mamora et al. 1993). In 1984, Fassihi et al. (1984b) presented an analytical method to obtain kinetics parameters. His method requires several assumptions.

Lessons Learned From Applications of a New Organic-Oil-Recovery Method That Activates Resident Microbes

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (06) ◽  
pp. 688-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.L.. L. Zahner ◽  
S.J.. J. Tapper ◽  
B.W.G.. W.G. Marcotte ◽  
B.R.. R. Govreau
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Microbial Growth ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Injection Wells ◽  
Recovery Method ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Wide Range

Summary Using a breakthrough process, which does not require microbes to be injected, more than 100 microbial enhanced-oil-recovery (MEOR) treatments were conducted from 2007 to the end of 2010 in oil-producing and water-injection wells in the United States and Canada. On average, these treatments increased oil production by 122%, with an 89% success rate. This paper reviews the MEOR process, reviews the results of the first 100+ treatments, and shares what has been learned from this work. Observations and conclusions include the following: Screening reservoirs is critical to success. Identifying reservoirs where appropriate microbes are present and oil is movable is the key. MEOR can be applied to a wide range of oil gravities. MEOR has been applied successfully to reservoirs with oil gravity as high as 41° API and as low as 16° API. When microbial growth is appropriately controlled, reservoir plugging or formation damage is no longer a risk. Microbes reside in extreme conditions and can be manipulated to perform valuable in-situ "work." MEOR has been applied successfully at reservoir temperatures as high as 200°F and salinities as high as 140,000 ppm total dissolved solids (TDS). MEOR can be applied successfully in dual-porosity reservoirs. A side benefit of applying MEOR is that it can reduce reservoir souring. An oil response is not always observed when treating producing wells. MEOR can be applied to many more reservoirs than thought originallys with little downside risk. This review of more than 100 MEOR well treatments expands the types of reservoirs in which MEOR can be applied successfully. Low-risk and economically attractive treatments can be accomplished when appropriate scientific analysis and laboratory screening are performed before treatments.

Polymer/Surfactant Effects on Generated Volume and Pressure of CO2 in EOR Technology

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayavur I. Bakhtiyarov ◽  
Azizaga Kh. Shakhverdiyev ◽  
Geilani M. Panakhov ◽  
Eldar M. Abbasov
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Co2 Injection ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Alternative Scheme ◽  
Recovery Method ◽  
Water Solutions

Dense phase gases (carbon dioxide, nitrogen, light hydrocarbons, etc.) are used to develop miscibility with crude oil in enhanced oil recovery processes. Due to the certain reasons, carbon dioxide (CO2) flooding is considered the fastest-growing improved oil recovery method. However, due to the low viscosity of dense CO2, displacement front instabilities and a premature CO2 breakthrough is observed in many cases. An alternative scheme to the traditional methods of oil recovery by injection of carbon dioxide gas is the technology developed by the NMT, IGDFF and IMM, which proposes in-situ CO2 generation as a result of the thermochemical reaction between water solutions of the gas-forming (FG) and gas-yielding (GY) chemical agents injected to the productive horizons. This technique excludes CO2 injection from surface communication systems and does not require expensive delivery equipment. This process allows avoiding many negative consequences of CO2 injection technology. Based on the in-situ CO2 generation concept, several new technological schemes were developed in order to provide an integrative effect on the productive horizons. In this paper we present the results of the experimental studies on effect of polymer and surfactant additives on generated CO2 miscibility. The solutions of gas-yielding (GY) agent with different concentrations of surfactants and polymer additives were used as a reacting agent in these laboratory studies. Within the limits of the experimental conditions stochiometric reactions between gas-yielding (GY) and gas-forming (GF) water solutions were simulated. The tests were conducted on the experimental set up designed and built for these purposes. In the first series of experiments a polyacrylamide was added to the gas-yielding (GY) agent in the concentrations 0.1, 0.25 and 0.5 wt.%. A dynamics of the pressure changes during stoichiometric reaction was recorded. It is shown that the pressure of the generated CO2 gas significantly depends on concentration of the polymer additive and, as a consequence, on viscosity of the water solution. It slightly depends on the concentration of the surfactant added to the GY reactant.

ROCK OIL RESERVOIR STRUCTURE INFLUENCE ON THE FLAME STABILITY OF THE IN-SITU COMBUSTION RECOVERY METHOD

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Henrique Pagoto Deoclecio ◽  
Filipe Arthur Firmino Monhol ◽  
Antônio Carlos Barbosa Zancanella
Keyword(s):  
Flame Stability ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
Recovery Method

Mass Spectrometry Techniques: Principles and Practices for Quantitative Proteomics

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocco J. Rotello ◽  
Timothy D. Veenstra
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Quantitative Proteomics ◽  
Protein Identification ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Complete Coverage ◽  
The Past ◽  
Proteome Level ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Quantitative Changes ◽  
Made In

: In the current omics-age of research, major developments have been made in technologies that attempt to survey the entire repertoire of genes, transcripts, proteins, and metabolites present within a cell. While genomics has led to a dramatic increase in our understanding of such things as disease morphology and how organisms respond to medications, it is critical to obtain information at the proteome level since proteins carry out most of the functions within the cell. The primary tool for obtaining proteome-wide information on proteins within the cell is mass spectrometry (MS). While it has historically been associated with the protein identification, developments over the past couple of decades have made MS a robust technology for protein quantitation as well. Identifying quantitative changes in proteomes is complicated by its dynamic nature and the inability of any technique to guarantee complete coverage of every protein within a proteome sample. Fortunately, the combined development of sample preparation and MS methods have made it capable to quantitatively compare many thousands of proteins obtained from cells and organisms.

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