scholarly journals Theory and Application of Numerical Simulation of Chemical Flooding in High Temperature and High Salt Reservoirs

2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (09) ◽  
pp. 956-970
Author(s):  
Yirang Yuan ◽  
Aijie Cheng ◽  
Danping Yang ◽  
Changfeng Li
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
High Salt ◽  
Chemical Flooding

Laboratory Experimental Study on New Polymer in Xinjiang Lukeqin High Temperature and High Salt Reservoir

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Wang ◽  
Q. Xiao ◽  
Y. Gou ◽  
F. Deng ◽  
B. Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
High Salt

Numerical Simulation of Interior Flow in Evaporation Droplet

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingming Dong ◽  
Zhentao Wang ◽  
Yonghui Zhang ◽  
Junfeng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Internal Flow ◽  
Surface Force ◽  
Droplet Surface ◽  
Force Model ◽  
Marangoni Flow ◽  
High Temperature Area ◽  
Interior Flow ◽  
Temperature Area

In this present study, the VOF (Volume of Fluid) approach is adopted to capture the interface, and CSF (Continuum Surface Force) model to calculate the surface tension, and the governing equations are founded in numerical simulation of evaporating droplets. In this work, a water droplet is assumed to be suspending in high temperature air, and the gravity of a droplet is ignored. During evaporating process of the droplet, the internal circulation flow will be induced due to the gradient of temperature at the droplet surface. The interface flows from high temperature area to low temperature area, which pulls the liquid to produce convective flow inside the droplet called as Marangoni flow. Marangoni flow makes the temperature distribution tend to uniformity, which enhances heat transfer but weakens Marangoni flow in turn. So, during droplet evaporation, the internal flow is not steady.

Misbehavior in High Temperature Equilibrium of Water-Gas Reaction

2012 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 346-351
Author(s):  
Radu Dan Rugescu ◽  
Florin Radu Bacaran
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Chemical Equilibrium ◽  
Solid Propellant ◽  
Combustion Products ◽  
Linearization Method ◽  
Gaseous Products ◽  
Direct Linearization ◽  
Temperature Equilibrium ◽  
Water Gas

The observation that the chemical equilibrium between the combustion products of solid propellant samples within static calorimeters is unexpectedly freezing at high temperatures is proved through a general numerical simulation of the isochoric cooling with chemical reactions between the gaseous products. A proprietary, direct linearization method of thermochemical computation is used that enables following any chemical reaction in equilibrium with high convergence. The observed chemical freezing within calorimeters is proved.

Coreflood Model Calibration for Alkali Surfactant Polymer Process from a High Salinity Reservoir to Design an ASP Pilot

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisely Urdaneta
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Water Saturation ◽  
Polymer Concentration ◽  
Chemical Flooding ◽  
Adsorption Parameters ◽  
Oil Saturation ◽  
The Core ◽  
Asp Flooding

Abstract This paper aims to address calibration of a coreflood Alkali Surfactant Polymer (ASP) formulation experiment through parametrization of fluid-fluid and rock-fluid interactions considering cation exchange capacity and by rock to guide an ASP pilot design. First of all, a series of chemical formulation experiments were studied in cores drilled from clastic reservoir so that displacement lab tests were run on linear and radial cores to determine the potential for oil recovery by ASP flooding and recommended the chemical formulation and flooding schemes, in terms of oil recovery. Therefore, to simulate the process, those tests performed with radial core injection were taken, because this type of test has a better representation of the fluid flow in reservoir, the fluids are injected by a perforation in the center of the core, moving in a radial direction the fluids inside the porous medium. Subsequently, displaced fluids are collected on the periphery of the core carrier and stored in graduated test tubes. The recommended test was carried out to the phase of numerical simulation and historical matching. Reservoir simulation is one of the most important tools available to predict behavior under chemical flooding conditions and to study sensitivities based on cost-effective process implementation. Then, a radial core simulation model was designed from formulation data with porosity of 42.6%, a pore volume (PV) of 344.45 ml, radius of 7.17 cm and weight of 1225.84 g. The initial oil saturation was 0.748 PV (257.58 ml), with a critical water saturation of 0.252 PV (86.78 ml). For the simulation model historical matching, adjustments were made until an acceptable comparison was obtained with laboratory test production data through parameterization of relative permeability curves, chemical adsorption parameters, polymer viscosity, among others; resulting in an accumulated effluents production mass 37% greater for alkali than obtained in the historical, regarding to surfactant the deviation was 8% considered acceptable and for the polymer the adjustment was very close. For the injector well bottom pressure, the viscosity ratio of the mixture was considered based on the polymer concentration and the effect of the shear rate on the viscosity of the polymer as well as the effect of salinity in the alkali case. Finally, a calibrated coreflood numerical simulation model was obtained for ASP flooding to design an ASP Pilot with a residual oil saturation of 0.09 PV (31 ml) meaning 64% more recovered oil compared to a waterflooding case.

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