A novel autonomous inflow control device design and its performance prediction

Zeng, Quanshu; Wang, Zhiming; Wang, Xiaoqiu; Wei, Jiang; Zhang, Quan; Yang, Gang

doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2014.12.003

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“…Additionally, single-phase laboratory testing has been documented for fluid diode AICDs in papers SPE 160165, 36 SPE167379, 37 SPE170993, 38 SPE 166285, 39 and SPE180303, 40 three case histories have been documented for fluid diode AICDs in paper SPE 166495, 41 Shahreyar et al 42 and SPE 200255, 43 the use of fluid diode AICDs in both heavy and light oil fields were documented in the papers SPE 184094 44 and SPE 183863. 45 In addition to the abovementioned fluid diode AICD, there are many other types of channel-type AICD, such as a new adaptable inflow control devices designed by Zeng et al, 46 , 47 which guide flow through a Y-diverter and restricts water flow through a disk limiter. The automatic phase selection controller designed by Yang et al 48 is used to suppress water production after water breakthrough in bottom water coning reservoirs; its structure looks like a q shape, which mainly depends on the difference between oil and oil viscosity; water that rotates at a high speed in the tool produces a greater pressure drop than oil that does not rotate substantially.…”

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Design and Numerical Simulation Study of a Novel AICD for Water Control and Gas Production in Gas Wells

Gao,

Li,

Nie

et al. 2023

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The automatic inflow control device (AICD) used for water control and gas recovery in gas wells as the core component of gas well intelligent layered/segmented production and water control technology is very important for the development of advanced well completion (AWC) technology in water-producing gas reservoirs. Therefore, the design of AICD to ensure that the gas flows smoothly inside it and to keep water under control to a greater extent can maximize the performance of the AICD, and the most important thing is to restrict the water in the formation from entering the wellbore. However, currently, there are very few designs and research on the AICD used for water control and gas production in the gas wells, and the performance of this type of tool and the law of gas and water flow inside it are not perfect, so more in-depth research is needed. In this paper, a new type of AICD is designed to realize the function of water control and gas flow smoothly, and the DoE of the new AICD is carried out, determining the factors that will affect the key technical indicators and the factors that may have interactive effects, using the numerical simulation method of computational fluid dynamics to carry out optimal design, conducting fluid physical property sensitivity analysis, and flow rate applicability analysis. The results show that the tool is not sensitive to the viscosity of water and gas in different gas reservoirs but is very sensitive to the density of water and gas. When the gas/water flow rate ratio is less than 4, it can exert its water control effect. In addition, the results of multiple sets of physical experiments are well consistent with the simulation results; the average deviation of single-phase water is 10.91% and the average deviation of single-phase gas is 11.85%. Computational fluid dynamics and physical experiment results show that, under these conditions, the difference in fluid flow characteristics can be fully exploited; the channel is automatically identified to produce a small gas pressure drop and a large water flow pressure drop. The research in this paper belongs to the key technology of the AWC technology of gas wells in the new water control strategy of the current and has a certain reference value to make up for the defects of drainage gas recovery technology in the water management strategy..

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Design and Numerical Simulation Study of a Novel AICD for Water Control and Gas Production in Gas Wells

Gao,

Li,

Nie

et al. 2023

ACS Omega

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“…A FD-AICD (fluid diode-type AICD) is composed of a Y-type splitting channel and external cyclone disk channel. The modified version and the phase selection controller (PSC) with a vortex disk have provided good results in the experiment. The fixed AICD has been applied in the Ginta oil field .…”

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Modeling and Simulation of Autonomous Inflow Control Devices for Gas Exploitation

2023

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Horizontal well technology is an efficient method of oil and gas exploitation. The goal of increasing oil production and improving productivity can be achieved by increasing the contact area between the reservoir and the wellbore. The presence of bottom water cresting reduces the efficiency of oil and gas production significantly. Autonomous inflow control devices (AICDs) are widely used to delay the influx of water into the wellbore. Two kinds of AICDs are proposed to restrain the bottom water breakthrough during natural gas production. The fluid flows in the AICDs are simulated numerically. The pressure difference between the inlet and outlet is calculated to evaluate the ability of blocking the flow. A dual-inlet design can increase the flow rate of AICDs, thus enhancing the water blocking effect. Numerical simulations show that the devices can block water flowing into the wellbore effectively.

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“…The floating ball AICD identifies fluids using the density difference of fluids, and it induces fluids into different channels; thus, water or gas control is realized . The channel AICD has special flow paths that are suitable for different fluids and can induce different fluids into different flow paths; thus, the additional pressure loss of an unexpected fluid is increased. − However, AICDs, which generate different pressure losses using density differences, cannot control water accurately because the effect of flowing fluids on movable components is not fully considered. AICDs, which generate different pressure drops based on viscosity difference, cannot control water efficiently because they do not have movable components.…”

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A Novel Automatic Inflow-Regulating Valve for Water Control in Horizontal Wells

Cui

et al. 2020

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Horizontal wells are prone to water coning and imbalanced inflow profile problems because of reservoir heterogeneity, the “heel-toe” effect, and different water avoidance heights. To solve these problems, an automatic inflow control device (AICD) technology is developed, as the traditional inflow control device (ICD) technology is frequently invalid after water breakthrough. In this study, a novel water control tool, an automatic inflow-regulating valve (AIRV), was designed to balance inflow profiles before water breakthrough and to limit water inflow after water breakthrough. With the use of a movable part, the AIRV can quickly distinguish fluids and limit the water output based on differences in fluid properties and the swirling flow principle. The water control efficiency and ability of the AIRV were simulated and optimized using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and verified experimentally using a water control testing system specially designed for the AIRV. We observed that (1) the total water force on the movable component of the AIRV is notably larger than that of oil because the swirling intensity of water is significantly higher than that of oil; moreover, the force directions of water and oil are opposite to each other. (2) The AIRV is sensitive to the flow rate and fluid viscosity but not to fluid density. (3) A higher water cut results in a higher AIRV pressure loss. The results of the CFD simulation and experimental test demonstrated that the AIRV has a significant water control ability and efficiency, particularly under conditions of a high production rate and high water cut. Thus, the AIRV can be used to enhance the control of water inflow before and after water breakthroughs in horizontal wells.

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A novel autonomous inflow control device design and its performance prediction

Cited by 16 publications

References 31 publications

Design and Numerical Simulation Study of a Novel AICD for Water Control and Gas Production in Gas Wells

Design and Numerical Simulation Study of a Novel AICD for Water Control and Gas Production in Gas Wells

Modeling and Simulation of Autonomous Inflow Control Devices for Gas Exploitation

A Novel Automatic Inflow-Regulating Valve for Water Control in Horizontal Wells

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