Filtration-Wave Heating of Porous Media

Abstract

Results are given of theoretical investigation of temperature fields arising under conditions of vibratory motion of liquid in porous media in view of compressibility. Analytical dependences of temperature on space coordinates, time, and other parameters under these conditions are constructed. Space-time dependences of temperature fields in application to oil beds are calculated, and the results of their analysis are given.

Temperature fields during filtration wax oil in porous formation

“…The value of the barothermal effect depends on the properties of the porous medium, the filtering liquid, time, flow geometry, etc. One of the most important features of the barothermal effect is the increase in temperature with time in filtration-wave fields [2,3]. This opens up prospects for the development of new ways of influencing oil reservoirs to increase oil recovery.…”