Role of Porosity on Energy Transport with Equal Rock-Fluid Temperatures During Thermal EOR Process

Hossain, Mohammed Kamal

doi:10.1007/s13369-016-2343-8

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“…Dimensionally scaled model studies have been applied to engineering problems for many years, especially in the field of heat transfer and fluid flow with structural design (Leverett et al 1942;Mattax and Kyte 1962;Bridgman 1931;Langhaar 1951;Murphy 1950). A similar approach used in the field of petroleum engineering is relatively new; however, its application is increasing day by day (Leverett et al 1942;Bobek and Bail 1961;Mattax and Kyte 1962;Carpenter et al 1962;Graham and Richardson 1959;Rapoport 1955;Craig et al 1955Craig et al , 1957Rapoport and Leas 1953;Engelberts and Klinkenberg 1951;Seve and Pottier 1963;Geertsma et al 1956;Van Meurs 1956;Henley et al 1961;Jadhawar 2010;Rahman 2018;Rahman et al 2017;Hossain 2017). It can reproduce the behaviour of one scale process to another scale.…”

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Development of scaling criteria for steam flooding EOR process

Rahman

Ahmed

Hossain

et al. 2020

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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The development of new scaling criteria for steam flooding process is presented in this paper. The mathematical development is done by using modified Darcy’s law, constitutive relationships, constraints, and the initial and boundary conditions. Dimensional and inspectional analyses are used to develop sets of dimensionless groups by incorporating rock and fluid memory concept. The variety of scaling criteria and their comparative advantages and limitations are discussed. Currently available scaling criteria development for steam flooding processes used the same fluid, same porous media in model and prototype. However, it requires a high-pressure model with different porous media, which causes difficulties in scaling properties, and therefore, largely depends on pressure and the porous media itself. In this paper, different methods are presented which permit scaling of all properties dependent on pressure or temperature by relaxing the requirements of geometric similarity. A set of relaxed scaling criteria is determined to satisfy a major mechanism. A comparative study of different approaches and their relative merits and demerits are discussed. Approach 2 (same fluids, same pressure drop, same porous medium, and geometric similarity) seems to be the most appropriate for the steam flooding process; however, gravitational forces cannot be scaled properly with this approach. Approach 3 (same fluids, same pressure drop, same porous media, and relaxed geometric similarity) is suitable for this process if the effect of transverse dispersion is considered negligible. Finally, a table is developed which can act as a guideline to select an appropriate approach that best scales a major mechanism for a specific steam flooding recovery process.

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