Utilization of Memory Concept to Develop Heat Transfer Dimensionless Numbers for Porous Media Undergoing Thermal Flooding With Equal Rock and Fluid Temperatures
Abstract:Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques are regaining interest as high oil prices have rendered such techniques economically attractive. Thermal EOR processes, which involve injection of heat into the reservoir, cause continuous alteration of the thermal characteristics of both reservoir rock and fluids that are seldom modeled in the heat and momentum transfer equations. In this study, the memory concept is employed to develop new dimensionless numbers that can characterize convective heat transfer between the … Show more
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