Heat transfer and oil displacement models for tar sands reservoirs

Conference · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6168935

Ward, C E; Ward, G D

A convective heat transfer model and one dimensional displacement model applicable to tar sands and heavy oils for use with a microcomputer are presented. The convective heat transfer model describes the temperature profiles in a thermal operation. The displacement model offers insight into the effect of process variables on the steam/oil or air/oil ratio of thermal operations. A method is presented for predicting the fuel burn in a fireflood.

• Research Organization: Ward Douglas and Co.
• OSTI ID: 6168935
• Report Number(s): CONF-8409104-
• Journal Information: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Vol. SPE13222; Conference: 59. annual Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME technical conference, Houston, TX, USA, 16 Sep 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
OIL SANDS
FLUID INJECTION PROCESSES
THERMODYNAMICS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONVECTION
HEAT TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MICROPROCESSORS
ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COMPUTERS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY TRANSFER
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
SIMULATION
040402* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Surface Methods