Three-phase, two-dimensional numerical simulation of the steam flood process
Thesis/Dissertation
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OSTI ID:5706502
Steam-drive calculations using numerical simulation techniques constitute a difficult type of problem. The determination of the rate of steam condensation was considerable accuracy is the main difficulty in solving such problem. In this study, the implicit pressure-explicit saturation (IMPES) technique was used to solve the 3-phase fluid flow equations for compressible fluids. A method was developed and applied to determine the temperature and the rate of steam condensation implicitly from the heat balance equation. Both techniques were used in computer simulators for linear and 2-dimensional systems. A steam-injection experimental study was performed in a linear model. The results of this experimental work and other published experimental results showed good agreement with the results obtained from the numerical computer simulators. The numerical simulators also were used to study the effect of some parameters on the steam drive process. It was found that this model is very sensitive to capillary pressure values. Also it was found that the relative permeability data plays a small role on the results obtained.
- OSTI ID:
- 5706502
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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