Development of an automated in-situ combustion assembly to study effects of clay on the dry forward in-situ combustion process

Thesis/Dissertation · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6323663

Guvenir, I M

The objectives of this study were to develop an automated in situ combustion assembly, and to investigate the effects of clay on the dry forward combustion process using crude oil (19.3 api, 530 cps at 25 C) from the Iola field, Allen County, Kansas. An experimental apparatus consisting of a combustion tube and high pressure jacket, a flow control system, an electronic process control system, a fluid analysis system, and some auxiliary equipment was assembled. A minicomputer was interacted with this apparatus to collect, store and process data, to control the process conditions, and to automate the gas analysis procedure. The method of investigation of the effects of clay on the combustion process consisted of adiabatic combustion runs in sand mixtures with varying clay content. It was concluded that the large surface area of the clays is a major contributor to the fuel deposition process. However, different carbon combustion rates obtained indicated that mechanisms controlling the reaction rate depend also on the composition of the porous matrix.

• OSTI ID: 6323663
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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