Experimental study on the oil and water behavior in porous media under stepwise-approximately isothermal conditions with multi-phase fluid flow

Thesis/Dissertation · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1968

OSTI ID:6676265

Wu, C H

In view of limited experimental information and incomplete knowledge about the various regions existing in the in situ combustion process, a model was designed to simulate the process in the regions from water bank to the evaporation and visbreaking region. A linear Berea sandpack 2-7/32 in. diam and 13 in. long was initially saturated with oil, water, and air. Experiments using various combinations of gas and water injection rates, temperature residence time, and system pressure were conducted under programed stepwise approximately isothermal conditions. The objectives were to investigate the mechanism of liquid movement, the profile of liquid saturations, and the concentration of the remaining oil which ultimately provides the fuel for combustion. The results obtained from all crude oil runs show that the residual oil saturation at 400/sup 0/F ranges from 11.5 to 13.9%. The fuel concentration estimated from this residual oil using the fluid coking factor ranges from less than 0.09 to 0.46 lb of fuel per 100 lb of sand. If the ultimate coking factor is used, the fuel concentration ranges from less than 0.66 to 1.35 lb of fuel per 10 lb of sand.

• OSTI ID: 6676265
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
IN-SITU COMBUSTION
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
OIL WELLS
FLOW MODELS
ISOTHERMAL PROCESSES
MULTIPHASE FLOW
OIL SATURATION
POROUS MATERIALS
RESIDUAL PETROLEUM
SAND
WATER SATURATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLUID FLOW
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
SATURATION
THERMAL RECOVERY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WELLS
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