Numerical modeling of multiphase steam flow in wellbore
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Mathematics -- Data detailed on Numerical Modeling have been presented. According to news originating from Socorro, New Mexico, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, “Steam injection is applied as a technique to extract heavy oil due to the fact that thermal energy carried by steam can heat reservoir and hence significantly lowering oil viscosity. One important thing in steam injection is to ensure more heat injected can reach perforation interval but not lost to surrounding formation when steam flows through wellbore tubing.”
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, “In other words, steam quality is demanded to be as high as possible when steam reaches reservoir. In addition, more studies are required on unsteady state (transient) flowing process, since the rapid temperature and pressure change in unsteady state flowing process may make pipe components work under a severe condition and increasing the risk of mechanical damage. In this work, a fully-implicit numerical model is developed to predict steam quality, temperature and pressure profiles along a vertical steam injection well. The model includes wellbore section and surrounding formation and employing a heat transfer coefficient to calculate heat loss from wellbore to formation. In wellbore section, detailed mass balance equation, momentum balance equation and energy balance equation are utilized as governing equations and a drift-flux model is integrated to simulate the multiphase steam flow. Heat transmission inside formation section is expressed by a two-dimensional Fourier heat conduction equation. The whole system of differential equations are discretized by refined grids and solved implicitly by Newton-Rapson method. Formulation of complete governing equations (e.g. accumulation terms are not neglected) enables this mode can correctly simulates steam flowing in both unsteady state and steady state process. Simulation results are then compared with field data, which concludes that this numerical model is able to predict steam quality and pressure change along a vertical well and temperature variation inside tubing and within formation with high accuracy. This model is also applied under varying operational conditions to extend its feasibility to handle different problems. A multiple injection steam qualities case and a multiple injection rates case are studied and results indicate that this model can work under complex and variable operational constraints. This model is specifically designed to simulate steam injection cases with varying conditions, such as Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS).”
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “By using this model, better understanding can be obtained in how pressure/temperature and steam quality profiles change and it will assist engineers in well design and optimizing production operations.”
For more information on this research see: Numerical modeling of multiphase steam flow in wellbore. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering , 2018;164():259-277. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Bv, PO Box 211, 1000 Ae Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-petroleum-science-and-engineering/)
The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from J. You, New Mexico Inst Min & Technol, Petr & Nat Gas Engn, Socorro, NM 87801, United States.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2018.01.070. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-04-10), New Findings from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in the Area of Numerical Modeling Described (Numerical modeling of multiphase steam flow in wellbore), Journal of Mathematics, 432, ISSN: 1945-8746, BUTTER® ID: 015475538
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