New method for estimation of physical parameters in oil reservoirs by using tracer test flow models in Laplace space

2012 ◽  
pp. 95-108
Keyword(s):  
Tracer Test ◽  
Oil Reservoirs ◽  
New Method ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Flow Models ◽  
Test Flow

Entropy generation of nanofluid flow and heat transfer driven through a paralleled microchannel

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 678-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hang Xu ◽  
Ammarah Raees ◽  
Xiao-Hang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Entropy Generation Rate ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Nanofluid Flow ◽  
Buongiorno’S Model ◽  
Flow Models ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer

In this paper, a fully-developed, immiscible nanofluid flow in a paralleled microchannel in the presence of a magnetic field is investigated. Buongiorno’s model is applied to describe the behaviors of the nanofluid flow. Different from most previous studies on microchannel flow, here the pressure term is considered as unknown, which makes the current model compatible with the commonly accepted channel flow models. The influences of various physical parameters on important physical quantities are given. The entropy generation analysis is performed. Variations of local and global entropy generations with the magnetic field parameter, the electric field, and the viscous dissipation parameter under various ratios of the thermophoresis parameter to the Brownian motion parameter are illustrated. The results indicate that the entropy generation rate strongly depends on the thermophoresis and the Brownian motion parameters. Their increase enhances the total irreversibility of entropy generation.

scholarly journals A New Method of Plugging the Fracture to Enhance Oil Production for Fractured Oil Reservoir using Gel Particles and the HPAM/Cr3+ System

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Nasir Khan ◽  
Chunsheng Pu
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Oil Reservoirs ◽  
New Method ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Gel Particles ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Water Cut ◽  
Enhance Oil Recovery

Due to the strong heterogeneity between the fracture and the matrix in fractured oil reservoirs, injected water is mainly moved forward along the fracture, which results in poor water flooding. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the water cut and increase oil production by using the conformance control technology. So far, gel particles and partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM)/Cr3+ gel are the most common applications due to their better suitability and low price. However, either of the two alone can only reduce the conductivity of the fracture to a certain extent, which leads to a poor effect. Therefore, to efficiently plug the fracture to enhance oil recovery, a combination of gel particles and the HPAM/Cr3+ system is used by laboratory tests according to their respective advantages. The first step is that the gel particles can compactly and uniformly cover the entire fracture and then the fracture channel is transformed into the gel particles media. This process can enhance the oil recovery to 18.5%. The second step is that a suitable HPAM/Cr3+ system based on the permeability of the gel particles media is injected in the fractured core. Thus, the fracture can be completely plugged and the oil in the matrix of the fractured core can be displaced by water flooding. This process can enhance oil recovery to 10.5%. During the whole process, the oil recovery is increased to 29% by this method. The results show that this principle can provide a new method for the sustainable and efficient development of fractured oil reservoirs.

scholarly journals A Mathieu function boundary spectral method for scattering by multiple variable poro-elastic plates, with applications to metamaterials and acoustics

2020 ◽  
Vol 476 (2241) ◽  
pp. 20200184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Colbrook ◽  
Anastasia V. Kisil
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Method ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Boundary Element Methods ◽  
New Method ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Mathieu Function ◽  
Elastic Plates ◽  
Mathieu Functions ◽  
Multiple Variable

Many problems in fluid mechanics and acoustics can be modelled by Helmholtz scattering off poro-elastic plates. We develop a boundary spectral method, based on collocation of local Mathieu function expansions, for Helmholtz scattering off multiple variable poro-elastic plates in two dimensions. Such boundary conditions, namely the varying physical parameters and coupled thin-plate equation, present a considerable challenge to current methods. The new method is fast, accurate and flexible, with the ability to compute expansions in thousands (and even tens of thousands) of Mathieu functions, thus making it a favourable method for the considered geometries. Comparisons are made with elastic boundary element methods, where the new method is found to be faster and more accurate. Our solution representation directly provides a sine series approximation of the far-field directivity and can be evaluated near or on the scatterers, meaning that the near field can be computed stably and efficiently. The new method also allows us to examine the effects of varying stiffness along a plate, which is poorly studied due to limitations of other available techniques. We show that a power-law decrease to zero in stiffness parameters gives rise to unexpected scattering and aeroacoustic effects similar to an acoustic black hole metamaterial.

scholarly journals A New Method to Identify Reservoirs in Tight Sandstones Based on the New Model of Transverse Relaxation Time and Relative Permeability

Geofluids ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhang Guo ◽  
Baozhi Pan ◽  
Lihua Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Fractal Dimension ◽  
Relaxation Time ◽  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Transverse Relaxation Time ◽  
Transformation Model ◽  
New Method ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Transverse Relaxation ◽  
New Model ◽  
Relative Permeability Curve

Relative permeability and transverse relaxation time are both important physical parameters of rock physics. In this paper, a new transformation model between the transverse relaxation time and the wetting phase’s relative permeability is established. The data shows that the cores in the northwest of China have continuous fractal dimension characteristics, and great differences existed in the different pore size scales. Therefore, a piece-wise method is used to calculate the fractal dimension in our transformation model. The transformation results are found to be quite consistent with the relative permeability curve of the laboratory measurements. Based on this new model, we put forward a new method to identify reservoir in tight sandstone reservoir. We focus on the Well M in the northwestern China. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging is used to obtain the point-by-point relative permeability curve. In addition, we identify the gas and water layers based on new T2-Kr model and the results showed our new method is feasible. In the case of the price of crude oil being low, this method can save time and reduce the cost.

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