Thermodynamic Model of Steam Injection Pipeline Considering the Effect of Time and Phase Change
Abstract
Thermodynamic parameters in heavy oil thermal recovery wells form the basis for evaluating the thermal efficiency of steam injection. However, various factors in wellbores affect the variation law of thermodynamic parameters, hindering attempts to make an accurate description of them. A thermodynamic model of wellbores is proposed in this study which factors in the effects of time and phase change with a view to: (i) improving the accuracy of thermodynamic parameter analysis, and (ii) identifying the main factors and rules that govern thermal efficiency. With the time factor considered, the transient conduction function of a coupled wellbore-formation was established, and the heat loss during steam injection was analyzed. Meanwhile, a wellbore pressure gradient equation was established using the Beggs-Brill model with consideration of the influence of phase transformation in wellbore. Steam pressure, which varies with flow pattern, was also analyzed. The accuracy of the proposed model was verified by comparing the results of the analysis with the test data. Taking this approach, the influence of steam injection parameters on thermal efficiency was studied. The results demonstrate that the relative error of the pressure analysis result of proposed model is 1.06% and the relative error of temperature is 0.24%. The main factor affecting thermal efficiency is water in the annulus of the wellbore, followed by the steam injection rate. The thermal efficiency of the wellbore is about 80% when the water depth in the annulus is 300 m. An increase in the injection rate or extension of the injection time can improve thermal efficiency, whereas an increase in steam injection pressure reduces thermal efficiency. The proposed method provides good prospects for optimizing high efficiency steam injection parameters of heavy oil thermal recovery wells.References
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with steam and multiple thermal fluids injection. Journal of Engineering
Thermophysics, 37:1867–1874, 2016.
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exchangers: A technical review. Renewable Energy, 123:353–381,
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& Development of Chemical Industry, 46(6):48–51, 2017.
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model for heat loss of superheated steam flow in offshore parallel dualtubing
wells. Journal of Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology,
25(6):15–24, 2017.
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analysis of unsteady heat transfer and fluid flow during steam injection
via horizontal wells. Journal of China University of Petroleum (Edition
of Natural Science), 40(4):116–120, 2016.
[14] Houdong Wang, Wei Yan, Jin Sun, Jingen Deng, Yanfeng Cao, Lei
Zhang, Xinjiang Yan, Jiajia Gao, Hao Pan, and Hao Liu. Numerical simulation
and parameter optimization for heat injection progress of heavy
oil thermal recovery wells. China Offshore Oil and Gas, 28(5):104–
109, 2016.
[15] Riyi Lin, Shangchao Qi, Wenli Shen, Jianping Yang, Xinwei Wang,
Hongyuan Wang, Shizhong Wang, and Zhengdong Shu. Study on
parameters of steam injection in SAGD circulating preheating section.
Journal of China University of Petroleum (Edition of Natural Science),
42(1):134–141, 2018.
[16] Huijuan Chen, Mingzhong Li, Qinfeng Di, and Chunmiao Liu. Numerical
simulation of the outflow performance for horizontal wells with multiple
steam injection valves. ACTA Petrolei Sinica, 38(6):696–704, 2017.
[17] Huawen Shu and Xianhang Sun. Influence of gravitational potential
energy on thermodynamic calculation of steam injection well. Journal
of Chongqing University of Technology, 29(5):22–26, 2015.
[18] H J. Jr. Ramey. Wellbore heat transmission. Journal of Petroleum
Technology, 14:427–435, 2013
Published
2019-05-12
How to Cite
ZHAO, Xuan et al.
Thermodynamic Model of Steam Injection Pipeline Considering the Effect of Time and Phase Change.
Journal of Power Technologies, [S.l.], v. 99, n. 2, p. 123–130, may 2019.
ISSN 2083-4195.
Available at: <https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1536>. Date accessed: 25 apr. 2024.
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