Efecto forchheimer despreciable para un caudal de gas máximo en un yacimiento de gas condensado
In this paper the optimal gas flow rate in a retrograde gas condensate reservoir has been calculated in order to minimize retrograde condensation, maximizing the slip velocity, due to the positive coupling effect; and minimizing the pressure drawdown, due to the Forchheimer effect (non-Darcy effect...
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| description | In this paper the optimal gas flow rate in a retrograde gas condensate reservoir has been calculated in order to
minimize retrograde condensation, maximizing the slip velocity, due to the positive coupling effect; and minimizing the pressure drawdown, due to the Forchheimer effect (non-Darcy effect, inertial effect). Non-Darcy behavior has beenn thoroughly described because of its importance for describing additional pressure drawdown (more than expected by Darcy equation) in fluid flow in porous media, in situations where high velocity occurs. The coupling effect explains the increment of the gas-condensate relative permeability with increasing velocity and decreasing the interfacial
tension. The Forchheimer equation has been used to calculate the bottom-hole flowing pressure for different gas flow rates. Because of the second term in the Forchheimer equation, which is function of the square of the superficial velocity of the fluid, this obtained value is less than the bottom-hole flowing pressure obtained from Darcy equation.
This is important because a higher quantity of condensate liquids is obtained, which reduces the relative permeability, and as a result, the gas flow rate decreases due to this effect. For those different gas flow rates, the optimal gas flow rate, where the bottom-hole flowing pressure is acceptable, has been found. The novelty of the present work, is to present the optimal point where the gas flow rate is maximum, in which the non-Darcy effect is negligible. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-498d8e1802644a838fdedd0aa99af1ff2022-12-22T03:56:11ZengUniversidad Industrial de SantanderRevista Fuentes El Reventón Energético1657-65272145-85022016-06-011414352http://dx.doi.org/10.18273/revfue.v14n1-2016004Efecto forchheimer despreciable para un caudal de gas máximo en un yacimiento de gas condensadoEnoc Basilio MezaWilliam Navarro CornejoIn this paper the optimal gas flow rate in a retrograde gas condensate reservoir has been calculated in order to minimize retrograde condensation, maximizing the slip velocity, due to the positive coupling effect; and minimizing the pressure drawdown, due to the Forchheimer effect (non-Darcy effect, inertial effect). Non-Darcy behavior has beenn thoroughly described because of its importance for describing additional pressure drawdown (more than expected by Darcy equation) in fluid flow in porous media, in situations where high velocity occurs. The coupling effect explains the increment of the gas-condensate relative permeability with increasing velocity and decreasing the interfacial tension. The Forchheimer equation has been used to calculate the bottom-hole flowing pressure for different gas flow rates. Because of the second term in the Forchheimer equation, which is function of the square of the superficial velocity of the fluid, this obtained value is less than the bottom-hole flowing pressure obtained from Darcy equation. This is important because a higher quantity of condensate liquids is obtained, which reduces the relative permeability, and as a result, the gas flow rate decreases due to this effect. For those different gas flow rates, the optimal gas flow rate, where the bottom-hole flowing pressure is acceptable, has been found. The novelty of the present work, is to present the optimal point where the gas flow rate is maximum, in which the non-Darcy effect is negligible.http://dx.doi.org/10.18273/revfue.v14n1-2016004Forchheimer effectCoupling effectGas Condensate Reservoir |
| spellingShingle | Enoc Basilio Meza William Navarro Cornejo Efecto forchheimer despreciable para un caudal de gas máximo en un yacimiento de gas condensado Revista Fuentes El Reventón Energético Forchheimer effect Coupling effect Gas Condensate Reservoir |
| title | Efecto forchheimer despreciable para un caudal de gas máximo en un yacimiento de gas condensado |
| title_full | Efecto forchheimer despreciable para un caudal de gas máximo en un yacimiento de gas condensado |
| title_fullStr | Efecto forchheimer despreciable para un caudal de gas máximo en un yacimiento de gas condensado |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efecto forchheimer despreciable para un caudal de gas máximo en un yacimiento de gas condensado |
| title_short | Efecto forchheimer despreciable para un caudal de gas máximo en un yacimiento de gas condensado |
| title_sort | efecto forchheimer despreciable para un caudal de gas ma ximo en un yacimiento de gas condensado |
| topic | Forchheimer effect Coupling effect Gas Condensate Reservoir |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.18273/revfue.v14n1-2016004 |
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