Petroleum Science >2020, Issue 6: 1-14 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-020-00465-7
Impact of pertinent parameters on foam behavior in the entrance region of porous media: mathematical modeling Open Access
文章信息
作者:Fereshteh Samimi, Zahra Sakhaei & Masoud Riazi
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Affiliations
Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Fereshteh Samimi
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Research Centre, IOR/EOR Research Institute, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Zahra Sakhaei & Masoud Riazi
Petroleum Engineering Department, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Zahra Sakhaei & Masoud Riazi
Corresponding author
Correspondence to Masoud Riazi.
投稿时间:2019-1-5
引用方式:Samimi, F., Sakhaei, Z. & Riazi, M. Impact of pertinent parameters on foam behavior in the entrance region of porous media: mathematical modeling. Pet. Sci. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-020-00465-7
文章摘要
Foam injection is a promising solution for control of mobility in oil and gas field exploration and development, including enhanced oil recovery, matrix-acidization treatments, contaminated-aquifer remediation and gas leakage prevention. This study presents a numerical investigation of foam behavior in a porous medium. Fractional flow method is applied to describe steady-state foam displacement in the entrance region. In this model, foam flow for the cases of excluding and including capillary pressure and for two types of gas, nitrogen (N2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are investigated. Effects of pertinent parameters are also verified. Results indicate that the foam texture strongly governs foam flow in porous media. Required entrance region may be quite different for foam texture to accede local equilibrium, depending on the case and physical properties that are used. According to the fact that the aim of foaming of injected gas is to reduce gas mobility, results show that CO2 is a more proper injecting gas than N2. There are also some ideas presented here on improvement in foam displacement process. This study will provide an insight into future laboratory research and development of full-field foam flow in a porous medium.
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Foam displacement;Entrance region;Fractional flow method;Foam texture;Water saturation;Mathematical modeling