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A Comparative study of Continuous and Cyclic Steam Injection with Trapping of Oil Phase
Advisor apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Class
IWS - Dept. of Hydromechanics and Modelling of Hydrosystems
Agenda
Introduction to SAGD technique Why Cyclic SAGD? Model Description
Mass Balance, Energy Balance Oil Production Well Equation Relative Permeability Relation Trapping Model Heavy Oil Thermo-physical Properties
Typical SAGD setup and the simulated section of reservoir used in this study
SAGD is not so energy efficient technique. It consumes roughly onethird of barrel for production of barrel of oil. Replacing the energy required for steam generation by renewables like solar energy could be of economic and environmental interest. Assuming reservoir as large thermal accumulator, Birrell et al., 2005 suggests, that the effect of daily and seasonal variations on the average bitumen production is negligible.
The motivation of this study is to investigate the influence of cyclic behavior of steam injection due to fluctuations in the availability of solar thermal energy. To simplify the problem in this study, these fluctuations were depicted with 12 hours of injection and 12 hours of production in a day.
This model implements three-phase two-component (3p2c) flow of up to three fluid phases , , , composed of two components ,
Zhangxin, 2008
Land, 1968
, is the maximum possible trapped saturation of phase n , achieved during non-wetting phase evacuation. It is a static parameter used for the characteristic curve.
Patterson and Falta, 2012
This study has also a focus on the implementation of the thermophysical relations of a heavy oil which is not a Newtonian fluid. Relative permeability of the oil phase is dependent on temperature conditions since the oil viscosity changes strongly. Most important parameters in phase equilibrium and physical property calculations are vapor pressure, critical constants, and viscosity-temperature relations.
Riazi, 2005
Problem Setup - I
Problem Setup - II
After 1 Year
After 2 Year
Viscosity of Heavy Oil vs Time (at 1.5m to the left from Injection Well)
Relative Permeability of Oil (at 1.5m to the left from Injection Well)
Pressure near Injection Well (at 1.5m to the left from Injection Well)