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Título: EMULSION FLOW THROUGH CONSTRICTED CAPILLARY USING LATTICE-BOLTZMANN METHOD
Autor: MARIANA LUISA DE LIMA TORQUATO
Colaborador(es): MARCIO DA SILVEIRA CARVALHO - Orientador
EURIPEDES DO AMARAL VARGAS JUNIOR - Coorientador
Catalogação: 29/JAN/2016 Língua(s): PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL
Tipo: TEXT Subtipo: THESIS
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Referência(s): [pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=25700&idi=1
[en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=25700&idi=2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.25700
Resumo:
Emulsion injection in porous medium as an Enhanced Oil Recovery method can turn out to be reality in the operation of onshore and offshore fields, due to increasing rigidity in the disposal of produced water and also due to the potential additional oil production. In order to understand macroscopic behavior of this EOR method, it is necessary to understand the microscopic phenomenon. With this objective, it was performed the numerical modeling of the flow of a droplet immerse in continuous phase through a constricted capillary using the Lattice-Boltzmann method. This method was chosen due to its simplicity on being applied to complex rock geometries and multiphasic flow and due to its good commitment in representing microscopic phenomena. Focusing on understanding the influence of each parameter on flow behavior, several simulation studies were performed altering flow velocity, viscosity ratio, ratio between droplet s and pipe s diameter and interfacial tension. A reduction in mobility is observed as the droplet passes through the restriction caused by the conjunction of viscous and capillary effects. A negative correlation of mobility reduction factor 𝑓 in relation to the viscosity ratio and to droplet size was noticed, as it had been observed before by Roca-Reyes (2011) in a numerical implementation of level-set method. Weak correlation between 𝑓 and capillary number was determined, as in previous experimental essay performed by Robles-Castillo (2011). In this study, it was verified the importance of determining the appropriate set of system parameters, in order to achieve success in the implementation of emulsion injection.
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