Título: | MICROSCALE ANALYSIS OF FOAM FORMATION AND SURFACTANT-ALTERNATING-GAS INJECTION IN POROUS MEDIA MICROMODELS | ||||||||||||
Autor: |
NICOLLE MIRANDA DE LIMA |
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Colaborador(es): |
MARCIO DA SILVEIRA CARVALHO - Orientador |
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Catalogação: | 11/JAN/2022 | Língua(s): | ENGLISH - UNITED STATES |
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Tipo: | TEXT | Subtipo: | THESIS | ||||||||||
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[pt] Todos os dados constantes dos documentos são de inteira responsabilidade de seus autores. Os dados utilizados nas descrições dos documentos estão em conformidade com os sistemas da administração da PUC-Rio. [en] All data contained in the documents are the sole responsibility of the authors. The data used in the descriptions of the documents are in conformity with the systems of the administration of PUC-Rio. |
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[pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=57011&idi=1 [en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=57011&idi=2 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.57011 | ||||||||||||
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Foam is widely used in oil recovery operations to improve sweep efficiency, in gas storage and acidization operations, and to solve problems caused by either a thief zone or gravity override. Foam, which can be
preformed and injected into the reservoir or produced in situ through the pore space, fills the high permeability areas known as thief zones and diverts the displacing fluid into the direction of trapped oil, reducing the relative permeability of gas and leading to a more stable displacement front.
The efficiency of these processes largely depends on the generation and stability of the foam films (lamellae) residing in the pores. The mobility of the injected gas is reduced when foam is formed; this reduction is attributed to the reduction of the gas phase relative permeability. The lamellae formed create resistance against the gas flow, impeding its free motion inside the porous media. The lamellae population that composes the foam is directly related to surfactant concentration, and their flow and mobility are functions of the pore geometry and foam properties. However, the dynamics of foam formation in porous media is not fully understood due to its complexity. The goal of the first part of this research
is to understand the impact of increasing surfactant concentration on foam formation during gas injection in a two-dimensional porous media glass model occupied by a surfactant solution. The second part focuses
on foam formation and its implications for oil displacement during the SAG (surfactant-alternating-gas) injection, considering different surfactant concentrations. A microfluidic setup composed of a glass micromodel, syringe pump, pressure transducer and microscope, was used to visualize the
pore-scale displacement and correlate the evolution of lamellae formation during the injection process with pressure difference for different flow conditions through image processing. The dynamics of lamellae formation is reported and related to macroscopic flow behavior.
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