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Experimental study on imbibition displacement mechanisms of two-phase fluid using micromodel: fracture network, distribution of pore size, and matrix construction

Jafari, I ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1063/1.5005559
  3. Abstract:
  4. In this study, the effect of different parameters on the fluid transport in a fractured micromodel has been investigated. All experiments in this study have been conducted in a glass micromodel. Since the state of wetting is important in the micromodel, the wetting experiments have been conducted to determine the state of wetting in the micromodel. The used micromodel was wet by water and non-wet regarding normal decane. The fracture network, distribution of pore size, matrix construction, and injection rate are the most important parameters affecting the process. Therefore, the influence of these parameters was studied using five different patterns (A to E). The obtained results from pattern A showed that increasing water injection the flow rate results in both higher rate of imbibition and higher ultimate recovery. Pattern B, which was characterized with higher porosity and permeability, was employed to study the effect of matrix pore size distribution on the imbibition process. Compared to pattern A, a higher normal decane production was observed in this pattern. Patterns C and D were designed to understand the impact of lateral fractures on the displacement process. Higher ultimate recoveries were obtained in these patterns. A system of matrix-fracture was designed (pattern E) to evaluate water injection performance in a multi-block system. Injection of water with the flow rate of 0.01 cc/min could produce 15% of the oil available in the system. While in the test with the flow rate of 0.1 cc/min, a normal decane recovery of 0.28 was achieved. © 2017 Author(s)
  5. Keywords:
  6. Computer system recovery ; Fracture ; Oil well flooding ; Paraffins ; Pore size ; Recovery ; Transport properties ; Wetting ; Displacement mechanisms ; Displacement process ; Fluid transport ; Fracture network ; Glass micromodel ; Imbibition process ; Injection performance ; Lateral fracture ; Water injection
  7. Source: Physics of Fluids ; Volume 29, Issue 12 , 2017 ; 10706631 (ISSN)
  8. URL: http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.5005559?journalCode=phf