TY - GEN
T1 - Influence of Fluid Properties on Oil Drainage Multiphase Flow in a Complex Pore Network
AU - Sinchitullo, Joseph
AU - Celis, César
AU - Prudencio, Guillermo
AU - Sinchitullo, Antony
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Fluid flow as two-phase in porous media is found in many processes, for example in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). That is why understanding the flow behavior at the pore scale is essential for the efficient exploitation of an oil reservoir. The fluid properties modeling is modeled for oil drainage systems, in which the investigation measures the main factor that affects the fluid behavior in a complex pore network, mainly focused on Reynolds number, and capillary pressure. In this study, the Darcy-Brinkman multiphase approach will be used, using an open-source in OpenFOAM to simulate two-phase flow for a complex pore network, including regions without solids and porous matrices. The main results indicate that fluid properties have an important impact on oil drainage, by reducing the volume of oil recovery due to the presence of the solid region. The fluid properties influenced the fluid flow in a complex porous medium, it is observed when the Reynold number was changed, and this behavior is in concordance of fluid flow at the microscale (pore-scale).
AB - Fluid flow as two-phase in porous media is found in many processes, for example in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). That is why understanding the flow behavior at the pore scale is essential for the efficient exploitation of an oil reservoir. The fluid properties modeling is modeled for oil drainage systems, in which the investigation measures the main factor that affects the fluid behavior in a complex pore network, mainly focused on Reynolds number, and capillary pressure. In this study, the Darcy-Brinkman multiphase approach will be used, using an open-source in OpenFOAM to simulate two-phase flow for a complex pore network, including regions without solids and porous matrices. The main results indicate that fluid properties have an important impact on oil drainage, by reducing the volume of oil recovery due to the presence of the solid region. The fluid properties influenced the fluid flow in a complex porous medium, it is observed when the Reynold number was changed, and this behavior is in concordance of fluid flow at the microscale (pore-scale).
KW - Enhanced Oil Recovery
KW - Multiphase Flow
KW - Oil Drainage
KW - OpenFOAM
KW - Pore Network
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85140032547&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.18687/LACCEI2022.1.1.369
DO - 10.18687/LACCEI2022.1.1.369
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85140032547
T3 - Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
BT - 20th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
A2 - Larrondo Petrie, Maria M.
A2 - Texier, Jose
A2 - Pena, Andrea
A2 - Viloria, Jose Angel Sanchez
PB - Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions
T2 - 20th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology, LACCEI 2022
Y2 - 18 July 2022 through 22 July 2022
ER -