NUMERICAL STUDY OF ENHANCED OIL-RECOVERY USING SURFACTANTS

被引：3
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作者：
CHATTERJEE, A
MURALIDHAR, K
机构：
[1] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUMERICAL METHODS FOR HEAT & FLUID FLOW | 1995年 / 5卷 / 04期
关键词：
ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; SURFACTANTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCES; SHEAR-THINNING FLUIDS;
D O I：
10.1108/EUM0000000004067
中图分类号：
O414.1 [热力学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
The analysis of enhanced oil recovery using surfactants is presented here. Surfactants lower the surface tension between oil and water and hence the capillary resistance to flow. The mathematical description of this problem requires modelling of multi-phase flow in a porous medium. A pressure-based formulation has been used in the present study. The governing partial differential equations have been solved by a finite difference method. Both Newtonian and non-Newtonian (shear thinning) behaviour of oil are considered. Results clearly show an improvement in oil recovery in the presence of surfactant. A study of the ideal case where surface tension is reduced to zero shows that oil recovery can be very high.
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页码：301 / 311
页数：11
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