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Effect of dispersion coefficient on polymer injection studied with random walk particle tracking method

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Effect of dispersion coefficient on polymer injection studied with random walk particle tracking method

Abstract

Polymer injection is a chemical EOR process, where the aim is to improve sweep efficiency of water flooding in an oil reservoir by increasing the water viscosity with the thickening effect of polymer injected with water. A random walk particle tracking model is developed to simulate the injection of polymer into an oil reservoir and it is integrated into an open source black-oil reservoir simulator (SINTEF’s MATLAB Reservoir Simulation Toolbox, MRST). The black-oil simulator solves the set of partial differential equations describing multiphase fluid flow in the porous medium, whereas the transport of the injected polymer due to advection and dispersion processes is obtained from the applied random walk method. The finite difference/finite volume discretizations of the continuity equations applied in MRST does not involve the physical dispersion processes. The dispersion observed on the results are called the numerical dispersion and are due to the numerical discretization methods applied to solve the continuity equations. Since dispersion in porous media is a scale dependent process, it is hard to quantify its coefficient by experiments or empirical equations in general. The random walk method to model the transport of injected polymer in the reservoir is independent of discretization. Hence, it does not involve numerical dispersion. Instead, the physical dispersion due to, for instance, the tortuosity of flow path or the adsorption of polymer in porous media can be included into the model. Therefore, we used the method to analyze the effect of dispersion coefficient. Increased dispersion coefficient causes the results to converge to actual MRST solution with increased uncertainties of polymer concentration. The dispersivity of a reservoir in simple one-dimensional problems can be determined with the method.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Mühendislik

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

İsmail Durgut Bu kişi benim
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

15 Ocak 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

10 Ağustos 2020

Kabul Tarihi

23 Kasım 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 10 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Mamak, G., & Durgut, İ. (2021). Effect of dispersion coefficient on polymer injection studied with random walk particle tracking method. Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, 10(1), 432-438. https://doi.org/10.28948/ngumuh.773703
AMA
1.Mamak G, Durgut İ. Effect of dispersion coefficient on polymer injection studied with random walk particle tracking method. NÖHÜ Müh. Bilim. Derg. 2021;10(1):432-438. doi:10.28948/ngumuh.773703
Chicago
Mamak, Gökhan, ve İsmail Durgut. 2021. “Effect of dispersion coefficient on polymer injection studied with random walk particle tracking method”. Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 10 (1): 432-38. https://doi.org/10.28948/ngumuh.773703.
EndNote
Mamak G, Durgut İ (01 Ocak 2021) Effect of dispersion coefficient on polymer injection studied with random walk particle tracking method. Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 10 1 432–438.
IEEE
[1]G. Mamak ve İ. Durgut, “Effect of dispersion coefficient on polymer injection studied with random walk particle tracking method”, NÖHÜ Müh. Bilim. Derg., c. 10, sy 1, ss. 432–438, Oca. 2021, doi: 10.28948/ngumuh.773703.
ISNAD
Mamak, Gökhan - Durgut, İsmail. “Effect of dispersion coefficient on polymer injection studied with random walk particle tracking method”. Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 10/1 (01 Ocak 2021): 432-438. https://doi.org/10.28948/ngumuh.773703.
JAMA
1.Mamak G, Durgut İ. Effect of dispersion coefficient on polymer injection studied with random walk particle tracking method. NÖHÜ Müh. Bilim. Derg. 2021;10:432–438.
MLA
Mamak, Gökhan, ve İsmail Durgut. “Effect of dispersion coefficient on polymer injection studied with random walk particle tracking method”. Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, c. 10, sy 1, Ocak 2021, ss. 432-8, doi:10.28948/ngumuh.773703.
Vancouver
1.Gökhan Mamak, İsmail Durgut. Effect of dispersion coefficient on polymer injection studied with random walk particle tracking method. NÖHÜ Müh. Bilim. Derg. 01 Ocak 2021;10(1):432-8. doi:10.28948/ngumuh.773703