Theory of Gas Injection Processes

Theory of Gas Injection Processes
by Franklin M. Orr, Jr. Stanford University | 2005 | ISBN: 8798996125 |293 pages | PDF | 2.59 Mb

This book describes the mathematical representationof those chromatographic separations and the resulting compositional changesthat occur in such processes. This book is intended for readers who want tounderstand the mathematical description of the chromatographic mechanisms thatare the basis for gas injection processes for enhanced oil recovery.

Readersfamiliar with the calculus of partial derivatives and properties of matrices(including eigenvalues and eigenvectors) should have no trouble following themathematical development of the material presented. The emphasis here is on theunderstanding of physical mechanisms, and hence the primary audience for thisbook will be engineers.

This book offers the reader a unique opportunity to study and understand thecomplex interplay between flow and phase behavior that takes place inmulticomponent gas/oil displacements that arise in enhanced oil and gasrecovery processes.

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Convection-Dispersion Equation
Phase Equilibrium from an Equation of State
Two-Component Gas/Oil Displacement
Solution by the Method of Characteristics
Ternary Gas/Oil Displacements
Example Solutions to Vaporizing and CondensingGas Drives
Structure of Ternary Gas/Oil Displacements
Multicontact Miscibility
Four-Component Displacements
Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors, and Composition Paths
Condensing/Vaporizing Gas Drives
Development of Miscibility
Multicomponent Gas/Oil Displacements
Key Tie Lines
Solution Construction: Volume Change
Displacements in Gas Condensate Systems
Calculation of MMP and MME
Compositional Simulation
Numerical Dispersion
Sensitivity to Numerical Dispersion
Compositional Streamline Simulation