 Multiphase, Multicomponent Simulation for Flow and Transport during Polymer Flood under Various Wettability ConditionsJi Ho Lee and Kun Sang Lee Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2013, vol. 2013, issue 1 Abstract: Accurate assessment of polymer flood requires the understanding of flow and transport of fluids involved in the process under different wettability of reservoirs. Because variations in relative permeability and capillary pressure induced from different wettability control the distribution and flow of fluids in the reservoirs, the performance of polymer flood depends on reservoir wettability. A multiphase, multicomponent reservoir simulator, which covers three‐dimensional fluid flow and mass transport, is used to investigate the effects of wettability on the flow process during polymer flood. Results of polymer flood are compared with those of waterflood to evaluate how much polymer flood improves the oil recovery and water‐oil ratio. When polymer flood is applied to water‐wet and oil‐wet reservoirs, the appearance of influence is delayed for oil‐wet reservoirs compared with water‐wet reservoirs due to unfavorable mobility ratio. In spite of the delay, significant improvement in oil recovery is obtained for oil‐wet reservoirs. With respect to water production, polymer flood leads to substantial reduction for oil‐wet reservoirs compared with water‐wet reservoirs. Moreover, application of polymer flood for oil‐wet reservoirs extends productive period which is longer than water‐wet reservoir case. Date: 2013 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:jnljam:v:2013:y:2013:i:1:n:101670 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Journal of Applied Mathematics from John Wiley & Sons |
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