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The stabilized water injection profile satisfies the assumptions of the Stationary Quasi-Isothermal Incompressible Isoviscous Pipe Flow Pressure Profile @model.


Motivation

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Inputs & Outputs

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InputsOutputs

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bodyT_s

Intake temperature 

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bodyp(l)

Pressure distribution along the pipe

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bodyp_s

Intake pressure 

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bodyq(l)

Flowrate distribution along the pipe

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bodyq_s

Intake flowrate 

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bodyu(l)

Flow velocity distribution along the pipe

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bodyz(l)

Pipeline trajectory TVDss

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body\theta (l)


Pipeline trajectory inclination,

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body--uriencoded--\displaystyle \cos \theta (l) = \frac%7Bdz%7D%7Bdl%7D



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body--uriencoded--%7B\bf r%7D(l)



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bodyT(l)

Along-pipe temperature profile 



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body\rho(T, p)



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body\mu(T, p)



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bodyd

Flow pipe diameter

(tubing or casing depending on where flow occurs)



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body\epsilon

Inner pipe wall roughness



Assumptions

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Stationary fluid flowHomogenous fluid flowIsothermal or Quasi-isothermal conditions

Constant cross-section pipe area

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bodyA
along hole

Incompressible fluid  

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body\rho(T, p)=\rho_s = \rm const

Isoviscous  

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body\mu(T, p) = \mu_s = \rm const




Equations


Pressure profilePressure gradient profileFluid velocityFluid rate


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p(l) = p_s + \rho_s \, g \, z(l) - \frac{\rho_s \, q_s^2 }{2 A^2 d} \, f_s \, l



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\frac{dp}{dl} = \rho_s \, g \cos \theta(l) - \frac{\rho_s \, q_s^2 }{2 A^2 d} \, f_s



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q(l) =q_s = \rm const



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u(l) = u_s = \frac{q_s}{A} = \rm const


where

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body--uriencoded--f_s = f(%7B\rm Re%7D, \, \epsilon)

Darcy friction factor

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body--uriencoded--\displaystyle %7B\rm Re%7D_s = \frac%7B4 \rho_s q_s%7D%7B\pi d%7D \frac%7B1%7D%7B\mu_s%7D

Reynolds number

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body--uriencoded--A = 0.25 \, \pi \, d%5e2

flow pipe cross-section area  (tubing or casing depending on where flow occurs)


See Also

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Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Production Technology  / Well Flow Performance / Lift Curves (LC) / Water Injection Wellbore Profile @model

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