Motivation
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The Temperature Profile
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The heat flow in single-layer injector has three distinctive zones:
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in Wellbore Production Homogeneous Flow Analytical @model (see Fig. 1) is a combination of the basic analytical models:
See also
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Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Dynamic Flow Model / Wellbore Flow Model (WFM) / Wellbore Production Homogeneous Flow @model
Heat flow equation for Semispace Linear Conduction:
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\frac{\partial T}{\partial t} = a^2 \Delta T = a^2\frac{\partial^2 T}{\partial z^2} |
Initial Conditions
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T(t=0, z) = T_G(z) |
Boundary conditions
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T(t, z=0) = T_f = {\rm const}, \quad T(t, z \rightarrow \infty) = T_G(z) |
The exact solution is given by following formula:
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T(t,z) = T_f + (T_G(z) - T_f) \cdot \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_0^{z/\sqrt{4at}} e^{-\xi^2} d\xi |
A fair approximation at late times (
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T(t,z) = T_f + (T_G(z) - T_f) \cdot \Bigg[ 1- \frac{\exp(-\zeta^2)}{\sqrt{\pi} \zeta} \bigg( 1- \frac{1}{2 \zeta} + \frac{3}{4 \zeta^3} \bigg) \Bigg] |
where
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\zeta = \frac{z}{4 a t} |
The final solution for temperature above the flowing unit is represented by RHK pipe flow solution where TG is replaced with Tb from
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.For the intervals between two injection units the one needs to account for the SLC contribution from upper flowing unit and from lower flowing unit which can be done using the superposition.
First, let's rewrite
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dT(t, z) = T(t,z) - T_G(z)= - (T_G(z) - T_f) \cdot \frac{\exp(-\zeta^2)}{\sqrt{\pi} \zeta} \bigg( 1- \frac{1}{2 \zeta} + \frac{3}{4 \zeta^3} \bigg) |
Now one can write down the temperature disturbance from the overlying flowing unit A1:
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dT_{b,over}(t, z) = T_{b,up}(t,z) - T_G(z)= - (T_G(z) - T_{f, A1}) \cdot \frac{\exp(-\zeta^2)}{\sqrt{\pi} \zeta} \bigg( 1- \frac{1}{2 \zeta} + \frac{3}{4 \zeta^3} \bigg) |
and from the underlying flowing unit A2:
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dT_{b,under}(t, z) = T_{b,up}(t,z) - T_G(z)= - (T_G(z) - T_{f, A2}) \cdot \frac{\exp(-\zeta^2)}{\sqrt{\pi} \zeta} \bigg( 1- \frac{1}{2 \zeta} + \frac{3}{4 \zeta^3} \bigg) |
The background temperature disturbance between the flowing units will be:
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T_b(t, z) = T_G(z) + dT_{b,over}(t, z) + dT_{b,under}(t, z) |
Replacing the static value of
in RHK model with dynamic value of one arrives to the final wellbore temperature model with account of heat exchange with surrounding rocks and cooling effects from flowing units (Semispace Linear Conduction).See also
Physics / Fluid Dynamics / Linear Fluid Flow
[ Subsurface Temperature Profile around Lateral Flow Analytical @model ]
References
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Semiplane Temperature Model.pptx
С. В. Новиков, ТЕПЛОВЫЕ СВОЙСТВА ТЕРРИГЕННЫХ КОЛЛЕКТОРОВ И НАСЫЩАЮЩИХ ФЛЮИДОВ, 2009.pdf
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[ Temperature Profile in Homogenous Stationary Pipe Flow Analytical Ramey @model ]
