Abstract
Thein-situ combustion technique of enhanced oil recovery may be used for the recovery of heavy oil deposits. In order to predict when this process may be used computer-based simulators are being developed. The data required by these simulators are currently available from two sources: (i) combustion tubes; these are complex, expensive and time consuming to run; (ii) thermal analysis techniques; these are fast, small-scale and relatively inexpensive. Thermal analysis literature relevant to the process is reviewed and related thermal analysis studies being conducted at Salford University are described.
Zusammenfassung
Diein-situ-Verbrennungstechnik der verbesserten Ölrückgewinnung kann zur Rückgewinnung von Schwerölrückständen verwendet werden. Um die Einsatzmöglichkeiten dieses Prozesses zu ergründen, werden computergestützte Simulatoren entwickelt. Die für diese Simulatoren notwendigen Daten können aus zwei Quellen gewonnen werden: (i) Verbrennungs-rohre; ihre Anwendung ist kompliziert, teuer und zeitaufwendig; (ii) thermo-analytische Methoden; diese sind schnell, kleinangelegt und relativ nicht teuer Es wird ein kurzer Überblick über die auf diesen Prozeß bezogene Thermoanalysen-Literatur gegeben und es werden verwandte, an der Salford-Universität durchgeführte thermoanalytische Untersuchungen beschrieben.
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Millington, A., Price, D. & Hughes, R. The use of thermal analysis techniques to obtain information relevant to thein-situ combustion process for enhanced oil recovery. Journal of Thermal Analysis 40, 225–238 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02546573
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