Experimental Measurement of Steam-Water Relative Permeability
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Relative permeability curves for two-phase flow of water in a porous medium have been obtained from a series of steady state experiments using an approach that minimizes most of the uncertainties associated with such measurements, especially in pressure, heat loss and saturation. The use of heat guards with an automatic control system made it possible for the experiments to proceed under near-adiabatic conditions that allowed the existence of flat-saturation regions favored in relative permeability calculations. X-ray computer tomography (CT) aided by measuring in-situ steam saturation more directly.The measured steam-water relative permeability curves assume a shape similar to those obtained by Corey (1954) for the simultaneous flow of nitrogen and water. The close agreement between the curves by Satik (1998) and this study establishes the reliability of the experimental method and instrumentation adopted in both investigations, at least in terms of reproducibility of results.This study likewise suggests that the effect of slippage in the steam phase is of significance even in two-phase water flow. Corrections for this effect need to be made in order to obtain relative permeability values that are standardized with respect to pressure.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | July 1999 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Mahiya, Glenn F. |
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| Primary advisor | Horne, Roland N. |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Department of Petroleum Engineering |
Subjects
| Subject | School of Earth Energy & Environmental Sciences |
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| Genre | Thesis |
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- Mahiya, Glenn F. (1999). Experimental Measurement of Steam-Water Relative Permeability. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/bj226kp0465
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