The Generation of Response Curves from Laboratory Tracer Flow Experiments
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In order to interpret tracer tests in fractured reservoirs, mathematical models have been used. However since model fitting is only an indirect process, it is necessary to examine the applicability of the model by comparing it to closely controlled laboratory flow experiments. In this way, the reliability and accuracy of the model can be evaluated and its functional limits can be defined. This study set out to collect data. which could be used as a basis to test the validity of mathematical models for tracer flow in fractures,í and in particular, models developed recently at Stanford. Laboratory experiments were performed by flowing a potassium iodide (KI) tracer through various fractured consolidated cores and then observing the response curves by measuring the tracer ion concentration of the effluent over time. The response curves can be analyzed by the models to estimate formation parameters such as fracture width in this case. By comparing the values of fracture width generated by the computer model to that measured on the actual core, the model's accuracy can be gauged. The original experimental apparatus did not allow for a sufficient number of measurements to define the response curves, however, the experimental limitations were defined and a practical solution was outlined.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | December 1985 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Pulskamp, J. Flint |
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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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| Subject | Stanford Geothermal Program |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Pulskamp, J. Flint. (1985). The Generation of Response Curves from Laboratory Tracer Flow Experiments. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/pw668pc4997
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