A Numerical Simulator for Fluid Flow in a Geothermal Well
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- A numerical simulator- to predict the behavior of two-phase fluid flow in a geothermal well was developed. Four correlations for two-phase pressure drop prediction were included in this study. They were Duns-Ros, Orkiszewski Hagedorn-Brown and Beggs-Brill correlations.The model was tested using data from Mesa 6-1 well. I t was shown that the Orkiszewski correlation predicted the most accurate pressure drops as compared t o others, while the Beggs-Brill correlation over-predicted the pressure drops in the well.The model was extended to calculate the critical two-phase flow rate that would occur at a wellhead condition. The James' lip pressure method was employed. It was unfortunate that no critical two-phase flow data from the field was available to be tested for validity of this method.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | July 1979 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Fandriana, Lilian |
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| Primary advisor | Sanyal, S. K. |
| 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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- Fandriana, Lilian. (1979). A Numerical Simulator for Fluid Flow in a Geothermal Well. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/ry028jy7465
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