Medina, A.; García, D.B.; López Villa, A.; Castillo-Morales, B.; Polupan, G. Experiments on Steam Injection into Preformed Steam Chambers of Various Shapes for Maximum Condensate Recovery. Fluids2023, 8, 202.
Medina, A.; García, D.B.; López Villa, A.; Castillo-Morales, B.; Polupan, G. Experiments on Steam Injection into Preformed Steam Chambers of Various Shapes for Maximum Condensate Recovery. Fluids 2023, 8, 202.
Medina, A.; García, D.B.; López Villa, A.; Castillo-Morales, B.; Polupan, G. Experiments on Steam Injection into Preformed Steam Chambers of Various Shapes for Maximum Condensate Recovery. Fluids2023, 8, 202.
Medina, A.; García, D.B.; López Villa, A.; Castillo-Morales, B.; Polupan, G. Experiments on Steam Injection into Preformed Steam Chambers of Various Shapes for Maximum Condensate Recovery. Fluids 2023, 8, 202.
Abstract
Recently, in a previous study, we have experimentally shown the existence of an optimal
injected steam mass flow rate, per unit length, ϕopt, which produces the maximal recovery of con-
densate in a preformed steam chamber with an elliptical cross section of horizontal semi-major axis.
Mutatis mutandis, in this work we present experimental studies in preformed steam chambers, one
elliptical and the other circular. In both cases, we also have found the existence of unique optimal
values. These configurations try to recreate the steam condensation, at a given time lapse, as it would
occur during the growth stage of the steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) process, a method used
in the recovery of heavy and extra-heavy oil from homogeneous reservoirs. Finding the optimal
mass flow rates in actual recovery process could become useful in the design of optimized SAGD
processes.
Keywords
Extra-heavy oil recovery; SAGD; Heat and mass transfer in porous media; Experiments in porous media
Subject
Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology
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