Dimethyl ether （DME） is a widely used industrial compound, and Shell developed a chemical EOR technique called DME- enhanced waterflood （DEW）. DME is applied as a miscible solvent for EOR application to enhance th...Dimethyl ether （DME） is a widely used industrial compound, and Shell developed a chemical EOR technique called DME- enhanced waterflood （DEW）. DME is applied as a miscible solvent for EOR application to enhance the performance of conventional waterflood. When DME is injected into the reservoir and contacts the oil, the first-contact miscibility process occurs, which leads to oil swelling and viscosity reduction. The reduction in oil density and viscosity improves oil mobility and reduces residual oil saturation, enhancing oil production. A numerical study based on compositional simulation has been developed to describe the phase behavior in the DEW model. An accurate compositional model is imperative because DME has a unique advantage of solubility in both oil and water. For DEW, oil recovery increased by 34% and 12% compared to conventional waterflood and CO2 flood, respectively. Compositional modeling and simulation of the DEW process indicated the unique solubility effect of DME on EOR performance.展开更多
In this study, the Gibbs-Duhem equation was applied to make the thermodynamic consistency test and thermodynamic model estimation for systems of CO2-DME (dimethyl ether), DME-CH3OH, CO2-CH3OH and DME-C2H5OH systems on...In this study, the Gibbs-Duhem equation was applied to make the thermodynamic consistency test and thermodynamic model estimation for systems of CO2-DME (dimethyl ether), DME-CH3OH, CO2-CH3OH and DME-C2H5OH systems on the basis of the vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) experimental data in published reports. And the NRTL binary interaction parameters of the systems mentioned above were regressed by the VLE data and were subjected to a thermodynamic consistency test because the study showed that PR-NRTL model combination was appropriate for the four systems mentioned above. The regressed binary interaction parameters were used to es-timate the VLE for DME-CO2-CH3OH at temperatures of 313.15K and 333.15K, and the estimated result was coin-cident with the experimental data. On the basis of the predicted VLE data for systems of DME-CO2-CH3OH and DME-CO2-C2H5OH, the VLE behaviors of the two systems were studied by the phase diagrams of these two ter-nary systems, with the forms of both the two dimensional and three dimensional phase diagrams, respectively.展开更多
基金supported by the Energy Efficiency & Resources Core Technology Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, & Energy, Republic of Korea (No. 20152520100760)
文摘Dimethyl ether （DME） is a widely used industrial compound, and Shell developed a chemical EOR technique called DME- enhanced waterflood （DEW）. DME is applied as a miscible solvent for EOR application to enhance the performance of conventional waterflood. When DME is injected into the reservoir and contacts the oil, the first-contact miscibility process occurs, which leads to oil swelling and viscosity reduction. The reduction in oil density and viscosity improves oil mobility and reduces residual oil saturation, enhancing oil production. A numerical study based on compositional simulation has been developed to describe the phase behavior in the DEW model. An accurate compositional model is imperative because DME has a unique advantage of solubility in both oil and water. For DEW, oil recovery increased by 34% and 12% compared to conventional waterflood and CO2 flood, respectively. Compositional modeling and simulation of the DEW process indicated the unique solubility effect of DME on EOR performance.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.90210032, No.50576001).
文摘In this study, the Gibbs-Duhem equation was applied to make the thermodynamic consistency test and thermodynamic model estimation for systems of CO2-DME (dimethyl ether), DME-CH3OH, CO2-CH3OH and DME-C2H5OH systems on the basis of the vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) experimental data in published reports. And the NRTL binary interaction parameters of the systems mentioned above were regressed by the VLE data and were subjected to a thermodynamic consistency test because the study showed that PR-NRTL model combination was appropriate for the four systems mentioned above. The regressed binary interaction parameters were used to es-timate the VLE for DME-CO2-CH3OH at temperatures of 313.15K and 333.15K, and the estimated result was coin-cident with the experimental data. On the basis of the predicted VLE data for systems of DME-CO2-CH3OH and DME-CO2-C2H5OH, the VLE behaviors of the two systems were studied by the phase diagrams of these two ter-nary systems, with the forms of both the two dimensional and three dimensional phase diagrams, respectively.
