The application of carbon dioxide(CO_(2)) in enhanced oil recovery(EOR) has increased significantly, in which CO_(2) solubility in oil is a key parameter in predicting CO_(2) flooding performance. Hydrocarbons are the...The application of carbon dioxide(CO_(2)) in enhanced oil recovery(EOR) has increased significantly, in which CO_(2) solubility in oil is a key parameter in predicting CO_(2) flooding performance. Hydrocarbons are the major constituents of oil, thus the focus of this work lies in investigating the solubility of CO_(2) in hydrocarbons. However, current experimental measurements are time-consuming, and equations of state can be computationally complex. To address these challenges, we developed an artificial intelligence-based model to predict the solubility of CO_(2) in hydrocarbons under varying conditions of temperature, pressure, molecular weight, and density. Using experimental data from previous studies,we trained and predicted the solubility using four machine learning models: support vector regression(SVR), extreme gradient boosting(XGBoost), random forest(RF), and multilayer perceptron(MLP).Among four models, the XGBoost model has the best predictive performance, with an R^(2) of 0.9838.Additionally, sensitivity analysis and evaluation of the relative impacts of each input parameter indicate that the prediction of CO_(2) solubility in hydrocarbons is most sensitive to pressure. Furthermore, our trained model was compared with existing models, demonstrating higher accuracy and applicability of our model. The developed machine learning-based model provides a more efficient and accurate approach for predicting CO_(2) solubility in hydrocarbons, which may contribute to the advancement of CO_(2)-related applications in the petroleum industry.展开更多
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the National Major Science and Technology Projects of China (No. 2017ZX05009-005)。
文摘The application of carbon dioxide(CO_(2)) in enhanced oil recovery(EOR) has increased significantly, in which CO_(2) solubility in oil is a key parameter in predicting CO_(2) flooding performance. Hydrocarbons are the major constituents of oil, thus the focus of this work lies in investigating the solubility of CO_(2) in hydrocarbons. However, current experimental measurements are time-consuming, and equations of state can be computationally complex. To address these challenges, we developed an artificial intelligence-based model to predict the solubility of CO_(2) in hydrocarbons under varying conditions of temperature, pressure, molecular weight, and density. Using experimental data from previous studies,we trained and predicted the solubility using four machine learning models: support vector regression(SVR), extreme gradient boosting(XGBoost), random forest(RF), and multilayer perceptron(MLP).Among four models, the XGBoost model has the best predictive performance, with an R^(2) of 0.9838.Additionally, sensitivity analysis and evaluation of the relative impacts of each input parameter indicate that the prediction of CO_(2) solubility in hydrocarbons is most sensitive to pressure. Furthermore, our trained model was compared with existing models, demonstrating higher accuracy and applicability of our model. The developed machine learning-based model provides a more efficient and accurate approach for predicting CO_(2) solubility in hydrocarbons, which may contribute to the advancement of CO_(2)-related applications in the petroleum industry.
