With the increasing exploration and development of typical hydrocarbon-rich depressions,such as the Dongpu Depression,the exploitation difficulty of shallow formations is increasing.There is an urgent need to clarify ...With the increasing exploration and development of typical hydrocarbon-rich depressions,such as the Dongpu Depression,the exploitation difficulty of shallow formations is increasing.There is an urgent need to clarify the hydrocarbon generation mode and hydrocarbon generation histories in deep formations.In this study,a gold tube-autoclave closed system was used to simulate the hydrocarbon generation processes and establish the hydrocarbon generation mode of different types of kerogen.Then,constrained by the thermal history and hydrocarbon generation kinetics,hydrocarbon generation histories were modeled.The results show that hydrocarbon generation evolution can be divided into five stages,and the maturity of each stage is different.The hydrocarbon generation history of the source rocks of the Shahejie 3 Formation mainly dates from the early depositional period of the Shahejie 1 Formation to the middle depositional period of the Dongying Formation.Hydrocarbon generation history constrained by thermal history and hydrocarbon generation kinetics is more in line with actual geological conditions.Moreover,this research can provide important hydrocarbon generation parameters for deep oil and gas exploration and exploitation of the Shahejie 3 Formation in the Dongpu Depression.展开更多
Droplet breakage is a common phenomenon in converting a pipe flow to a swirl flow in a vane-type pipe separator(VTPS)’inlet.The evaluation of the dispersed droplet sizes after breakage is crucial to the optimum desig...Droplet breakage is a common phenomenon in converting a pipe flow to a swirl flow in a vane-type pipe separator(VTPS)’inlet.The evaluation of the dispersed droplet sizes after breakage is crucial to the optimum design of the inlet structure and the estimation of the oil-water separation performance.This paper studies the droplet behavior in a swirl flow produced by guiding vanes.Experiments are performed with two different guiding vanes at the inlet of the VTPS.The sizes of the produced oil droplets at the downstream of the guiding vanes are measured in situ using a Malvern Insitec SX.The results indicate that the streamlined deflector is superior to the semi-elliptical plate for the VTPS’optimization based on the comparison of the droplet sizes in their respective induced swirl flow fields,which can be explained by a modified T-model.Our study suggests that the use of the modified T-model is a reliable method to optimize the design of the guiding vane in the swirling generating stage.展开更多
基金funded by the National Major Science and Technology Projects of China(Grant No.2016ZX05006-004)the Sichuan Youth Science and Technology Foundation(Grant No.2016JQ0043)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41972144)
文摘With the increasing exploration and development of typical hydrocarbon-rich depressions,such as the Dongpu Depression,the exploitation difficulty of shallow formations is increasing.There is an urgent need to clarify the hydrocarbon generation mode and hydrocarbon generation histories in deep formations.In this study,a gold tube-autoclave closed system was used to simulate the hydrocarbon generation processes and establish the hydrocarbon generation mode of different types of kerogen.Then,constrained by the thermal history and hydrocarbon generation kinetics,hydrocarbon generation histories were modeled.The results show that hydrocarbon generation evolution can be divided into five stages,and the maturity of each stage is different.The hydrocarbon generation history of the source rocks of the Shahejie 3 Formation mainly dates from the early depositional period of the Shahejie 1 Formation to the middle depositional period of the Dongying Formation.Hydrocarbon generation history constrained by thermal history and hydrocarbon generation kinetics is more in line with actual geological conditions.Moreover,this research can provide important hydrocarbon generation parameters for deep oil and gas exploration and exploitation of the Shahejie 3 Formation in the Dongpu Depression.
文摘Droplet breakage is a common phenomenon in converting a pipe flow to a swirl flow in a vane-type pipe separator(VTPS)’inlet.The evaluation of the dispersed droplet sizes after breakage is crucial to the optimum design of the inlet structure and the estimation of the oil-water separation performance.This paper studies the droplet behavior in a swirl flow produced by guiding vanes.Experiments are performed with two different guiding vanes at the inlet of the VTPS.The sizes of the produced oil droplets at the downstream of the guiding vanes are measured in situ using a Malvern Insitec SX.The results indicate that the streamlined deflector is superior to the semi-elliptical plate for the VTPS’optimization based on the comparison of the droplet sizes in their respective induced swirl flow fields,which can be explained by a modified T-model.Our study suggests that the use of the modified T-model is a reliable method to optimize the design of the guiding vane in the swirling generating stage.
