Test of the Relative Permeability Curve of a Gas and Oil Condensate System and its Effect on the Recovery of Oil and Gas

The relative permeability curve has been measured with simulation oil (refined oil) and gas (nitrogen or air) at room temperature and a lowpressure, both of which are very important parameters for depicting the flow of fluid through porous media in a hydrocarbon reservoir. This basic measurement is often applied in exploitation evaluation, but the underground conditions with high temperature and pressure, and the phase equilibrium of oil and gas, are not taken into consideration when the relative permeability curve is tested. There is an important theoretical and practical sense in testing the diphase relative permeability curve of the equilibrium of oil and gas under the conditions of high temperature and pressure. The test method for the relative permeability curve is proposed in this paper. The relative permeability of the equilibrium of oil and gas and the standard one are tested in two fluids, and the differences between these two methods are stated. The research results can be applied to the simulation and prediction of CVD in long cores and then the phenomenon can better explain that the recovery of condensate gas rich in condensate oil is higher than that of CVD test in PVT. Meanwhile, the research shows that the relative permeability curve of equilibrium oil and gas is sensitive to the rate of exploitation, and the viewpoint proves that an improved gas recovery rate can properly increase the recovery of condensate oil.

Finite-Time Thermodynamic Simulation of Circulating Direct Condensation Heat Recovery on Chillers

A time series model is used in this paper to describe the progress of circulating direct condensation heat recovery of the compound condensing process (CCP) which is made of two water cooling condensing processes in series for a centrifugal chiller in the paper. A finite-time thermodynamics method is used to set up the time series simulation model. As a result, an upper bound of recoverable condensation heat for the compound condensing process is obtained which is in good agreement with experimental result. And the result is valuable and useful to optimization design of condensing heat recovery.

First and Second Law Analysis of a LiBr-Water Absorption Cycle with Recovering Condensation Heat for Generation

In conventional absorption refrigeration systems(ARS),the heat from the condenser is usually rejected by the environment in place to be used in the system,so recuperating this is a good alternative to enhance the system’s performance.For instance,in this paper,an alternative ARS in which LiBr/Water is used as a refrigerant mixture,where part of condensing heat is recovered via the solution heat recovery generator absorption cycle(HR-ARS)was energy and exergy evaluated.The influence of generator,condenser and evaporator temperatures,as well as the efficiency of the solution heat exchanger on the coefficient of performance,exergy performance and exergy destroyed of the HR-ARS system,were analyzed and compared with the traditional ARS system at the same working conditions.The results showed an increase between 5.8%–6.3%on the COP and 3.7%–9.5%in the exergy efficiency when condenser/absorber temperature was reduced from 40℃ to 30℃.However,when the evaporation temperature rose from 5℃ to 15℃,the COP(coefficient of performance)increased by around 8%,although this could be increased by 2.3%–6.3%if the generator temperature decreases from 100℃ to 80℃.Moreover,the COP and exergetic performance for the HR-ARS is more significant at the lowest generator,condenser and evaporator temperatures,as well as at high efficiency in the solution heat exchanger,in comparison to ARS system.Furthermore,the COP and exergy performance for the HR-ARS system was improved by 2.57%to 3.11%and 0.22%to 0.7%,respectively,while the recovering condensation heat for generation is around 1.51%–3.76%lower than with the ARS.It also was found that for all ranges of evaporator and condenser temperatures,the COP for the HR-ARS system is around 3%higher than that obtained with the ARS at the three different generator temperatures here analyzed,while when the solution heat exchanger effectiveness was increased from 0.7–1.0,the total exergy destruction for the HR-ARS resulted be 3.24%–5.01%smaller than the ARS system.Finally,it can be concluded that the components with the most exergy destroyed in the systems(80%to 94%)are the generator and absorber.