Prediction of channel dredging volume is critical for project cost estimation. However, many proposed approximate methods are not accurate. This paper presents a novel numerical method to accurately calculate the dred...Prediction of channel dredging volume is critical for project cost estimation. However, many proposed approximate methods are not accurate. This paper presents a novel numerical method to accurately calculate the dredg- ing volume using a 3D stratum model (DSM) and a channel surface model. First, the 3D DSM is constructed rapidly yet accurately from non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS) surfaces through Boolean operation between a physical terrain model and a stratum surfaces model. Then, a parametric channel surface model is built from cross-section data and a channel center line using code implemented in the VC++ programming language. Finally, the volumes of different types of physical stratums can be calculated automatically and hierarchically to determine the dredging volume. Practical application shows that the DSM method is more precise and faster compared to the section method, and that the implementation of the developed software provides an interactive graphical user interface and visual presentation.展开更多
The worldwide proven recoverable reserves of conventional oil are less than the amount of the heavy oil.Owing to weakly consolidated formation,sand production is an important problem encountered during oil production ...The worldwide proven recoverable reserves of conventional oil are less than the amount of the heavy oil.Owing to weakly consolidated formation,sand production is an important problem encountered during oil production in heavy oil reservoirs,for which frac-pack technique is one of the most common treatments.Hence,how to obtain the optimal fracture geometry is the key to increasing well production and preventing sand.Due to the faultiness that current optimization of the fracture geometry only depends on well productivity,fracture-flow fraction was used to describe the contribution of the fracture collecting and conducting fluids from the reservoir.The higher the fracture-flow fraction,the more likely bilinear flow pattern occurs,thus leading to smaller flow resistance and better results in oil productivity and sand prevention.A reservoir numerical simulation model was established to simulate the long-term production dynamic of a fractured well in rectangular drainage areas.In order to reach the aim of increasing productivity meanwhile preventing sand,a new method based on Unified Fracture Design was developed to optimize the fracture geometry.For a specific reservoir and a certain amount of proppant injected to the target layer,there exits an optimal dimensionless fracture conductivity which corresponds to the maximum fracture-flow fraction,accordingly we can get the optimal fracture geometry.The formulas of the optimal fracture geometry were presented on square drainage area conditions,which are very convenient to apply.Equivalent Proppant Number was used to eliminate the impact of aspect ratios of rectangular drainage area,then,the same method to optimize the fracture geometry as mentioned for square drainage areas could be adopted too.展开更多
基金Supported by the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51021004)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 50879056)National Key Technologies R&D Program in the 12th Five-Year Plan of China(No. 2011BAB10B06)
文摘Prediction of channel dredging volume is critical for project cost estimation. However, many proposed approximate methods are not accurate. This paper presents a novel numerical method to accurately calculate the dredg- ing volume using a 3D stratum model (DSM) and a channel surface model. First, the 3D DSM is constructed rapidly yet accurately from non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS) surfaces through Boolean operation between a physical terrain model and a stratum surfaces model. Then, a parametric channel surface model is built from cross-section data and a channel center line using code implemented in the VC++ programming language. Finally, the volumes of different types of physical stratums can be calculated automatically and hierarchically to determine the dredging volume. Practical application shows that the DSM method is more precise and faster compared to the section method, and that the implementation of the developed software provides an interactive graphical user interface and visual presentation.
基金supported by the National Science and Technology Major Projects of China (Grant No. 2008ZX05024-03-003-004)
文摘The worldwide proven recoverable reserves of conventional oil are less than the amount of the heavy oil.Owing to weakly consolidated formation,sand production is an important problem encountered during oil production in heavy oil reservoirs,for which frac-pack technique is one of the most common treatments.Hence,how to obtain the optimal fracture geometry is the key to increasing well production and preventing sand.Due to the faultiness that current optimization of the fracture geometry only depends on well productivity,fracture-flow fraction was used to describe the contribution of the fracture collecting and conducting fluids from the reservoir.The higher the fracture-flow fraction,the more likely bilinear flow pattern occurs,thus leading to smaller flow resistance and better results in oil productivity and sand prevention.A reservoir numerical simulation model was established to simulate the long-term production dynamic of a fractured well in rectangular drainage areas.In order to reach the aim of increasing productivity meanwhile preventing sand,a new method based on Unified Fracture Design was developed to optimize the fracture geometry.For a specific reservoir and a certain amount of proppant injected to the target layer,there exits an optimal dimensionless fracture conductivity which corresponds to the maximum fracture-flow fraction,accordingly we can get the optimal fracture geometry.The formulas of the optimal fracture geometry were presented on square drainage area conditions,which are very convenient to apply.Equivalent Proppant Number was used to eliminate the impact of aspect ratios of rectangular drainage area,then,the same method to optimize the fracture geometry as mentioned for square drainage areas could be adopted too.
