In the field of heat pumps,there are a number of parameters that affect the performance and efficiency of the apparatus,which have been the subject of studies by individual researchers in the literature.This study des...In the field of heat pumps,there are a number of parameters that affect the performance and efficiency of the apparatus,which have been the subject of studies by individual researchers in the literature.This study describes an experimental method in order to investigate the effects of some significant parameters on heat pump performance.In this regard,a laboratory heat pump setup has been utilized to operate in different working conditions for achieving an appropriate estimation to find out effects of mentioned parameters such as refrigerant type and charge amount,compressor oil viscosity,compressor cooling fan,secondary fluids temperature and flow rate.Different refrigerants have been selected and used as circulating fluid in the installed heat pump.Although this work has been devoted to a detailed attempt to recognize the effects of various parameters on the coefficient of performance(COP) value,an appropriate method has been carried out to survey the obtained results by using economic analysis.It was revealed that one of the main parameters is refrigerant charge amount which has a notable effect on COP.The temperature of the heat source was also tested and the performance of the system increased by more than 11% by employing mentioned modifications and various operating conditions.In addition,by selecting a low viscosity compressor oil,the system performance increased by 18%.This improvement is more than 6% for the case that cooling fan is installed to cool the compressor element.展开更多
The jet pump is an artificial lift employed when the reservoir pressure declines and the well deviation increases.The use of computer well models for optimizing the oil well output has proven to be a suc-cessful strat...The jet pump is an artificial lift employed when the reservoir pressure declines and the well deviation increases.The use of computer well models for optimizing the oil well output has proven to be a suc-cessful strategy,and has helped increasing the efficiency and production of numerous wells.The objective of this study was to use a production optimization technique that achieves some improve-ments,and recommend approaches toward increasing the oil well production.The effects of the motive fluid flow rate and pressure on the oil production rate were investigated to determine the optimal in-jection rate and pressure on the performance of the deep well water-oil axial jet-pump.Additionally,the effects of the well-head pressure,water cut,and roughness of tubing on oil production of this jet pump type were investigated.The results revealed that the impact on the oil lift performance is significant.The oil production increased by 19.43%,and the optimal economic value for the injection rate and pressure for the GA-1A well are 744.44 BFPD and 2722.22 psig,respectively.In summary,increasing the tubing roughness decreased the well's total liquid production.Thus,maintaining the well integrity is a very important factor because not doing so can lower the productivity by up to 20%-25%.展开更多
文摘In the field of heat pumps,there are a number of parameters that affect the performance and efficiency of the apparatus,which have been the subject of studies by individual researchers in the literature.This study describes an experimental method in order to investigate the effects of some significant parameters on heat pump performance.In this regard,a laboratory heat pump setup has been utilized to operate in different working conditions for achieving an appropriate estimation to find out effects of mentioned parameters such as refrigerant type and charge amount,compressor oil viscosity,compressor cooling fan,secondary fluids temperature and flow rate.Different refrigerants have been selected and used as circulating fluid in the installed heat pump.Although this work has been devoted to a detailed attempt to recognize the effects of various parameters on the coefficient of performance(COP) value,an appropriate method has been carried out to survey the obtained results by using economic analysis.It was revealed that one of the main parameters is refrigerant charge amount which has a notable effect on COP.The temperature of the heat source was also tested and the performance of the system increased by more than 11% by employing mentioned modifications and various operating conditions.In addition,by selecting a low viscosity compressor oil,the system performance increased by 18%.This improvement is more than 6% for the case that cooling fan is installed to cool the compressor element.
文摘The jet pump is an artificial lift employed when the reservoir pressure declines and the well deviation increases.The use of computer well models for optimizing the oil well output has proven to be a suc-cessful strategy,and has helped increasing the efficiency and production of numerous wells.The objective of this study was to use a production optimization technique that achieves some improve-ments,and recommend approaches toward increasing the oil well production.The effects of the motive fluid flow rate and pressure on the oil production rate were investigated to determine the optimal in-jection rate and pressure on the performance of the deep well water-oil axial jet-pump.Additionally,the effects of the well-head pressure,water cut,and roughness of tubing on oil production of this jet pump type were investigated.The results revealed that the impact on the oil lift performance is significant.The oil production increased by 19.43%,and the optimal economic value for the injection rate and pressure for the GA-1A well are 744.44 BFPD and 2722.22 psig,respectively.In summary,increasing the tubing roughness decreased the well's total liquid production.Thus,maintaining the well integrity is a very important factor because not doing so can lower the productivity by up to 20%-25%.
