The permeability and its horizontal anisotropy induce a critical influence on staged CH_(4) output inhibition process.However,a quantitative evaluation of this influence has been rarely reported in the literature.In t...The permeability and its horizontal anisotropy induce a critical influence on staged CH_(4) output inhibition process.However,a quantitative evaluation of this influence has been rarely reported in the literature.In this work,the impact of horizontal anisotropic permeability on CO_(2)-ECBM was numerically investigated.The variation in the staged CH_(4) output inhibition was analyzed.The ideal displacement profile of the CO_(2)-ECBM process was established for the first time.Moreover,the variation in CH_(4) output of different wellbores was discussed.The results showed that 1)low-permeable or weak-anisotropic reservoirs were not conducive to enhanced CH_(4) recovery owing to long inhibition time(>1091 days)and high inhibition level(>36.9%).As permeability and anisotropy increased,due to the accelerated seepage of free water,the hysteresis time and inhibition time could decrease to as short as 5 days and 87 days,respectively,and the inhibition level could weaken to as low as 5.00%.Additionally,the CH_(4) output and CO_(2) injection could increase significantly.2)Nevertheless,high permeability and strong anisotropy easily induced CO_(2) breakthrough,resulting in lower CH_(4) production,CO_(2) injection and CO_(2) storage than expected.While maintaining high efficiency of CO_(2) storage(>99%),upregulating CO_(2) breakthrough concentration from 10%to 20%might ease the unfavorable trend.3)Along the direction of fluid flow,the ideal displacement profile consisted of CO_(2) enriched bank,CO_(2) and CH_(4) mixed bank,CH_(4) enriched bank,and water enriched bank,whereas a remarkable gap in the displacement profiles of the dominant and non-dominant seepage directions was observed.4)The potential of CH_(4) output might vary greatly among different wellbores.The producers along the dominant seepage direction held more potential for CH_(4) recovery in the short-term,while those along the non-dominant seepage direction avoided becoming invalid only if a long-time injection measure was taken for the injectors.These findings pave the way to understand fluid seepage in real complex reservoirs during CO_(2)-ECBM and conduct further field projects.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42141012)the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFB0605600)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD).
文摘The permeability and its horizontal anisotropy induce a critical influence on staged CH_(4) output inhibition process.However,a quantitative evaluation of this influence has been rarely reported in the literature.In this work,the impact of horizontal anisotropic permeability on CO_(2)-ECBM was numerically investigated.The variation in the staged CH_(4) output inhibition was analyzed.The ideal displacement profile of the CO_(2)-ECBM process was established for the first time.Moreover,the variation in CH_(4) output of different wellbores was discussed.The results showed that 1)low-permeable or weak-anisotropic reservoirs were not conducive to enhanced CH_(4) recovery owing to long inhibition time(>1091 days)and high inhibition level(>36.9%).As permeability and anisotropy increased,due to the accelerated seepage of free water,the hysteresis time and inhibition time could decrease to as short as 5 days and 87 days,respectively,and the inhibition level could weaken to as low as 5.00%.Additionally,the CH_(4) output and CO_(2) injection could increase significantly.2)Nevertheless,high permeability and strong anisotropy easily induced CO_(2) breakthrough,resulting in lower CH_(4) production,CO_(2) injection and CO_(2) storage than expected.While maintaining high efficiency of CO_(2) storage(>99%),upregulating CO_(2) breakthrough concentration from 10%to 20%might ease the unfavorable trend.3)Along the direction of fluid flow,the ideal displacement profile consisted of CO_(2) enriched bank,CO_(2) and CH_(4) mixed bank,CH_(4) enriched bank,and water enriched bank,whereas a remarkable gap in the displacement profiles of the dominant and non-dominant seepage directions was observed.4)The potential of CH_(4) output might vary greatly among different wellbores.The producers along the dominant seepage direction held more potential for CH_(4) recovery in the short-term,while those along the non-dominant seepage direction avoided becoming invalid only if a long-time injection measure was taken for the injectors.These findings pave the way to understand fluid seepage in real complex reservoirs during CO_(2)-ECBM and conduct further field projects.
