Research on the Influence of Capillary Forces on a Liquid Flow in Fractures with Nonuniform Apertures
- Authors: Blonsky A.V.1, Mitrushkin D.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technololgy (MIPT) Center for Engineering and Technology
- Issue: Vol 11, No 3 (2019)
- Pages: 374-385
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2070-0482/article/view/203208
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S2070048219030086
- ID: 203208
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Abstract
A physicomathematical model of a two-phase liquid flow in a discrete fracture network—taking into account a nonuniform fracture aperture, flow exchange between fractures, capillary and gravitational forces—is presented. Capillary forces are described by the Young-Laplace model that takes into account the rock wetting angle and surface tension. The influence of the structure of the conducting channels in a fracture, capillary and gravitational forces, and the pressure gradient, as well as the water-and-oil viscosity ratio on the flow dynamics and the oil recovery factor, is explored. It is shown that capillary forces and the structure of channels in a fracture can play a decisive role in the process of oil displacement by water.
About the authors
A. V. Blonsky
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technololgy (MIPT) Center for Engineering and Technology
Author for correspondence.
Email: blonsky.av@cet-mipt.ru
Russian Federation, Dolgoprudny
D. A. Mitrushkin
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technololgy (MIPT) Center for Engineering and Technology
Email: blonsky.av@cet-mipt.ru
Russian Federation, Dolgoprudny