Pore-scale modelling of the coupled thermal and reactive flow at the combustion front during crude oil in-situ combustion

Q Xu, W Long, H Jiang, C Zan, J Huang, X Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
A stable combustion front is important to achieve a successful in-situ combustion process for
the crude oil recovery. The understanding of the multiple physicochemical and thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Pore-scale study of coke formation and combustion in porous media using lattice Boltzmann method

T Lei, KH Luo - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
In-situ combustion (ISC) has long been recognized as a promising technique for heavy oil
recovery. However, ISC includes multiple physicochemical processes, which are still poorly …

Study of pore-scale coke combustion in porous media using lattice Boltzmann method

T Lei, Z Wang, KH Luo - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
In-situ combustion (ISC) for heavy oil recovery is a high-risk process and thus calls for a
deep understanding of the coke combustion front. However, simulations for describing pore …

Numerical simulation of heavy crude oil combustion in porous combustion tube

D Srinivasa Reddy, G Suresh Kumar - Combustion Science and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This work presents a compositional numerical model to simulate the combustion of heavy
crude oil in a porous combustion tube. The combustion tube experiments replicate an …

Numerical modelling of forward in-situ combustion process in heavy oil reservoirs

GS Kumar, DS Reddy - International Journal of Oil, Gas and …, 2017 - inderscienceonline.com
In-situ combustion (ISC) is an enhanced oil recovery method used to increase heavy oil
recoveries. The present work describes the development of a predictive numerical model …

A Comprehensive Analysis on Thermal and Kinetic Aspects of In Situ Combustion: Numerical Approach

D Srinivasa Reddy, GS Kumar - Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2014 - Trans Tech Publ
In-Situ Combustion (ISC) thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods are aimed at
increasing the oil recoveries of heavy oil reserves that are expected to play an instrumental …

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of multicomponent porous media flows with chemical reaction

T Lei, KH Luo - Frontiers in Physics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Flows with chemical reactions in porous media are fundamental phenomena encountered in
many natural, industrial, and scientific areas. For such flows, most existing studies use …

Toward pore-scale simulation of combustion in porous media using a low-Mach hybrid lattice Boltzmann/finite-difference solver

SA Hosseini, D Thévenin - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT A hybrid numerical model previously developed for combustion simulations is
extended in this article to describe flame propagation and stabilization in porous media. The …

Combined experimental and numerical investigation into combustion characteristics of crude oil under different permeability ranges: thermal EOR implication

S Zhao, H Wang, X Zhao, C Yuan, Q Jiang… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In situ combustion (ISC) has drawn much attention in the exploitation of heavy oil reservoirs
because of its small surface footprint and high recovery efficiency relative to steam injection …

A comprehensive approach to in-situ combustion modeling

JDM Belgrave, RG Moore, MG Ursenbach… - SPE Advanced …, 1993 - onepetro.org
Low temperature oxidation (LTO) has long been recognized as one of the dominant
mechanisms controlling fuel availability in in-situ combustion. Its effect on the physical …