A Very Simple Multiple Mixing Cell Calculation To Compute the Minimum Miscibility Pressure Whatever the Displacement Mechanism

In this paper, an easily computable algorithm, allowing the calculation of the minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) whatever the displacement mechanism, is described. Such an algorithm is based on a multiple mixing cell calculation without any porous media. Only thermodynamic equations are taken into...

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Published inIndustrial & engineering chemistry research Vol. 37; no. 12; pp. 4854 - 4859
Main Authors Jaubert, Jean-Noël, Wolff, Luc, Neau, Evelyne, Avaullee, Laurent
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.12.1998
Subjects
Applied sciences
Chemical and Process Engineering
Crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products
Crude oil, natural gas, oil shales producing equipements and methods
Energy
Engineering Sciences
Enhanced oil recovery methods
Exact sciences and technology
Fuels
Prospecting and production of crude oil, natural gas, oil shales and tar sands
Thermodynamics
Miscible displacement
Enhanced recovery
Oil field
Miscibility
Gas injection
Forecast model
Algorithm
Modeling
Pressure
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Summary:In this paper, an easily computable algorithm, allowing the calculation of the minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) whatever the displacement mechanism, is described. Such an algorithm is based on a multiple mixing cell calculation without any porous media. Only thermodynamic equations are taken into account i.e., a P/T flash routine is only required. Computational speed is from 15 to 80 times faster than using a commercial one-dimensional (1D) simulator, but the accuracy is the same.
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ISSN:0888-5885
1520-5045
DOI:10.1021/ie980348r