Laboratory experiments and numerical analyses on nutrients transport for MEOR

• Published in: Journal of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 229 - 238
• Main Authors: Yang, Yanguo, Niibori, Yuichi, Chida, Tadashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Tokyo The Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology 1998; Sekiyu Gijutsu Kyokai
• Subjects: experiment; flooding; huff&puff; mass transport; MEOR; mixing; numerical analysis; nutrient; shut-in

This study focuses on the efficient spread of nutrients for microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR), which in turn controls the growth rates of bacteria. By using a two-dimensional packed-bed with glass-beads, flooding and huff&puff experiments with and without a shut-in process were carried out...