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ENCIT 2020
18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering
PRESSURE DROP DETERMINATION ON SAND CONTROL EQUIPMENTS BY EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH
Submission Author:
Lucas Spancini Bobbio , ES
Co-Authors:
Lucas Spancini Bobbio, Ayrton Cavallini Zotelle, Joao Henrique Sartori, Renato Siqueira, Matheus Brito Simões, Lucas Antônio Silveira Silva, Fabio de Assis Ressel Pereira, Andre Leibsohn Martins
Presenter: Renato Siqueira
doi://10.26678/ABCM.ENCIT2020.CIT20-0717
Abstract
Several devices are used in the completion of oil wells, including sand control devices, which aim to prevent the passage of particulate solids from the reservoir to the producing well. However, the use of these equipments can provide a high pressure drop, due the design of these devices. Little is known about the fluid dynamic behavior of sand control devices applied to the petroleum industry. Therefore, this experimental study aims to understand the fluid dynamics in sand control screens by performing experiments to determine the pressure drop in sand retention components applied to oil wells in turbulent or transition flow regimes. The experimental tests were performed on an instrumented and controlled experimental bench. With the supervisory system it was possible to control the flow tested and compute the measurements regarding the pressure transducers and the flow meter. It is shown that the pressure drop in sand control screens presents a nonlinear behavior with the increase of the flow rate, increasing sharply for high flows rates. When evaluating different methodologies for determining the pressure drop, the two-point methodology proved to be more advantageous, considering that it depends on fewer pressure measurements and consequently shorter testing time, without loss of precision.
Keywords
sand control screen, pressure drop, Experimental approach
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