High-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device and experimental method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11428620-B2
Application number	US-202117488536-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2021
Priority date	Dec 25, 2020
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

A high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device and an experimental method are provided by the present disclosure, comprising a seepage simulation system, a micro-displacement and metering system connected to the seepage simulation system, and an image acquisition and analysis system; the seepage simulation system consists of a visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle, a microscopic core model placed in the visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle, and glass carriers arranged above and below the microscopic core model; the glass carriers are provided with sealing rubber sleeves, and the visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle is provided with an annular heating jacket; an outlet of the microscopic core model is provided with a microflow channel which is connected to the micro-displacement and metering system through a pipe, effectively reducing the metering error caused by the dead volume of the pipe.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device, comprising a seepage simulation system, a micro-displacement and metering system connected to the seepage simulation system, and an image acquisition and analysis system;
the seepage simulation system consists of a visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle, a microscopic core model placed in the visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle, and glass carriers arranged above and below the microscopic core model; the glass carriers are provided with sealing rubber sleeves, and the visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle is provided with an annular heating jacket; and
an outlet of the microscopic core model is provided with a microflow channel which surrounds the microscopic core model, and the microflow channel is connected to the micro-displacement and metering system through a pipe.

2. The high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device according to claim 1 , wherein the micro-displacement and metering system comprises an inlet pipe, a displacement pump connected to an inlet of the microscopic core model by the inlet pipe, a micro-metering pump arranged at the outlet of the microscopic core model, a differential pressure transmitter arranged at both ends of the microscopic core model, and a confining pressure pump arranged on the seepage simulation system.

3. The high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device according to claim 2 , wherein the inlet pipe comprises a main pipe, and three branch pipes are sleeved inside the main pipe to set three independent flow channels of oil, gas and water respectively; the main pipe is in a circular shape, a spiral shape or a zigzag shape; the circular pipe or the spiral pipe is continuously formed as a return portion in a longitudinal direction, the zigzag pipe is intermittently formed as the return portion in the longitudinal direction, and the return portion is arranged in a water bath.

4. The high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device according to claim 2 , wherein the inlet pipe is provided with a vacuum pump.

5. The high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device according to claim 2 , wherein the image acquisition and analysis system comprises a computer, and a stereo microscope above the visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle and a high-speed camera placed above the visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle; the computer is connected with the displacement pump, the micro-metering pump, the confining pressure pump and the differential pressure transmitter through a data acquisition card.

6. The high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device according to claim 1 , wherein the microflow channel is a transparent pipe with graduations.

7. The high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device according to claim 1 , wherein a micro mobile platform is arranged under the seepage simulation system.

8. The high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device according to claim 1 , wherein a pressure sensor is provided at an outlet of the displacement pump and at the inlet of the microscopic core model.

9. An experimental method for a high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device, using a high-temperature and high-pressure microscopic visual flowing device, comprising following steps:
S 1 : vacuuming a microscopic core model: fixing the microscopic core model in a visual high-temperature and high-pressure kettle, and vacuuming the microscopic core model with a vacuum pump;
S 2 : saturating experimental water in the microscopic core model: injecting simulated water into the microscopic core model, observing a filling of injected simulated water in the microscopic core model with a stereo microscope, and making statistics of a saturation of rock samples in the microscopic core model;
S 3 : establishing irreducible water saturation by a displacement of the simulated water by oil: slowly pressurizing the microscopic core model for water drainage by an oil displacement to reach an irreducible water state, photographing an oil-water seepage pattern during a process of the displacement of the water by the oil and an oil-water occurrence state in the irreducible water state in a real time with the stereo microscope and a high-speed camera, and obtaining irreducible water saturation of a rock sample in the microscopic core model by the statistics;
S 4 : conducting a water-oil displacement experiment: conducting the water-oil displacement experiment on the microscopic core model, metering a volume of driven water and driven oil by a microflow channel, observing the oil-water seepage pattern during a process of a displacement of the oil by the water, taking real-time images of an oil-water distribution during the process of the displacement of the oil by the water, obtaining an oil-water saturation in an associated state by the statistics, and calculating microscopic oil displacement efficiency until reaching a residual oil state; and
S 5 : ending an experiment.

Assignees

• Univ Southwest Petroleum

Inventors

• Xiao Wenlian
• Yang Yubin
• Ren Jitian
• Pu Wanfen
• Liu Shuaishuai
• Guo Xiao
• Li Yongming
• Wang Kun
• Zheng Lingli
• Zhao Jinzhou
• Chen Yijian
• Fang Quantang

Classifications

• G01N15/088

  Investigating volume, surface area, size or distribution of pores; Porosimetry · CPC title

• G01N15/0806 Primary

  Details, e.g. sample holders, mounting samples for testing · CPC title

• G01N15/0826 Primary

  and measuring fluid flow rate, i.e. permeation rate or pressure change · CPC title

• G01N2015/0846

  by use of radiation, e.g. transmitted or reflected light · CPC title

• G01N15/08

  Investigating permeability, pore-volume, or surface area of porous materials · CPC title