Comprehensive three-dimensional exploitation experimental system for large-scale and full-sized exploitation wells

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11879322-B2
Application number	US-202017251501-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2020
Priority date	Aug 6, 2020
Publication date	Jan 23, 2024
Grant date	Jan 23, 2024

Abstract

A comprehensive three-dimensional exploitation experimental system for large-scale and full-sized exploitation wells includes a reactor, configured to prepare a natural gas hydrate sample, for simulating an environment for forming a natural gas hydrate reservoir in seafloor sediments. The reactor includes a reactor body, an upper cover disposed at an upper surface of the reactor body, and a lower cover disposed at a lower surface of the reactor body; a gas introducing module, configured to introduce gas to the reactor during hydrate formation; a liquid introducing module, configured to introduce liquid to the reactor during hydrate formation; a temperature regulating module, configured to regulate a temperature in the reactor; a data collecting-processing-displaying module, configured to collect, store, process and display data of the comprehensive three-dimensional exploitation experimental system during an experiment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A comprehensive three-dimensional exploitation experimental system for large-scale and full-sized exploitation wells, comprising:
a reactor, wherein the reactor is configured to prepare a natural gas hydrate sample, for simulating an environment for forming a natural gas hydrate reservoir in seafloor sediments, wherein the reactor comprises a reactor body, an upper cover disposed at an upper surface of the reactor body, and a lower cover disposed at a lower surface of the reactor body;
a gas introducing module, wherein the gas introducing module is configured to introduce a gas to the reactor during a hydrate formation;
a liquid introducing module, wherein the liquid introducing module is configured to introduce liquid to the reactor during the hydrate formation;
a temperature regulating module, wherein the temperature regulating module is configured to regulate a temperature in the reactor; and
a data-collecting-processing-displaying module, configured to collect, store, process and display data of the comprehensive three-dimensional exploitation experimental system during an experiment, wherein:
an upper circulation coil and a lower circulation coil are respectively disposed at an upper end and a lower end inside the reactor body, wherein the upper circulation coil and the lower circulation coil respectively include an independent heat exchange device to realize a circulation of a heat transfer medium in the upper circulation coil and the lower circulation coil:
N temperature control pipes are spacedly disposed inside the reactor body and between the upper circulation coil and the lower circulation coil, wherein the N temperature control pipes are configured to form a vertical temperature gradient in the reactor body, wherein N is a positive integer; and
each of the N temperature control pipes also includes an independent heat exchange device to realize the circulation of the heat transfer medium in the each of the N temperature control pipes.

2. The comprehensive three-dimensional exploitation experimental system of claim 1 , wherein
a central vertical well is disposed at a center and throughout a vertical direction of the reactor, and holes are spacedly disposed on the central vertical well along a longitudinal direction of the central vertical well inside the reactor;
a directional-control ball valve is disposed, at an upper portion of the central vertical well, the directional-control ball valve being disposed outside the reactor, and one outlet of the directional-control ball valve is connected to a central vertical well discharge pipeline;
a sight glass is disposed on the central vertical well discharge pipeline, wherein a first camera and a first lamp are disposed beside the sight glass;
an endoscopic-camera tube is disposed inside the central vertical well, passing through the directional-control ball valve, and extending to an outside of the central vertical well;
a second camera and a second lamp are disposed at a bottom end of the endoscopic-camera tube, wherein the second lamp is disposed above the second camera and arranged obliquely;
wherein the first camera is configured to send images captured by the first camera to the data-collecting-processing display module, and wherein the second camera is configured to send images captured by the second camera to the data-collecting-processing-displaying module;
a mechanical sensor is disposed at the bottom end of the endoscopic-camera tube, wherein data measured by the mechanical sensor is sent to the data-collecting-processing-displaying module; and
a scaled sight glass for observing settled sands is disposed on the central vertical well and outside the reactor.

3. The comprehensive three-dimensional exploitation experimental system of claim 1 , wherein
an inside of the reactor body is divided into a plurality of layers from top to bottom, wherein a plurality of vertical wells are disposed throughout each layer of the plurality of layers, the plurality of vertical wells comprises a central vertical well located at a center and non-central vertical wells are remainders;
each of the non-central vertical wells includes non-central vertical well outlet pipelines, Wherein each of the non-central vertical well outlet pipelines is correspondingly includes one non-central vertical well pressure sensor, one non-central vertical well outlet valve, one differential pressure sensor, and one communicating vessel valve, the non-central vertical well pressure sensor, the non-central vertical well outlet valve and the differential pressure sensor communicate in sequence, and the communicating vessel valves are connected to a communicating vessel;
the non-central vertical well pressure sensors, the non-central vertical well outlet valves, the differential pressure sensors, and the communicating vessel valves each being equal in number to a number of the non-central vertical wells;
the central vertical well includes a central vertical well outlet pipeline, wherein the central vertical well outlet pipeline includes a central vertical well pressure sensor and a central vertical well outlet valve, the central vertical well pressure sensor and the central vertical well outlet valve communicate in sequence, and the central vertical well outlet valve is connected to the communicating vessel;
a data output of each of the non-central vertical well pressure sensors, the central vertical well pressure sensor, and the differential pressure sensors is connected to the data-collecting-processing-displaying module; and
the differential pressure sensors have a measuring accuracy higher than a measuring accuracy of the central vertical well pressure sensor and a measuring accuracy of the non-central vertical well pressure sensors, and a measuring range lower than a measuring range of the central vertical well pressure sensor and a measuring range of the non-central vertical well pressure sensors.

4. The comprehensive three-dimensional exploitation experimental system of claim 3 , wherein the communicating vessel further comprises a communicating vessel pressure sensor and a gas injection valve.

5. The comprehensive three-dimensional exploitation experimental system of claim 1 , wherein
the N temperature control pipes are equally spaced from bottom to top and a constant temperature difference is given between the N temperature control pipes, wherein the constant temperature difference is expressed as:
ΔT=(T1−T2)/(N+1), wherein T2 represents a temperature of the lower circulation coil, and T1 represents a temperature of the upper circulation coil.

6. The comprehensive three-dimensional exploitation experimental system of claim 5 , wherein
the reactor body further comprises temperature sensors, the temperature sensors disposed inside the reactor body and configured to monitor the temperature of the upper circulation coil, the temperature of the lower circulation coil and temperatures of the N temperature control pipes, and the temperature sensors transmit monitored temperature data to the temperature regulating module; and
the temperature regulating module is configured to regulate an operation of each heat exchange device according to the monitored temperature data in real time to maintain the vertical temperature gradient in the reactor body stable.

7. The comprehensive three-dimensional exploitation experimental system of claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of layers inside the reactor body comprise a superstratum layer, a sediment layer and a substratum layer from top to bottom, and a displacement sensor fixing plate is disposed inside the reactor body;
a plurality of displacement sensors are evenly disposed, wherein a first end of each displacement sensor is fixed to the displacement sensor fixing plate and

Assignees

• Guangzhou Inst Energy Conversion Cas

Inventors

• Li Xiaosen
• Wang Yi
• Chen Zhaoyang
• Xia Zhiming
• Zhang Yu
• Li Gang

Classifications

• E21B47/002 Primary

  by visual inspection · CPC title

• E21B34/06

  in wells · CPC title

• E21B41/0099

  specially adapted for drilling for or production of natural hydrate or clathrate gas reservoirs; Drilling through or monitoring of formations containing gas hydrates or clathrates · CPC title

• E21B43/01 Primary

  specially adapted for obtaining from underwater installations · CPC title

• E21B47/06

  Measuring temperature or pressure · CPC title