X-ray-based test device and method for plugging removal effect of sulfur dissolvent on sulfur deposition rock sample

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12174133-B2
Application number	US-202218082605-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2022
Priority date	Dec 17, 2021
Publication date	Dec 24, 2024
Grant date	Dec 24, 2024

Abstract

An X-ray-based test device for a plugging removal effect of a sulfur dissolvent on a sulfur deposition rock sample includes a constant speed and pressure pump, a first intermediate container, a second intermediate container, a first pressure transmitter, a core holder, a second pressure transmitter, a first electric pump, a third intermediate container, a back-pressure valve, a gas flow meter, an H 2 S neutralization tank, a second electric pump, a back-pressure transmitter, a confining pressure transmitter, an X-ray generator, an X-ray detector and a thermotank. A sour gas sample is placed in the first intermediate container, and nitrogen is filled in the second intermediate container. The sulfur dissolvent is placed into the third intermediate container. A confining pressure inlet is formed in the core holder. The test device may be used for evaluating the plugging removal effect of the sulfur dissolvent injected into the sulfur deposition rock sample.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An X-ray-based test device for a plugging removal effect of a sulfur dissolvent on a sulfur deposition rock sample, comprising a constant speed and pressure pump, a first intermediate container, a second intermediate container, a first pressure transmitter, a core holder, a second pressure transmitter, a first electric pump, a third intermediate container, a back-pressure valve, a gas flow meter, an H 2 S neutralization tank, a second electric pump, a back-pressure transmitter, a confining pressure transmitter, an X-ray generator, an X-ray detector and a thermotank; wherein a sour gas sample is placed in the first intermediate container, nitrogen is filled in the second intermediate container, and the sulfur dissolvent is placed into the third intermediate container; a confining pressure inlet is formed in the core holder;
the first intermediate container and the second intermediate container are arranged in parallel, and two ends of the first intermediate container are connected to an output end of the constant speed and pressure pump and an input end of the core holder respectively; an output end of the core holder is connected to the back-pressure valve by an output pipeline, an output port of the back-pressure valve is connected to the H 2 S neutralization tank, and the gas flow meter is arranged on a connected pipeline; the first pressure transmitter and the second pressure transmitter are arranged on two ends of the core holder respectively;
an output end of the first electric pump is connected to an inlet end of the intermediate third container, and an outlet end of the third intermediate container is connected to the output pipeline; an output end of the second electric pump is connected to the back-pressure valve and the confining pressure inlet of the core holder respectively, and the back-pressure transmitter and the confining pressure transmitter are arranged on the connected pipeline respectively;
the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector are symmetrically arranged around a central axis of the core holder, wherein the X-ray generator is configured to emit X-rays to vertically irradiate the core holder, and the X-ray detector is configured to completely receive the X-rays; and
the first intermediate container, the second intermediate container, the core holder and the third intermediate container are arranged in the thermotank.

2. The X-ray-based test device according to claim 1 , further comprising an emptying valve and a safety valve, wherein the emptying valve and the safety valve are arranged in parallel, and an input end of the emptying valve and an input end of the safety valve are connected to a first pipeline between the first pressure transmitter and the core holder by a second pipeline.

3. The X-ray-based test device according to claim 1 , wherein the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector are arranged on a mounting base, and the mounting base comprises two base brackets; tops of the two base brackets are connected to circular electric slide rails respectively, and a rectangular sliding bracket formed by fixed straight rods and fixed connecting rods is arranged in the circular electric slide rails; and the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector are oppositely arranged on the fixed straight rods parallel to each other.

4. The X-ray-based test device according to claim 3 , wherein the mounting base is arranged in an anti-radiation shield.

5. An X-ray-based test method for a plugging removal effect of a sulfur dissolvent on a sulfur deposition rock sample, wherein the X-ray-based test device according to claim 1 is configured for a test, and the X-ray-based test method comprises:
S 1 : selecting a target core, and placing the target core into the core holder after washing and drying, turning on the thermotank and the second electric pump to simulate a formation temperature and pressure;
S 2 : using the second intermediate container for nitrogen displacement to obtain an initial permeability of the target core;
S 3 : turning on the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector for conducting X-ray diffraction to the target core to obtain a distribution of a core density;
S 4 : using the first intermediate container for displacement by the sour gas sample to simulate a sulfur deposition process, continuously decreasing a temperature of the thermotank and a pressure of the back-pressure valve in a displacement process, and calculating a permeability and a permeability damage rate of the target core in real time;
S 5 : conducting X-ray diffraction to the target core after sulfur deposition simulation, obtaining the distribution of the core density at the moment, obtaining a distribution of a sulfur deposition amount in the target core and a sulfur saturation of the target core through calculation, and drawing a distribution map of the sulfur deposition amount at different positions of the target core according to the distribution of the sulfur deposition amount in the target core;
S 6 : using the third intermediate container for displacement by the sulfur dissolvent to simulate an injecting process of the sulfur dissolvent, stopping the displacement after an injecting amount of the sulfur dissolvent reaches a target set value, and standing to simulate a soaking process after injection of the sulfur dissolvent; and continuously conducting the X-ray diffraction to the target core in the injecting process and a standing process;
S 7 : obtaining a change of a mass absorption coefficient from an outlet end of the target core to an inlet end of the target core according to X-ray diffraction results in step S 6 , judging a swept position of the sulfur dissolvent according to the mass absorption coefficient, obtaining the distribution of the core density at each moment through calculation, drawing a change curve of an effective swept area of the sulfur dissolvent over time, and performing quantitative analysis on influence of an injection volume and an injection speed of the sulfur dissolvent and a soaking time on the effective swept area of the sulfur dissolvent based on the change curve; and meanwhile, obtaining a distribution of a sulfur dissolvent content through calculation, and drawing a distribution map of the sulfur dissolvent content at different positions of the target core; and
S 8 : using the second intermediate container for nitrogen displacement, and stopping the displacement after no sulfur dissolvent flows out of the outlet end of the target core; and calculating a core permeability and a sulfur dissolving index of the sulfur dissolvent at the moment, evaluating a plugging removal effect of the injected sulfur dissolvent in conjunction with the effective swept area and distribution test results of the sulfur dissolvent.

6. The X-ray-based test method according to claim 5 , wherein in step S 2 , the initial permeability of the target core is calculated according to the following formula:

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Assignees

• Univ Southwest Petroleum

Inventors

• Guo Xiao
• Wang Pengkun
• Li Tao
• Ma Jingjing
• Jia Changqing
• Zhou Li
• Zhou Ming
• He Yi
• Kong Bing
• Li Linkai
• Wang Lan

Classifications

• G01N2223/616

  earth materials · CPC title

• G01N2223/601

  density profile · CPC title

• G01N2223/30

  Accessories, mechanical or electrical features · CPC title

• G01N33/24

  Earth materials (G01N33/42 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01N2223/1016

  X-ray · CPC title