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Numerical Simulation Analysis of Heating Effect of Downhole Methane Catalytic Combustion Heater under High Pressure

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  • Yiwei Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanism and Effective Development, Beijing 100083, China
    State Center for Research and Development of Oil Shale Exploitation, Beijing 100083, China)

  • Yuan Wang

    (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of In Situ Conversion, Drilling and Exploitation Technology for Oil Shale, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Shale Oil & Gas Exploration and Development, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Key Lab of Ministry of Natural Resources for Drilling and Exploitation Technology in Complex Conditions, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China)

  • Sunhua Deng

    (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of In Situ Conversion, Drilling and Exploitation Technology for Oil Shale, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Shale Oil & Gas Exploration and Development, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Key Lab of Ministry of Natural Resources for Drilling and Exploitation Technology in Complex Conditions, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China)

  • Qiang Li

    (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of In Situ Conversion, Drilling and Exploitation Technology for Oil Shale, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Shale Oil & Gas Exploration and Development, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Key Lab of Ministry of Natural Resources for Drilling and Exploitation Technology in Complex Conditions, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China)

  • Jingjing Gu

    (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of In Situ Conversion, Drilling and Exploitation Technology for Oil Shale, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Shale Oil & Gas Exploration and Development, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Key Lab of Ministry of Natural Resources for Drilling and Exploitation Technology in Complex Conditions, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China)

  • Haoche Shui

    (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of In Situ Conversion, Drilling and Exploitation Technology for Oil Shale, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Shale Oil & Gas Exploration and Development, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Key Lab of Ministry of Natural Resources for Drilling and Exploitation Technology in Complex Conditions, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China)

  • Wei Guo

    (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of In Situ Conversion, Drilling and Exploitation Technology for Oil Shale, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Shale Oil & Gas Exploration and Development, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
    Key Lab of Ministry of Natural Resources for Drilling and Exploitation Technology in Complex Conditions, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China)

Abstract

The hot exhaust gas generated by a downhole combustion heater directly heats the formation, which can avoid the heat loss caused by the injection of high-temperature fluid on the ground. However, if the temperature of the exhaust gas is too high, it may lead to the carbonization of organic matter in the formation, which is not conducive to oil production. This paper proposes the use of low-temperature catalytic combustion of a mixture of methane and air to produce a suitable exhaust gas temperature. The simulation studies the influence of different parameters on the catalytic combustion characteristics of methane and the influence of downhole high-pressure conditions. The results show that under high-pressure conditions, using a smaller concentration of methane (4%) for catalytic combustion can obtain a higher conversion efficiency (88.75%), and the exhaust temperature is 1097 K. It is found that the high-pressure conditions in the well can promote the catalytic combustion process of the heater, which proves the feasibility of the downhole combustion heater for in situ heating of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs.

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  • Yiwei Wang & Yuan Wang & Sunhua Deng & Qiang Li & Jingjing Gu & Haoche Shui & Wei Guo, 2022. "Numerical Simulation Analysis of Heating Effect of Downhole Methane Catalytic Combustion Heater under High Pressure," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-23, February.
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