Simulação em CFD da influência do teor de areia em dutos de produção

Abstract

Sand produced with hydrocarbons is often detrimental to well productivity. This fact generates consequences such as problems in devices and equipment, in addition to obstructions and, consequently, reductions in the flow rate of the fluids obtained, resulting in losses in field productivity. This work aims to study the impact of sand content in production pipelines through and simulation using the computational fluid dynamics tools ICEM CFD and ANSYS CFX 13.0 in vertical, directional and horizontal well scenarios, with parameter variations such as fluid saturation shows in the system and the production flow considered. The results obtained indicated some impacts of excessive sand production in oil wells, such as reduced productivity and increased head loss for fluid elevation.