NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HORIZONTAL MIGRATION OF PROPPANT

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2008-01-11
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Thehorizontalmigrationofproppantwasnumericallyinvestigatedwithatwo-fluidmodel,inwhichtheinteractionbetweenfracturingfluidandproppant,alongwiththatamongproppantswastakenintoaccountthroughinterphaseforces.Themigrationprocessandthevolumetricconcentrationoftheproppantwereexaminedundervariousconditions,andtheaveragedvolumetricconcentrationoftheproppantwasobtained.Thepresentresearchmightbeusefulintheprocessdesignofthehydraulicfracturingintheoilfields.