WSEAS Transactions on Fluid Mechanics
Print ISSN: 1790-5087, E-ISSN: 2224-347X
Volume 9, 2014
A Comparison of the Density Perforations for the Horizontal Wellbore
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Abstract: In this paper study the flow behavior in horizontal wellbore with 60 and 150 perforations of perforation densities equivalent to 6 and 12 SPF respectively has been studied. The pressure drops in a perforated pipe that includes the influence of inflow through the pipe walls compares for two pipes that difference in perforation density. 3D numerical simulations for the pipe with two numbers of perforations were investigated by using ANSYS CFX modeling tool with Reynolds number ranging from 28,773 to 90,153 and influx flow rate ranging from 0 to 899 lit/hr to observe the flow through perforated pipe, measure pressure drops. The effect of density perforations on the flow through perforated pipe was conducted. CFD simulations yielded results that are reasonably close to experiments data.
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Pages: 110-115
WSEAS Transactions on Fluid Mechanics, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-5087 / 2224-347X, Volume 9, 2014, Art. #10