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Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects Volume 34, 2012 - Issue 5
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Modeling the VAPEX and SAGD Side Wall Process with a Wax Heating Experiment

G. Batohie Petrotrin, Point-a-Pierre, Trinidad
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R. A. Dawe Petroleum Engineering Unit, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad
Pages 439-446 | Received 11 Dec 2009, Accepted 12 Jan 2010, Published online: 19 Jan 2012
 
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Abstract

Physical modeling of a difficult process can give useful insights on how to capture the correct physics so as to build a computer model of the process. In this article it is suggested that a candle wax experiment can simulate crude oil drainage by VAPEX (solvent application) or SAGD (heat application) along the heavy oil interface. The experimental set-up, some initial data, and some suggestions for expansion of the experiment are presented here.

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