A New Method for Measuring Solvent Diffusivity in Heavy Oil by Dynamic Pendant Drop Shape Analysis (DPDSA)
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Summary This paper presents a new experimental method and its computational scheme for measuring solvent diffusivity in heavy oil under practical reservoir conditions by DPDSA. In the experiment, a see-through windowed high-pressure cell is filled with a test solvent at desired pressure and temperature. Then, a heavy-oil sample is introduced through a syringe delivery system to form a pendant oil drop inside the pressure cell. The subsequent diffusion of the solvent into the pendant oil drop causes its shape and volume to change until an equilibrium state is reached. The sequential digital images of the dynamic pendant oil drop are acquired and digitized by applying computer-aided digital image-acquisition and-processing techniques. Physically, variations of the shape and volume of the dynamic pendant oil drop are attributed to the interfacial tension reduction and the well-known oil-swelling effect as the solvent gradually dissolves into heavy oil. Theoretically, the interfacial profile of the dynamic pendant oil drop is governed by the Laplace equation of capillarity, and the molecular diffusion process of the solvent into the pendant oil drop is described by the diffusion equation. An objective function is constructed to express the discrepancy between the numerically predicted and experimentally observed interfacial profiles of the dynamic pendant oil drop. The solvent diffusivity in heavy oil and the mass-transfer Biot number are used as adjustable parameters and thus are determined once the minimum objective function is achieved. This novel experimental technique is tested to measure diffusivities of carbon dioxide in a brine sample and a heavy-oil sample, respectively. It should be noted that, with the present technique, a single diffusivity measurement can be completed within an hour and only a small amount of oil sample is required. The interface mass-transfer coefficient at the solvent/heavy-oil interface can also be determined. In particular, this new technique allows the measurement of solvent diffusivity in an oil sample at constant prespecified high pressure and temperature. Therefore, it is especially suitable for studying the mass-transfer process of injected solvent into heavy oil during solvent-based post-cold heavy-oil production (post-CHOP).
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