[CCoE Notice] Masters Thesis Defense - Jha

[Khator, Suresh]

Master's Thesis Defense
FLOW INTERACTION BETWEEN MULTIPLE CROSS-FLOW INLETS IN A HORIZONTAL PIPE OR CHANNEL
Pranab Narayan Jha
Ralph W. Metcalfe - Committee Chair; Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 1:00pm - ME Large Conf. Room
Flow inside a horizontal shale gas well was simulated using computational fluid dynamics. The concept of flow limitation in a gas well with fracture zones was modeled and studied using cross-flow inlets in a two-dimensional channel. First, two inlets were used to observe the interference phenomenon between them. This concept was extended to flow in a two-dimensional axisymmetric pipe with five cross-flow inlets. Three basic flow regimes - trickle flow, partially blocked flow and fully blocked flow - were identified with respect to the blocking of upstream inlets near the toe by the downstream ones near the heel of the well. The effect of pressure and inlet size on the flow regimes were studied. A hydrostatic model of fluid reservoirs draining into the channel was constructed using a user-defined function to study the dynamic behavior of the inlets.

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