AN UNSTEADY SEEPAGE FLOW MODEL OF VISCO-ELASTIC POLYMER SOLUTION

摘要

With the consideration of the visco―elasticity, the adsorption effect and the variation of rheological parameters, a seepage flow model of visco-elastic polymer solutions was established. The model was numerically treated with the finite difference method. Then curves of Bottom Hole Pressure (BHP) and formation pressure were drawn. The influences of the relaxation time, the injection rate, the permeability reduction coefficient, the consistency coefficient and the power-law exponent of the injected fluid on pressure performance were analyzed. This study shows that it is necessary to consider the visco-elasticity of non-Newtonian fluid in analyzing of pressure performance in the polymer flooding.