Volumetric Heat Capacity

Formulas for Calculation

H wT  H wr
Cw  .......... .......... .........( i )
T s  Tr
where
H wT  enthalpy of saturated water at Ts , Btu/lbm
H wr  enthalpy of water at Tr , Btu/lbm

M  (1   )  r Cr  So  oCo  S w  wCw  S g  g C g ...........(ii)

Problem # 1
Calculation of volumetric heat capacity
A sandstone with a porosity of 25% contains an oil
saturation of 0.2 and a water saturation of 0.8. Determine
the energy that must be added to the rock to increase its
temperature from 80 to 470.9° F(boiling point of
saturated steam at 500 psig). The rock is confined, and
no vapor phase forms within the pore space as result of
reservoir heating.
Following
Cr  0.21Btu/data
lbmis
F;givenCo  0.50Btu/ lbmF
r  167.0 lbm/ ft3 ; o  50.0 lbm/ ft3; w  50.6 lbm/ ft3
Hwr  48 Btu/ lbm; HwT  452.9 Btu/ lbm
Solution
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Ah  m s H s M R h / 4(Ts  Tr )M s2 G (t D )......... ..(iii)
where
Ah  Heated area in ft 2 ; ms  cold water mass rate lbm/hr
H s  Energy content of the injected steam; M R  volumetric heat capacity of heated region Btu/(ft 3  oF )
h  Height of the heated zone ft; M s  volumetric heat capacity of the over and underburde n

H s  H wT  f sd Lvdh  H wr .......... ......( iv )

t D  4( M s / M R ) 2 ( / h 2 )t.......... .......... .(v )

  k h / M s .......... .......( vi )
Problem # 2
Radius of Steam Zone at constant injection rate
Steam is to be injected into a reservoir at a rate of 500 BWPD
CWE. The steam has 80 % quality, pressure of 500 psig at the
sandface. Properties of the reservoir rock and fluids are
identical to those used in previous example assuming that 40
% of the pore volume (PV) in the heated region is steam.
Reservoir thickness is 20ft. The thermal conductivity of the
overburden kh, is taken to be 1.5 BTU/hr-ft-°F, and the
thermal diffusivity of the overburden, α, is 0.0482 ft2/hr. Find
the radius of the heated area after 14 days of continuous
injection, assuming the area is cylindrical in shape.
Solution