Natural Convection in Nonvertical Wells
- Key words
- Well Tests; Reservoir Parameters; Methods; Tracers; Convection System; Temperature; Thermocouples; Heat Flow; Configuration
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1985
- Session
- Fluid dynamics; Thermodynamics; Directional drilling
- Language
- English
Abstract
Convective instabilities and the shapes of the ensuing convection cells were experimentally studied for non vertical wellbores. Steady state temperature distributions were measured for three inclination angles over a wide range of heating rates to demonstrate the effects of drilling angle and Rayleigh number. In addition, velocities were estimated by measuring the time of flight of tracers by the Thymol blue technique.
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