Measurement of Gas Dynamic Parameters in the Gap at the Evaporation of Its Walls

Abstract

The results of a study aimed at optimization of heat methods of hydrocarbon extractions. These methods give the possibility of mining the shale solid minerals at great depths. This paper reviews the heat flow effect on the unconventional hydrocarbon reservoir model. The mechanism of filtration and propagation of exothermic reaction in a gap is considered. The results of measuring the gas-dynamic parameters in the gap during the melting and evaporation of its walls, obtained during laboratory studies are presented. The fracture of a shale layer was simulated by a gap with constant cross section area which was created in poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA or Plexiglas) previously. The gap was blown through the gas flow; its speed was measured by experiments. The gas flow was created by continuously working turbine driven pump. The pressure in the flow was determined by manometer. The values of flow rates, evaporation and entrainment of the mass of material from the surface of the gap are recorded.