Pressure Drop Equations for a Partially Penetrating Vertical Well in a Circular Cylinder Drainage Volume
Taking a partially penetrating vertical well as a uniform line sink in three-dimensional space, by developing necessary mathematical analysis, this paper presents unsteady-state pressure drop equations for an off-center partially penetrating vertical well in a circular cylinder drainage volume with...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Mathematical Problems in Engineering |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/267964 |
| Summary: | Taking a partially penetrating vertical well as a uniform line sink
in three-dimensional space, by developing necessary mathematical
analysis, this paper presents unsteady-state pressure drop equations
for an off-center partially penetrating vertical well in a circular
cylinder drainage volume with constant pressure at outer boundary.
First, the point sink solution to the diffusivity equation is
derived, then using superposition principle, pressure drop equations
for a uniform line sink model are obtained. This paper also gives an
equation to calculate pseudoskin factor due to partial penetration.
The proposed equations provide fast analytical tools to evaluate the
performance of a vertical well which is located arbitrarily in a
circular cylinder drainage volume. It is concluded that the well off-center distance has significant
effect on well pressure drop behavior, but it does not have any effect on
pseudoskin factor due to partial penetration. Because the outer
boundary is at constant pressure, when producing time is
sufficiently long, steady-state is definitely reached. When well
producing length is equal to payzone thickness, the pressure drop
equations for a fully penetrating well are obtained. |
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| ISSN: | 1024-123X 1563-5147 |