Heat and Mass Transfer and Physical Gasdynamics

Filtration of non-newtonian hydrocarbon fluid in a high-frequency electromagnetic field

M. A. Fatyhov

Bashkir State Pedagogical University, Ufa

Abstract: The paper gives the results of experimental investigations of the initial pressure gradient of bituminous oil and the time dependences of variation of the temperature in a formation model and of the well production rate in a microwave-frequency electromagnetic field. The effect of strong decay of the non-Newtonian properties of bituminous oil is revealed. The nonuniformity of temperature distribution over the formation thickness is demonstrated, which depends on the initial production rate of the well and on the duration of stimulation of the bottom-hole zone of formation.

UDC: 532.546:536.421:622.276

Received: 03.03.2003

 English version: High Temperature, 2004, 42:4, 621–628