PVT module coupled with

ANSYS CFD
 Basic Ideas:
In order to perform realistic CFD simulations for the Oil & Gas
industry, it is important to know:

What kind of fluid are we dealing with?

Heavy Oil.
Light Oil.
Gas Condensate.
How many phases will be present for a given process?
Liquid Vapor.
Liquid Liquid.
Liquid Liquid Vapor.
Fluid Solid.
What are the physical properties for each phase?
Density.
Viscosity at least.
 Basic Ideas:
PVT information for a specific fluid come from a Lab
report PVT Report

Information:

Composition.
Saturation pressure (s)
Amount of gas and liquid.
Properties such as density and viscosity as pressure and
temperature functions.
 Basic Ideas:
As far as we know, there isnt any tool or application to help the
user to directly charge the information contained in the PVT
report into CFX or Fluent.

So, there is a Users need to incorporate real properties into CFD.

 Basic Ideas:
The lab information contained in a PVT report can be modeled in
what in the Oil & Gas Industry is known as PVT Module.

PVT Module: A program developed to simulate the lab

information and tune an Equation-of-State based model.

Represent the experimental data.

Predict properties where there is no experimental data
available.
 Basic Ideas:
To help users of ANSYS CFD to deal with complex fluids such
as reservoir fluids, an easy connection between a PVT module
and ANSYS CFD is needed.

Which module?
Grupo SSC is developing an In-House PVT module, we
are not using PVTSim, Multiflash, PVTPro or any other
commercial PVT, we are using ours.

In this presentation, we would like to show the connection

between a PVT module and ANSYS CFX.
 Outline:
Characterize a reservoir fluid using an In-House developed PVT
Module.
Cubic Equation of State based Software.
PVT calculations:
Bubble points.
Dew points.
Flash at constant T and P.
Generate physical properties for EVERY possible phase present
for a given process.
Generate intput data file for a Compiled Library (Fortran or C).
(PVT ANSYS connection)
Read CCL file to use the Library.
Perform CFD simulation using the calculated properties.
 Characterize a reservoir fluid:
In-House developed PVT Module
Composition of the
reservoir fluid
Characterization Options
for the Heavy Fraction.
Characterization Options
for the Heavy Fraction.
PVT experiments that
can be simulated:

Phase Envelope
CCE
DLE
CVD
MMP
Swelling Tests
 Phase Envelope

Calculation Progress
Phase Envelope
Differential Liberation
Expansion DLE

Calculation Progress
DLE
ANSYS CFX connection
 GSSC PVT Module and ANSYS CFX connection

Generate a properties file for the operating

Pressure Temperature intervals.

Use a set of Fortran based routines to read the

Properties File and, for a given Temperature and
Pressure, relate all the properties with the
Material Properties in CFX.
Properties DATA file
in library path
ANSYS configuration after CCL
file has been imported
 Simulation Results Example:

Flashing of a Volatile Oil flowing through

a butterfly valve

41 0API Oil
GOR: 67.40
Pressure Field
Velocity Field
Gas Volume Fraction
 Simulation Results:

Real properties for the 2 phases

(gas and oil)

Equilibrium line crossing implies a

phase change. (Flashing)
A previous version of this module was
used along with
ANSYS CFX in the following project:

Hydrodynamic Description of a 140 km

crude oil transport line.

Fluid Properties:

35 oAPI
RGA: 8
14%Vol. Water Content
 Fluid Characterization and Properties:
50

45

40

35

30

Presin (bar)
Componente % mol PM (g/mol) Tc (K) Pc (bar) 25

N2 0.00061 28.01 20
CO2 0.00087 44.01
15
H2S 0.00346 34.08
C1 0.01231 16.04 10

C2 0.01267 30.07 5

C3 0.02299 44.10 0
iC4 0.00692 58.12 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

nC4 0.02829 58.12 Temperatura (K)

iC5 0.01654 72.15

nC5 0.02953 72.15
C6 0.05455 84.00
Pseudo1 0.14158 102.54 557.43 33.93 0.31074
Pseudo2 0.24920 147.65 626.71 29.02 0.40041
Pseudo3 0.23146 233.29 737.83 19.60 0.63706
Pseudo4 0.13852 370.19 840.28 13.59 0.92242
Pseudo5 0.05050 588.11 938.69 9.63 1.25656
Complete Line Pressure Drop
Complete Line Phase Change
Complete Line Water Bed
Predicted Oil volume loss due to evaporation
 Stabilization Platform at
Marine Terminal at Dos Bocas, Tabasco.
PEMEX
Gas recovery system TMDB
 Project Status:
PVT Module that can handle most of the fluids found in the
Oil & Gas industry.
Rigorous 2 phase calculations.
Rigorous 3 phase calculations.
Special processes like EOR can be modeled.

Coupling of this PVT module (Grupo SSC) with ANSYS CFX

and ANSYS Fluent. Completed and under test.

Currently working on generating SPT-Group OLGA properties

tables.
2 phases Completed
3 phases 75% complete.
 Project Status:
SPT-Group OLGA properties tables.
P-T Phase Envelope: 2 Phases.
 Project Status:
SPT-Group OLGA properties tables.
P-T Phase Envelope: 3 Phases. Reserv. Fluid + 10%vol Water
 We are participating as PEMEX
consultants in the OVIP project.

(OLGA Verification and Improvement

Program)

Last meeting: Paris, 2 months ago.

 Complex pipeline
network distribution

Offshore

L-5
 Models for evolutive maintenance (PVT)
Light Crude Oil: PVTSIM vs Multiflash

Psat (Kg/cm2) @
Datos API RGA (m3/m3)
186.9 C
Experimental 41.00 910.39 417.26
PVTSim 41.05 907.13 418.8
Multiflash 41.16 900.19 418.9
Diferencia PVTSim 0.05 -3.26 1.54
Error (%) PVTSim 0.12 0.36 0.37
Diferencia Mflash 0.16 -10.20 1.64
Error (%) Mflash 0.40 1.12 0.39
 Models for evolutive maintenance (PVT)
Heavy Crude Oil: Phase Envelope

Heavy Oil

50

45

40

35
Pressure (kg/cm2)

30 HYSYS
MultiFlash
25 PVT_GSSC
PVT_GSSC
20 EXP

15

10

0
-200 -100 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Temperature (C)