GOALI: Academic-Industrial Partnership for Studies of Reservoir Stimulations, Drilling, Transportation, Emulsion Stability, and Foaming Bubble Reactor

明尼苏达大学的D.D. Joseph和G.S. Beaver获得了“与工业界学术联络资助机会”（GOALI）奖，以表彰明尼苏达大学与一些石油公司（包括道韦尔-斯伦贝谢、Intervep、STIM-Lab联盟的18家公司和加拿大Syncrude）在多相流过程领域的合作研究。主要的重点将是实验研究非牛顿流体中的基本粒子或气泡相互作用机制及其对宏观流动模式和流变行为的影响。由同一小组开发的直接数值模拟（DNS）技术将用于解释和推广实验结果。这些方法将解决五个应用领域的基本两相流现象：压裂液和钻井泥浆剪切流中的颗粒迁移，切割输送，水乳状液中浓油的润滑管道，以及浓乳状液的流变性和稳定性。合作公司将在项目方向、研究活动和学生支持方面提供大量投入。该项目将为石油工业中各种技术中遇到的复杂多相流过程提供科学基础，并应用于烃类和烃类产品的生产、加工和运输。

Abstract CTS-9610059 D.D. Joseph and G.S. Beaver U. of Minnesota This a Grant Opportunity for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) award for collaborative research in the area of multiphase flow processes between the University of Minnesota and a group of oil companies (Dowell-Schlumberger, Intervep, STIM-Lab Consortium of 18 companies, and Syncrude Canada). The main focus will be on experimental investigation of elementary particle or bubble interaction mechanisms in non-Newtonian fluids and their effects on the macroscopic flow pattern and rheological behavior. Direct numerical simulation (DNS) techniques developed by the same group will be used to interpret and generalize the experimental results. These methods will address fundamental two-phase flow phenomena in five applicative areas: particle migration in shear flow of fracturing fluids and drilling muds, cutting transport, lubricated pipelines of concentrated oil in water emulsions, and rheology and stability of concentrated emulsions. The collaborating companies will provide considerable input in the project direction, research activities, and student support. The project will provide a scientific foundation for the complex multiphase flow processes encountered in various technologies in oil industry, with application to production, processing and transport of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon products.