Numerical investigations and thermodynamic analysis of steam quality measurements

Luxmux科技公司（Luxmux）正在商业化一种适用于热增强稠油采收率的在线蒸汽质量分析仪。蒸汽质量是蒸汽中蒸汽到液体部分的度量，生产所需的实际“热”或能量存在于蒸汽部分，因此需要最大的蒸汽质量，以最有效地生产重油，同时排放最少的温室气体。在稠油作业中，处理过的回用采出水被送入锅炉。目前，由于锅炉给水（BFW）的质量，对于一次性蒸汽发生器（otsg），允许避免锅炉管故障的最大蒸汽质量为80%（对于接近2000 psig的运行）。该行业有了新的发展，生产商正试图以更高的蒸汽质量运行，但水质仍然是最差的

Luxmux Technology Corporation (Luxmux) is commercializing an online steam quality analyser suitable for thermally Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery. Steam quality is a measure of vapor to liquid portion in the steam, the actual "heat" or energy that is desired for production resides in the vapor portion therefore the maximum steam quality is desired to most efficiently produce heavy oil with the least amount of greenhouse gases emitted. In heavy oil operations, treated re-used produced water is fed into the boiler. Currently, due to the Boiler Feed Water (BFW) quality the maximum steam quality allowed to avoid boiler tube failure is 80% (for operations near 2000 psig) for Once Through Steam Generators (OTSGs). There are new developments in the industry in which producers are attempting to run at higher steam qualities but the water quality is still the limiting factor for boilers to generate saturated vapor. Even with new boiler technologies there still exists a need and a gap in the industry for an inline steam quality analyser which will allow producers to operate more efficiently at the boilers and before injecting the steam into the reservoir at the pads. Since there is no accurate solution in the market today which continuously measure steam quality at the boiler and/or at the pads there exists room for producers to improve production while reducing Green House Gas emissions and water needs.