150 results about "Reservoir volume" patented technology

An automated reservoir filling system for a portable medical device is disclosed. The system includes a vial sealed by a septum partially filled with a liquid and a gas occupying a headspace. The system further includes a reservoir with a volume defined between a reservoir septum and a plunger head. The plunger head is coupled to a plunger arm which is further coupled to a drive system. Further included is a transfer system with a vial end that pierces the vial septum and remains in contact with the liquid, and a reservoir end that pierces the reservoir septum and remains in the reservoir volume. A controller coupled to the drive system to actuates the drive system automatically drawing fluid from the vial to the reservoir through the degas system.

The complexity of a fracture network may be enhanced during a hydraulic fracturing operation by monitoring operational parameters of the fracturing job and altering stress conditions in the well in response to the monitoring of the operational parameters. The operational parameters monitored may include the injection rate of the pumped fluid, the density of the pumped fluid or the bottomhole pressure of the well after the fluid is pumped. The method provides an increase to the stimulated reservoir volume (SRV).

The invention provides an improved test cell for detecting the presence of an analyte in a liquid sample. The device has an elongate casing defining a liquid sample inlet, a reservoir volume, a test volume, and a window through the casing at the test volume. Disposed within the cell is a sample absorbent, a novel biphasic substrate and a reservoir, together capable of transporting an aqueous solution within the casing along a flow path extending from the sample inlet through the test volume and into the reservoir volume. The invention further comprises a method for detecting the presence of an analyte in a liquid sample using the device and a biphasic chromatographic material for carrying out the method.

The complexity of a fracture network within a subterranean formation may be enhanced by pumping a high breakdown pressure fluid followed by a low breakdown pressure fluid into the formation. The method increases the Stimulated Reservoir Volume (SRV) of the formation and provides for a network of ancillary fractures within the formation.

The invention discloses a method for optimizing tight oil horizontal well crack network parameters through the transformation volume, and belongs to the field of tight oil horizontal well reservoirs. According to the method, according to a tight reservoir, firstly, the geologic feature of the reservoir is evaluated, the specific reservoir condition for volume fracture to form a volume crack network system is explicated, then, the influences of different transformation volumes and crack arrangement modes of horizontal well volume fracture on capacity are studied, and the specific crack network parameters are optimized. The method at least includes the steps that firstly, a basic crack network feature comprehensive evaluation method for tight reservoir volume fracture is established; secondly, a capacity prediction and simulation model method for tight oil volume fracture is established. The tight oil layer horizontal well fracture crack network parameters are optimized through the transformation volume formed in the fracture process, the transformation volume is formed in a tight oil layer, a matrix seeps towards a crack at the shortest distance, the driving pressure of effective flow is greatly reduced, and flow under the extremely-low permeability condition is achieved; the single well capacity can be greatly improved.

Cryogenic refrigeration employs a pulse tube cryo-cooler and a dilution refrigerator to provide very low temperature cooling, for example, to cool superconducting processors. Continuous cryogenic cycle refrigeration may be achieved using multiple adsorption pumps. Various improvements may include multiple distinct thermal-linking points, evaporation pots with cooling structures, and / or one or more gas-gap heat switches which may be integral to an adsorption pump. A reservoir volume may provide pressure relief when the system is warmed above cryogenic temperature, reducing the mass of the system. Additional heat exchangers and / or separate paths for condensation and evaporation may be provided. Multi-channel connectors may be used, and / or connectors formed of a regenerative material with a high specific heat capacity at cryogenic temperature. Flexible PCBs may provide thermal links to components that embody temperature gradients. Various components may be pre-cooled, for example via a switchable thermalization system.

A computer-implemented method and system for simulating reservoir property trends, including petrophysical trends within facies geobodies, is provided. One embodiment includes discretizing a range of values of the reservoir property to be modeled into at least two categories and utilizing the categories to discretize the associated well data and training image into categorical well data and a categorical training image. An embodiment includes applying MPS simulation using the categorical training image on a stratigraphic grid of nodes discretizing the reservoir volume to create a categorical property model. The embodiment additionally includes applying variogram-based simulation in each sub-region of the categorical property model to create a reservoir property model that reproduces the category histogram of each associated sub-region and models the reservoir property trends.

Disclosed is a test cell and a method for detection of a preselected ligand in a liquid sample such as a body fluid. The test cell includes an elongate outer casing which houses an interior permeable material capable of transporting an aqueous solution and defining a sample inlet, a test volume, and a reservoir volume. The reservoir volume is disposed in a section of the test cell spaced apart from the inlet and is filled with sorbent material. The reservoir acts to receive liquid transported along a flow path defined by the permeable material and extending from the inlet and through the test volume. In the test volume is a test site which includes a first protein having a binding site specific to a first epitope of the ligand immobilized in fluid communication with the flow path. The test site can be observed through a window of the casing.

The invention discloses a tight reservoir volume pressure crack network extension simulation and representation method. The method comprises the following steps of: firstly establishing a multi-crackstress interference-considered tight reservoir combined ground stress field calculation model by utilizing a displacement discontinuity method, mechanical mechanism analysis and crack initiation and extension criterions; aiming at a stress interference problem in volume pressure crack multi-crack extension process, establishing flow pressure drop distribution models, in primary and secondary cracks, of a fracturing fluid, so as to form a tight reservoir volume pressure crack horizontal well crack network extension theoretical model; and finally comprehensively analyzing influences, on volume pressure crack network structural morphology, of different factors, and defining a plurality of feature parameters to represent crack network structure morphology and attribute features. At last, the tight reservoir volume pressure crack network extension simulation and representation method is established. The tight reservoir volume pressure crack network extension simulation and representation method has the advantages of being comprehensive in model factor consideration, high in simulation effect and visual in result, and has a certain guiding significance for optimum design and efficient development of tight reservoir cracks.

The invention relates to an amphoteric ionic polymer water base fracturing fluid thickening agent and a preparation method of the amphoteric ionic polymer water base fracturing fluid thickening agent, and belongs to the technical field of propping agent fracturing fluid used for oil and gas reservoir volume increase and injection increasing measures. The amphoteric ionic polymer water base fracturing fluid thickening agent is prepared through copolymerization of alkyl group acrylic amide, acrylic amide, 2-acrylic amide group-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid sodium aqueous solution, cationic monomers, vinyl monomers and polymerizable surface active agent monomers. The amphoteric ionic polymer water base fracturing fluid thickening agent and the preparation method of the amphoteric ionic polymer water base fracturing fluid thickening agent have the advantages that raw materials used for the amphoteric ionic polymer water base fracturing fluid thickening agent are all industrial products, purification treatment is not needed before a reaction, a complexing agent is added so that polymerization of the complexing agent and an initiating agent can be initiated at an appropriate temperature, and the preparation technology is simple; due to the fact that the surface active agent monomers are added, an obtained polymer has a hydrophobic association function and is higher in shearing stability, easy to dissolve, free of pollution and harm and good in sand carrying performance; and the amphoteric ionic polymer water base fracturing fluid thickening agent can be resistant to the high temperature of 180 DEG C, is suitable for fracturing of high temperature strata, has high shearing-resistant performance to meet the requirement of high-flow fracturing construction, has high sand carrying performance and no-residue performance, and causes no harm to reservoir strata.

In accordance with the present invention, a system for separating gas and liquid phases from a mixed phase system is provided. Furthermore, the present invention provides for the reliable separation of liquid and gas phases, regardless of the orientation of the system with respect to a gravitational field, and in low or zero gravity environments. The system of the present invention generally provides a reservoir having a variable volume that is formed from a gas permeable, hydrophobic, microporous, polymer material. Material confined within the reservoir is maintained under pressure, to expel any gases introduced to the interior of the reservoir as part of a mixed phase inlet stream. The liquid phase component of the mixed phase inlet stream may be removed from the reservoir through an outlet located within the reservoir volume.

An automated reservoir filling system for a portable medical device is disclosed. The system includes a vial sealed by a septum partially filled with a liquid and a gas occupying a headspace. The system further includes a reservoir with a volume defined between a reservoir septum and a plunger head. The plunger head is coupled to a plunger arm which is further coupled to a drive system. Further included is a transfer system with a vial end that pierces the vial septum and remains in contact with the liquid, and a reservoir end that pierces the reservoir septum and remains in the reservoir volume. A controller coupled to the drive system to actuates the drive system automatically drawing fluid from the vial to the reservoir through the degas system.

A method and system is provided for more accurately determining ink in-flow and out-flow to a reservoir in a solid-to-liquid ink phasing delivery system for supplying ink to a printer. The printer throughput is safely maximized with a software algorithm that measures the ink available in the printer reservoir for printing. The algorithm is based on the known amount of ink in the reservoir when a level sensor probe is tripped and then calculates additional changes in ink volume. The process is done until the algorithm determines the reservoir volume is below a predetermined minimum level when the level sense probe senses ink. The algorithm calculates the ink leaving the reservoir using an out-flow model based on pixel counting and calculates ink entering the reservoir using an in-flow model based on a minimum guaranteed amount of ink delivered from the melt heater. A time out period is further calculated in which the reservoir should be refilled, and if not, the system is checked for an ink stick jam.

The invention discloses a method utilizing logging information for determining the optimal perforation position for SRV (Stimulated Reservoir Volume) fracturing. The method comprises the following steps: (A) calculating mineral friability index B1 by using conventional logging information, elemental capture spectroscopy logging information and natural gamma spectroscopy logging information; (B) calculating dynamic Young modulus E and dynamical poisson ratio v of each layer section by using acoustic logging information and calculating a mechanical friability index B2 of each layer section; (C) calculating total friability index BTot of the layer sections; (D) calculating confining pressure Pc; (E) calculating rock tensile strength St of the layer sections; (F) calculating an I type fracture toughness value KIC and an II type fracture toughness value KIIC of the each layer section; (G) calculating an inner friction angle of each layer section by using logging information; (H) calculating the reservoir compressibility index Frac of each layer section; and (I) selecting a layer section with a high reservoir compressibility index Frac as the optimal SRV fracturing perforation layer. The method is capable of conveniently and efficiently calculating the compressibility index of each layer section by directly using the logging information, so as to provide decision basis for selecting the optimal SRV fracturing perforation layer and promoting exploitation of shale reservoirs.

A method and system is provided for more accurately determining ink in-flow and out-flow to a reservoir in a solid-to-liquid ink phasing delivery system for supplying ink to a printer. The printer throughput is safely maximized with a software algorithm that measures the ink available in the printer reservoir for printing. The algorithm is based on the known amount of ink in the reservoir when a level sensor probe is tripped and then calculates additional changes in ink volume. The process is done until the algorithm determines the reservoir volume is below a predetermined minimum level when the level sense probe senses ink. The algorithm calculates the ink leaving the reservoir using an out-flow model based on pixel counting and calculates ink entering the reservoir using an in-flow model based on a minimum guaranteed amount of ink delivered from the melt heater. A time out period is further calculated in which the reservoir should be refilled, and if not, the system is checked for an ink stick jam.

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus (herein referred to as a “gas sorption / desorption analyzer”) for measuring the gas sorption properties of substances (for example hydrogen sorption by metal alloys). Measurements include: Pressure Composition Temperature isotherm (PCT), Kinetic, Cycle-life, and density. Measurements are made by sorption of aliquots of gas to or from a sample of the substance. The amount of gas in each aliquot is determined from the gas pressure and temperature in calibrated reservoir volumes. The apparatus comprises components rated for operation up to 200 atm, a plurality of sensors covering a broad pressure range, and minimized volumes to enable accurate measurements of small samples. Aliquot pressures are controlled using a feed-back controlled pressure regulator that can also be used for constant pressure sorption measurements. The gas temperature is regulated using a temperature controlled enclosure. The apparatus also comprises a plurality of safety and failsafe mechanisms.

The invention discloses an evaluation method for unconventional reservoir volume transformation multi-pore media productivity contribution. The evaluation method comprises the following steps that firstly, based on the principle of effective stress and flow characteristics of a transformation zone, and a fluid-solid coupling mathematical model of interaction between a geotechnical deformation field (stress field) and a fluid flow field (seepage field) of the unconventional reservoirs is established; then a perfectly coupled method solution of the seepage field and the stress field is realizedby solving a fluid-solid perfectly coupled system of partial differential equations in a general formula mode; and finally, fluid-solid coupling interactions under different combinations of pore mediaare simulated, and the contribution ratio of three systems of base materials, natural cracks and grid cracks to the cumulative production of a volume transformation well is obtained. A set of evaluation method for unconventional reservoir volume transformation multi-pore media productivity contribution is established eventually. The evaluation method for unconventional reservoir volume transforming multi-pore media productivity contribution has the advantages that the model factor consideration is comprehensive, the evaluation method is simple and results are quantifiable, an oil and gas field can be guided timely to be subjected to development measure adjustment and comprehensive management, and a theoretical basis and technical support are provided to the unconventional reservoir to realize economic recovery.

The invention discloses a method for determining capacity of an underground reservoir of a mine. The method includes steps of 1, measuring rock mass strength, coal seam buried depth and exploitation dimensions of the underground reservoir of the mine; 2, setting a reference underground reservoir of the mine with rock mass strength, coal seam buried depth and exploitation dimensions which are consistent with those of the to-be-measured underground reservoir of the mine; 3, measuring water storage capacity V2, reservoir area S and water head H of the reference underground reservoir of the mine and computing a water storage coefficient R according to the equation of R=V2 / SXH; and 4, measuring reservoir volume V1 of the to-be-measured reservoir of the mine and computing the capacity of the to-be-measured reservoir of the mine according to the equation of V=V1XR. By the aid of the method, the capacity of the underground reservoir of the mine can be obtained, so that water resources of a mining area can be regulated.

The invention provides a method for increasing the fracture stimulated reservoir volume of shale gas. The method includes the following steps that firstly, the brittleness index of shale is fine analyzed and evaluated; secondly, a proper number of shower holes are selected; thirdly, induced fracturing testing is conducted on each segment; fourthly, acid pretreatment is conducted; fifthly, the amplitude of shale original horizontal stress difference relative to major fracture net pressure is judged, and a fracture is further treated; sixthly, balls are thrown according to the cluster number of perforated holes and the total number of the perforated holes. By fine analyzing and evaluating the brittleness index of shale, selecting reasonable perforated hole parameters, conducting induced fracturing testing on each segment of a horizontal well, well controlling the major fracture net pressure and well controlling a diverting agent in the fracture, generation of network fractures or volume fractures is improved in the shale gas well fracturing process, accordingly the fracture stimulated reservoir volume is increased, and finally the fracture flow conductivity is improved after shale gas fracturing.

A system and method for characterizing uncertainty in a subterranean fracture network by obtaining a natural fracture network, obtaining dynamic data, simulating hydraulic fracturing and microseismic events based on the natural fracture network and the dynamic data, generating a stimulated reservoir volume (SRV), and quantifying the uncertainty in the SRV. It may also include narrowing the uncertainty in the SRV through the use of Design of Experiment methods and characterizing the SRV using static and / or dynamic data.

The invention provides a staggered well arranging method for ultra-low permeability tight oil reservoir volume fracturing horizontal well quasi-natural energy exploitation. The method comprises the steps of 1) firstly carrying out comprehensive geological research, selecting a horizontal well network deployment area preferably, carrying out reservoir classification evaluation, and determining a main contribution interval; 2) optimizing the horizontal segment length; 3) optimizing the well spacing; 4) optimizing the segment distance between fracturing fractures; 5) determining the array distance. The method can utilize the natural energy oil drainage function of horizontal well volume fracturing fracture networks to the greatest degree and avoids the risk of water breakthrough in water flooding exploitation; volume fracturing retention fluid achieves the effects of replenishing energy at an early stage.

A computer-implemented method and system for simulating reservoir property trends, including petrophysical trends within facies geobodies, is provided. One embodiment includes discretizing a range of values of the reservoir property to be modeled into at least two categories and utilizing the categories to discretize the associated well data and training image into categorical well data and a categorical training image. An embodiment includes applying MPS simulation using the categorical training image on a stratigraphic grid of nodes discretizing the reservoir volume to create a categorical property model. The embodiment additionally includes applying variogram-based simulation in each sub-region of the categorical property model to create a reservoir property model that reproduces the category histogram of each associated sub-region and models the reservoir property trends.

An implantable medical device for delivering a therapeutic substance including a housing and a volume sensor assembly. The housing includes a stationary wall and maintains a reservoir containing the therapeutic substance and including a base wall movable relative to the stationary wall such that reservoir volume is a function of a spacing between the base wall and the stationary wall. The volume sensor assembly includes a cap, a shaft, a target, and circuitry. The cap defines a passage extending from an open end, and is mounted to the stationary wall such that the open end is open relative to a stationary wall inner face. The shaft has a first end attached to the base wall and a second end maintaining the target otherwise movably arranged within the passage. The circuitry generates information indicative of a longitudinal position of the target relative to the cap, and thus of the reservoir volume.

A system and method for receiving data associated with a set of microseismic events and a fracture network, the data associated with each microseismic event including a location where, and a time when, the microseismic event was recorded by one or more sensors. Each microseismic event in the set may be added to a fracture network in chronological order of the time when the microseismic event was recorded. Each microseismic event may be added by connecting the event to the fracture network by a fracture according to a connection criterion. A stimulated rock volume may be generated that is defined by an iso-surface of points having a constant distance to the fracture network, wherein the fracture network includes a plurality of microseismic events in the set and a plurality of fractures connecting the plurality of microseismic events according to the connection criterion.

Cryogenic refrigeration employs a pulse tube cryo-cooler and a dilution refrigerator to provide very low temperature cooling, for example, to cool superconducting processors. Continuous cryogenic cycle refrigeration may be achieved using multiple adsorption pumps. Various improvements may include multiple distinct thermal-linking points, evaporation pots with cooling structures, and / or one or more gas-gap heat switches which may be integral to an adsorption pump. A reservoir volume may provide pressure relief when the system is warmed above cryo genic temperature, reducing the mass of the system. Additional heat exchangers and / or separate paths for condensation and evaporation may be provided. Multi-channel connectors may be used, and / or connectors formed of a regenerative material with a high specific heat capacity at cryogenic temperature. Flexible PCBs may provide thermal links to components that embody temperature gradients. Various components may be pre-cooled, for example via a switchable thermalization system.

An implantable medical device for delivering therapeutic substance including a housing and a volume sensor assembly. The housing includes a stationary wall and maintains a reservoir containing the therapeutic substance and including a base wall movable relative to the stationary wall such that reservoir volume is a function of base wall / stationary wall spacing. The volume sensor assembly includes a cap, a shaft, a target, and circuitry. The cap defines a passage extending from an open end, and is mounted to the stationary wall such that the open end is open relative to a stationary wall inner face. The shaft has a first end attached to the base wall and a second end maintaining the target otherwise movably arranged within the passage. The circuitry generates information indicative of a longitudinal position of the target relative to the cap, and thus of the reservoir volume.

Metering systems and methods are disclosed. A metering system is part of a larger fluidics sub-system that includes a flexible reservoir for storing insulin and a cannula assembly for delivering the insulin into sub-cutaneous tissue. The metering system draws a small dose of fluid from the reservoir and then pushes it down the cannula line and into the patient. The fluid dose is small relative to the reservoir volume, such that many pump strokes are required to completely empty the reservoir.

A breast milk collection device includes a reservoir volume and an adaptor having one end to receive a woman's breast. The adaptor has a drip tube communicating with the reservoir. A source of cyclical application and relief of vacuum force is applied to the woman's breast located in the adaptor for the expression of breast milk. A one-way assembly permits breast milk to enter the reservoir and to submerge the valve element. The valve assembly includes a flexible barrier having an interior hollow chamber in fluid communication with said cyclical source of vacuum force and relief pressure, the flexible barrier fluidly isolating the source from the reservoir. The flexible barrier inflatably expands when relief pressure is applied to the interior of the flexible barrier, the flexible barrier becoming deflated when a vacuum force is applied to the hollow interior of the flexible barrier.

The invention discloses a tight reservoir volume fracturing compressibility evaluation method and belongs to the field of oil-gas field development technology. According to the tight reservoir volumefracturing compressibility evaluation method, the Young modulus, shear modulus, tensile strength, compressive strength, rock I-type fracture toughness, rock II-type fracture toughness and brittlenessindexes of each point location in a target tight reservoir three-dimensional space obtained after normalization are substituted into different catastrophic models, brittleness parameters, elasticity parameters and strength parameters are obtained through calculation, then the brittleness parameters, the elasticity parameters and the strength parameters are utilized to construct a volume fracturingcompressibility evaluation model, a volume fracturing compressibility coefficient of each point location in the target tight reservoir three-dimensional space is obtained through calculation, and three-dimensional spatial distribution of compressibility indexes of a target tight reservoir is acquired to determine compressible layer sections of the target tight reservoir. Therefore, quantitative evaluation of tight reservoir volume fracturing compressibility is realized, and the problems that in the prior art, the subjectivity of weight determination is excessively high, and parameters are notconsidered comprehensively are solved.

Two subs are held in a fixed position relative to each other when assembled to a string and run into a wellbore. A reservoir of fluid is defined in a wall between the subs. The reservoir has one or more outlets connected by a short jumper line to an adjacent tool to be operated. At the appropriate time, set down weight breaks a shear pin to reduce the reservoir volume and create pressure in the exit lines. The exit lines can be connected to operating pistons in adjacent tools to actuate them or to perform other desired functions using a stream of pressurized fluid. The device can be set for one time or multiple cycles where fluid in the reservoir can be replenished and re-pressurized for multiple cycles of operation.