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• Efficiency Maximization of a Jet Pump for an Hydraulic Artificial Lift System

  R. Portillo Vélez, J. Vásquez-Santacruz, L. Marín-Urías, A. Vargas, P. García-Ramírez, J. Morales-de-la-Mora, A. Vite-Morales, E. Gutierrez-Domínguez

  Rev. int. métodos numér. cálc. diseño ing. (2019). Vol. 35, (1), 12

  
  

  Abstract

  This work presents a simpler numerical design method for efficiency maximization of an Hydraulic Jet Pump (HJP) for oil-well extraction process, considering its hydraulic and geometric parameters. The design process consists in setting and solving a constrained non-linear optimization problem by taking into account the hydraulic model of the HJP in terms four design variables: throat area, nozzle area, injection flow, and injection pressure to the oil-well. The objective function of this case aims to maximize the HJP's efficiency avoiding to approach cavitation condition as well fulfilling technical constraints. A numerical technique, Differential Evolution Algorithm (DEA), has been implemented to solve the optimization problem. The proposed methodology leads to a solution set by considering only commercial geometries and feasible operating conditions for the HJP, which facilitates its practical implementation. A set of ten oil-wells with land production data, operating in the southeaster of Mexico, is used to compare and validate several Jet pump designs, i. e., through comparison with actual oil-well's operation condition.

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  This work presents a simpler numerical design method for efficiency maximization of an Hydraulic Jet Pump (HJP) for oil-well extraction process, considering its hydraulic [...]

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