Patent ID: 9367653
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: E21B,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A proppant transport flow modeling method comprising: generating a one-dimensional proppant transport flow model representing flow of a proppant-fluid mixture in a subterranean region, the one-dimensional proppant transport flow model comprising a proppant momentum conservation model that balances axial proppant momentum in an axial flow direction of the proppant-fluid mixture against dynamic changes in transverse proppant momentum, the proppant momentum conservation model including a variable representing changes of a momentum of a proppant when the proppant settles into a bed of settled proppant and when the proppant becomes re-suspended from the bed of settled proppant into the proppant-fluid mixture; simulating, by operation of a data processing apparatus, proppant transport in a well system fluid in a well system based on the one-dimensional proppant transport flow model including the proppant momentum conservation model; and controlling an injection treatment in the well system by controlling a fluid parameter or a fracture treatment plan based on the simulating the one-dimensional proppant transport flow model.