Abstract
For educational purposes in petroleum engineering, apparatuses are required to be lightweight and visually intuitive. Therefore, we developed a three-dimensional, transparent apparatus to simulate the fluid flow in an anticline reservoir. The apparatus mainly includes a reservoir assembly consisted of multilayer polycarbonate panels, with multiple wells for fluid injection and production. Sand layer between the upper and middle panels could be inflated through the vertical pressurization by the chamber between the middle and lower panels, simulating an anticline structure as the reservoir model. Additionally, workable models of wells, valves, separators and measuring tanks were installed, allowing students or visitors to operate water injection and oil recovery by their own hands, enhancing their understanding to reservoir fluid behaviors in different oil recovery methods.
