Experimental and Mechanism Study of Superheated SAGD vs. Conventional SAGD Technique: A Cost-Effective Scheme for Superheated SAGD

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2022/1966959/figures/1966959.fig.0022a.svgz" name="1966959.fig.0022a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Rising stage (8th minute)</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2022/1966959/figures/1966959.fig.0022b.svgz" name="1966959.fig.0022b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Horizontal expansion stage (23th minute)</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2022/1966959/figures/1966959.fig.0022c.svgz" name="1966959.fig.0022c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Falling stage (42th minute)</td></tr></table>

<div>Temperature distribution in different periods of 220°C saturated SAGD (left) and 320°C superheated SAGD (right).</div>

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Figure 22: Experimental and Mechanism Study of Superheated SAGD vs. Conventional SAGD Technique: A Cost-Effective Scheme for Superheated SAGD 