Plunger Lift Method Simulator and Comparative Study of Controllers
Plunger Lift, Artificial Lift, Computational Simulator, Plunger, Control
Algorithms.
This work aboard the artificial lift method named plunger lift that is used in wells with
low reservoir pressure. This method uses a mechanical plunger to help the oil lift from the
bottom of the well to the surface through the well closing and opening with different time
interval. The plunger lift has some stages that, when concluded, complete a cycle. It was
developed a simulator in Java with mathematical model created in the AUTOPOC project
developed at LAUT in C++ language. It were implemented two types of controls for this
method: time control and control by casing pressure. In the end, results are obtained
with the simulator and then compared for detailed analysis and take conclusions about the
efficiency of the implemented controllers.