An Eulerian-Lagrangian Formulation For Compositional Flow In Porous Media

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Wang ◽  
Richard Ewing ◽  
Guan Qin ◽  
Stephen Lincoln Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Lagrangian Formulation ◽  
Flow In Porous Media ◽  
Compositional Flow

scholarly journals Semi-Implicit Finite Volume Procedure for Compositional Subsurface Flow Simulation in Highly Anisotropic Porous Media

Fluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 341
Author(s):  
Sebastián Echavarría-Montaña ◽  
Steven Velásquez ◽  
Nicolás Bueno ◽  
Juan David Valencia ◽  
Hillmert Alexander Solano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Corner Point ◽  
Subsurface Flow ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Flow In Porous Media ◽  
Anisotropic Porous Media ◽  
Compositional Flow ◽  
Newton Raphson ◽  
Raphson Method

Subsurface multiphase flow in porous media simulation is extensively used in many disciplines. Large meshes with non-orthogonalities (e.g., corner point geometries) and full tensor highly anisotropy ratios are usually required for subsurface flow applications. Nonetheless, simulations using two-point flux approximations (TPFA) fail to accurately calculate fluxes in these types of meshes. Several simulators account for non-orthogonal meshes, but their discretization method is usually non-conservative. In this work, we propose a semi-implicit procedure for general compositional flow simulation in highly anisotropic porous media as an extension of TPFA. This procedure accounts for non-orthogonalities by adding corrections to residual in the Newton-Raphson method. Our semi-implicit formulation poses the guideline for FlowTraM (Flow and Transport Modeller ) implementation for research and industry subsurface purposes. We validated FlowTraM with a non-orthogonal variation of the Third SPE Comparative Solution Project case. Our model is used to successfully simulating a real Colombian oil field.

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