Near miscible relative permeability curves in layered porous media- investigations via diffuse interface Lattice Boltzmann method

Autor: Mohammad Reza Rasaei, Bijan Moradi, Negin Rahmati, Shahab Ghasemi
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 209:109744
ISSN: 0920-4105
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109744
Popis: The relative permeability of immiscible multi-phase flow in Layered 2D porous media is investigated employing the diffuse interface Lattice Boltzmann model. The interfacial tension is set to small value to mimic the near miscible condition of the fluids. The model is validated with static and dynamic analytical solutions. Three classes of porous media are examined: A high permeable porous media, a low permeable porous media, and layered dual permeable porous media. For the later case, parallel and serie conditions were considered. For each condition, three proportion of layers were studied; 1–25% of the high permeable layer, 2–50% of the high permeable layer, and 3–75% of high permeable layer. For each condition, the viscous coupling effects due to viscosity ratio, the capillary number and the effect of the fluid patterns on the relative permeability curves were investigated. The simulation results showed very small errors compare with the analytical permeability solutions of layered porous media. The findings showed that despite the dual permeable serie system, the relative permeability curve of dual permeable parallel geometry is closely matched with the analytical solution.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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