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A Cell-Centred CVD-MPFA Finite Volume Method for Two-Phase Fluid Flow Problems with Capillary Heterogeneity and Discontinuity

Raheel Ahmed, Yawei Xie, Michael G. Edwards

Transport in Porous Media

Swansea University Author: Michael G. Edwards

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A novel finite-volume method is presented for porous media flow simulation that is applicable to discontinuous capillary pressure fields. The method crucially retains the optimal single of freedom per control-volume being developed within the flux-continuous control-volume distributed multi-point fl...

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ISSN: 0169-3913 1573-1634
Published: 2018
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spelling 2022-11-15T16:26:20.7266145 v2 45370 2018-11-01 A Cell-Centred CVD-MPFA Finite Volume Method for Two-Phase Fluid Flow Problems with Capillary Heterogeneity and Discontinuity 8903caf3d43fca03602a72ed31d17c59 Michael G. Edwards Michael G. Edwards true false 2018-11-01 FGSEN A novel finite-volume method is presented for porous media flow simulation that is applicable to discontinuous capillary pressure fields. The method crucially retains the optimal single of freedom per control-volume being developed within the flux-continuous control-volume distributed multi-point flux approximation (CVD-MPFA) framework (Edwards and Rogers in Comput Geosci 02(04):259–290, 1998; Friis et al. in SIAM J Sci Comput 31(02):1192–1220, 2008) . The new methods enable critical subsurface flow processes involving oil and gas trapping to be correctly resolved on structured and unstructured grids. The results demonstrate the ability of the method to resolve flow with oil/gas trapping in the presence of a discontinuous capillary pressure field for diagonal and full-tensor permeability fields. In addition to an upwind approximation for the saturation equation flux, the importance of upwinding on capillary pressure flux via a novel hybrid formulation is demonstrated. Journal Article Transport in Porous Media 0169-3913 1573-1634 Finite volume, CVD-MPFA, Two-phase, Capillary pressure, Heterogeneity, Discontinuity, Threshold pressure 31 12 2018 2018-12-31 10.1007/s11242-018-1179-y COLLEGE NANME Science and Engineering - Faculty COLLEGE CODE FGSEN Swansea University 2022-11-15T16:26:20.7266145 2018-11-01T09:19:10.0922723 Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Uncategorised Raheel Ahmed 1 Yawei Xie 2 Michael G. Edwards 3 45370__11722__411af149b0ee4d62aa43ea380dde80b9.pdf ahmed2018.pdf 2018-11-01T09:20:44.1870000 Output 1623331 application/pdf Accepted Manuscript true 2019-11-12T00:00:00.0000000 true eng
title A Cell-Centred CVD-MPFA Finite Volume Method for Two-Phase Fluid Flow Problems with Capillary Heterogeneity and Discontinuity
spellingShingle A Cell-Centred CVD-MPFA Finite Volume Method for Two-Phase Fluid Flow Problems with Capillary Heterogeneity and Discontinuity
Michael G. Edwards
title_short A Cell-Centred CVD-MPFA Finite Volume Method for Two-Phase Fluid Flow Problems with Capillary Heterogeneity and Discontinuity
title_full A Cell-Centred CVD-MPFA Finite Volume Method for Two-Phase Fluid Flow Problems with Capillary Heterogeneity and Discontinuity
title_fullStr A Cell-Centred CVD-MPFA Finite Volume Method for Two-Phase Fluid Flow Problems with Capillary Heterogeneity and Discontinuity
title_full_unstemmed A Cell-Centred CVD-MPFA Finite Volume Method for Two-Phase Fluid Flow Problems with Capillary Heterogeneity and Discontinuity
title_sort A Cell-Centred CVD-MPFA Finite Volume Method for Two-Phase Fluid Flow Problems with Capillary Heterogeneity and Discontinuity
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description A novel finite-volume method is presented for porous media flow simulation that is applicable to discontinuous capillary pressure fields. The method crucially retains the optimal single of freedom per control-volume being developed within the flux-continuous control-volume distributed multi-point flux approximation (CVD-MPFA) framework (Edwards and Rogers in Comput Geosci 02(04):259–290, 1998; Friis et al. in SIAM J Sci Comput 31(02):1192–1220, 2008) . The new methods enable critical subsurface flow processes involving oil and gas trapping to be correctly resolved on structured and unstructured grids. The results demonstrate the ability of the method to resolve flow with oil/gas trapping in the presence of a discontinuous capillary pressure field for diagonal and full-tensor permeability fields. In addition to an upwind approximation for the saturation equation flux, the importance of upwinding on capillary pressure flux via a novel hybrid formulation is demonstrated.
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