Modeling the effects of capillary pressure with the presence of full tensor permeability and discrete fracture models using the mimetic finite difference method
<p>Capillary dominated flow or imbibition—whether spontaneous or forced—is an important physical phenomena in understanding the behavior of naturally fractured water-driven reservoirs (NFR’s). When the water flows through the fractures, it imbibes into the matrix and pushes the oil out of the...
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| author | Abdul Salam Abd (14151648) |
| author2 | Na Zhang (333280) Ahmad S. Abushaikha (14151651) |
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| author_facet | Abdul Salam Abd (14151648) Na Zhang (333280) Ahmad S. Abushaikha (14151651) |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Abdul Salam Abd (14151648) Na Zhang (333280) Ahmad S. Abushaikha (14151651) |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2021-03-26T06:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.1007/s11242-021-01585-3 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Engineering Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy Spontaneous imbibition Mimetic finite difference Capillary dominated flow Full tensor permeability Discrete fractures |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Modeling the effects of capillary pressure with the presence of full tensor permeability and discrete fracture models using the mimetic finite difference method |
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| description | <p>Capillary dominated flow or imbibition—whether spontaneous or forced—is an important physical phenomena in understanding the behavior of naturally fractured water-driven reservoirs (NFR’s). When the water flows through the fractures, it imbibes into the matrix and pushes the oil out of the pores due to the difference in the capillary pressure. In this paper, we focus on modeling and quantifying the oil recovered from NFR’s through the imbibition processes using a novel fully implicit mimetic finite difference (MFD) approach coupled with discrete fracture/discrete matrix (DFDM) technique. The investigation is carried out in the light of different wetting states of the porous media (i.e., varying capillary pressure curves) and a full tensor representation of the permeability. The produced results proved the MFD to be robust in preserving the physics of the problem, and accurately mapping the flow path in the investigated domains. The wetting state of the rock affects greatly the oil recovery factors along with the orientation of the fractures and the principal direction of the permeability tensor. We can conclude that our novel MFD method can handle the fluid flow problems in discrete-fractured reservoirs. Future works will be focused on the extension of MFD method to more complex multi-physics simulations.</p><h2>Other Information</h2> <p> Published in: Transport in Porous Media<br> License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01585-3" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01585-3</a></p> |
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| spelling | Modeling the effects of capillary pressure with the presence of full tensor permeability and discrete fracture models using the mimetic finite difference methodAbdul Salam Abd (14151648)Na Zhang (333280)Ahmad S. Abushaikha (14151651)EngineeringResources engineering and extractive metallurgySpontaneous imbibitionMimetic finite differenceCapillary dominated flowFull tensor permeabilityDiscrete fractures<p>Capillary dominated flow or imbibition—whether spontaneous or forced—is an important physical phenomena in understanding the behavior of naturally fractured water-driven reservoirs (NFR’s). When the water flows through the fractures, it imbibes into the matrix and pushes the oil out of the pores due to the difference in the capillary pressure. In this paper, we focus on modeling and quantifying the oil recovered from NFR’s through the imbibition processes using a novel fully implicit mimetic finite difference (MFD) approach coupled with discrete fracture/discrete matrix (DFDM) technique. The investigation is carried out in the light of different wetting states of the porous media (i.e., varying capillary pressure curves) and a full tensor representation of the permeability. The produced results proved the MFD to be robust in preserving the physics of the problem, and accurately mapping the flow path in the investigated domains. The wetting state of the rock affects greatly the oil recovery factors along with the orientation of the fractures and the principal direction of the permeability tensor. We can conclude that our novel MFD method can handle the fluid flow problems in discrete-fractured reservoirs. Future works will be focused on the extension of MFD method to more complex multi-physics simulations.</p><h2>Other Information</h2> <p> Published in: Transport in Porous Media<br> License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01585-3" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01585-3</a></p>2021-03-26T06:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1007/s11242-021-01585-3https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Modeling_the_effects_of_capillary_pressure_with_the_presence_of_full_tensor_permeability_and_discrete_fracture_models_using_the_mimetic_finite_difference_method/21597528CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/215975282021-03-26T06:00:00Z |
| spellingShingle | Modeling the effects of capillary pressure with the presence of full tensor permeability and discrete fracture models using the mimetic finite difference method Abdul Salam Abd (14151648) Engineering Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy Spontaneous imbibition Mimetic finite difference Capillary dominated flow Full tensor permeability Discrete fractures |
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| title | Modeling the effects of capillary pressure with the presence of full tensor permeability and discrete fracture models using the mimetic finite difference method |
| title_full | Modeling the effects of capillary pressure with the presence of full tensor permeability and discrete fracture models using the mimetic finite difference method |
| title_fullStr | Modeling the effects of capillary pressure with the presence of full tensor permeability and discrete fracture models using the mimetic finite difference method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling the effects of capillary pressure with the presence of full tensor permeability and discrete fracture models using the mimetic finite difference method |
| title_short | Modeling the effects of capillary pressure with the presence of full tensor permeability and discrete fracture models using the mimetic finite difference method |
| title_sort | Modeling the effects of capillary pressure with the presence of full tensor permeability and discrete fracture models using the mimetic finite difference method |
| topic | Engineering Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy Spontaneous imbibition Mimetic finite difference Capillary dominated flow Full tensor permeability Discrete fractures |