期刊
PHYSICS OF FLUIDS
卷 34, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0080823
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资金
- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) [EXPL/FIS-MAC/0406/2021, UIDB/00618/2020, UIDP/00618/2020]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [EXPL/FIS-MAC/0406/2021] Funding Source: FCT
In this paper, the authors investigate fluid displacement in a heterogeneous porous medium using an improved numerical model. The model accurately captures the underlying physical phenomena and shows good agreement with experimental results, demonstrating its reliability and applicability.
Immiscible fluid displacement in porous media occurs in several natural and industrial processes. For example, during petroleum extraction from porous rock reservoirs, water is used to displace oil. In this paper, we investigate the primary drainage and imbibition in a heterogeneous porous medium using an improved numerical model based on the multicomponent pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann method. We apply recent developments from the literature and develop new pressure boundary conditions. We show that the proposed model is able to simulate realistic viscosity ratios, and it allows independent tuning of surface tension from viscosity. Moreover, the model suppresses a nonphysical behavior of previous schemes, in which trapped fluid volumes significantly change with time. Furthermore, we show that the developed model correctly captures the underlying physical phenomena of fluid displacements. We simulate oil-water flows and verify that the measured values of irreducible water and residual oil saturations are realistic. Finally, we vary the wetting conditions of the porous medium to represent different wettability states. For the different scenarios, we show that the simulations are in good agreement with the experimental results. Published under an exclusive license by AIP Publishing.
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