31 May 2021 to 4 June 2021
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Upscaling of two-phase flows in porous media

1 Jun 2021, 19:00
1h
Poster (+) Presentation (MS7) Mathematical and numerical methods for multi-scale multi-physics, nonlinear coupled processes Poster +

Speaker

Mrs Sohely Sharmin

Description

We consider a mathematical model for two-phase immiscible flow in a porous medium. A solute is present in and transported by one fluid phase, leading to a non-constant surface tension. At the scale of pores, the main challenge is to account for the movement of the fluid-fluid interfaces, depending on the velocities and pressures of the two fluids, and on the concentration-dependent surface tension.

Using asymptotic methods, an upscaled, Darcy-scale model is derived. This is expressed in terms of effective macroscopic quantities, like saturation, concentration, pressure or Darcy velocity. In view of simplicity, we use first a two-dimensional strip as starting geometry at the pore scale. Then we consider a periodically perforated medium as a more general representation of a porous medium. In the former case, the evolving fluid-fluid interface is modelled as a freely moving sharp interface. In the latter case, a phase-field formulation is used. Employing asymptotic expansion methods and periodic homogenization, the corresponding Darcy-scale models are derived. For validating the results, we compare the numerical results for the Darcy scale models with those obtained by averaging the numerical results obtained for the pore-scale models.

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Primary author

Mrs Sohely Sharmin

Co-authors

Prof. Iuliu Sorin Pop (Hasselt University) Carina Bringedal

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