Geometrical influence of the source/drains configuration on the flow interactions in a sandbox model: A three-dimensional OpenFOAM simulation

C. S. Vivas (), A. F. Britto, F. Rodrigues Santos (), A. T. da Cunha Lima, I. C. da Cunha Lima and M. P. Almeida
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C. S. Vivas: Programa de Modelagem Computacional, SENAI, Cimatec Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
A. F. Britto: Programa de Modelagem Computacional, SENAI, Cimatec Salvador, Bahia, Brazil†Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia, Geofísica do Petróleo, INCT-GP, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
F. Rodrigues Santos: #x2021;Instituto Federal da Bahia, Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil
A. T. da Cunha Lima: Programa de Modelagem Computacional, SENAI, Cimatec Salvador, Bahia, Brazil†Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia, Geofísica do Petróleo, INCT-GP, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil§Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
I. C. da Cunha Lima: Programa de Modelagem Computacional, SENAI, Cimatec Salvador, Bahia, Brazil†Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia, Geofísica do Petróleo, INCT-GP, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil¶Pursuelife, Consultancy on Applied Science, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
M. P. Almeida: #x2020;Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia, Geofísica do Petróleo, INCT-GP, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil∥Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2019, vol. 30, issue 12, 1-11

Abstract: This paper explores the interaction of different flow paths in a porous medium by observing the effect of having more than one drain in a simple model domain with a single source. The work is based on three-dimensional numerical simulations of the flow of injected water in a sandbox domain with porous volume completely filled by water and oil. The calculation uses the OpenFOAM library to solve Darcy’s equations for the dynamics of a two-phase flow: water as the wetting, oil as the nonwetting fluid. We observe the interactions of flows in different paths under changes of number of drains and their relative positions.

Keywords: Porous media; two-phase flow; Darcy’s law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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