Two-phase gravity currents in layered porous media
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Abstract: We examine the effects of horizontally layered heterogeneities on the spreading of two-phase gravity currents in a porous medium, with application to numerous environmental flows, most notably geological carbon sequestration. Geological heterogeneities, which are omnipresent within all reservoirs, affect the large-scale propagation of such flows through the action of small-scale capillary forces, yet the relationship between these small and large scales is poorly understood. Here, we derive a simple upscaled model for a gravity current under an impermeable cap rock, which we use to investigate the effect of a wide range of heterogeneities on the macroscopic flow. By parameterising in terms of different types of archetypal layering, we assess the sensitivity of the gravity current to the distribution and magnitude of these heterogeneities. Furthermore, since field measurements of heterogeneities are often sparse or incomplete, we quantify how uncertainty in such measurements is manifest as uncertainty in the macroscale flow predictions. Finally we apply our model to the Sleipner case study in the North Sea, positing how heterogeneities may have played a role in the observed migration of CO2.
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