The non-monotonicity of growth rate of viscous fingers in heterogeneous porous media

DOI10.1007/S10596-023-10240-3zbMATH Open1528.76033arXiv2303.10568OpenAlexW4385235077MaRDI QIDQ6180109FDOQ6180109

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Publication date: 19 January 2024

Published in: Computational Geosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The paper presents a stochastic analysis of the growth rate of viscous fingers in miscible displacement in a heterogeneous porous medium. The statistical parameters characterizing the permeability distribution of a reservoir vary over a wide range. The formation of fingers is provided by the mixing of different-viscosity fluids -- water and polymer solution. The distribution functions of the growth rate of viscous fingers are numerically determined and visualized. Careful data processing reveals the non-monotonic nature of the dependence of the front end of the mixing zone on the correlation length of the permeability (describing the medium graininess) of the reservoir formation. It is demonstrated that an increase in graininess up to a certain value causes an expansion of the distribution shape and a shift of the distribution maximum to the region of higher velocities. In addition, an increase in the standard deviation of permeability leads to a slight change in the shape and characteristics of the density distribution of the growth rates of viscous fingers. The theoretical predictions within the framework of the transverse flow equilibrium approximation and the Koval model are contrasted with the numerically computed velocity distributions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10568

zbMATH Keywords

porous mediamiscible displacementhorizontal wellsviscous fingersheterogeneous reservoirmixing zonewater-polymer interface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17)

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