U.S.-Brazil Cooperative Research: Improved Oil Recovery Through Scale Up for Multiphase Flow

0104529 Furtado美洲计划奖将支持Frederico C. Furtado博士和纽约州立大学斯托尼布鲁克分校的布拉德利J. Plohr博士与巴西纯粹应用数学研究所的Dan Marchesin博士和Felipe F.里约热内卢州立大学理工学院的佩雷拉说。 该团队将结合数学分析、数值分析和多相流方面的互补专长和技术成就，研究地质非均质多孔介质中多相流的方程和解。该项目包括五项任务：（1）开发能准确说明重要物理效应的多相流模型;（2）在随机地质非均质性存在的情况下，对这些模型的流体混合动力学进行计算研究和随机分析：（3）在这些结果的基础上，建立放大的多相流模型;（4）解和非线性波结构的数学分析;（5）新开发的模型在技术上重要的流动如水-气交替提高石油采收率中的应用。

0104529FurtadoThis Americas Program award will support Dr. Frederico C. Furtado of the University of Wyoming and Dr. Bradley J. Plohr of SUNY at Stony Brook in collaboration with Dr. Dan Marchesin of the Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada, Brazil and Dr. Felipe F. Pereira of the Instituto de Politecnico da Universadade do Estado Rio de Janeiro. The team will join complementary expertise and technical accomplishments in mathematical analysis, numerical analysis, and multiphase flow to investigate the equations and solutions of multiphase flows in geologically heterogeneous porous media.This project involves five tasks: (1) development of multiphase flow models that accurately account for important physical effects; (2) computational investigation and stochastic analysis of fluid mixing dynamics for these models in the presence of stochastic geologic heterogeneities; (3) construction of up-scaled multiphase flow models based on these results; (4) mathematical analysis of the solutions and non-linear wave structure; and (5) application of the newly developed models to technologically important flows such as Water-Alternating-Gas enhanced oil recovery.