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

0104529Furtado美洲项目奖将支持怀俄明大学的Frederico C. Furtado博士和纽约州立大学石溪分校的Bradley J. Plohr博士、巴西数学与应用研究所的Dan Marchesin博士和巴西州立大学理工学院的Felipe F. Pereira博士的合作。该团队将结合数学分析、数值分析和多相流方面的互补专业知识和技术成果，研究地质非均质多孔介质中多相流的方程和解。该项目包括五个任务：(1)开发能够准确解释重要物理效应的多相流模型；(2)在随机地质非均质条件下，对这些模型进行了流体混合动力学计算研究和随机分析；(3)在此基础上建立了放大尺度的多相流模型；(4)非线性波浪结构解的数学分析；(5)将新开发的模型应用于技术上重要的流动，如水-气交替提高采收率。

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.