Application of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) to Flow Simulations in Oil Reservoir Rocks

Sigalotti, Leonardo Di G.

doi:10.15406/ipcse.2017.02.00034

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“…In recent years, the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method has become a powerful and promising method due to its great success in modeling multiphase flows under miscible and immiscible conditions in complex porous media. It is considered an alternative to traditional numerical methods with numerous challenges and limitations …”

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Application of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for Modeling of Multiphase Fluid Flow in Non-Uniform Porous Media

Mohammadi,

Shafiei,

Zarin

et al. 2023

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.

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Multiphase flow modeling through porous media, especially in the oil and gas industry, involves numerically solving differential equations. Several phenomena such as chemical, physical, mechanical, and geological must be considered to solve these equations, and there is no analytical solution for this method. The characterization of these phenomena is possible through laboratory experiments that cannot cover a wide range of parameters and operational conditions. In this study, we investigated the practical use of the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method for modeling the multiphase flow through the porous media with complex and random geometry. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the possibility of using SPH as a complementary method alongside laboratory studies. First, characterization of the single-phase flow was performed, and the essential macroscopic parameters like absolute permeability tensor and tortuosity were extracted. Then, the two-phase flow modeling through porous media was studied. These studies show that the practical parameters such as local saturation changes, fluid displacement, flow hysteresis, breakthrough time, average flow velocity, relative permeability curve, Buckley−Leverett theory, capillary desaturation curve, and recovery factor could be obtained. Finally, the sensitivity analysis of the multiphase flow through the non-uniform porous media was done. For this purpose, the effect of three parameters (geometry of the porous medium, viscosity ratio, and wettability) on multiphase flow through the porous medium was investigated. It was shown that wettability is the most influential parameter in light-phase recovery. At the next level, the geometry of the porous medium shows the most significant effect on the production rate, and the lowest effect was related to the viscosity ratio. The results of this study show that the SPH method can provide a suitable view to the reservoir engineers to predict the multiphase flow behavior through the porous media.

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“…It is considered an alternative to traditional numerical methods with numerous challenges and limitations. 9 The SPH method was first presented by Lucy 10 and Gingold and Monaghan in 1977. 11 Lucy originally introduced SPH as a finite-size particle scheme.…”

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Application of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for Modeling of Multiphase Fluid Flow in Non-Uniform Porous Media

Mohammadi,

Shafiei,

Zarin

et al. 2023

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.

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Predicting the Flow Behavior and Residence Time Distribution in Chemical Reactors: A Simplified and Fast Approach Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

Asif,

Grande

2023

Advcd Theory and Sims

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Understanding the flow dynamics of chemical species is important for characterizing, analyzing, and designing chemical reactors. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) provides accurate flow patterns, but this approach can be computationally expensive for large or complex geometries. To overcome this limitation, a new Lagrangian‐based method is developed using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) to forecast the flow patterns and residence time distribution of two different fluids for various reactor geometries: (laminar, fractal, T‐mixer, Hartridge–Roughton (H‐R) mixer and packed bed with a gyroid internal packing) and compared the results with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The SPH method is less accurate than the CFD analysis, but it obtained the approximate flow behavior much faster. Consequently, the SPH method has significant potential as a first screening technique to optimize reactor topologies and internal packing structures.

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Investigation of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method for modeling of two-phase flow through porous medium: application for drainage and imbibition processes

Mohammadi,

Shafiei,

Zarin

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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Application of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) to Flow Simulations in Oil Reservoir Rocks

Cited by 3 publications

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Application of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for Modeling of Multiphase Fluid Flow in Non-Uniform Porous Media

Application of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for Modeling of Multiphase Fluid Flow in Non-Uniform Porous Media

Predicting the Flow Behavior and Residence Time Distribution in Chemical Reactors: A Simplified and Fast Approach Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

Investigation of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method for modeling of two-phase flow through porous medium: application for drainage and imbibition processes

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