Description

Numerical simulation of multiphase reactive fluid flows and mass transport in porous media has become a crucial method for solving water management and other environmental problems, e.g. CO₂ sequestration in saline aquifers and coupled geomechanical processes in the subsurface.

The aim of the course is to focus on numerical modeling for industrial applications. In the first part of the lecture the physical properties of fluids and porous media, constitutive relationships and mass balance equations governing the multiphase multicomponent transport in porous media are presented. In a second step, nonlinear coupled flow and mass transport problems at variable density are discussed. The numerical exercises include a 2-phase flow model (oil-water), tracer experiments in geothermal reservoirs, CO₂sequestration in saline aquifers and tracer experiments in fractured reservoirs.