Implicit multiscale methods for multiphase flows in porous media

• Grant number: 16/08115-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: September 22, 2016
• End date: September 21, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Applied Mathematics
• Principal Investigator: Fabrício Simeoni de Sousa
• Grantee: Fabrício Simeoni de Sousa
• Host Investigator: Luis Felipe Feres Pereira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas), United States
• Associated research grant: 13/07375-0 - CeMEAI - Center for Mathematical Sciences Applied to Industry, AP.CEPID

Abstract

The objective of this research proposal for a sabbatical leave is the development of new methods for the coupled set of equations modelling multiphase flows in porous media, with direct application to the simulation of petroleum reservoirs. While the majority of developed methods employ operator splitting techniques, we propose the development of coupled techniques that, together with implicit schemes, have better stability properties. Such methods will be further coupled with multiscale techniques, allowing for better scalability in the simulation of field scale reservoir flow problems. This project will be conducted at University of Texas at Dallas, USA, in a collaboration with Prof. Felipe Pereira from the Department of Mathematical Sciences. (AU)

Scientific publications

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GUIRALDELLO, RAFAEL T.; AUSAS, ROBERTO F.; SOUSA, FABRICIO S.; PEREIRA, FELIPE; BUSCAGLIA, GUSTAVO C.. Interface spaces for the Multiscale Robin Coupled Method in reservoir simulation. MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION, v. 164, n. SI, p. 103-119, OCT 2019. (13/07375-0, 16/08115-0, 15/02649-0)

GUIRALDELLO, RAFAEL T.; AUSAS, ROBERTO F.; SOUSA, FABRICIO S.; PEREIRA, FELIPE; BUSCAGLIA, GUSTAVO C.. The Multiscale Robin Coupled Method for flows in porous media. Journal of Computational Physics, v. 355, p. 1-21, FEB 15 2018. (13/07375-0, 15/02649-0, 16/08115-0)

GUIRALDELLO, RAFAEL T.; AUSAS, ROBERTO F.; SOUSA, FABRICIO S.; PEREIRA, FELIPE; BUSCAGLIA, GUSTAVO. Velocity postprocessing schemes for multiscale mixed methods applied to contaminant transport in subsurface flows. COMPUTATIONAL GEOSCIENCES, v. 24, n. 3, FEB 2020. (13/07375-0, 15/02649-0, 16/08115-0)

GUIRALDELLO, RAFAEL T.; AUSAS, ROBERTO F.; SOUSA, FABRICIO S.; PEREIRA, FELIPE; BUSCAGLIA, GUSTAVO C.. Interface spaces for the Multiscale Robin Coupled Method in reservoir simulation. MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION, v. 164, p. 17-pg., 2019-10-01. (16/08115-0, 13/07375-0, 15/02649-0)