TY - GEN
T1 - Multiphase flow simulation in groundwater hydrology and petroleum engineering
AU - Ewing, R. E.
AU - Celia, Michael Anthony
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - An introductory comparative analysis of the unsaturated flow and oil recovery problems has been undertaken. This paper describes some of this effort, focusing on the importance of nonlinear physics and the implication for design of numerical simulators. In particular, the problem of infiltration of water into an unsaturated soil was examined, using analysis techniques rooted in petroleum engineering. This analysis led to characteristic methods as a potentially powerful solution method, which leads naturally to an ELLAM formulation. The advantages, as well as anticipated difficulties, of the ELLAM method were discussed.
AB - An introductory comparative analysis of the unsaturated flow and oil recovery problems has been undertaken. This paper describes some of this effort, focusing on the importance of nonlinear physics and the implication for design of numerical simulators. In particular, the problem of infiltration of water into an unsaturated soil was examined, using analysis techniques rooted in petroleum engineering. This analysis led to characteristic methods as a potentially powerful solution method, which leads naturally to an ELLAM formulation. The advantages, as well as anticipated difficulties, of the ELLAM method were discussed.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0025541470
SN - 038752701X
T3 - Computational Methods in Subsurface Hydrology
SP - 195
EP - 204
BT - Computational Methods in Subsurface Hydrology
A2 - Gambolati, G.
A2 - Rinaldo, A.
A2 - Brebbia, C.A.
A2 - Gray, W.G.
A2 - Pinder, G.F.
PB - Publ by Springer-Verlag Berlin
T2 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources
Y2 - 11 June 1990 through 15 June 1990
ER -