Numerical-simulation studies of transport and flow in porous media are essential in many practical fields of research. Including the coupling of different physical processes allows accurate modelling of the effects of fluid flow and temperature changes on the subsurface reservoir structure, and conversely, the effects of reservoir-structure changes on fluids and heat. In this study, we introduce the development of a physics module for non-isothermal, multicomponent, multiphase flow in porous media, as part of the open-source, multiphysics simulation framework MOOSE.

Through tight interfaces with existing physics modules for solid mechanics and aqueous geochemistry, massively parallel, fully implicit, fully coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical simulations are possible. MOOSE and the porous flow module are freely available under an open-source license, making MOOSE a platform for collaborative efforts in this field of research.

在许多实际研究领域中，对多孔介质中流动和流动的数值模拟研究是必不可少的。包括不同物理过程的耦合在内，可以对流体流动和温度变化对地下储层结构的影响进行精确建模，反之，对储层结构变化对流体和热量的影响进行精确建模。在这项研究中，我们介绍了用于多孔介质中非等温，多组分，多相流的物理模块的开发，作为开放源代码，多物理场仿真框架MOOSE的一部分。

通过与用于固体力学和含水地球化学的现有物理模块的紧密接口，可以实现大规模并行，完全隐式，完全耦合的热-水-力学-化学模拟。MOOSE和多孔流模块可在开放源代码许可下免费获得，使MOOSE成为该领域研究合作的平台。