Permeability jails in tight rocks can lead to severe impacts on hydrocarbon production. However, although this is a significant problem, there is a limited understanding of influence of permeability jail on tight gas production. Few methods to avoid the permeability jail’s effect are investigated. In this work, the permeability jail’s effect during tight gas production is studied using reservoir simulation

A numerical study is performed to investigate the magnetic field effects on steady laminar natural convection heat transfer between two concentric horizontal cylinders filled with a porous medium. The inner cylinder surface is maintained at a hot temperature (Th), while the outer cylinder surface is at a cold temperature (Tc). The external magnetic field is applied parallel to the gravity. A non-Darcian

This paper deals with the unsteady double-diffusive mixed convection flow over an exponentially permeable vertical stretching surface in the presence of Darcy-Forchheimer, Dufour, and Soret (cross diffusion) effects. The unsteadiness in the flow, temperature, and the species concentration fields are due to a time-dependent free stream velocity as well as an exponentially stretching surface velocity

In this study, a combined drying technique is numerically studied to amplify the electro-hydrodynamics (EHD) drying rate of porous bodies through a smooth channel. The finite volume approach was applied to conduct a code to solve the governing equations. To highlight more details of some guessed key parameters such as the gap size between the obstacles (bricks) and the positions of the emitters, the

Flow in fractured porous media is important in the community of geotechnics and geotechnical engineering. The matrix and fractures provide the pathways for fluid flow in fractured porous media. However, the difference in the permeability of matrix and fractures induces flow transfer between matrix and fractures. In this study, a generalized matrix-fracture flow transfer model for fractured porous media

This investigation sketches the simultaneous action of g-jitter and internal heat source on Walter-B viscoelastic fluid in highly permeable porous media. The porous media is considered highly permeable to resist the effect of Darcian force, which opposes the fluid flow. A series solution method is used to quantify the heat transport in the convective system. By series solution method, the system of

The impacts of slip effects on the mixed convective flow of a Casson fluid near a stagnation point past a vertical plate embedded in Darcy−Brinkman porous medium have been scrutinized. Assisting as well as opposing flows are considered. Similarity equations are obtained before being solved numerically using the shooting method. Influences of substantial parameters on temperature distribution, velocity

Aerogels, which have highly porous nanostructures that contain 90%–99% air by volume, are considered as a very attractive option in various applications. The potential of utilising agricultural and industrial wastes for aerogel preparation makes them more interesting. Its high surface area and porosity could make it an interesting material for water vapour or other gases adsorption. Despite its promising

Analytical solutions of an unsteady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow with heat and mass transfer characteristics of an incompressible, viscous, electrically conducting, and Boussinesq fluid over a vertical oscillating plate embedded in a Darcian porous medium in the presence of a thermal radiation are presented. The fluid considered here is a gray, absorbing/emitting radiating, but nonscattering medium

CO2 miscible flooding is an environmentally friendly and effective method to enhance oil recovery in ultra-low permeability reservoirs. Critical well spacing is one of the key issues in reservoir development and basis for new well site deployment and old well location adjustment. Many researches about well spacing of water flooding have been discussed; however, little work has been conducted on critical

The present study predict the effects of inclined magnetic field and thermal boundary conditions on the natural convection flow inside a porous conduit filled with micropolar fluid. The lower wall is cold and inclined walls of the conduit are constantly or sinusoidally heated. The non-linear partial differential equations are solved by employing a robust Galerkin finite element scheme. The pressure

Nonuniqueness of solutions is always a challenge when pressure transient analysis is used for characterization of spatial heterogeneity. This problem arises when there is insufficient data to uniquely constrain solutions. Although the nonuniqueness cannot be eliminated, it can be reduced to some extent. Aside from increasing the frequency of measurements and improving quality of the data, integration

Despite recent advances in synthesis and manufacturing of porous materials and devices, producing porous structures with targeted properties is still an expensive, trial-and-error procedure. A powerful way to accelerate this process and to guide manufacturing is to use numerical design of porous media. Current numerical porous media design methodologies typically include a random microstructure generator

The present investigation is reported by considering bioconvection phenomenon in nanofluids saturated over non-Darcian porous medium with viscous dissipation and ohmic heating. Motile gyrotactic micro-organisms were assumed to be swimming in the upward direction. The governing equations were converted to nonlinear ordinary differential equations by similarity transformation and solved with the help

Shale gas reservoirs have low original water saturation, mostly as irreducible water. Based on the microscopic forces between the liquid and solid surfaces, this paper presents a method for calculating the thickness of water films in different inorganic pores in shale. The water film distribution at different water saturations in the inorganic matter is obtained, considering the multi-shaped pores

In present paper, we simulate the electro-kinetic transport of aqueous solution through a microchannel containing porous media. The micro-channel walls are simulated as complex wavy surface and are modelled by superimposing the three wave functions of different amplitudes but the same wavelength. The micro-channel contains an isotropic, homogenous porous medium, which is analysed with a generalized

The results of a detailed theoretical examination of laminar natural convection heat flow in a triangular porous cavity with significant radiative heat transfer and porosity variations are presented. Two-dimensional laminar incompressible flow was considered, in which the left slant and right walls were at low and high temperature, respectively, and the remaining (top) wall was adiabatic. The Darcy-Brinkman

In this investigation, numerical analysis was performed on the zero nanoparticle flux (ZNF) effect on natural convection in a cylinder with an elliptical cross section embedded in Darcy porous media filled with a nanofluid. The boundary conditions of the cylinder with the elliptical cross section were maintained at uniform wall temperature and ZNF to ensure that the results obtained were realistic

The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) peristaltic flow of Jeffrey fluid in a channel with a compliant wall is investigated in the presence of heat transfer. The fluid fills the porous space. Mathematical modeling is based upon a modified Darcy's law. The solutions of stream function, velocity, and temperature distributions are derived under long wavelength and low Reynolds number approximations. The effects

This paper is devoted to the development of a lower-dimensional differential equation for the flow of a fluid with pressure-dependent viscosity and drag, through a porous solid, corresponding to a model that includes generalizations of the Brinkman and Forchheimer models as special subcases. The general equations governing the flows of fluids with pressure-dependent viscosity are nonlinear and much

During water flooding of heterogeneous oil reservoirs, early breakthrough of water can occur and lead to poor volumetric sweep efficiency. Macro-emulsions with oil droplets dispersed in a continuous water phase [oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions], have the potential to block high-permeability zones in these reservoirs, and thereby improve the volumetric sweep by diverting the water flow from high-permeability

In current analytic thinking, we have unveiled the influence of shapes of Al2O3 nanoparticles in an aqueous medium flowing in the porous space between eccentric cylinders. The flow is driven due to a sinusoidal wave on the flexible wall of the outer cylinder while the inner cylinder is rotating at a constant speed. Also, the heat transfer with mutual effects of electrical and magnetic field is observed

Several interactive and non-interactive bundle-of-tubes models have been proposed to analyze immiscible displacements in porous media. However, evaluations of these models on whether they can quantitatively predict multiphase flows are lacking. The purpose of this work is to present development and evaluation of a constant-rate non-interactive bundle-of-tubes model. Tubes were constructed using pore

The present study deals with the fluid flow and heat transfer in a pipe partially filled with porous media at a high Reynolds number. In addition to turbulence effects in this situation, interstitial fluid mixing within the pores plays an important role, causing significant thermal dispersion. The aim of the present study is to evaluate and compare the effects of these phenomena on the heat transfer

Investigation of rarefied gas flow through unconventional reservoirs has been a challenging task due to the coexistence of slippage and transition flow regimes. Considering the invalidity of traditional continuum flow theory for describing rarefied gas flow, in this work, the discrete velocity method, which is capable of all flow regimes and accurately predicts the nonequilibrium gas dynamics, is employed

The onset of stationary convection in electrohydrodynamic thermal instability of Jeffrey nanofluid layer saturating a porous medium for free-free, rigid-free, and rigid-rigid boundaries is studied. Darcy-Jeffrey fluid model is used to describe rheological behavior of nanofluid. The conservation of momentum equations are modified due to the presence of Jeffrey parameter and under the influence of an

An exploration of the state of mixed convection flow due to an isothermal vertical wedge submersed in saturated porous medium utilizing Buongiorno's nanofluid paradigm is the primary intention of our research. In this pioneering investigation, Buongiorno's nanofluid model that encompasses the effects of both Brownian motion and thermophoresis is employed. The paradigm regards the case in which the

In this paper, linear and nonlinear stability analyses are performed to study Rayleigh-Benard convection in a porous medium saturated with nanofluid under periodic rotation. The revised boundary conditions are used. A Venezian approach is adopted to perform the linear stability analysis, while a truncated Fourier series method is adopted for nonlinear analysis. The critical Rayleigh number is corrected

The present work aims to explore the impact of different operating parameters on the performance of a reverse osmosis desalination unit having a thin film composite membrane type. Three parameters are studied: the feed stream flow rate (1-2.75 L/min), salt concentration of the feed stream [3250-4250 parts per million (ppm)], and feed temperature (29-35° C). For all of the feed stream salt concentrations

Modeling of fluid flow considering radially symmetric reservoirs is common in groundwater science and petroleum engineering. The Hankel transform is suitable for solving boundary value problems, considering this flow geometry. However, there are few applications of this transform for reservoirs with a finite wellbore radius, although there are formulas of the finite Hankel transform for homogeneous

Measurement of gas sorption capacity in a shale gas reservoir is significant to comprehending the mechanism of gas storage and resource assessments. In this study, gas sorption experiments on shale samples have been conducted, and a gas sorption analytical model has been proposed. This model is validated with previously published data. With this, the effective porosity is analyzed by combining the

In this paper, the simultaneous effect of Hall current and ion slip on an infinite-length model of ciliary propulsion of a microscopic organism through porous medium has been investigated. We have considered a symplectic metachronal wave of extensible envelope over the organism. The partial differential equations of creeping flow are transformed into an ordinary differential equation with the help

Hydraulic fracturing is a widely used technique to produce several conductive fractures in low-permeability reservoirs resulting in the improvement of production. The embedded discrete fracture model has received considerable attention to simulate the flow in fractured reservoirs due to its low cost. In low-permeability reservoirs with conductive fractures, there is a large capillary pressure difference

In this contribution, double-diffusive natural and mixed convection of nanofluids in porous cavities are simulated for cases wherein the base fluid is itself a binary mixture (i.e., salty water). To this aim, a new mathematical model based on the Buongiorno's two-phase model is proposed. The current model incorporates thermophysical properties of a solid matrix, nanoparticles, salt, and water in the

In the present investigation, the flow of Jeffrey nanofluids is analyzed by using convective heating conditions. The nanoparticles are considered over a stretched surface that moves and oscillates periodically due to sine oscillations of the sheet. The combined porous and magnetic effects are taken into consideration for flow of non-Newtonian fluids with nanoparticles, and their influence is graphically

The interaction of the mixed convective boundary layer nanofluid flow with the thermal dispersion of heat and mass transfers in an isothermal vertical wedge implanted in a porous medium has been investigated. Using nonsimilarity solutions, the energy equation, which includes the thermal dispersion, accelerates fully nonlinear partial differential equations. The governing coupled nonsimilarity equations

We present a numerical scheme based on explicit finite difference approximation to handle the three-dimensional boundary layer flow of absorbing, emitting, and electrically conducting grey nanofluid over a flat surface. Nanofluid is designed by suspending iron-oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) in the base fluid. The flow field is assumed to be embedded in the porous medium, which executes vibrational rotations

In this paper, the effect of porous passage on dusty second-grade fluid with the slip parameter in an asymmetric channel has been studied. The situation is demonstrated mathematically using nonlinear coupled equations. An analytical solution of the problem is gained by applying a regular perturbation method. The stream functions for both fluid and solid particles and the pressure gradient are calculated

Ongoing work addresses the unsteady magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) flow of viscous liquid generated by the rotation of a stretchable disk under time-based sinusoidal oscillations in the occupancy of homogeneous and heterogeneous aspects. The three-dimensional flow problem is normalized by implementing dimensionless variables. The obtained nonlinear system is solved numerically by using a scheme of finite

Laminar free convection in a trapezoidal cavity containing porous media is analyzed in this study for various relevant variables such as Rayleigh number, angle of the side inclined wall, and thermal conductivity using fluid-structure interaction. Two configurations of trapezoidal enclosure were analyzed in this investigation to compare flow and heat transfer characteristics between the rigid and flexible

In this paper, a numerical study for magnetohydrodynamic free convection in a square enclosure with cold irregular obstacles at the center of the cavity is performed. The cavity is filled with nanofluids (Al2O3-water) embedded in an isotropic porous medium. All walls of the enclosure have heated parts near the corners (heated corners) while the remaining parts of the top and bottom walls are thermally

The Darcy-Forchheimer-Brinkman system is one mathematical model that describes the motion of a viscous fluid located in a porous domain. Recently, many papers have established the existence of a unique solution for this system depending on the boundary condition imposed. In this paper we investigate numerically a special Dirichlet-Robin boundary value problem associated with the nonlinear Darcy-Forchheimer-Brinkman

In this present paper, we have investigated a numerical solution to the melting heat transfer on micropolar fluid flow over a stretchable porous medium. The partial differential equations of governing flow are changed to dimension-less ordinary differential equations by using similarity transformation and then solved by the Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth- and fifth-order (RKF-45) method with shooting

We have considered the MHD flow of an electrically conducting second-grade fluid through porous medium over a semi-infinite vertical stretching sheet. Thermophoresis, thermal radiation, and convective boundary conditions are taken into account. The governing equations reduced into a nondimensional form, making use of similarity transformations. The confined similarity equations are originated and solved

This paper presents an iterative reproducing kernel algorithm for obtaining the numerical solutions of Riesz fractional diffusion and advection-dispersion equations in porous media on a finite domain. The representation of the exact and the numerical solutions is given in the W (Ω) and H (Ω) inner product spaces. The computation of the required grid points relies on the R(y,s) (x, t) and r(y,s) (x

In this work, a comprehensive pore-network model is developed for simulation of multicomponent diffusion through a porous media. In a pore-network model, the porous media structure is considered to be a three-dimensional regular network of nodes and the pores that are connecting them to each other. In this paper, a pore-network model was used to compute the diffusivity of natural gas, which consists

The hydraulic conductivity of the vitreous humor has been measured for the bovine eye. The experiment was carried out by placing it within upright cylindrical chamber, open at both ends, and letting its liquid content drain out of the bottom opening by gravity, through a 20μm nylon mesh filter. Additional negative pressure was provided at the exit by a hanging drainage tube. The diminishing vitreous

NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION OF PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS AT HIGH CURRENT DENSITY Jun Shen,1 Lingping Zeng,2 Zhengkai Tu,1 Zhichun Liu,1,∗ & Wei Liu1 1School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307

Khemraj Shukla,1 José M. Carcione,2,6 Priyank Jaiswal,1 Juan Santos,3,4,5 & Jing Ba6,∗ 1Boone Pickens School of Geology, 105 Noble Research Center, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078. 2Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Borgo Grotta Gigante 42c, 34010 Sgonico, Trieste, Italy. 3CONICET, Instituto del Gas y del Petróleo,Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad

The possibility of leakage of CO2 from a geological storage reservoir is of serious concern to stakeholders. In this work, high–pressure-temperature laboratory experiments were performed to demonstrate the application of a silicone membrane-sensor system in the monitoring of subsurface gases, especially in the leakage scenario. Mass permeation, membrane resistance to gas permeation, and the gas flux

The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of potential changes in the chemical and mineralogical environments of saline aquifers due to CO2 injection under in situ conditions, and the influence of these changes on the hydromechanical behavior of reservoir rock. The effect of aquifer characteristics, such as pH and ionic composition, on the hydromechanical properties of reservoir rock

In terms of Maximising Economic Recovery (MER) in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS), the measurement of well production rates is essential to optimise the hydrocarbon production strategy from within the well itself. This is achieved through a process called a well test where a snapshot of production is monitored by measurement equipment and instrumentation. The data collected is then used

Efficient usage of underground resources is becoming increasingly important, as it is linked with the principle of sustainable development. Underground geological formations contain significant amounts of oil, gas and heat and can also be used for storage of carbon dioxide, natural gas or radioactive waste. Development of technologies to utilize these underground resources and spaces requires appropriate

The adsorption capacities of a novel amorphous silica, and silica xerogels, for aromatic compounds were investigated using Micro Column Rapid Breakthrough tests coupled with Sequential Injection Fl ...

A technique of local volume averaging is applied to obtain general equations which depict mass and momentum transport of incompressible two-phase flow in porous media. Starting from coupled Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard equations for incompressible twophase fluid flow, the averaging is performed without oversimplifying either the porous medium or the fluid mechanical relations. The resulting equations are Darcy’s

Acoustic properties of porous media are very important for numerous industrial applications, the typical goal being to maximize broadband absorption to decrease the sound pressure level of the engineering system under consideration. Up to now acoustic absorption for porous media with complex inner geometry is determined experimentally, as acoustic simulations on the pore scale are computationally challenging

NONSIMILAR SOLUTION OF UNSTEADY MIXED CONVECTION FLOW NEAR THE STAGNATION POINT OF A HEATED VERTICAL PLATE IN A POROUS MEDIUM SATURATED WITH A NANOFLUID Abdullah Abdullah,1 Fouad Ibrahim,2,3 & Ali Chamkha4,5,∗ 1Department of Mathematical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia 2Department of Mathematics, University College, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia 3Department of

In the present paper, we analyzed the laminar boundary layer flow and heat transfer from a horizontal cylinder in a nanofluid-saturated non-Darcy porous medium in the presence of thermal radiation. This is the first paper presenting non-similar solutions for such a regime.The boundary layer conservation equations,which are parabolic in nature,are normalized into non-similar form and then solved computationally

Many multilayer sandstone reservoirs have reached extreme high water content and high recovery stage after long time waterflooding. These inner LPTOLs have been the main potential reserves. Lean-stratified water injection is one of the most important technologies to increase production and develop potential for multilayer oilfields with extreme high water content. However, traditional models cannot

FLOW OF NANOFLUID CONTAINING GYROTACTIC MICROORGANISMS OVER STATIC WEDGE IN DARCY-BRINKMAN POROUS MEDIUM WITH CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY CONDITION A. Zaib,1,∗ M.M. Rashidi,2 & A.J. Chamkha3 1Department of Mathematical Sciences, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Karachi-75300, Pakistan 2Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham,