An Eulerian-Lagrangian Solution Technique for Single-Phase Compositional Flow in Three-Dimensional Porous Media

We develop an Eulerian-Lagrangian iterative solution technique for accurate and efficient numerical simulation of single-phase compositional flow through three-dimensional compressible porous media in the presence of multiple injection and production wells. In the numerical simulator, an Eulerian-Lagrangian method is used to solve the convection-diffusion transport equations and a mixed finite-element method is used to solve the pressure equation. Numerical experiments are presented to investigate the performance of the method. Moreover, because of the Lagrangian nature of the algorithm, the simulator is capable of using large time steps and coarse spatial grids to generate accurate and stable results.

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