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Theory of Fluid Flow in Porus

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 541-3005/02
Abbreviation TPFPP
Course title Theory of Fluid Flow in Porus
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Michal Matloch Porzer, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Pore spaces and fluids in rock
2. Parameters of reservoir rocks
3. Fluids in porous media and their properties, flow character
4. Fundamental equations
5. Constitutive laws
6. Steady state flow in porous media
7. Steady state flow in two and three dimensions
8. Transient flow
9. Modelling - forward and backward problems
10. Two phase immiscible flow
11. Water-oil systems
12. Water-oil/gas systems
13. Numerical simulation of fluid flow

Literature

BEAR, Jacob. Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media. Dover Publications. [1988]. ISBN 978-0486656755 .
LEE, Tien-Chang. Applied Mathematics in Hydrogeology. CRC Press. [1998]. ISBN 9781566703758 .
SCHEIDEGGER, Adrian E. The physics of flow through porous media. 3d ed. Buffalo [N.Y.]: University of Toronto Press, [1974]. ISBN 0-8020-1849-1 .
SONG H. (2018) Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics Through Porous Media. In: Engineering Fluid Mechanics. Springer, Singapore

Advised literature

WOODS, Andrew W. Flow in Porous Rocks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107588677. ISBN 9781107588677 .
AHMED, Tarek H. Working guide to reservoir rock properties and fluid flow. Burlington, MA: Elsevier, c2010. ISBN 978-1856178259 .
GUO, Boyun, Xinghui LIU a Xuehao TAN. Petroleum production engineering. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Gulf Professional Pub., [2017]. ISBN 0128093749 .
LEE, Tien-Chang. Applied Mathematics in Hydrogeology. CRC Press. [1998]. ISBN 9781566703758 .