Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capillary network simulations based on a low-dimensional representation of porous media
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Application No.: US15446410Application Date: 2017-03-01
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Publication No.: US10691846B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Peter William Bryant , William Fernando Lopez Candela , Alexandre Ashade Lassance Cunha , Rodrigo Neumann Barros Ferreira , Mathias B Steiner
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Harrington & Smith
- Main IPC: G06F30/20
- IPC: G06F30/20 ; G06F111/10

Abstract:
A method is provided including receiving data corresponding to a three-dimensional physical representation of a porous rock sample; calculating a low-dimensional representation of a pore network in the porous rock sample based on the three-dimensional physical representation; extracting one or more geometrical parameter from the low-dimension representation; generating a capillary network model of the porous rock sample based at least on the at least one geometrical parameter for simulating fluid flow inside the porous rock sample; and performing at least one simulation of a flow of the fluid through the capillary network model of the porous rock sample with a fluid additive to provide a predicted enhanced fluid recovery efficiency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180253514A1 Capillary Network Simulations Based on a Low-Dimensional Representation of Porous Media Public/Granted day:2018-09-06
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