In this course, fluid flow types and mechanisms in the porous media will be discussed. Classifications of flow and descriptions of fluid flow in porous media will be studied. Conservation laws, constitutive relations of fluid flow, and equation of transient fluid flow in porous media will be analyzed in details. Different types of fluid flow such as steady, pseudo-steady, and transient flow in linear, radial and spherical systems will be discussed and analyzed.
Course learning outcomes
1. Classify different types and levels of fluid flow.
2. Apply flow potential, stream functions, and iso-potential lines in porous media.
3. Derive microscopic/macroscopic conservation equations.
4. Develop dispersion-advection equation.
5. Solve diffusion equations for liquid, gas, and multiphase systems.
6. Apply Buckley-Leverett theory/Welge’s method to two phase fluid flow in porous media.