Stochastic analysis of transient three-phase flow in heterogeneous porous media

Mingjie Chen*, Arturo A. Keller, Zhiming Lu

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نتاج البحث: المساهمة في مجلةArticleمراجعة النظراء

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ملخص

In this manuscript, we extend the stochastic analysis of transient two-phase flow (Chen et al., Water Resour Res 42:W03425, 2006) to three-phase flow, i.e., water, air, and NAPL. We use the van Genuchten model and the Parker and Lenhard three-phase model to describe the relationships between phase saturation, phase relative permeability, and capillary pressure. The log-transformations of intrinsic permeability Y(x) = ln κ(x), soil pore size distribution parameter β ow(x) = ln α ow (x) between water and NAPL, and β ao(x) = ln α ao(x) between air and NAPL, and van Genuchten fitting parameter n̄(x) = ln [n(x) - 1] are treated as stochastic variables that are normally distributed with a separable exponential covariance model. The Karhunen-Loeve expansion and perturbation method (KLME) is used to solve the resulting equations. We evaluate the stochastic model using two-dimensional examples of three-phase flow with NAPL leakage. We also conduct Monte Carlo (MC) simulations to verify the stochastic model. A comparison of results from MC and KLME indicates the validity of the proposed KLME application in three-phase flow. The computational efficiency of the KLME approach over MC methods is at least an order of magnitude for three-phase flow problems. This verified stochastic model is then used to investigate the sensitivity of fluid saturation variances to the input variances.

اللغة الأصليةEnglish
الصفحات (من إلى)93-109
عدد الصفحات17
دوريةStochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment
مستوى الصوت23
رقم الإصدار1
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء
حالة النشرPublished - 2009
منشور خارجيًانعم

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