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Main Title Parametric Model for Constitutive Properties Governing Multiphase Flow in Porous Media.
Author Parker, J. C. ; Lenhard, R. J. ; Kuppusamy, T. ;
CORP Author Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg.;Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK.
Year Published 1987
Report Number EPA-R-812073; EPA/600/J-87/134;
Stock Number PB88-148168
Additional Subjects Multiphase flow ; Porous materials ; Parametric equations ; Saturation ; Permeability ; Contaminants ; Two phase flow ; Pressure ; Analysis (Mathematics) ; Fluid mechanics ; Convection ; Ground water ; Reprints ; Pollutants
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Abstract
A parametric model is developed to describe relative permeability-saturation-fluid pressure functional relationships in two- or three-fluid phase porous media systems subject to monotonic saturation paths. All functions are obtained as simple closed-form expressions convenient for implementation in numerical multiphase flow models. Model calibration requires only relatively simple determinations of saturation-pressure relations in two-phase systems. A scaling procedure is employed to simplify the description of two-phase saturation-capillary head relations for arbitrary fluid pairs and experimental results for two porous media are presented to demonstrate its applicability. Extension of two-phase relations to three-phase systems is obtained under the assumption that fluid wettability follows the sequence water > nonaqueous phase liquid > air. (Copyright (c) 1987 by the American Geophysical Union.)