Water Pushes Out Crude Oil: Simulating Viscous Fingering in OpenFoam

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Duration: 23m
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Water Pushes Out Crude Oil: Simulating Viscous Fingering in OpenFoam

What You Will Learn?

  • Simulate crude oil displacement by water and xanthan gum.
  • Calculate how much oil remains inside the porous structure.
  • Measure and compare sweep efficiency numerically.
  • Learn how to tweak viscosity to improve performance—just like engineers in the field.

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Simulation Files

  • Tutorial Video
    23:16
  • Modeling Files

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Who this product is for :

  • Mechanical Engineers
  • Engineering Students

What You Will Learn?

  • Simulate crude oil displacement by water and xanthan gum.
  • Calculate how much oil remains inside the porous structure.
  • Measure and compare sweep efficiency numerically.
  • Learn how to tweak viscosity to improve performance—just like engineers in the field.

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Simulation Files

  • Tutorial Video
    23:16
  • Modeling Files

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Product Overview:

In this detailed tutorial, we model and simulate the flooding process in oil reservoirs using OpenFoam, focusing on the hydrodynamic phenomenon of viscous fingering. You’ll learn how to simulate the injection of one fluid (e.g., water or polymer solutions like xanthan gum) into another (e.g., crude oil) within a narrow Hele-Shaw cell.

The tutorial walks through every step—from domain creation and mesh generation to defining physical properties, running simulations in parallel, and analyzing the sweep efficiency. Whether you’re studying petroleum engineering, CFD, or porous media flow, this tutorial provides hands-on insights.

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Material Includes

  • A compact and practical guide to setting up and running OpenFOAM simulations.

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