Numerical simulation of twophase flows on the base of phase-field method
https://doi.org/10.18303/2619-1563-2024-1-60
Abstract
We present a numerical approach to simulate the two-phase flows. The approach is based on the phase-field method where the phase is defined by the concentration function. This function smoothly varied from zero to one to distinguish between the phases. However, the phase interface is substituted by a thin enough layer where the phases are artificially mixed. Such representation of the phases simplifies evaluation of the interfacial tension and approximation of the wetting angles when the finite differences are used to approximate the problem. We verified the approach over a series of tests.
Supporting agencies: The study was carried out as part of government assignment to the Russian Academy of Sciences in basic research, Project FWZZ-2022-0022, and supported by the Russian Science Foundation, Project No. 19-77-20004-P.
About the Authors
T. S. Khachkova
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, SB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
3, Koptyug Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090.
E. A. Gondul
Sobolev Institute of Mathematics SB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
4, Koptyug Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090.
V. V. Lisitsa
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, SB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
3, Koptyug Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090.
D. I. Prokhorov
Sobolev Institute of Mathematics SB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
4, Koptyug Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090.
V. I. Kostin
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, SB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
3, Koptyug Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090.
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Khachkova T.S., Gondul E.A., Lisitsa V.V., Prokhorov D.I., Kostin V.I. Numerical simulation of twophase flows on the base of phase-field method. Russian Journal of Geophysical Technologies. 2024;(1):60-71. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18303/2619-1563-2024-1-60
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