similar). However, we have not said anything yet about the saturation, which
of course is going to change as the fluids move around.
-The second part of the equations is a therefore description of the
-dynamics of the saturation. We model this as an advected quantity:
+The second part of the equations is the description of the
+dynamics of the saturation. The saturation equation for the displacing fluid (water) is:
+@f{eqnarray*}
+ S_{t} + \nabla \cdot (F(S) \mathbf{u}) = \{q}_{w},
+ \\
+ S_{t} + F(S) \nabla \mathbf{u} + \mathbf{u} \cdot \nabla F(S) = S_{t} + F(S) * \q + \mathbf{u} \cdot \nabla F(S) = \{q}_{w}.
+@f}
+where $\{q}_{w}$ is the flow rate of the displacing fluid (water) and is related to the fractional flow F(S) through:
+@f[
+ \{q}_{w} = F(S) * \q,
+ \\
+ F(S)
+ =
+ \frac{k_{rw}(S)/\mu_{w}}{k_{rw}(S)/\mu_{w} + k_{ro}(S)/\mu_{o}}.
+@f]
+Thus, we obtain the saturation equation in the following advected form:
@f{eqnarray*}
S_{t} + \mathbf{u} \cdot \nabla F(S) = 0,
@f}
\mathbf{u} =
\mathbf{u}_{o} + \mathbf{u}_{w} = -\lambda(S) \mathbf{K}\cdot\nabla p.
@f]
-In addition,
-@f[
- F(S)
- =
- \frac{k_{rw}(S)/\mu_{w}}{k_{rw}(S)/\mu_{w} + k_{ro}(S)/\mu_{o}}
-@f]
Note that the advection equation contains the term $\mathbf{u} \cdot \nabla
F(S)$ rather than $\mathbf{u} \cdot \nabla S$ to indicate that the saturation
is not simply transported along; rather, since the two phases move with
- \nabla \cdot (\mathbf{K}\lambda(S) \nabla p) &=& q
\qquad \textrm{in}\ \Omega\times[0,T],
\\
- S_{t} + \nabla (F(S) \cdot \mathbf{u}) &=& 0
+ S_{t} + \mathbf{u} \cdot \nabla F(S) &=& 0
\qquad \textrm{in}\ \Omega\times[0,T].
@f}
Here, $p=p(\mathbf x, t), S=S(\mathbf x, t)$ are now time dependent