Pore-scale permeability prediction for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids

Eichheimer, Philipp; Thielmann, Marcel; Popov, Anton; Golabek, Gregor J.; Fujita, Wakana; Kottwitz, Maximilian O.; Kaus, Boris J. P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1717-2019

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1717-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1717-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

Research article

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23 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 23 Oct 2019

Pore-scale permeability prediction for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids

Philipp Eichheimer, Marcel Thielmann, Anton Popov, Gregor J. Golabek, Wakana Fujita, Maximilian O. Kottwitz, and Boris J. P. Kaus

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RC1: 'a great addition to FDM flow codes, and now we have non-Newtonian...', Kirill Gerke, 30 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Response to comments of Kirill Gerke on the manuscript', Philipp Eichheimer, 21 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Comments on “Pore-scale permeabilityprediction for Newtonian and non-Newtonianfluids” by Eichheimer et al.', Stephane Beaussier, 17 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Response to comments of Stephane Beaussier on the manuscript', Philipp Eichheimer, 21 Aug 2019

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ED: Publish as is (20 Sep 2019) by Patrice Rey

ED: Publish as is (20 Sep 2019) by Susanne Buiter (Executive editor)

AR by Philipp Eichheimer on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2019)

Short summary

Prediction of rock permeability is of crucial importance for several research areas in geoscience. In this study, we enhance the finite difference code LaMEM to compute fluid flow on the pore scale using Newtonian and non-Newtonian rheologies. The accuracy of the code is demonstrated using several analytical solutions as well as experimental data. Our results show good agreement with analytical solutions and recent numerical studies.