Heterogeneous models
Realistic models of porous media often feature spatially-varying material properties, especially porosity and permeability. There are several ways to introduce heterogeneity into the model in PorousFlow. In the following, we demonstrate how to create models with heterogeneous rock properties and use these properties in a simulation.
Regular grids
For regular structured grids that can be easily constructed using common meshing tools (or even the meshing capability built in to MOOSE), heterogeneity can simply be read from an external data file. In this example, we consider the 2D model of permeability heterogeneity presented as Case 1 of the tenth SPE comparative problem.
The permeability data for this model is read from an ASCII file containing coordinates and permeability values (in millidarcys):
# SPE 10 comparative problem - model 1
# Data from https://www.spe.org/web/csp/datasets/set01.htm
AXIS X
3.81 11.43 19.05 26.67 34.29 41.91 49.53 57.15 64.77 72.39 80.01 87.63 95.25 102.87 110.49 118.11 125.73 133.35 140.97 148.59 156.21 163.83 171.45 179.07 186.69 194.31 201.93 209.55 217.17 224.79 232.41 240.03 247.65 255.27 262.89 270.51 278.13 285.75 293.37 300.99 308.61 316.23 323.85 331.47 339.09 346.71 354.33 361.95 369.57 377.19 384.81 392.43 400.05 407.67 415.29 422.91 430.53 438.15 445.77 453.39 461.01 468.63 476.25 483.87 491.49 499.11 506.73 514.35 521.97 529.59 537.21 544.83 552.45 560.07 567.69 575.31 582.93 590.55 598.17 605.79 613.41 621.03 628.65 636.27 643.89 651.51 659.13 666.75 674.37 681.99 689.61 697.23 704.85 712.47 720.09 727.71 735.33 742.95 750.57 758.1
AXIS Y
0.381 1.143 1.905 2.667 3.429 4.191 4.953 5.715 6.477 7.239 8.001 8.763 9.525 10.287 11.049 11.811 12.573 13.335 14.097 14.859
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5.063000e-01 7.623000e-01 8.111000e-01 6.848000e-01 8.802000e-01
8.280000e-02 6.073000e-01 1.998270e+01 1.891070e+01 8.912400e+00
1.546830e+01 2.589600e+00 4.095700e+00 1.603810e+01 5.034400e+00
2.530200e+00 3.252300e+00 8.370500e+00 1.713300e+01 7.048890e+01
3.464520e+01 3.835920e+01 3.609120e+01 6.506500e+01 3.707900e+01
8.961540e+01 2.999440e+01 6.632730e+01 3.901500e+01 2.654400e+01
(modules/porous_flow/examples/reservoir_model/spe10_case1.data)A PiecewiseMultilinear function is used to interpolate the permeability to the mesh.
[Functions]
[perm_md_fcn]
type = PiecewiseMultilinear
data_file = spe10_case1.data
[]
[]
(modules/porous_flow/examples/reservoir_model/regular_grid.i)Constant Monomial AuxVariables are used to store the permeability read from the data file:
[AuxVariables]
[temperature]
initial_condition = 50
[]
[xnacl]
initial_condition = 0.1
[]
[porosity]
family = MONOMIAL
order = CONSTANT
initial_condition = 0.2
[]
[perm_md]
family = MONOMIAL
order = CONSTANT
[]
[perm]
family = MONOMIAL
order = CONSTANT
[]
[]
(modules/porous_flow/examples/reservoir_model/regular_grid.i)A FunctionAux AuxKernel is used to populate the AuxVariables.
In this example, the permeability in the data file is in millidarcys. As PorousFlow expects permeability in SI units of m, we multiply each permeability value by and save these values in a new AuxVariable:
[AuxKernels]
[perm_md]
type = FunctionAux
function = perm_md_fcn
variable = perm_md
execute_on = initial
[]
[perm]
type = ParsedAux
variable = perm
coupled_variables = perm_md
expression = '9.869233e-16*perm_md'
execute_on = initial
[]
[]
(modules/porous_flow/examples/reservoir_model/regular_grid.i)As this interpolation and multiplication is only required at the beginning of the simulation, we set the execute_on
parameter to initial
only.
Finally, the heterogeneous permeability (in m) can be used in the calculation using a PorousFlowPermeabilityConstFromVar material.
[Materials]
[permeability]
type = PorousFlowPermeabilityConstFromVar
perm_xx = perm
perm_yy = perm
perm_zz = perm
[]
[]
(modules/porous_flow/examples/reservoir_model/regular_grid.i)The above steps create the following heterogeneous model that can then be used in a simulation:
Although this example is for a two-dimensional mesh, the procedure for producing a three-dimensional mesh is identical.
Reservoir models
Often geological models are created using a modelling package to create realistic interpretations of the geology. In this case, some pre-processing of the geological model is often required before it can be used in PorousFlow.
This pre-processing must be performed using software that can take a geological model and convert it into a form that PorousFlow can read. One example of a pre-processing code that may be used is em2ex. This code converts a reservoir model in either Eclipse format or cell centered csv format to an Exodus mesh that can used in PorousFlow.
The following example shows how to use an Exodus mesh created from a reservoir model in a PorousFlow simulation. For this example, we use publicly available data from the SAIGUP project to construct the heterogeneous reservoir model shown in Figure 2 using em2ex.
The heterogeneous porosity and permeability can then be read from the grid and used in the calculations using the following steps:
First, the mesh (containing the heterogeneous reservoir properties) is read into PorousFlow:
[Mesh]
type = FileMesh
file = field.e
[]
(modules/porous_flow/examples/reservoir_model/field_model.i)Constant monomial AuxVariables are then created. As the reservoir model again contains permeability in millidarcys, additional AuxVariables are also declared to hold the permeability in SI units (m).
The values of the AuxVariables for porosity and the components of permeability in millidarcys are set using the initial_from_file_var
parameter. These AuxVariables are not modified throughout the simulation, so represent the initial heterogeneity of the model.
[AuxVariables]
[temperature]
initial_condition = 50
[]
[xnacl]
initial_condition = 0.1
[]
[porosity]
family = MONOMIAL
order = CONSTANT
initial_from_file_var = poro
[]
[permx_md]
family = MONOMIAL
order = CONSTANT
initial_from_file_var = permX
[]
[permy_md]
family = MONOMIAL
order = CONSTANT
initial_from_file_var = permY
[]
[permz_md]
family = MONOMIAL
order = CONSTANT
initial_from_file_var = permZ
[]
[permx]
family = MONOMIAL
order = CONSTANT
[]
[permy]
family = MONOMIAL
order = CONSTANT
[]
[permz]
family = MONOMIAL
order = CONSTANT
[]
[]
(modules/porous_flow/examples/reservoir_model/field_model.i)Like the previous example, the permeability can be converted to SI units using a ParsedAux AuxKernel for each component.
[AuxKernels]
[permx]
type = ParsedAux
variable = permx
coupled_variables = permx_md
expression = '9.869233e-16*permx_md'
execute_on = initial
[]
[permy]
type = ParsedAux
variable = permy
coupled_variables = permy_md
expression = '9.869233e-16*permy_md'
execute_on = initial
[]
[permz]
type = ParsedAux
variable = permz
coupled_variables = permz_md
expression = '9.869233e-16*permz_md'
execute_on = initial
[]
[]
(modules/porous_flow/examples/reservoir_model/field_model.i)The heterogeneous porosity and permeabilities can then be used in the calculations:
[Materials]
[porosity]
type = PorousFlowPorosityConst
porosity = porosity
[]
[]
(modules/porous_flow/examples/reservoir_model/field_model.i)[Materials]
[permeability]
type = PorousFlowPermeabilityConstFromVar
perm_xx = permx
perm_yy = permy
perm_zz = permz
[]
[]
(modules/porous_flow/examples/reservoir_model/field_model.i)Using this process, complex geological models with heterogeneous reservoir properties can be used in PorousFlow.