FLUID FLOW THROUGH A POROUS MEDIUM USING MATLAB

A 2-D study of fluid flow in a porous reservoir is the main objective of this study. The partial differential equations resulting from continuity and Darcy’s Law are solved using a simplified Finite Volume Method known as the Two Point Flux Approximation Method (TPFA Method). The code implementation has been carried out using MATLAB. The computation has been carried out for two cases: one for a coarse grid without smoothing and the other for a fine grid with smoothing. The corresponding contours of pressure and mass fluxes have been plotted in MATLAB.

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