PETE507 NUMERICAL RESERVOIR SIMULATION I
| Course Code: | 5660507 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. FEVZİ GÜMRAH |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The Objective of the course is to explain the physical & mathematical behavior of single pahse porous media equations in the reservoirs and develop numerical methods for these equations explaining their advatages / disadvantages by apllying them to 1D -2D quasi-simple examples caculated by hand.
Covered Numerical Methods during the course:
- Finite Difference Method
- Finite Volume Method
- Finite Element Method
Course Content
Differencing schemes for the partial differential equations which govern single phase flow in porous media. Grid design, type and boundary conditions. Solution methods. (F)
Course Learning Outcomes
Student completing this course satisfactorily will be able to
- understand the physical & mathematical behavior of single phase porous media flow and transport equations in the reservoirs.
- understand the basic consepts of the numerical methods apllied for solving these equations in reservoir simulation programs.
- easly understand the numerical approaches for mathematically similar problems, such as heat transfer problem which is mathematically identical to single phase flow and transport problems in porous media