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A new sequential solution method with selectively chosen primary variables is developed for modeling the enhanced oil recovery processes. A mixed finite element method (MFEM) is used to solve one phase pressure and pseudo total-volumetric velocity simultaneously. An Eulerian-Lagrangian localized adjoint method (ELLAM) is used to solve each transport equations. Computational results for two- and three-phase multi-component fluid flow occurring in enhanced oil recovery processes are presented, which show the strength of the method.
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Qin, G., Wang, H., Ewing, R.E., Espedal, M.S. (2000). Numerical Simulation of Compositional Fluid Flow in Porous Media. In: Chen, Z., Ewing, R.E., Shi, ZC. (eds) Numerical Treatment of Multiphase Flows in Porous Media. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 552. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45467-5_20
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