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Modeling chemical enhanced oil
recovery by Alkaline-Surfactant-polymer(ASP)flooding
brings in myriads of complicated
physics because of complex rheological
properties of the complex fluid,
complex properties of the porous
media and the interaction between
them. Accurate Modeling of the fluid
flow through such a media by a set
of coupled nonlinear partial differential
equations raises interesting computational
and discretization issues because
of the large and multi-scale nature
of the problem, in particular in
realistic heterogeneous media. In
this talk, we will document various
physical phenomena, computational
methods, and current and past efforts
on simplified model problems that
shed great insight into the physics
that are in play in such complicated
process. This work is currently
funded by Qatar National Research
Fund under This work is made possible
by a NPRP grant from the Qatar National
Research Fund (a member of The Qatar
Foundation).
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