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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rodrigo Neumann Barros Ferreira, Rio de Janeiro, BR;

Mathias B. Steiner, Rio de Janeiro, BR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); G05D 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5009 (2013.01); E21B 43/16 (2013.01); G05D 16/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes constructing a digital model of a porous rock sample using input data and establishing for the digital model of a porous rock sample and for a fluid of interest figures-of-merit that are established for full-sample dimensions. For a selected fluid flow model, the method performs a calibration so as to match parameters of the selected fluid flow model to the established figures-of-merit and, based on the calibrated fluid flow model, performs at least one simulation of a flow of the fluid through the digital model of a porous rock sample with a fluid additive to provide a predicted enhanced fluid recovery efficiency. Also disclosed is a system as well as a computer program product configured to implement the method.


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