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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2024
Yangtze University, Jingzhou, CN;
Xiang Rao, Wuhan, CN;
Xupeng He, Dammam, SA;
Kou Du, Nanjing, CN;
Mengna Cheng, Wuhan, CN;
Shuqing Guo, Wuhan, CN;
YANGTZE UNIVERSITY, , CN;
Abstract
This invention presents a projection embedded discrete fracture model integrating a TPFA and MFD hybrid approach, creating a pEDFM framework for various anisotropic two-phase flow situations. It specifies the distribution of extra pressure freedoms on matrix grids for MFD implementation, maintains f-f connections in TPFA through a standard pEDFM workflow, and introduces a low-conductivity fracture treatment for MFD. It also outlines the derivation of numerical flux calculation formulas for effective m-m and m-f connections. The mixed TPFA-MFD design applies to numerical flux estimation across both K-orthogonal and non-K-orthogonal grids, enhancing computational efficiency and facilitating the spatial discretization of continuity equations for matrix and fracture grids under anisotropic permeability conditions. A global equation system is formulated based on the continuity of effective connections, with time discretization via the implicit backward Euler method and pressure and water saturation distributions determined by a Newton-Raphson based nonlinear solver.