| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/T24838/01 |
| Title: |
Error Models for Sub-Grid Phenomena in Flow in Porous Media |
| Principal Investigator: |
Christie, Professor M |
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| Department: |
Institute Of Petroleum Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Heriot-Watt University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 March 2005 |
Ends: |
29 February 2008 |
Value (£): |
237,877
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| Design of Process systems |
Oil & Gas Extraction |
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Quantifying uncertainty in predictions about fluid flow in complex systems is an area of increasing importance. Many fields of computational fluid dynamics have unresolved features which limit our ability to predict the behaviour of the system. Applications are found in areas as diverse as predicting oil recovery from reservoirs, weather forecasting, and certification of weapons systems performance. In most of these cases, we have observed or measured data for only some of the system parameters, and have to make inferences about other system parameters from running may simulations and comparing predictions with observations. The constraints placed on the parameters by the observed data can then be used to make predictions about uncertainty in future behaviour.The accuracy with which forecasts are made depends critically on how the computer models treat unresolved features in the flow. The goal of this research is to develop a theory for the effect of unresolved features on the accuracy of fluid flow simulations. The research will be targeted at flow in porous media initially, but is likely to be applicable across a wide range of computational fluid dynamics fields.
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