Numerical modeling of reactive polymer flow in porous media

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-15-2002

Abstract

This paper presents a new numerical model of reactive polymer flow in heterogeneous porous media. A moment representation of the log-normal polymer molecular weight distribution is used to model polymer as a multi-component species. Three leading moments are used to simulate the polymer transport and reaction processes in a two-dimensional porous medium. The 2D, multiphase polymer flow model is based on a mass-transport equation for multi-component species and is coupled with kinetic models of the gelation process using an operator splitting scheme. The sensitivity of various parameters and constitutive equations is presented. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Computers and Chemical Engineering

First Page

1595

Last Page

1610

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