Feasibility of Simulation on Flow in Porous Media with Gas Kinetic Scheme

doi:10.19596/j.cnki.1001-246x.7922

Abstract

Abstract: We extend gas kinetic scheme (GKS) to low-speed porous media flow, and test feasibility and effectiveness of the method. It shows that GKS is second-order accurate in space and is capable of predicting permeability of porous media. Compared with single-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann method, GKS implements precisely no slip boundary condition, thus reflects correctly characteristics of viscosity-independent permeability. For complex flow in Berea sandstone slice structure, simulation results are in good agreement with experimental data, and permeability is calculated accurately. A criteria of Ma number in GKS is proposed for Darcy flow. It shows that GKS could be a promising scheme for porous media flows.

Key words: gas kinetic scheme, porous media, pore-scale, permeability

CLC Number:

O357.3

ZENG Wei, CHEN Songze, GUO Zhaoli. Feasibility of Simulation on Flow in Porous Media with Gas Kinetic Scheme[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS, 2019, 36(5): 551-558.

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