UPSCALING OF RESERVOIR MODELS BY REUSING FLOW SOLUTIONS FROM GEOLOGIC MODELS

摘要

A method is provided for simulating a physical process such as fluid flow in porous media by performing a fine-grid calculation of the process in a medium and reusing the fine grid solution in subsequent coarse-grid calculations. For fluid flow in subsurface formations, the method may be applied to optimize upscaled calculation grids formed from geologic models. The method decreases the cost of optimizing a grid to simulate a physical process that is mathematically described by the diffusion equation.