Course: Multiphase flow

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Course title Multiphase flow
Course code NTI/VP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Severýn Otto, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: - Introduction. Physical characteristics of fluids and porous media. - Flow of two immiscible liquids in a porous medium. Expression of the laws of conservation of mass, energy, momentum. The concept of relative permeability. Capillarity. - Gas flow in a porous medium. Equations of state of a real gas. Formulation of flow equations using pseudoquantities. Flow of liquid and gas in a porous medium. - Navier-Stokes equations for multiphase flow. - Transport of solids through flowing fluid. - Numerical methods for multiphase flow. - Software tools and libraries for multiphase flow modeling.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Home preparation for classes - 20 hours per semester
  • Contacts hours - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 12 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course provides an overview of the problems of multiphase flow according to the state of flowing fluids and according to the environment (free, in a porous medium) and an explanation of accompanying phenomena (capillarity, relative permeability, transport of substances).

Prerequisites
Knowledge of fluid flow.

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination

Written and oral exam
Recommended literature
  • CHEN, Zhangxin, Guanren HUAN a Yuanle MA. Computational methods for multiphase flows in porous media.. Philadelphia, 2006. ISBN 978-0898716061.


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