TY - JOUR
T1 - Numerical study of fluid flow at pore scale in packed bed of spheres and grains to obtain the REV
AU - Martínez-Mendoza, Luis Carlos
AU - Sánchez-Silva, Florencio
AU - Martínez-Mendoza, Erik Fernando
AU - Cruz-Maya, Juan Antonio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - This paper presents a numerical study to determine the Representative Elemental Volume (REV) size of a porous medium made of packed bed of non-deformable spheres and grains with morphology of Berea sandstone, by means of stochastic packing methods. The Navier-Stokes equations and CFD simulations at the pore level are used to calculate the macroscopic properties of the porous media, such as overall permeability, porosity, and tortuosity. The results obtained show that the values of these parameters present an asymptotic behavior, in the limit values of the REV. This allowed to establish a minimum size of REV, in which it is suggested to carry out the flow analyses to optimize the cost of computational resources without sacrificing the precision of the results.
AB - This paper presents a numerical study to determine the Representative Elemental Volume (REV) size of a porous medium made of packed bed of non-deformable spheres and grains with morphology of Berea sandstone, by means of stochastic packing methods. The Navier-Stokes equations and CFD simulations at the pore level are used to calculate the macroscopic properties of the porous media, such as overall permeability, porosity, and tortuosity. The results obtained show that the values of these parameters present an asymptotic behavior, in the limit values of the REV. This allowed to establish a minimum size of REV, in which it is suggested to carry out the flow analyses to optimize the cost of computational resources without sacrificing the precision of the results.
KW - CFD
KW - Numerical simulation
KW - Permeability
KW - Porous media
KW - REV
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098971464&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5802/CRMECA.62
DO - 10.5802/CRMECA.62
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85098971464
SN - 1631-0721
VL - 348
SP - 769
EP - 779
JO - Comptes Rendus - Mecanique
JF - Comptes Rendus - Mecanique
IS - 8-9
ER -