PTE-411/473: Introduction to Transport in Porous Media Instructor: Behnam Jafarpour Fall 2012

General Course Information

Course Description This is an undergraduate course in fluid flow and transport processes in porous media. We start with a description of the structure and properties of porous media along with the properties of fluids found in the subsurface. Then we address key elements of single- and multi-phase flow and aspects of mass and energy transfer in porous media. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on application of the basic principles to solving problems in petroleum reservoir engineering and groundwater hydrology. Course Instructor Behnam Jafarpour Office: HED 313 Tel. (213) 740-2228 Email: behnam.jafarpour@usc.edu Office Hours Mohammad Javaheri - javaheri62@gmail.com (location and time TBA) Hasan Shojai - shojai@usc.edu (location and time TBA) Lectures

Days: Wednesdays 3:30pm 6:10pm. Location: Room OHE-136 Lab Exercises The scheduled lab day/times (start day to be announced in class) are as follows (Location: PCE 313):

Mon 3:00-5:50PM Tue 3:30-6:20PM Thu 3:30-6:20PM Fri 3:30-6:20PM Text Book

Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties, A. Dandekar, CRC Press (2006), ISBN: 0-8493-3043-2 Additional papers and notes will be posted.

Exams There will be a Midterm Exam and a comprehensive Final Exam scheduled as follows

MIDTERM EXAM FINAL EXAM Date/Time: October 17, 3:30-5:30 PM Date/Time: December 17, 2-4 PM Location: in Class Location: TBD

***ALL EXAMS ARE CLOSED-BOOK***

Grading

Homework: 30% Lab: CR/NC Midterm = 30% Final = 40% Reading Material Textbook: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Chapter 6 (excluding section 6.9) , Chapter 7, 8, Chapter 9 (excluding 9.10) Posted Journal Papers (e.g., papers by Buckley and Leverett, Welge, Perkins and Johnston)

PTE-411/463: Introduction to Transport in Porous Media Instructor: Behnam Jafarpour Fall 2012

Tentative Course Plan and Schedule

Week Date Lecture Number and Title

Course Introduction and Overview

1 08-29 T0L1: Introduction and Overview

Topic 1. Properties of Fluid and Porous Media

1 08-29 T1L1: Introduction

1 08-29 T1L2: Properties of Fluids

2 09-05 T1L3: Permeability and Porosity of Rocks

2 09-05 T1L4: Experimental Determination of Properties

Topic 2. Single Phase Fluid Flow

3 09-12 T2L1: Capillary Tube Models (Make-Up)

3 09-19 T2L2: Application of Darcys Law

4 09-26 T2L3: Unconfined Flow of Groundwater

Topic 3. Multiphase Reservoir Properties

5 10-03 T3L1: Saturation and Electric Properties

6 10-10 T3L2: Wettability, Capillary Pressure & Relative Permeability

Topic 4. Multiphase Fluid Flow

Immiscible Displacement

8 10-24 T4L1: Immiscible Displacement

9 10-31 T4L2: Two-Phase Fractional Flow

10 11-07 T4L3: Frontal Advance Concepts

Miscible Displacement

11 11-14 T4L4: Diffusion and Dispersion

12 11-21 T4L5: Diffusion and Dispersion

13 11-28 T4L6: Diffusion and Dispersion

Topic 5. Energy Transport

14 11-05 T5L1: Thermal Processes

15 12-05 T13L1: Course Recap (Make-Up)

7 10-17 MIDETRM EXAM (3:30-5:30 PM, in Class)

12-17 FINAL EXAM (2-4 PM, in Class)

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