Open AccessModeling and Analysis of Ferrofluid Transport in Porous Media
Author(s) -
Yuan Li,
Jun Ye,
Tao Huang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/692/4/042004
Subject(s) - ferrofluid , porous medium , materials science , magnetic field , polymer , petroleum engineering , porosity , mechanics , geology , physics , composite material , quantum mechanics
As a new kind of material, ferrofluid has received a huge amount of concern and researchers have tried to apply ferrofluid in the field of petroleum engineering. In this paper, the effect of polymer in ferrofluid has been taken into consideration in ferrofluid flooding, a comprehensive mathematical model has been developed. The mathematical model considers the magnetic force, the physical process of the mobilization of polymer through porous media. The results show that using ferrofluid as displacing fluid can greatly improve oil recovery.