数学物理学报(英文版) ›› 2012, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 295-314.doi: 10.1016/S0252-9602(12)60018-6

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ANALYSIS OF A COMPRESSIBLE GAS-LIQUID MODEL MOTIVATED BY OIL WELL CONTROL OPERATIONS

 Steinar Evje, K.H. Karlsen   

  1. Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, NO-4068 Stavanger, Norway|Centre of Mathematics for Applications, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1053, Blindern, NO–0316 Oslo, Norway
  • 收稿日期:2011-11-12 出版日期:2012-01-20 发布日期:2012-01-20
  • 基金资助:

    The research of Steinar Evje has been supported by A/S Norske Shell.

ANALYSIS OF A COMPRESSIBLE GAS-LIQUID MODEL MOTIVATED BY OIL WELL CONTROL OPERATIONS

 Steinar Evje, K.H. Karlsen   

  1. Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, NO-4068 Stavanger, Norway|Centre of Mathematics for Applications, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1053, Blindern, NO–0316 Oslo, Norway
  • Received:2011-11-12 Online:2012-01-20 Published:2012-01-20
  • Supported by:

    The research of Steinar Evje has been supported by A/S Norske Shell.

摘要:

We are interested in a viscous two-phase gas-liquid mixture model relevant for modeling of well control operations within the petroleum industry. We focus on a simplified mixture model and provide an existence result within an appropriate class of weak solutions. We demonstrate that upper and lower limits can be obtained for the gas and liquid masses which ensure that transition to single-phase regions do not occur. This is used together with appropriate a prior estimates to obtain convergence to a weak solution for a sequence of approximate solutions corresponding to mollified initial data. Moreover, by imposing an additional regularity condition on the initial masses, a uniqueness result is obtained. The framework herein seems useful for further investigations of more realistic versions of the gas-liquid model that take into account di?erent flow regimes.

关键词: gas-liquid two-phase model, weak solution, existence, uniqueness

Abstract:

We are interested in a viscous two-phase gas-liquid mixture model relevant for modeling of well control operations within the petroleum industry. We focus on a simplified mixture model and provide an existence result within an appropriate class of weak solutions. We demonstrate that upper and lower limits can be obtained for the gas and liquid masses which ensure that transition to single-phase regions do not occur. This is used together with appropriate a prior estimates to obtain convergence to a weak solution for a sequence of approximate solutions corresponding to mollified initial data. Moreover, by imposing an additional regularity condition on the initial masses, a uniqueness result is obtained. The framework herein seems useful for further investigations of more realistic versions of the gas-liquid model that take into account di?erent flow regimes.

Key words: gas-liquid two-phase model, weak solution, existence, uniqueness

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