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

***ALL EXAMS ARE CLOSED-BOOK*** Grading Homework: 30% 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)

Lab: CR/NC

Midterm = 30%

Final = 40%

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 1 2 2 08-29 08-29 09-05 09-05 T1L1: Introduction T1L2: Properties of Fluids T1L3: Permeability and Porosity of Rocks T1L4: Experimental Determination of Properties

Topic 2. Single Phase Fluid Flow 3 3 4 09-12 09-19 09-26 T2L1: Capillary Tube Models T2L2: Application of Darcys Law T2L3: Unconfined Flow of Groundwater (Make-Up)

Topic 3. Multiphase Reservoir Properties 5 6 7 10-03 10-10 10-17 T3L1: Saturation and Electric Properties T3L2: Wettability, Capillary Pressure & Relative Permeability MIDETRM EXAM (3:30-5:30 PM, in Class)

Topic 4. Multiphase Fluid Flow Immiscible Displacement 8 9 10 10-24 10-31 11-07 T4L1: Immiscible Displacement T4L2: Two-Phase Fractional Flow T4L3: Frontal Advance Concepts Miscible Displacement 11 12 13 11-14 11-21 11-28 T4L4: Diffusion and Dispersion T4L5: Diffusion and Dispersion T4L6: Diffusion and Dispersion

Topic 5. Energy Transport 14 15 11-05 12-05 12-17 T5L1: Thermal Processes T13L1: Course Recap FINAL EXAM (2-4 PM, in Class) (Make-Up)

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