ICFERST

The 51勛圖厙 College Finite Element Reservoir Simulator (IC-FERST) is a general purpose code for simulating multiphase flow and transport in complex geological reservoirs.  The governing equations are solved using a novel, high-order control-volume-finite-element formulation, specifically designed for the high-aspect-ratio problems typical of such reservoirs. 

A key feature of IC-FERST is the use of dynamic, unstructured mesh optimisation that better resolves key features of the solution compared to fixed grid methods.  Fully implicit timestepping admits the use of large mesh Courant numbers, using a double-fixed point iteration method with backtracking to improve convergence and convergence rate.

The  under the terms of the LGPL open source license.

 

 

Animation shows a numerical simulation of unstable, gravity-driven flow.  Mesh adaptivity here is used to capture the formation of downwards propagating 'fingers' of more dense fluid (in red).  From  (2022),  Efficient Numerical Simulation of DensityDriven Flows: Application to the 2and 3D Elder Problem, Water Resources Research 58, e2022WR032307.

Selected publications

Bahlali ML, Salinas P, Jackson MD, 2022, , WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, Vol: 58, ISSN: 0043-1397

Hamzehloo A, Bahlali ML, Salinas P, Jacquemyn C, Pain CC, Butler AP, Jackson MDet al., 2022, , ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES, Vol: 164

Regnier G, Salinas P, Jacquemyn C, Jackson MDet al., 2022, , HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL, Vol: 30, Pages: 1179-1198, ISSN: 1431-2174

Kampitsis AE, Kostorz WJ, Muggeridge AH, Jackson MDet al., 2021, , PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, Vol: 33, ISSN: 1070-6631

Silva VLS, Salinas P, Jackson MD, Pain CCet al., 2021, , Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol: 384, Pages: 1-17, ISSN: 0045-7825

Kampitsis AE, Kostorz WJ, Muggeridge AH, Jackson MDet al., 2021, , PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, Vol: 33, ISSN: 1070-6631

Salinas P, Regnier G, Jacquemyn C, Pain CC, Jackson MDet al., 2021, , Geothermics, Vol: 94, Pages: 1-13, ISSN: 0375-6505

Yekta A, Salinas P, Hajirezaie S, Amooie MA, Pain CC, Jackson MD, Jacquemyn C, Soltanian MRet al., 2020, , Computational Geosciences: modeling, simulation and data analysis, Vol: 25, Pages: 357-372, ISSN: 1420-0597

Salinas P, Pain C, Osman H, Jacquemyn C, Xie Z, Jackson Met al., 2020, , Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol: 359, Pages: 1-15, ISSN: 0045-7825

Kampitsis AE, Adam A, Salinas P, Pain CC, Muggeridge AH, Jackson MD, 2020, , COMPUTATIONAL GEOSCIENCES, Vol: 24, Pages: 1221-1237, ISSN: 1420-059

Salinas P, Pavlidis D, Xie Z, Osman H, Pain C, Jackson MD et al., 2018, , Computational Geosciences, Vol: 22, Pages: 1389-1401, ISSN: 1420-0597

Salinas P, Pavlidis D, Xie Z, Osman H, Pain CC, Jackson MD et al., 2018, , JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS, Vol: 352, Pages: 602-614, ISSN: 0021-9991

Gomes JLMA, Pavlidis D, Salinas P, Xie Z, Percival JR, Melnikova Y, Pain CC, Jackson MD et al., 2017, , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS, Vol: 83, Pages: 431-445, ISSN: 0271-2091

Salinas P, Pavlidis D, Xie Z, Jacquemyn C, Melnikova Y, Jackson MD, Pain CC, et al., 2017, , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS, Vol: 85, Pages: 235-246, ISSN: 0271-2091

Salinas P, Pavlidis D, Xie Z, Adam A, Pain CC, Jackson MD, et al., 2017, , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS, Vol: 84, Pages: 466-476, ISSN: 0271-2091

Adam A, Pavlidis D, Percival JR, Salinas P, Xie Z, Fang F, Pain CC, Muggeridge AH, Jackson MD, et al., 2016, , JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS, Vol: 321, Pages: 512-531, ISSN: 0021-9991

Mostaghimi P, Percival JR, Pavlidis D, Ferrier RJ, Gomes JLMA, Gorman GJ, Jackson MD, Neethling SJ, Pain CC, et al., 2015, , MATHEMATICAL GEOSCIENCES, Vol: 47, Pages: 417-440, ISSN: 1874-8961

Jackson MD, Percival JR, Mostaghiml P, Tollit BS, Pavlidis D, Pain CC, Gomes JLMA, El-Sheikh AH, Salinas P, Muggeridge AH, Blunt MJ, et al., 2015, , SPE RESERVOIR EVALUATION & ENGINEERING, Vol: 18, Pages: 115-132, ISSN: 1094-6470