FlowKit Ltd: Multi-phase flow through porous media: Imbibition in Berea Sandstone

This is an animation of a water-air multi-phase flow inside a porous medium (Berea sandstone) produced by the lattice Boltzmann CFD software library Palabos. The porosity of the medium was 20%. The full simulation domain was 3.6 mm wide and 4.0 mm high. The simulation lattice was comprised by 400 x 400 x 444 nodes. This was a high-resolution simulation to demonstrate the multi-phase capabilities of the Palabos solver. Meshfree CFD based on the lattice Boltzmann method makes it possible to overcome usual difficulties linked to highly complex porous media.

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www.palabos.org