A simulation of suspension flow in an artificial porous medium

Abstract

The paper presents research results of a computer simulation of the suspension flow. One of the most difficult problems in petroleum industry is to optimally use different drilling fluids. It is usually a suspension interacting with a porous medium. The presented research is one of steps in our understanding the solid particles flow in the porous medium. An ideal porous medium consisting of regular balls is used to avoid additional effects caused by the grain shape. A computer simulation gives us a view on the flow in the porous medium. This paper shows some example results such as: velocity, pressure and the particle path lines contours.

Keywords

• Computer simulation
• suspension flow
• drilling fluids