oa Integrating High Order Numerical Techniques and Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Fluid Flow Investigation

In this paper we present an integrated approach, via sophisticated experimental and numerical techniques, to the investigation of displacement phenomena in porous media. A non-destructive imaging technique, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), has been used to study fluid flow in core plugs, and a Mixed Finite Element/TVD Finite Volume simulator to reproduce the observed data. The main advantage of the MFE/FV code is its capability of accurately solving physical phenomena without introducing unrealistic numerical dispersion or oscillations. Comparison with standard Finite Differences (FD) code has been performed.