A new relative permeability model for chemical flooding simulators

This paper presents a new three-phase relative permeability model for use in chemical flooding simulators. Numerical simulation test cases are presented to illustrate the continuity of the new relative permeability model. Comparisons are made with a three-phase relative permeability model that has been widely used in chemical flooding simulators for decades. These comparisons show the old model has numerical discontinuities that are not physical in nature and that can lead to oscillations in the numerical simulations. The proposed model is simpler, has fewer parameters and requires less experimental data to determine the relative permeability parameters compared to the original model. Simulations using the new model showed excellent agreement with ASP coreflood data.