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Article Dans Une Revue Transport in Porous Media Année : 2018

Upper Bounds on the Permeability of Random Porous Media

François Bignonnet

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Upper bounds on the permeability of random porous media are presented , which improve significantly on existing bounds. The derived bounds rely on a variational formulation of the upscaling problem from a viscous flow at the pore scale, described by Stokes equation, to a Darcy formulation at the macroscopic scale. A systematic strategy to derive upper bounds based on trial force fields is proposed. Earlier results based on uniform void or interface force fields are presented within this unified framework, together with a new proposal of surface force field and a combination of them. The obtained bounds feature detailed statistical information on the pore morphology, including two-and three-point correlation functions of the pore phase, the solid-fluid interface and its local orientation. The required spatial correlation functions are explicitly derived for the Boolean model of spheres, in which the solid phase is modelled as the union of penetrable spheres. Existing and new bounds are evaluated for this model and compared to full field simulations on representative volume elements. For the first time, bounds allow to retrieve the correct order of magnitude of permeability for a wide range of poros-ity and even improve on some estimates. However, none of the bounds reproduces the non-analytic behaviour of the permeability-porosity curve at low solid concentration.
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hal-01737952 , version 1 (04-03-2019)

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François Bignonnet. Upper Bounds on the Permeability of Random Porous Media. Transport in Porous Media, 2018, 122 (1), pp.57 - 76. ⟨10.1007/s11242-017-0989-7⟩. ⟨hal-01737952⟩
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