printer friendly pageENERGY 208: Large Scale Solar Technology and Policy (ENERGY 108)
Students will research various aspects of large scale nnsolar development in preparation for Woods Forum.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Gerritsen, M. (PI)
;
Gunawan, F. (TA)
ENERGY 211: Computer Programming in C++ for Earth Scientists and Engineers (CME 211)
Computer programming methodology emphasizing modern software engineering principles: object-oriented design, decomposition, encapsulation, abstraction, and modularity. Fundamental data structures. Time and space complexity analysis. The basic facilities of the programming language C++. Numerical problems from various science and engineering applications.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Aboud, S. (PI)
;
Caulfield, E. (PI)
ENERGY 212: Introduction to Large-Scale Computing in Engineering (CME 212)
Advanced programming methodologies for solving fundamental engineering problems using algorithms with pervasive application across disciplines. Overview of computer systems from a programming perspective including processor architectures, memory hierarchies, machine arithmetic, performance tuning techniques. Algorithms include iterative, direct linear solvers, fft, and divide and conquer strategies for n-body problems. Software development; other practical UNIX tools including shell scripting, vi/emacs, gcc, make, gdb, gprof, version control systems and LaTeX. Prerequisites:
CME 200/
ME 300A,
CME 211, and
CS 106X or equivalent level of programming in C/C++.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Caulfield, E. (PI)
ENERGY 221: Fundamentals of Multiphase Flow (ENERGY 121)
Multiphase flow in porous media. Wettability, capillary pressure, imbibition and drainage, Leverett J-function, transition zone, vertical equilibrium. Relative permeabilities, Darcy's law for multiphase flow, fractional flow equation, effects of gravity, Buckley-Leverett theory, recovery predictions, volumetric linear scaling, JBN and Jones-Rozelle determination of relative permeability. Frontal advance equation, Buckley-Leverett equation as frontal advance solution, tracers in multiphase flow, adsorption, three-phase relative permeabilities.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Tchelepi, H. (PI)
;
He, J. (TA)
ENERGY 222: Advanced Reservoir Engineering
Lectures, problems. General flow equations, tensor permeabilities, steady state radial flow, skin, and succession of steady states. Injectivity during fill-up of a depleted reservoir, injectivity for liquid-filled reservoirs. Flow potential and gravity forces, coning. Displacements in layered reservoirs. Transient radial flow equation, primary drainage of a cylindrical reservoir, line source solution, pseudo-steady state. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 221.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Durlofsky, L. (PI)
;
Rousset, M. (TA)
ENERGY 223: Reservoir Simulation
Fundamentals of petroleum reservoir simulation. Equations for multicomponent, multiphase flow between gridblocks comprising a petroleum reservoir. Relationships between black-oil and compositional models. Techniques for developing black-oil, compositional, thermal, and dual-porosity models. Practical considerations in the use of simulators for predicting reservoir performance. Class project. Prerequisite: 221 and 246, or consent of instructor. Recommended:
CME 206.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Durlofsky, L. (PI)
;
Tchelepi, H. (PI)
ENERGY 224: Advanced Reservoir Simulation
Topics include modeling of complex wells, coupling of surface facilities, compositional modeling, dual porosity models, treatment of full tensor permeability and grid nonorthogonality, local grid refinement, higher order methods, streamline simulation, upscaling, algebraic multigrid solvers, unstructured grid solvers, history matching, other selected topics. Prerequisite: 223 or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
for credit
ENERGY 225: Theory of Gas Injection Processes
Lectures, problems. Theory of multicomponent, multiphase flow in porous media. Miscible displacement: diffusion and dispersion, convection-dispersion equations and its solutions. Method of characteristic calculations of chromatographic transport of multicomponent mixtures. Development of miscibility and interaction of phase behavior with heterogeneity. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite:
CME 200.
Last offered: Winter 2009
| Repeatable
for credit
ENERGY 226: Thermal Recovery Methods
Theory and practice of thermal recovery methods: steam drive, cyclic steam injections, and in situ combustion. Models of combined mass and energy transport. Estimates of heated reservoir volume and oil recovery performance. Wellbore heat losses, recovery production, and field examples.
Last offered: Spring 2009
ENERGY 227: Enhanced Oil Recovery
The physics, theories, and methods of evaluating chemical, miscible, and thermal enhanced oil recovery projects. Existing methods and screening techniques, and analytical and simulation based means of evaluating project effectiveness. Dispersion-convection-adsorption equations, coupled heat, and mass balances and phase behavior provide requisite building blocks for evaluation.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Alshehri, A. (PI)
;
Kovscek, A. (PI)
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