Optimal Control of Polymer Flooding Based on Maximum Principle

Table 2

Fluid data used in the example.

Parameters	Values
Oil viscosity, 𝜇𝑜 (mPa·s)	50
Compressibility factors of oil, 𝐶𝑜 (1/MPa)	5×10^−6
Oil volume factor under the condition of the reference pressure, 𝐵𝑜𝑟	1
Aqueous phase viscosity with no polymer, 𝜇𝑤 (mPa·s)	0.458
Compressibility factors of water, 𝐶𝑤 (1/MPa)	4.6×10^−6
Water volume factor under the condition of the reference pressure, 𝐵𝑤𝑟	1
Polymer absorption parameter, 𝑎 (g/cm^3)	0.03
Polymer absorption parameter, 𝑏 (g/cm^3)	3.8
Diffusion coefficient, 𝐷 (m^2/s)	1×10^−5
Effective pore volume coefficient, 𝑓𝑎	1
Permeability reduction parameter, 𝑅𝑘max	1.15
Permeability reduction parameter, 𝑏𝑟𝑘	1.2
Viscosity parameter, 𝑎𝑝1	15.426
Viscosity parameter, 𝑎𝑝2	0.4228
Viscosity parameter, 𝑎𝑝3	0.2749