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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 iii Paper 84 2 a Solution by
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Let and let both original and injected fluids initially have dynamic viscosity . Assume sharp displacement fronts, constant porosity and negligible exchange between layers. The imposed pressure difference gives Darcy velocities and interstitial velocities . The two arrival times are thereforeIf is the flow cross-section of layer , its volume discharge is . Equal viscosities make the hydraulic resistance independent of front position, so the total fluid discharge stays constant. The injected-fluid component at the outflow well isIt jumps from zero to the high-permeability discharge at the first breakthrough, then to the total discharge at the second. Before a layer breaks through, its outflow is original reservoir fluid. Cross-sections are needed to state an absolute volume discharge or its partition; the arrival times do not require them.
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