Abstract

The systems of algebraic equations arising from implicit (backward-Euler) finite-volume discretization of the conservation laws governing multiphase flow in porous media are quite challenging for nonlinear solvers. In the presence of countercurrent flow due to buoyancy, the numerical flux obtained with single-point Phase-Potential Upwinding (PPU) is not differentiable, which causes convergence difficulties for nonlinear solvers. Recently, [Lee, Efendiev, and Tchelepi, Adv. Water Resour., 82 (2015), pp. 27--38] proposed a hybrid upwinding strategy for two-phase flow that gives rise to a differentiable numerical flux across the entire viscous-gravity parameter space. Here, we first present an Implicit Hybrid Upwinding (IHU) scheme for hyperbolic conservation laws, extending the work of Lee, Efendiev, and Tchelepi to an arbitrary number of fluid phases. We show that the numerical flux obtained with the IHU is consistent, and a monotone function of its own saturation. It is also a differentiable function of t...

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