Predicting Viscous Fingering in Porous Media Using COMSOL Multiphysics® - Archived
The Saffman–Taylor instability, also known as viscous fingering, occurs in porous media when a low-viscosity fluid displaces a higher-viscosity fluid, significantly influencing enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and the durability of CO₂ geological storage.
In this live webinar, Dr. Sourav Mondal of the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, will discuss the challenges of accurately predicting these unstable interfacial displacements, which are often characterized by numerical stiffness and nonlocal behavior.
Dr. Mondal will demonstrate how COMSOL Multiphysics® is utilized to model porous media systems and provide reliable predictions for viscous fingering growth. You will see how these simulation results are validated against laboratory experiments, providing a framework for optimizing technological processes in oil recovery and improving the estimation of CO₂ storage potential.
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Archived Webinar Details
This is a recording of a webinar that originally aired on March 5, 2026
Speaker
Dr. Sourav Mondal is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (ITT Kharagpur). He received his PhD in chemical engineering from IIT Kharagpur and subsequently served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK. His research interests encompass mass transfer, fluid flow, transport phenomena in fluid dynamical systems, and membrane separation.
Dr. Mondal has authored more than 70 research articles for international journals and 4 research monographs. He is the recipient of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Young Engineer Award in 2021 and has been an INAE Young Associate since 2021.
