The thermo-viscous fingering instability associated with miscible displacement through a
porous medium is studied numerically, motivated by applications in upstream oil industries …

Thanks to a number of advantageous characteristics, nanofluids are widely used in a variety
of fluid flow systems. In porous media flows, the presence of nanoparticles can have …

A substantial viscosity increase by the addition of a low dose of nanoparticles to the base
fluids can well influence the dynamics of viscous fingering. There is a lack of detailed …

The linear stability of triply diffusive convection in a binary Maxwell fluid saturated porous
layer is investigated. Applying the normal mode method theory, the criterion for the onset of …

Understanding the dynamics of miscible viscous fingering is of paramount importance in a
wide range of applications, from groundwater hydrology to enhanced oil recovery. In this …

In double diffusive-advective flows through porous media, the combined effects of fluid and
solid properties, pore space geometry, and flow conditions on the transport rates and …

The onset of double diffusive convection is investigated in a Maxwell fluid saturated porous
layer with internal heat source. The modified Darcy law for the Maxwell fluid is used to model …

The process of melting in partially saturated porous media is modeled for flow
displacements prone to hydrodynamic instabilities due to adverse mobility ratios. The effects …

We study non-isothermal buoyancy-driven exchange flow of two miscible Newtonian fluids
in an inclined pipe experimentally. The heavy cold fluid is released into the light hot one in …

Water or steam injection in oil fields is a common method for enhanced oil recovery in
petroleum engineering. The thermoviscous fingering instability is one of the main problems …