Profile

Andrey Afanasyev

Research

I am leading at the Moscow State University academic research activities of non-isothermal multiphase flows in porous media. These activities include application of both analytical and computational methods. My scientific interests cover a range of issues from fundamental investigations of transport equations for flows in a porous medium to approaches for accelerated thermal and compositional reservoir simulations. I am also interested in development of new techniques for modelling of subsurface carbon dioxide and natural gas storage, geothermal energy production and petroleum reservoirs exploration.

The MUFITS simulator is an aggregated result of the codes which I developed to simulate various aspects of the flows in porous media. Permanent necessity in time-consuming design of a new code for every new problem I considered resulted in an activity related to development of the general purpose simulator. I am making this simulator available to a wider scientific community at this website.

Education

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Contacts

E-mail: afanasyev@imec.msu.ru

Postal address: 1 Mitchurinskiy prospekt, Moscow 119192, Russia

Web Pages: ResearcherID; Scopus; Google Scholar; ORCID; ResearchGate; eLIBRARY; Istina_MSU; LinkedIn

Publications

  1. Afanasyev, A., Andreeva, A., Chernova, A. Influence of oil field production life on optimal CO2 flooding strategies: Insight from the microscopic displacement efficiency // 2021. J. Petrol. Sci. Eng. 205. 108803. DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108803.
  2. Afanasyev, A., Vedeneeva, E. Compositional modeling of multicomponent gas injection into saline aquifers with the MUFITS simulator // 2021. J. Nat. Gas Sci. Eng. 94. 103988. DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2021.103988.
  3. Blundy, J., Afanasyev, A., Tattitch, B., Sparks, S., Melnik, O., Utkin, I., Rust, A. The economic potential of metalliferous sub-volcanic brines // 2021. Royal Society Open Science 8(6) 202192. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.202192.
  4. Andreeva, A.I., Afanasyev, A.A. Method for Well Placement Optimization in Oil Field Development // 2021. Moscow University Mechanics Bulletin, 76, 55–60. DOI: 10.3103/S0027133021020023.
  5. Afanasyev, A. Onset of Darcy–Benard convection in a horizontal layer of dual-permeability medium with isothermal boundaries// 2020. J. Fluid Mech. 899, A18. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.462.
  6. Afanasyev, A. Numerical Modelling of Brittle-Ductile Transition with the MUFITS Simulator // 2020. Comput. Geosci. 24, 1651–1662. DOI: 10.1007/s10596-020-09973-2.
  7. Afanasyev, A. Fluid Displacement in a Dual-Permeability Medium with Local Capillary Equilibrium // 2020. Transp Porous Med. 135, 513-533. DOI: 10.1007/s11242-020-01486-x.
  8. Afanasyev A., Utkin I. Modelling ground displacement and gravity changes with the MUFITS simulator // 2020. Advances in Geosciences 54, 89-98. DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-54-89-2020.
  9. Afanasyev, A.A. Compositional Modelling of Petroleum Reservoirs and Subsurface CO2 Storage with the MUFITS Simulator // 2020. Proceedings of ECMOR XVII – 17th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery 14-17 September 2020, Online Event, 13 pp. DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.202035190.
    10. Presentation DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36727.85927.
  10. Afanasyev, A.A., Vedeneeva E.A. Investigation of the Efficiency of Gas and Water Injection in an Oil Reservoir // 2020. Fluid Dynamics 55(5), 621-630. DOI: 10.1134/S0015462820050018.
  11. Afanasyev, A. The Structure of a Temperature Front in a Fractured Porous Medium // 2020. Fluid Dynamics 55(7), 915-924. DOI: 10.1134/S0015462820070022.
  12. Afanasyev, A. On the Numerical Modeling of Water Flows in Porous Media under Near-Critical Conditions // 2020. Fluid Dynamics 55(8), 1003-1011. DOI: 10.1134/S0015462820080029.
  13. Afanasyev, A. Effective Asymptotic Model of Two-Phase Flow through Fractured-Porous Media // 2019. Fluid Dynamics 54(5), 671-680. DOI: 10.1134/S001546281905001X .
  14. Afanasyev, A.A., Chernova, A.A. On Solution of the Riemann problem Describing Injection of a Heated Salt Solution into an Aquifer// 2019. Fluid Dynamics. 54(4), P.510–519. DOI: 10.1134/S0015462819040013.
  15. Afanasyev, A.A. Modeling of Multiphase Thermodynamic Equilibria of NaCl–H2O Binary Mixture in a Wide Range of Pressures and Temperatures// 2018. High Temperature. V.56. N.6. P.859–866. DOI: 10.1134/S0018151X18060019.
  16. Afanasyev, A.A. Numerical modelling of solute flow dispersion in porous media using simulator MUFITS // 2018. IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series V.1129 012002 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1129/1/012002.
  17. Afanasyev, A., Blundy, J., Melnik, O., Sparks, S. Formation of magmatic brine lenses via focused fluid-flow beneath volcanoes // 2018. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 486: 119–128. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.01.013.
  18. Afanasyev, A. Reservoir simulation with MUFITS code: Extension for double porosity reservoirs and flows in horizontal wells // 2017. Energy Procedia. 125: 596–603. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.08.208.
  19. Afanasyev, A.A., Sultanova, T.V. Investigation of Time-Dependent Two-Dimensional Displacement in a Porous Medium in the Self-Similar Formulation of the Problem // 2017. Fluid Dynamics. 52(4): 516–525. DOI: 10.1134/S0015462817040068.
  20. Afanasyev, A.A., Belyaeva, E.A. The stability of serpentization due to the water flow in a kimberlite pipe // 2017. J. Appl. Math. Mech. 81(3), 206–213. DOI: 10.1016/j.jappmathmech.2017.08.012.
  21. Afanasyev, A.A., Melnik, O.E. Numerical simulation of formation of a concentrated brine lens subject to a magma chamber degassing // Fluid Dynamics. 2017. 52(3): 416–423. DOI: 10.1134/S0015462817030103.
  22. Afanasyev, A., Belyaeva, E. Linear stability analysis for hydrothermal alteration of kimberlitic rocks // 2016. Geophys. J. Int. 205: 1874–1885. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggw133.
  23. Afanasyev, A.A., Sultanova, T.V. Investigation of hydrodynamic instability of CO2 injection into an aquifer // 2016. Fluid Dynamics. 51(4): 513-523. DOI: 10.1134/S0015462816040116.
  24. Afanasyev, A., Kempka, T., Kühn, M., Melnik, O. Validation of the MUFITS reservoir simulator against standard CO2 storage benchmarks and history-matched models of the Ketzin pilot site // 2016. Energy Procedia. 97: 395–402. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.10.032.
  25. De Lucia, M., Kempka, T., Afanasyev, A., Melnik, O., Kühn, M. Coupling of geochemical and multiphase flow processes for validation of the MUFITS reservoir simulator against TOUGH // 2016. Energy Procedia. 97: 502–508. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.10.060.
  26. Melnik, O.E., Afanasyev, A.A., Zarin, G.A. Magma degassing during eruption through water-saturated porous rocks// 2016. Doklady Physics. 61(5): 235-238. DOI: 10.1134/S1028335816050074.
  27. Afanasyev, A. On the Riemann problem for supercritical CO2 injection into an aquifer// 2015. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 42: 629-643. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.09.018.
  28. Afanasyev, A. Hydrodynamic modelling of petroleum reservoirs using simulator MUFITS// 2015. Energy Procedia. 76: 427-435. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.861.
  29. Afanasyev, A., Costa, A., Chiodini, G. Investigation of hydrothermal activity at Campi Flegrei caldera using 3D numerical simulations: extension to high temperature processes// 2015. J. Volcanology Geothermal Res. 299: 68-77. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.04.004.
  30. Afanasyev, A.A. A method of multi-phase compositional modeling under sub- and supercritical thermodynamic conditions// 2014. Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Catania, Sicily, Italy. DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20141873.
  31. Afanasyev, A., Melnik, O., Poritt, L., Schumacher, J., Sparks, R.S.J. Hydrothermal alteration of kimberlite by convective flows of external water// 2014. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 168:1038. DOI: 10.1007/s00410-014-1038-y.
  32. Afanasyev, A.A. Investigation of the Evolutionarity of Discontinuities in Binary Mixture Flows through a Porous medium// 2014. Fluid Dynamics. 49(1), P.77-87. DOI: 10.1134/S0015462814010104.
  33. Afanasyev, A.A. Application of the Reservoir Simulator MUFITS for 3D Modelling of CO2 Storage in Geological Formations// 2013. Energy Procedia. 40, P.365-374. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.08.042.
  34. Afanasyev, A.A. Multiphase Compositional Modelling of CO2 Injection Under Subcritical Conditions: The Impact of Dissolution and Phase Transitions Between Liquid and Gaseous CO2 on Reservoir Temperature// 2013. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 19, P.731-742. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.01.042.
  35. Afanasyev, A.A. Simulation of the Properties of a Binary Carbon Dioxide-Water Mixture Under Sub- and Supercritical Conditions. 2012. High Temperature. 50(3), P.340-347. DOI: 10.1134/s0018151x12030017.
  36. Afanas’ev, A.A. A Representation of the Equations of Multicomponent Multiphase Seepage. 2012. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. 76(2), P.192–198. DOI: 10.1016/j.jappmathmech.2012.05.010.
  37. Afanasyev, A.A. Mathematical Model of Nonisothermal Multiphase Binary Mixture Flow Through a Porous Medium// 2011. Fluid Dynamics. 46(1), P.80-89. DOI: 10.1134/s0015462811010091.
  38. Afanas'ev, A.A. Binary-mixture flows in a porous medium at high pressure and temperature. 2011. Doklady Physics. 56(4). P.224-226. DOI: 10.1134/S102833581104001X.
  39. Afanasyev, A.A. On The Formulation of Problems of Nonisothermal Water and Vapor Flow Through a High-Permeability Formation. 2010. Fluid Dynamics 45(2) P.230-240. DOI: 10.1134/s0015462810020080.
  40. Afanasyev, A.A. Steady-State Water and Vapor Flows in a Porous Medium. 2009. Fluid Dynamics. 44(4). P.545-554. DOI: 10.1134/s0015462809040085.
  41. Afanas'ev, A.A. Interaction of Evaporation Fronts With a Formation Interface in a Porous Medium. 2008. Fluid Dynamics. 43(3). P.418-427. DOI: 10.1134/s0015462808030095.
  42. Afanas'ev, A.A. Barmin, A.A. Melnik, O.E. Hydrodynamic Stability of Evaporation Fronts in Porous Media. 2007. Fluid Dynamics. 42(5). P.773-783. DOI: 10.1134/s0015462807050109.
  43. Afanas'ev, A.A. Barmin, A.A. Unsteady One-Dimensional Water and Steam Flows through a Porous Medium with Allowance for Phase Transitions. 2007. Fluid Dynamics. 42(4). P.627-636. DOI: 10.1134/s0015462807040126.
  44. Afanas'ev, A.A. Barmin, A.A. Phase Discontinuities in Water Flows through a Porous Medium. 2006. Fluid Dynamics. 41(4). P.574-584. DOI: 10.1007/s10697-006-0075-2.