We consider numerical solution of elliptic problems with heterogeneous diffusion coefficients containing thin highly conductive structures. Such arise e.g. in fractured porous media, reinforced materials, and electric circuits. The main computational challenge is the high resolution needed to resolve data variation. propose a multiscale method that models structures as interfaces incorporate he...

The understanding and modeling of flow through porous media is an important issue in several branches of engineering. In petroleum engineering, for instance, one wishes to model the “enhanced oil recovery” process, whereby water or steam is injected into an oil saturated porous media in an attempt to displace the oil so that it can be collected. In groundwater contaminant studies the transport ...

We consider optimization of computational grids for petroleum reservoir flow simulations. In this context grid quality is determined by two independent error sources. On the one hand there is a loss of precision caused by upscaling of geological data from the fine geological grid to the coarser computational grid, and on the other hand there are numerical errors induced by a non-regular computa...

It is well known that the efficiency of thermodynamic solar plants increases with the working temperature. At present the main limit in temperature upscaling is the absorber capability to withstand high temperatures. The ideal solar absorber works at high temperatures, has a low thermal emissivity and a high absorptivity in the solar spectral range . The paper reports on the high temperature em...