Ab s tr act . This study is direct continuation of that presented in [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] . Further progress in using splitting of the problem of multicomponent two-phase flow into physicochemical and hydrodynamical parts is reported . First, conditions of phase equilibrium are expressed in terms of new variables, namely tie-live parameter and concentrat ion of a component . An effective procedure for such transformation is described . Next, it is shown, that for 1 D displacement the property of route invariante holds, n ame ly projection of t he so l ution into the ti e-live parameter space remains the same for d ifferent fluid-dynamical parameters, even in the case of composition-dependent density. It is demonstrated also, that the property holds approximately also for more general flows, including 2D flows in homogeneous and non-homogeneous reservoirs . Some examples are presented for oil disp lacement by inject i on of N2 or COZ -containing gas .1 . Alternative description of phase equilibria . It was shown previously, that the problem of oil by gas injection ("miscible gas flooding") in 1D statement can be splitted into two successively solved problems, namely a physicochemical and hydrodynamical ones, so that the physicochemical problem is expreseed entirely in terme of phase equilibria (see [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]) . A key element in such a splitting consists in transformation of the conditions of phase equilibria to new variables, namely concentration of a ("legding" component C, and a vector-parameter -y of tie lines .We consider a system of n components that may form a single-phase or two-phase mixture . Composition of a system is specified by the composition vector C = {Cl, . . . CnC } . We use molar concentrations Ci to characterize amount of given component in the mixture ; overall and partial molar densities are denoted by N and Ni, correspondingly. The concentrations satisfy the obvious relation C1+ . . .+Cn = 1 .(1 )Therefore, composition vector can be represented by a point within (n -1) -dimensional regular polyhedron of unit height (a triangle for n = 3, a tetrahedron for n = 4, etc) .The interior of the polyhedron is divided into single-phase and two-phase domains separated with a (nc -2) dimensional binodal surface, the locus of bubble-points and dew-points at given valnes of pressure and temperature . Thermodynamics implies that there is one-to-one correspondence between the sets of bubble points and due points . This correspondente is specified by the requirement that compositions corresponding to two respective points are in thermodynamic equilibrium . Let Cl and C9 be two such points . Then all compositions along the straightline segment 0 :
B : C=SCI+(1-S)C9 ; 0 1, define tie-line extensions beyond the two-phase dom...
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