Examined by: Sir Waseem Ahmed

Subject: PetroPhysics
Dated: 9/8/2021

Darcy’s Law
Junaid Arif Farooqui
19F-PG-58
2nd year
Mid 4th semester
 Contributors
in Fluid Sciences

Marie Poiseuille Daniel Bernoulli Henry Darcy

The velocity of the steady flow
of a fluid through a narrow tube
 Total energy per unit mass of The first one who described
flowing fluid, is the sum of the
macroscopically saturated flow
kinetic, potential, and fluid- through porous media
pressure 
 Darcy‘s Famous
Work
He was commissioned by the city of Dijon to find
a solution for cleaning the city’s water supply that
was contaminated by the waste of mustard
industry

Permeability | Unit (md/Md)

Darcy and mili-Darcy

MAJOR GOVERNING UNIT IN THE

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
 In Coarse grain soil > Permeability high (voids are interconnected)
In Fine grain Soil > Permeability low (voids are not interconnected)

According to Bernoulli’s equation

0
Void b/w TH = PH + VH + EH (in case of Void flow)
TH = PH + VH + EH (in case of Pipe flow)
Grains
 Head Loss

For reference level A and B:

THA = PHA + EHA ----- (i)

THB = PHB + EHSo

B ----- (ii)
head loss causes the flow of water in this figure

i-e ∆ H = T A T B --------- (Head Loss)

 Hydraulic Gradient
Denoted by “I”

 i = ∆ H / L

∆H=0, i=0, v =0

Furthermore,

 ∆ H increases > i increases > v increases

∆ H increases ++ > i increases ++ > v increases ++

∆ H increases +++ > i increases +++> v increases +++

“+” are increments
 Darcy’s Law

According to Darcy in the first zone

vαi
laminar flow for (say) water
V =ki
 Coarse slits and fine Sands

Here K is “co efficient of permeability” (m/s)  Gravel and Clay

In Coarse grain soil > K high (voids are interconnected)

In Fine grain Soil > K low (voids are not interconnected)
 Darcy’s Law

Here v (velocity) is discharge velocity

(m/s) = Q/A
V =ki

Where Area “A” is the cross section

 Darcy’s Law
V =ki
A1 × v1 = A2 × v2
A × v = Ap × vs [Av is area of void & Vs is seepage velocity]

vs =
A. L=A
vs = × . L = Vp

Since Porosity = porous volume to total

vs = × v volume
Therefore; [ = 1/Φ ]
 Darcy’s Law
V =ki

Hence

JazakAllah vs =
vs > v
so now we can also write the Darcy’s equation in terms of seepage velocity
vs = K° × i
K° = co efficient of percolation