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arxiv: 2509.12861 · v3 · submitted 2025-09-16 · ⚛️ physics.flu-dyn

Augmenting a pure and hybrid vertical equilibrium scheme via data-driven surrogate modelling

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Data-driven surrogates augment hybrid vertical equilibrium schemes to cut simulation times with negligible errors

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The paper aims to speed up hybrid vertical equilibrium models for fluid flow in porous media by replacing expensive parts of the calculation with data-driven surrogate models. These surrogates predict the gas plume distance and coarse-level mobilities inside the VE region and also accelerate the interface quantities that couple the VE model to full-dimensional regions. A sympathetic reader would care because the coupling step often makes hybrid methods slower than pure traditional simulations, so removing that overhead could deliver both the accuracy of full models where needed and the speed of VE models elsewhere. The approach keeps mass conservation intact and reports only small overall errors.

Core claim

By training and deploying surrogate models to predict gas plume distance, coarse-level mobilities in the VE zone, and the coupling-scheme quantities at model interfaces, the augmented hybrid scheme achieves substantially lower runtimes than traditional mass-and-momentum simulations while introducing only negligible errors and preserving physical properties such as mass conservation.

What carries the argument

Data-driven surrogate models that replace direct computation of gas plume distance, coarse-level mobilities, and coupling terms inside the hybrid vertical equilibrium framework.

Load-bearing premise

The surrogate models must accurately predict gas plume distance, coarse-level mobilities, and coupling quantities over the relevant parameter space without violating physical constraints such as mass conservation.

What would settle it

A benchmark run in which the surrogate-augmented hybrid model either produces a mass-conservation error larger than the non-surrogate hybrid or fails to run faster than a traditional simulation would falsify the performance claim.

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Vertical equilibrium (VE) models have been introduced as computationally efficient alternatives to traditional mass and momentum balance equations for fluid flow in porous media. Since VE models are only accurate in regions where phase equilibrium holds and traditional simulations are computationally demanding, hybrid methods have been proposed to combine the accuracy of the full-dimensional approach with the efficiency of VE model. However, coupling both models introduces computational overhead that can make hybrid simulations slower than fully traditional ones. To address the computational overhead introduced by coupling interfaces in hybrid models, we utilize data-driven surrogates to accelerate the overall scheme. To this end, we predict the gas plume distance and coarse-level mobilities in the VE model, and also enhance the computation of the coupling scheme via surrogates. We focus on surrogate models with short inference times to minimize computational overhead during frequent function calls. The proposed approach preserves key physical properties, such as mass conservation, despite the deployment of data-driven models, while substantially reducing simulation runtimes. Overall, combining data-driven methods with the hybrid VE scheme yields an enhanced model that outperforms traditional simulations in speed while introducing only negligible errors.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript proposes augmenting pure vertical equilibrium (VE) and hybrid VE/full-dimensional schemes for porous-media flow with data-driven surrogate models. Surrogates are trained to predict gas-plume distance and coarse-level mobilities inside VE regions and to accelerate the computation of coupling quantities at VE–full-dimensional interfaces. The authors claim that the resulting scheme retains mass conservation, produces only negligible errors relative to the unsimplified hybrid model, and delivers substantial runtime reductions compared with traditional full-dimensional simulations.

Significance. If the conservation and accuracy claims are rigorously verified, the work would demonstrate a practical route to mitigating the coupling overhead that currently limits hybrid VE models, thereby extending the applicability of reduced-order methods to larger-scale reservoir simulations. The emphasis on short-inference-time surrogates is well-aligned with the requirements of explicit time-stepping schemes.

major comments (2)
  1. [§4.2 and §5.1] §4.2 and §5.1: The central claim that mass conservation is preserved rests on the assertion that the surrogates for coarse mobilities and interface quantities reproduce the discrete divergence-free property of the underlying finite-volume scheme. No description is given of a projection step, physics-informed loss term, or post-processing correction that would enforce this algebraic identity; standard regression surrogates minimize pointwise error but do not automatically satisfy the local flux-balance condition required at coupling interfaces. Without such a mechanism, accumulated mass drift over hundreds of time steps would invalidate the performance claims.
  2. [Table 2 and Figure 7] Table 2 and Figure 7: The reported error metrics and runtime speed-ups are presented without baseline comparisons to the original hybrid VE scheme (i.e., without surrogates) or to fully traditional simulations on the same grids. The absence of these controls makes it impossible to quantify whether the observed errors remain negligible once the surrogate-induced perturbations propagate through the coupled system.
minor comments (2)
  1. [§3.1] Notation for the surrogate inputs (e.g., the precise definition of the coarse mobility vector and the interface flux vector) is introduced inconsistently between §3.1 and the appendix; a single consolidated table of symbols would improve readability.
  2. [§4.1] The training-data generation procedure (parameter ranges, number of full-order simulations, and sampling strategy) is described only qualitatively; explicit ranges and sample counts should be stated so that reproducibility can be assessed.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We are grateful to the referee for the thorough review and valuable feedback on our manuscript. The comments have helped us identify areas where additional clarifications and comparisons can strengthen the presentation. Below, we address each major comment in detail.

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  1. Referee: [§4.2 and §5.1] §4.2 and §5.1: The central claim that mass conservation is preserved rests on the assertion that the surrogates for coarse mobilities and interface quantities reproduce the discrete divergence-free property of the underlying finite-volume scheme. No description is given of a projection step, physics-informed loss term, or post-processing correction that would enforce this algebraic identity; standard regression surrogates minimize pointwise error but do not automatically satisfy the local flux-balance condition required at coupling interfaces. Without such a mechanism, accumulated mass drift over hundreds of time steps would invalidate the performance claims.

    Authors: We appreciate the referee pointing out the need for explicit justification of mass conservation in the surrogate-augmented scheme. The surrogates are trained directly on data obtained from the original finite-volume discretization, which satisfies the discrete divergence-free condition by construction. The predicted coarse mobilities and interface quantities are therefore approximations to quantities that already fulfill the local flux balance. Our numerical results indicate that the approximation errors are sufficiently small that no significant mass drift occurs over the simulated time horizons. To strengthen the manuscript, we will add a dedicated paragraph in §4.2 explaining this training-based preservation of the algebraic property and include a supplementary figure demonstrating the evolution of global mass error for the surrogate model. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Table 2 and Figure 7] Table 2 and Figure 7: The reported error metrics and runtime speed-ups are presented without baseline comparisons to the original hybrid VE scheme (i.e., without surrogates) or to fully traditional simulations on the same grids. The absence of these controls makes it impossible to quantify whether the observed errors remain negligible once the surrogate-induced perturbations propagate through the coupled system.

    Authors: We agree that including baseline comparisons is important for a complete assessment. The current Table 2 and Figure 7 primarily contrast the surrogate-enhanced hybrid model with traditional full-dimensional simulations to emphasize the achieved speed-up. We will revise these to also report results from the original hybrid VE scheme without surrogates. This will allow readers to evaluate the surrogate-induced errors relative to the unsimplified hybrid model and confirm that they remain negligible while still providing substantial runtime improvements over both the baseline hybrid and the full-dimensional approaches. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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Data-driven surrogates trained independently on simulation outputs accelerate hybrid VE without reducing claims to self-definition or fitted inputs by construction.

full rationale

The paper trains surrogate models on data generated from the underlying VE and hybrid schemes to predict plume distance, coarse mobilities, and interface quantities. These predictions are evaluated empirically against full simulations for speed and error, with mass conservation preserved through the overall scheme structure rather than by redefining the target quantities in terms of the surrogates themselves. No load-bearing step equates a derived result to its own training inputs or relies on a self-citation chain that assumes the target outcome. The approach remains self-contained against external numerical benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Based solely on the abstract, the central claim rests on the premise that trained surrogate models can substitute for traditional calculations while preserving mass conservation. No explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities are described. The approach implicitly assumes that the training data distribution covers the operating regimes of interest and that short-inference surrogates do not accumulate errors that break physical invariants.

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