H006
Advances in Cross-Scale Imaging and Image-Based Modeling of Subsurface Processes
Session ID#: 85506
Session Description:
Natural and engineered subsurface processes are of great interest to hydrology and ecology, hydrocarbon recovery reservoirs, geothermal energy production, geological CO2 sequestration, gas hydrate, nuclear waste disposal, groundwater remediation, etc. The heterogeneity across multiple spatial scales in geological materials poses significant challenges in understanding these processes. New static and dynamic imaging techniques (from pore to reservoir scale) are critical to probe the physical, chemical, hydrological and biological properties of earth materials and their coupled, time-dependent changes. New modeling and simulation methods utilizing the acquired images as inputs provide an effective way to understand and upscale the complex processes. This session focuses on recent advances in imaging techniques and image-based modeling of the physical, chemical, and/or biological processes from pore to reservoir scale, and the opportunities and limitations of applying these methods in the fields of hydrology, petroleum geology and engineering, geomechanics and seismology, geochemistry and diagenesis, microbiology, and soil science.
Index Terms:
1832 Groundwater transport [HYDROLOGY]
1859 Rocks: physical properties [HYDROLOGY]
1878 Water/energy interactions [HYDROLOGY]
1895 Instruments and techniques: monitoring [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Chun Chang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners: Lin Ma, University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Science, Manchester, United Kingdom, Xiongyu Chen, University of Texas at Austin, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Austin, TX, United States and Bo Guo, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States
Primary Liaison: Chun Chang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
A novel hybrid nano-continuum modeling framework for the transport processes in kerogen (510621)
Li Zhang, University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, Bo Guo, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States and Yongqiang Xiong, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou, China
Investigating the role of sub-core scale permeability heterogeneity on solute transport in rocks by multidimensional imaging and modelling (515142)
Takeshi Kurotori1, Adam Ward2 and Ronny Pini2, (1)Imperial College London, Chemical Engineering, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (2)Imperial College London, Chemical Engineering, London, United Kingdom
Multiscale formulation of pore-scale geomechanics (527599)
Yashar Mehmani1, Nicola Castelletto2 and Hamdi Tchelepi1, (1)Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Multi-scale 3D/4D imaging of the microstructure in shales and its evolution under subsurface conditions (533018)
Julian Mecklenburgh1, Lin Ma1, Patrick J. Dowey1, Michael Chandler1, Kevin G. Taylor2 and Peter D. Lee3, (1)University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Science, Manchester, United Kingdom, (2)University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Manchester, United Kingdom, (3)University College London, London, United Kingdom
Image-based Analysis of Gas Densification and Enhanced Storage in Nanoporous Rocks (537698)
Zuleima Karpyn1, Nirjhor Chakraborty2, Shimin Liu2, Hongkyu Yoon3 and Thomas A Dewers4, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, (2)The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States, (3)Sandia National Laboratories, Department of Geomechanics, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (4)Sandia National Laboratories, Nuclear Waste Disposal Research and Analysis, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Multiscale Characterization of Pore Structure and Mechanical Property of Organic-Rich Shale (542538)
Junliang Zhao, Peking University, Beijing, Beijing, China, Tianhao Wu, Reservoir Engineering Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, United States and Dongxiao Zhang, Peking University, Department of Energy and Resources Engineering, Beijing, China
Fast and Scalable Digital Rock Reconstruction using Spatially Assembled Generative Adversarial Neural Networks (620269)
Sung Eun Kim, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Honolulu, HI, United States, Hongkyu Yoon, Sandia National Laboratories, Department of Geomechanics, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Jonghyun Harry Lee, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Honolulu, HI, United States
Simultaneous Neutron and X-Ray Tomography for Core-Scale Determination of Transport and Reaction Pathways (626498)
Jacob LaManna1, Victoria DiStefano2, Daniel Seth Hussey1, Elias Baltic1 and David L Jacobson1, (1)National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Gaithersburg, MD, United States, (2)National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Gaithersburg, United States
Measurements of buoyancy driven flows using x-ray imaging (Invited) (497662)
David A DiCarlo, The University of Texas at Austin, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Austin, TX, United States and Siddarth Senthilnathan, University of Texas at Austin, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum Engineering, Austin, TX, United States
