H109
Pore–scale Processes in Porous and Fractured Media: Recent Advances in Experimental and Computational Methods
Session ID#: 85516
Session Description:
Mathematical modeling and experimental characterization of fluid flow, species transport, and solid deformation in porous media has far reaching implications for engineering subsurface systems including geologic CO2 sequestration, hydrocarbon recovery, hydrology, geothermal exploration, and nuclear waste disposal. Research over the past two decades has highlighted the importance of physicochemical interactions occurring at the pore scale in controlling the macroscopic response of geologic systems. As a result, there has been growing interest in developing novel experimental and computational methods that can expand our understanding and predictive capabilities of pore-scale physics. This session broadly invites submissions that present novel theoretical, experimental, and computational methods that focus on pore-scale processes in porous and fractured media. Topics include, but are not limited to, single/multiphase flow, reactive transport, interfacial/wetting dynamics, deformable porous media, multi-porous and low permeability materials (e.g. shales), fracture visualization, microfluidics, approximation and order-reduction algorithms, and coupling across process/scales.
Index Terms:
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
1859 Rocks: physical properties [HYDROLOGY]
5104 Fracture and flow [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
5139 Transport properties [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
Primary Convener: Francisco Jose Carrillo, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Conveners: Qinhong Hu, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, Yashar Mehmani, Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States and John R Nimmo, USGS, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Primary Liaison: Francisco Jose Carrillo, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Extending Lenormand’s diagram to arbitrary wettability: a “moving capacitor” dynamic pore-network model and microfluidic experiments (490195)
Bauyrzhan Primkulov1, Amir A Pahlavan2, Xiaojing Fu3, Benzhong Zhao1, Christopher W MacMinn4 and Ruben Juanes1, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Somerville, MA, United States, (4)University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
DEM Modeling of Coupled Multiphase Flow and Granular Mechanics: Wettability Control on Fracture Patterns (490238)
Yue Meng1, Bauyrzhan Primkulov1, Zhibing Yang2, Fiona Kwok3 and Ruben Juanes1, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, (3)University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Zeta potential of calcite-brine interface - new insights into the effect of brine composition and concentration (490538)
Jan Vinogradov1, Miftah Hidayat1, Stefan Iglauer2, Mohhamad Sarmadivaleh3 and David Vega-Maza1, (1)University of Aberdeen, School of Engineering, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, (2)Edith Cowan University, Petroleum Engineering, Perth, Australia, (3)Curtin University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Perth, Australia
The Effect of Grain Size Distribution on Compaction Band Formation in Reservoir Sandstones (492064)
Elliot Rice-Birchall, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69, United Kingdom, Daniel R Faulkner, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom and Julian Mecklenburgh, University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Science, Manchester, United Kingdom
Tomographic Imaging of Flow in Porous Media Using Static Priors (494739)
Peter Winkel Rasmussen1, Anders Nymark Christensen2, Anders Bjorholm Dahl2 and Henning Osholm Sørensen3, (1)Technical University of Denmark, DTU Compute, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, (2)Technical University of Denmark, DTU Compute, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, (3)Technical University of Denmark, DTU Physics, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Experimental Study of Corner Flow Using 2.5-D Microfluidic Porous Media (501056)
Guan-ju Wei1, Ran Hu1, Zhen Liao2 and Yifeng Chen1, (1)State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Investigations at the pore scale of CO2 storage and bioconversion in deep saline aquifers using high pressure micromodels (501718)
Samuel Marre1, Carole Lecoutre2, Olivier Nguyen2, Yves Garrabos2 and Anais Cario3, (1)CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France, (2)CNRS, ICMCB, Pessac, France, (3)CNRS, ICMCB, Paris Cedex 16, France
Evaluation of pore network model predictions of continuum multiphase flow heterogeneity by comparison with high resolution experimental observations (505939)
Christopher Zahasky1, Samuel J Jackson2, Samuel C Krevor3 and Qingyang Lin3, (1)Imperial College London, Earth Science and Engineering, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (2)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, (3)Imperial College London, Earth Science & Engineering, London, United Kingdom
Roughness-induced Residual Fluid Redistribution in Fractured Media (506629)
Yu Qiu1, Ke Xu1, Amir A Pahlavan2 and Ruben Juanes1, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
What can Noble Gases tell us about Fluid Flow in Nanoporous Shale? (510638)
William Karl Eymold1, Brent Alexander Lary1, Jake Harrington2, Colin James Whyte1, Joachim Moortgat1 and Thomas Darrah1, (1)Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States, (2)Matador Resources, Dallas, TX, United States
Pore Scale Modelling of Carbon Capture and Sequestration (516278)
Ryan Payton, Royal Holloway University of London, Earth Sciences, Egham, United Kingdom, Yizhuo SUN, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20, United Kingdom, Andrew Kingdon, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, United Kingdom and Saswata Hier-Majumder, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom
Numerical Simulation and Experiment Study of Surface Roughness Effects on Water Flow in Circular Pipes (517781)
Zhongxia Li1, Junwei Wan2, Hongbin Zhan3, Kun Huang2 and Xi Cheng4, (1)China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China, (2)China University of Geosciences Wuhan, School of Environmental Studies, Wuhan, China, (3)Texas A&M University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States, (4)China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Particle Transport in Fractured Networks: 3D Tracking to Resolve Surface-particle and Fluid-particle Interactions (518333)
Duncan Ryan1, Yu Chen2, Hari Selvi Viswanathan2, Qinjun Kang3, Phong Nguyen4, Peter M Goodwin5, James W Carey6 and James H Werner5, (1)Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth & Environmental Science Group, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (5)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Center for Integrated Nanotechnology, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (6)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Self-Adaptive Preferential Flow Control Using Dispersed Polymers in Heterogeneous Porous Media (528983)
Chiyu Xie, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Austin, TX, United States, Wenhai Lei, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Matthew Balhoff, University of Texas, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Austin, TX, United States, Moran Wang, Tsinghua University, Engineering Mechanics, Beijing, China and Shiyi Chen, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Observations of Wetting Alteration in Sandstone and Carbonate Rocks Across Scales (10-9 – 10-5m) Using Atomic Force Microscopy and XCT Imaging (539491)
Gaetano Garfi1, Cedric M John2, Maja Rücker2, Qingyang Lin3, Steffen Berg4 and Samuel C Krevor3, (1)Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (2)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, (3)Imperial College London, Earth Science & Engineering, London, United Kingdom, (4)Shell Global Solutions International, Rijswijk, Netherlands
Validation of Wall Effect Mitigation Techniques for Porous Media Experiments (543720)
Eric J Roth1, Roseanna Neupauer1, David C Mays2, Lauren J Sather1 and John P Crimaldi1, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado Denver, Department of Civil Engineering, Denver, CO, United States
Pore-Scale Modeling of Fluid-fluid Interfacial Area in Variably Saturated Porous Media Containing Micro-scale Surface Roughness (546644)
Hao Jiang, University of Arizona, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Tucson, AZ, United States, Bo Guo, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States and Mark L Brusseau, University of Arizona, Environmental Science Department, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Department, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States
Pore-Scale Simulation of Multiphase Systems to Evaluate Components of a New Generation of Two-Fluid Flow Model (547772)
Christopher P Fowler, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, William G Gray, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Cass T Miller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Environmental Science and Engineering, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Porosity change of basaltic tuff in Janggi Basin under geological CO2 storage condition (572196)
Jinyoung Park1, Byoung-Young Choi2, Minhee Lee3 and Minjune Yang3, (1)Pukyong National University, BK21 Plus Project of the Graduate School of Earth Environmental Hazard System, Busan, South Korea, (2)Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Center for CO2 Geological Storage, Daejeon, South Korea, (3)Pukyong National University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Busan, South Korea
Gravitational Instability and Convection in a Granular Porous Medium: Pore Scale Experimental Study and Implications for Solubility Trapping Of CO2 (576974)
Jayabrata Dhar, University of Rennes, Géosciences Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6118, Rennes Cedex, France, Francois Nadal, University of Loughborough, School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough, United Kingdom, Tanguy Le Borgne, University of Rennes, Geosciences Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6118, Rennes Cedex, France, Patrice Meunier, Aix Marseille University, Geophysics, Marseille Cedex 13, France and Yves Meheust, Universite Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Pore-scale study of spontaneous imbibition in fractured rocks using the lattice Boltzmann method (583351)
Sahar Bakhshian, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Margaret Murakami, university of texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States and Seyyed Abolfazl Hosseini, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Dynamic Two-phase Flow Simulation in Porous Media Coupling Lattice Boltzmann Method and Pore Network Model (584505)
Zhao Jianlin, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Dominique Derome, EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology), Dübendorf, Switzerland and Jan Carmeliet, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Building Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
A Continuum-scale Representation of Residual CO2 Redistribution by Ostwald Ripening in Heterogeneous Porous Media (585907)
Yaxin Li, Stanford, CA, United States, Charlotte Garing, University of Georgia, Athens, United States and Sally M Benson, Stanford University, Geologic Carbon Storage, Stanford, CA, United States
Pore-scale Investigation of Heavy Crude Oil Trapping and Removal During Surfactant-Enhanced Remediation (586349)
Geoffrey R Tick, University of Alabama, Department of Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Jaydeep Ghosh, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Nihat H Akyol, Kocaeli University, Geological Engineering, Kocaeli, Turkey and Yong Zhang, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Modeling Porosity-Permeability Evolution of Carbonates due to Reactive Fluid Flow Using OpenFOAM (596061)
Ellen Patricia Thompson1, Zixian Wang1, Kira Tomenchok1 and Brian R Ellis2, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Comparison of Agent-Enhanced Flushing for the Recovery of Crude Oil from Saturated Porous Media via Pore-Scale and Interfacial Experiments (596346)
Rebecca R Greenberg1, Joe M Booth1, Geoffrey R Tick1, Nihat H Akyol2 and Yong Zhang1, (1)The University of Alabama, Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (2)Kocaeli University, Geological Engineering, Kocaeli, Turkey
Three-dimensional simulation of two-phase multicomponent displacements at the pore scale (602425)
Luis Cueto-Felgueroso, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Xiaojing Fu, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Amir A Pahlavan, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, Benzhong Zhao, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada and Ruben Juanes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Fines and Confinement Influence on CO2 Flow in Sand Using Pore Networks of Micro-CT (603246)
Jamal Adel Hannun, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, Riyadh I Al-Raoush, Qatar University, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Doha, Qatar, Zaher A. Jarrar, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States, Khalid A. Alshibli, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States, Jongwon Jung, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea, Republic of (South) and Riyadh Al-Raoush Team
Modeling Deformable Porous Media with Peridynamics (611315)
Brendan Adams West1, Andrew Davis1 and Devin O'Connor2, (1)Engineer Research and Development Center - US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, United States, (2)Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, United States
Capillary Pressure Derived Relative Permeability Relationships (611331)
Nathan Moodie, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Lindsey Rasmussen, New Mexico Tech, Petroleum Engineering, Socorro, NM, United States, Jason E Heath, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Thomas A Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Nuclear Waste Disposal Research and Analysis, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Brian J O L McPherson, Univ Utah, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Quantification of Meniscus Dynamics and Contact Angle in Displacement of Water by Supercritical CO2 in a Circular Micromodel (625694)
Farzan Kazemifar1, Michaela Gobron2, Yaofa Li3, Gianluca Blois3 and Kenneth T Christensen3, (1)San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, United States, (2)California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States, (3)University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States
Pattern transition of immiscible displacement in disordered porous media (634265)
Dongsheng Wu1,2, Ran Hu3 and Yifeng Chen3, (1)Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, (3)State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
