A comprehensive review of pore scale modeling methodologies for multiphase flow in porous media

A Golparvar, Y Zhou, K Wu, J Ma… - Advances in Geo …, 2018 - researchportal.hw.ac.uk
Multiphase flow in porous media is relevant to amount of engineering processes, such as
hydrocarbon extraction from reservoir rock, water contamination, CO2 geological storage …

Review of low salinity waterflooding mechanisms: Wettability alteration and its impact on oil recovery

F Liu, M Wang - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Low salinity waterflooding (LSW) has attracted attention of numerous researchers as a
promising technique for enhanced oil recovery, yet its application is still limited because of …

Microscopic remaining oil initiation mechanism and formation damage of CO2 injection after waterflooding in deep reservoirs

X Zhang, Y Su, L Li, Y Hao, W Wang, J Liu, X Gao… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Injecting CO 2 into deep reservoirs with high temperature and pressure (HTHP) is a
promising method for enhancing oil recovery (EOR) and CO 2 utilization and storage (CUS) …

The effect of permeability on Darcy-to-Forchheimer flow transition

L Wang, MB Cardenas, T Wang, JQ Zhou, L Zheng… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Flow through porous media takes place in diverse geological settings. The fluid motion
through pores follows Darcy's Law (linear rate law) in many cases, but at high flows the …

Wettability effects on mobilization of ganglia during displacement

F Liu, M Wang - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Mobilization of trapped ganglia is of fundamental importance in two-phase displacement.
Wettability alteration could be an effective approach to mobilizing ganglia, yet its feasibility …

Pore-scale permeability calculation using CFD and DSMC techniques

P Mohammadmoradi, A Kantzas - SPE Rocky Mountain Petroleum …, 2016 - onepetro.org
Numerical experiments are performed to evaluate the capability and examine the
computational costs and tradeoffs of numerical and analytical approaches for apparent gas …

Upscaling non-Newtonian rheological fluid properties from pore-scale to Darcy's scale

T Shende, V Niasar, M Babaei - Chemical Engineering Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Continuity and momentum equations govern the pore-scale flow properties of the fluid in the
porous media, whereas Darcy's law governs Darcy scale properties of the fluid transport in …

Numerical modelling of the effect of wettability, interfacial tension and temperature on oil recovery at pore-scale level

D Iyi, Y Balogun, B Oyeneyin, N Faisal - Journal of petroleum science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A numerical investigation into the effect of wettability and temperature on oil recovery with a
hot water injection at different temperatures is reported in this paper. The computational …

Pore-scale analysis and modeling of heterogeneous wettability in immiscible two-phase flow inside natural porous media

J Peng, B Xia, Y Lu, R Song, L Wang - Geoenergy Science and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The modeling of in-situ wettability is vital to accurately understand and predict two-phase
flow in natural porous media. In this paper, the analysis of in-situ wettability in the pore-scale …

Characterization of mixing and reaction between chemical species during cycles of drainage and imbibition in porous media

P Li, B Berkowitz - Advances in Water Resources, 2019 - Elsevier
Mixing and reaction between chemical species during cycles of drainage and imbibition in
porous media are investigated using a coupled lattice Boltzmann model (LBM). This coupled …