An experimental study of pore-scale flow dynamics and heavy oil recovery using low saline water and chemical flooding

VK Sharma, A Singh, P Tiwari - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
We report a quantitative analysis of pore-scale flow dynamics and displacement behavior of
heavy oil recovery at the micro and macro-scale to optimize different chemical flooding …

Foam flow through porous media

P Johnson, V Starov, A Trybala - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are two parts to the interaction of foam with porous media. How the foam interacts with
the surface and the flow within the substrate, which is the focus of this review. Flow-through …

Experimental and numerical investigation of spontaneous imbibition in multilayered porous systems

J Alaamri, V Chandra, M Addassi, H Hoteit - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Spontaneous imbibition is a fundamental fluid flow mechanism that plays a significant role in
various applications of multiphase fluid flow in porous media, including oil extraction from …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning assists in increasing the time resolution of X-ray computed tomography applied to mineral precipitation in porous media

D Lee, F Weinhardt, J Hommel, J Piotrowski, H Class… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Many subsurface engineering technologies or natural processes cause porous medium
properties, such as porosity or permeability, to evolve in time. Studying and understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and numerical investigation of polymer pore-clogging in micromodels

A Sugar, M Serag, U Buttner, M Fahs, S Habuchi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Polymers have been used effectively in the Oil & Gas Industry for a variety of field
applications, such as enhanced oil recovery (EOR), well conformance, mobility control, and …

Micro-particle image velocimetry measurements of pore-scale velocity field during nanoparticle-assisted alkaline flooding

VK Sharma, P Tiwari, A Singh - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report experimental investigations on the pore-scale flow dynamics during two-phase
flow in a micromodel using the microscale particle image velocimetry (μ-PIV) technique. The …

Multi‐Scale Analysis of Dispersive Scalar Transport Across Porous Media Under Globally Nonlinear Flow Conditions

H Moghimi, M Mousavi Nezhad… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We focus on nonlinear flow regime scenarios observed at the global scale of a porous
medium and explore the impact of such nonlinearities on key features of dispersive scalar …

Observation via Particle Image Velocity (PIV) Technology of Seepage Features in Replicas of Rock Fractures

D Xu, H Lei, X Huaiguang, C Jian, B Yao… - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2024 - Springer
Insight into the seepage patterns of fluid flow within fractured rocks can lead to a better
understanding of many challenging issues, such as oil or gas exploitation, heat extraction …

Visual Analysis of Displacement Processes in Porous Media using Spatio-Temporal Flow Graphs

A Straub, N Karadimitriou, G Reina… - … on Visualization and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We developed a new approach comprised of different visualizations for the comparative
spatio-temporal analysis of displacement processes in porous media. We aim to analyze …

[HTML][HTML] Complementary Mass Transport Investigations in Open-Cell Foams: Full-Field Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation with Random-Walk Microscopic …

M Sadeghi, A Brix, S Trunk, GR Pesch, H Freund… - Transport in Porous …, 2024 - Springer
Numerical simulation can provide detailed understanding of mass transport within complex
structures. For this purpose, numerical tools are required that can resolve the complex …