Snap-off during imbibition in porous media: Mechanisms, influencing factors, and impacts

G Li, J Yao - Eng, 2023 - mdpi.com
The phenomenon of snap-off during imbibition in porous media, a fundamental two-phase
fluid flow phenomenon, plays a crucial role in both crude oil production and carbon dioxide …

Upscaling solute transport in rough single-fractured media with matrix diffusion using a time fractional advection-dispersion equation

D Lei, HG Sun, Y Zhang, T Blaszczyk, Z Yu - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Complex structures in fractures and the rock matrix, which are difficult to map exhaustively at
the local scale, can dominate contaminant transport in fractured aquifers. An upscaled …

Relative permeability hysteresis and residual trapping in rough-walled fractures: An experimental investigation of the effects of flow rate and saturation history using …

M Eliebid, A Mohamed, M Arshadi, Y Gong… - Advances in Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, we use the steady-state measurement technique to characterize two-phase
brine-mineral oil relative permeabilities and residual trapping in water-wet rough-walled …

Two-phase flow visualization experiments in variable-aperture fractures: The correlation between flow structure, displacement efficiency and relative permeability

X Zhou, J Sheng, Z Ye, X Yang - … Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2024 - Elsevier
The correlation of flow structure, displacement efficiency and relative permeability for two-
phase flow in variable-aperture fractures is critical for many fractured rock applications. A …

Water-gas flow in rough rock fractures: insights from coupled triaxial compression experiments

Y Wang, Z Zhang, PG Ranjith, Y Luo - Hydrogeology Journal, 2022 - Springer
To investigate two-phase fluid flow processes influenced by phase interference, pressure
drop, fracture roughness and environmental stress, a nitrogen-water two-phase flow …

An improved digital-rock random construction method and flow simulation considering pore and fracture coupling of shale gas reservoirs

Y Zhao, H Zhou, L Zhang, H Hu, J Zheng… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Random construction of digital rocks based on scanning electron microscope (SEM) images
is an effective method to investigate shale gas flow. Limited researches have been …

Rapid evaluation of capillary pressure and relative permeability for oil–water flow in tight sandstone based on a physics-informed neural network

L Ji, F Xu, M Lin, W Jiang, G Cao, S Wu… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2023 - Springer
Efficient and accurate evaluation of capillary pressure and relative permeability of oil–water
flow in tight sandstone with limited routinely obtainable parameters is a crucial problem in …

A hybrid pore-network-continuum modeling framework for flow and transport in 3D digital images of porous media

L Zhang, B Guo, C Qin, Y Xiong - Advances in Water Resources, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding flow and transport in multiscale porous media is challenging due to the
presence of a wide range of pore sizes. Recent imaging advances offer high-resolution …

Pore Structure and Brine Flow Simulation of Salt Cavern Sediments Based on X-ray Computed Tomography

P Li, Y Li, X Shi, H Ma, K Zhao, X Liang, X Wei… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2024 - Springer
Enhancing natural gas storage capacity by utilizing the pore space of sediments in cavern
bottoms holds significant potential, particularly in high impurity salt formations. This study …

Relative permeability of two-phase fluid flow through rough fractures: the roles of fracture roughness and confining pressure

Y Wang, Z Zhang, X Liu, K Xue - Advances in Water Resources, 2023 - Elsevier
The relative permeability of two-phase fluid flow through rough fractures was investigated by
conducting the triaxial two-phase fluid flow experiment on sandstone fractures. The relative …