Experimental Investigation of Relative Permeability Upscaling from the Micro-Scale to the Macro-Scale
Description/Abstract
During this reporting period, shown experimentally that the optical coherence imaging system can acquire information on grain interfaces and void shape for a maximum depth of half a millimeter into sandstone. The measurement of interfacial area per volume (IAV), capillary pressure and saturation in two dimensional micro-models structures has shown the existence of a unique relationship among these hydraulic parameters for different pore geometry. The measurement of interfacial area per volume on a three-dimensional natural sample, i.e., sandstone, has shown the homogeneity of IAV with depth in a sample when the fluids are in equilibrium.
| DOI | 10.2172/807247 |
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| Creator/Author: | Pyrak-Nolte, Laura J. ; Cheng, JiangTao ; Yu, Ping ; Giordano, Nicholas ; Mustata, Mirela ; Chen, Diaquam ; Coy, John ; Cooper, Nathan ; Nolte, David D. |
| Publication Date: | 2003 Jan 29 |
| OSTI Identifier: | OSTI ID: 807247 |
| Report Number(s): | DOE/BC/15207-3 |
| DOE Contract Number: | AC26-99BC15207 |
| DOI: | 10.2172/807247 |
| Other Number(s): | TRN: US200305%%476 |
| Resource Type: | Technical Report |
| Resource Relation: | Other Information: PBD: 29 Jan 2003 |
| Coverage: | Semiannual |
| Research Org: | National Petroleum Technology Office, Tulsa, OK (US) |
| Sponsoring Org: | USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE) (US) |
| Subject: | 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 02 PETROLEUM; SANDSTONES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; SATURATION; VOID FRACTION; INTERFACES; RESERVOIR ROCK; IMAGES |
| Country of Publication: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Size: 44 pages |
| Availability: | OSTI as DE00807247 To purchase this media from NTIS, click here |
| Update Date: | 2008 Feb 05 |
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