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Title EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF RELATIVE PERMEABILITY UPSCALING FROM THE MICRO-SCALE TO THE MACRO-SCALE
Creator/Author Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte ; Ping Yu ; JiangTao Cheng ; Daiquan Chen ; Nicholas Giordano ; Mirela Mustata ; John Coy ; Nathan Cooper ; David D. Nolte
Publication Date2002 Dec 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 812665
DOE Contract NumberAC26-99BC15207
Other Number(s)TRN: US200315%%60
Resource TypeTechnical Report
Resource RelationOther Information: PBD: 1 Dec 2002
Research OrgPurdue Research Foundation (US)
Sponsoring Org(US)
Subject02 PETROLEUM; DETECTION; FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULICS; PERMEABILITY; SATURATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; POROUS MATERIALS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; SANDSTONES
Description/AbstractThe principal challenge of upscaling techniques for multi-phase fluid dynamics in porous media is to determine which properties on the micro-scale can be used to predict macroscopic flow and spatial distribution of phases at core- and field-scales. The most notable outcome of recent theories is the identification of interfacial areas per volume for multiple phases as a fundamental parameter that determines much of the multi-phase properties of the porous medium. A formal program of experimental research was begun to directly test upscaling theories in fluid flow through porous media by comparing measurements of relative permeability and capillary-saturation with measurements of interfacial area per volume. During this reporting period, we have shown experimentally that the coherence detection can be performed in a borescope. 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, is essentially completed for imbibition conditions.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatMedium: ED; Size: 47 pages
Availability OSTI as DE00812665
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System Entry Date2008 Feb 05
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