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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 Date | 2002 Dec 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 812665 |
| DOE Contract Number | AC26-99BC15207 |
| Other Number(s) | TRN: US200315%%60 |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
| Resource Relation | Other Information: PBD: 1 Dec 2002 |
| Research Org | Purdue Research Foundation (US) |
| Sponsoring Org | (US) |
| Subject | 02 PETROLEUM; DETECTION; FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULICS; PERMEABILITY; SATURATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; POROUS MATERIALS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; SANDSTONES |
| Description/Abstract | The 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 Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: ED; Size: 47 pages |
| Availability | OSTI as DE00812665 To purchase this media from NTIS, click here |
| System Entry Date | 2008 Feb 05 |
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