CT imaging of two phase flow in fractured porous media

Conference · Mon Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:472094

Hughes, R G; Brigham, W E; Castanier, L M ^[1]

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1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

This paper describes the design, construction, and preliminary results of an experiment that studies imbibition displacement in two fracture blocks. Three core configurations were constructed. The configurations are a compact core, a two-block system with a 1 mm spacer between the blocks, and a two-block system with no spacer. The blocks are sealed in epoxy so that saturation measurements can be made throughout the displacement experiments using a Computed Tomography (CT) scanner. Preliminary results are presented from a water/air experiment. These results suggest that it is incorrect to assume negligible capillary continuity between matrix blocks as is often done.

• DOE Contract Number: FG22-93BC14899
• OSTI ID: 472094
• Report Number(s): CONF-960124--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
FLUID FLOW
FRACTURED RESERVOIRS
GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS
POROUS MATERIALS