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Title: Experimental Investigation of Relative Permeability Upscaling from the Micro-Scale to the Macro-Scale

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/807246· OSTI ID:807246

During this reporting period, achieved the milestone of using Optical Coherence Imaging (OCI) to image to the back of the first layer of grains in a sandstone sample. This was the first time that OCI was used to image through sandstone. Information on grain geometry was obtained as deep as 400 microns into the sample. This report also describes the work performed to achieve the milestone on the measurement of interfacial area per volume, capillary pressure and saturation in two dimensional micromodels structures that are statistically similar to real porous media. This report contains the first quantitative experimental measurements of interfacial area per volume in any system.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Tulsa, OK (United States). National Petroleum Technology Office (NPTO)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC26-99BC15207
OSTI ID:
807246
Report Number(s):
DOE/BC/15207-2; TRN: US200507%%98
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Supercedes report DE00807246; PBD: 29 Jan 2003; PBD: 1 Mar 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English