Pore-scale capillary pressure analysis using multi-scale X-ray micromotography
Abstract
Here, a multi-scale synchrotron-based X-ray microtomographic dataset of residually trapped air after gravity-driven brine imbibition was acquired for three samples with differing pore topologies and morphologies; image volumes were reconstructed with voxel sizes from 4.44 µm down to 0.64 µm. Capillary pressure distributions among the population of trapped ganglia were investigated by calculating interfacial curvature in order to assess the potential for remobilization of residually-trapped non-wetting ganglia due to differences in capillary pressure presented by neighbor ganglia. For each sample, sintered glass beads, Boise sandstone and Fontainebleau sandstone, sub-volumes with different voxel sizes were analyzed to quantify air/brine interfaces and interfacial curvatures and investigate the effect of image resolution on both fluid phase identification and curvature estimates. Results show that the method developed for interfacial curvature estimation leads to reliable capillary pressure estimates for gas ganglia. Higher resolution images increase confidence in curvature calculations, especially for the sandstone samples that display smaller gas-brine interfaces which are then represented by a higher number of voxels when imaged with a micron or sub-micron voxels size. The analysis of sub-volumes from the Boise and Fontainebleau dataset highlights the presence of a residually-trapped gas phase consisting of ganglia located in one or few pores and presentingmore »
- Authors:
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- Stanford University, Stanford, CA (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Global Climate and Energy Project
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1471036
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1397858
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advances in Water Resources
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: C; Related Information: © 2017 Elsevier Ltd; Journal ID: ISSN 0309-1708
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; carbon storage; multiphase flow; residual trapping; interfacial curvature; capillary pressure; x-ray microtomography
Citation Formats
Garing, Charlotte, de Chalendar, Jacques A., Voltolini, Marco, Ajo-Franklin, Jonathan B., and Benson, Sally M. Pore-scale capillary pressure analysis using multi-scale X-ray micromotography. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.04.006.
Garing, Charlotte, de Chalendar, Jacques A., Voltolini, Marco, Ajo-Franklin, Jonathan B., & Benson, Sally M. Pore-scale capillary pressure analysis using multi-scale X-ray micromotography. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.04.006
Garing, Charlotte, de Chalendar, Jacques A., Voltolini, Marco, Ajo-Franklin, Jonathan B., and Benson, Sally M. Wed .
"Pore-scale capillary pressure analysis using multi-scale X-ray micromotography". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.04.006. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1471036.
@article{osti_1471036,
title = {Pore-scale capillary pressure analysis using multi-scale X-ray micromotography},
author = {Garing, Charlotte and de Chalendar, Jacques A. and Voltolini, Marco and Ajo-Franklin, Jonathan B. and Benson, Sally M.},
abstractNote = {Here, a multi-scale synchrotron-based X-ray microtomographic dataset of residually trapped air after gravity-driven brine imbibition was acquired for three samples with differing pore topologies and morphologies; image volumes were reconstructed with voxel sizes from 4.44 µm down to 0.64 µm. Capillary pressure distributions among the population of trapped ganglia were investigated by calculating interfacial curvature in order to assess the potential for remobilization of residually-trapped non-wetting ganglia due to differences in capillary pressure presented by neighbor ganglia. For each sample, sintered glass beads, Boise sandstone and Fontainebleau sandstone, sub-volumes with different voxel sizes were analyzed to quantify air/brine interfaces and interfacial curvatures and investigate the effect of image resolution on both fluid phase identification and curvature estimates. Results show that the method developed for interfacial curvature estimation leads to reliable capillary pressure estimates for gas ganglia. Higher resolution images increase confidence in curvature calculations, especially for the sandstone samples that display smaller gas-brine interfaces which are then represented by a higher number of voxels when imaged with a micron or sub-micron voxels size. The analysis of sub-volumes from the Boise and Fontainebleau dataset highlights the presence of a residually-trapped gas phase consisting of ganglia located in one or few pores and presenting significantly different capillary pressures, especially in the case of Fontainebleau sandstone. As a result, Ostwald ripening could occur, leading to gas transfer from ganglia with higher capillary pressure to surrounding ganglia with lower capillary pressures. More generally, at the pore-scale, most gas ganglia do present similar capillary pressures and Ostwald ripening would then not represent a major mechanism for residually-trapped gas transfer and remobilization.},
doi = {10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.04.006},
journal = {Advances in Water Resources},
number = C,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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