Monitoring Preferential Flow of Water in Sand Using Thermoacoustics Wave Imaging

Liu, Chang; Mao, Xu; Wang, Chang; Liyanage, Rebecca; Heredia Juesas, Juan; Juanes, Ruben; Martinez‐Lorenzo, Jose Angle

doi:10.1029/2023GL105248

Title: Monitoring Preferential Flow of Water in Sand Using Thermoacoustics Wave Imaging

Journal Article · 31 October 2023 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105248 · OSTI ID:2204321

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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Northeastern University Boston MA USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA USA
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Northeastern University Boston MA USA, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University Boston MA USA

Abstract Accurate predictions of fluid flow, mass transport, and reaction rates critically impact the efficiency and reliability of subsurface exploration and sustainable use of subsurface resources. Quantitative dynamical sensing and imaging can play a pivotal role in the ability to make such predictions. Geophysical thermoacoustic technology has the potential to provide the aforementioned capabilities, since it builds upon the principle that electromagnetic and mechanical wave fields can be coupled through a thermodynamic process. In this letter, we present laboratory experiments featuring the efficacy of thermoacoustic imaging in the monitoring of preferential flow of water in porous media. Our laboratory experimental equipment can be readily packaged in a form factor that fits in a borehole, and the use of multiple acoustic transducers—which can be combined with volumetric coding techniques—has the potential to provide quasi‐real‐time imaging (0.5 Hz video rate) of regions in close proximity (a few meters) of an open field well.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0017614; SC0018357

OSTI ID:: 2204321

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 50; ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union (AGU)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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