Quantifying the Effect of Pore‐Size Dependent Wettability on Relative Permeability Using Capillary Bundle Model

Yu, Siqin; Kang, Qinjun; Mehana, Mohamed

doi:10.1029/2024JB028674

Title: Quantifying the Effect of Pore‐Size Dependent Wettability on Relative Permeability Using Capillary Bundle Model

Journal Article · 18 August 2024 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB028674 · OSTI ID:2438136

Yu, Siqin ^[1];

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Earth and Environment Sciences Division (EES‐16) Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Los Alamos NM USA

Abstract Relative permeability is a key parameter for characterizing the multiphase flow dynamics in porous media at macroscopic scale while it can be significantly impacted by wettability. Recently, it has been reported in microfluidic experiments that wettability is dependent on the pore size (Van Rooijen et al., 2022). To investigate the effect of pore‐size‐dependent wettability on relative permeability, we propose a theoretical framework informed by digital core samples to quantify the deviation of relative permeability curves due to wettability change. We find that the significance of impact is highly dependent on two factors: (i) the function between contact angle and pore size (ii) overall pore size distribution. Under linear function, this impact can be significant for tight porous media with a maximum deviation of 1,000%.

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Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 129; ISSN 2169-9313

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