Laboratory setup and results of experiments on two-dimensional multiphase flow in porous media

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6174404· OSTI ID:6174404

McBride, J F ^[1]; Graham, D N ^[2]; Schiegg, H O ^[3]

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1. ed.; Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
2. ed.
3. SIMULTEC Ltd., Meilen/Zurich (Switzerland)

In the event of an accidental release into earth's subsurface of an immiscible organic liquid, such as a petroleum hydrocarbon or chlorinated organic solvent, the spatial and temporal distribution of the organic liquid is of great interest when considering efforts to prevent groundwater contamination or restore contaminated groundwater. An accurate prediction of immiscible organic liquid migration requires the incorporation of relevant physical principles in models of multiphase flow in porous media; these physical principles must be determined from physical experiments. This report presents a series of such experiments performed during the 1970s at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland. The experiments were designed to study the transient, two-dimensional displacement of three immiscible fluids in a porous medium. This experimental study appears to be the most detailed published to date. The data obtained from these experiments are suitable for the validation and test calibration of multiphase flow codes. 73 refs., 140 figs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6174404
• Report Number(s): PNL-7453; ON: DE91006611; TRN: 91-004618
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GROUND WATER
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MEASURING METHODS
OIL SATURATION
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