Flow Characteristics of Two Temperature-Tolerant and Salt-Resistant Polymers in Porous Media

In this work the application of delay differential equations to the modelling of mass transport in porous media, where the convective transport of mass, is presented and discussed. The differences and advantages when compared with the Dispersion Model are highlighted. Using simplified models of the local structure of a porous media, in particular a network model made up by combining two different types of network elements, channels and chambers, the mass transport under transient conditions is described and related to the local geometrical characteristics. The delay differential equations system that describe the flow, arise from the combination of the mass balance equations for both the network elements, and after taking into account their flow characteristics. The solution is obtained using a time marching method, and the results show that the model is capable of describing the qualitative behaviour observed experimentally, allowing the analysis of the influence of the local geometrical and flow field characteristics on the mass transport.

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Vortical Structures and Mixing Characteristics of Flow in Randomly Packed Porous Media During Transition to Turbulence

10.1115/fedsm2021-65431 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Reza M. Ziazi ◽

James A. Liburdy

Keyword(s):

Porous Media ◽

Scale Effects ◽

Turbulent Transport ◽

Flow Characteristics ◽

Transition Process ◽

Industrial Applications ◽

Transition To Turbulence ◽

Vortical Structures ◽

Macro Scale ◽

Mixing Characteristics

Abstract Transition to turbulence in randomly arranged porous media is observed in nature and industrial applications. The flow characteristics of these flows during transition are not well identified. This work describes the parameters influencing on overall mixing during the transition process from the perspective of scale of vortical structures and dispersion characteristics by addressing the following questions: (a) what are the dominant mechanisms evolution of scale of vortices, and (b) how does the inertial effects of vortical structures enhance the flow transport properties through tortuosity and dispersion. Time-resolved PIV is used to investigate the flow in the macro-scale Reynolds numbers from 100 to 1000 to show the pore- versus macro-scale effects on the scale of the flow dispersion, and their contribution in interpreting the overall flow mixing. Lagrangian mixing characteristics based on Eulerian local pore velocity variances is used to demonstrate the bed characteristics for flow in randomly distributed porous media flows. The dispersion asymptotically approaches 0.085 % of VintDH longitudinally which shows the turbulent transport is increased by enhancing the Reynolds number that matches very well with the literature.

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INVESTIGATION OF DYNAMIC TEXTURE AND FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF FOAM TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA BASED ON FRACTAL THEORY

Fractals ◽

10.1142/s0218348x19400139 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (01) ◽

pp. 1940013 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

FEI WANG ◽

HAIFENG LI ◽

DONGXING DU ◽

XU DONG

Keyword(s):

Porous Media ◽

Fractal Dimension ◽

Fractal Theory ◽

Dynamic Change ◽

Quantitative Description ◽

Flow Characteristics ◽

Transport In Porous Media ◽

Steady Stage ◽

Profile Control ◽

Fractal Characteristics

Foam fluid has found wide applications in oilfield development, such as profile control, water plugging, gas channeling control, fracturing, and so on. As a non-Newtonian fluid, the successful application of foam is significantly influenced by its structure. The foam texture, however, is complex and irregular, and becomes even more complicated in porous media by the boundary effects. Therefore, the description of dynamic foam structure is crucial and a quantitative description method for foam fluid is worth exploring. In this paper, the fractal characteristics of foam in porous media are verified and combined with foam microdisplacement experiment, and the fractal rule of foam is found. The relationship between fractal dimension and pressure is also discussed. The results show that foam has dynamic fractal characteristics during transport in porous media and the box-counting fractal dimension ranges from 1 to 2. Furthermore, the dynamic change of foam fractal dimension during transport in porous media could be divided into three stages. In the first stage when no foam forms, the fractal dimension is about 2; in the second unsteady foam stage, the fractal dimension is reduced from 1.9 to 1.6; the last one is the steady stage and the fractal dimension is almost constant (about 1.6). Besides, the fractal dimension of foam fluid is closely related to displacement pressure. Low pressure corresponds to higher fractal dimension, and high pressure corresponds to lower fractal dimension. Pressure is negatively linearly correlated with fractal dimension. These results are expected to enrich the understanding of the foam dynamic characteristics in their advanced applications.

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Flow characteristics of three enhanced oil recovery polymers in porous media

Journal of Applied Polymer Science ◽

10.1002/app.41598 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 132 (10) ◽

pp. n/a-n/a ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Bing Wei

Keyword(s):

Porous Media ◽

Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽

Oil Recovery ◽

Flow Characteristics

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Study on the Inner Structure and the Flow Characteristics of Porous Media

TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Series B ◽

10.1299/kikaib.74.552 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 74 (739) ◽

pp. 552-557 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kunio OGIRI ◽

Takehiko INABA ◽

Yasutaka YAMAGUCHI

Keyword(s):

Porous Media ◽

Flow Characteristics

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G211 Flow characteristics of porous media filled with nanofluid

The Proceedings of the Thermal Engineering Conference ◽

10.1299/jsmeted.2013.389 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 (0) ◽

pp. 389-390

Author(s):

Masayoshi Mochizuki ◽

Hideaki Motoyama ◽

Akira Nakayama

Keyword(s):

Porous Media ◽

Flow Characteristics

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Conjugate Heat Transfer Within a Heterogeneous Hierarchical Structure

Journal of Heat Transfer ◽

10.1115/1.4003576 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 133 (10) ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Ivan Catton

Keyword(s):

Heat Transfer ◽

Porous Media ◽

Heat Exchangers ◽

Transport Equations ◽

Complex Data ◽

Structural Morphology ◽

Tube Heat Exchanger ◽

Temperature Problem ◽

Finned Tube Heat Exchanger ◽

Two Temperature

Optimization of heat exchangers (HE), compact heat exchangers (CHE) and microheat exchangers, by design of their basic structures is the focus of this work. Consistant models are developed to describe transport phenomena in a porous medium that take into account the scales and other characteristics of the medium morphology. Equation sets allowing for turbulence and two temperature or two concentration diffusion are obtained for nonisotropic porous media with interface exchange. The equations differ from known equations and were developed using a rigorous averaging technique, hierarchical modeling methodology, and fully turbulent models with Reynolds stresses and fluxes in the space of every pore. The transport equations are shown to have additional integral and differential terms. The description of the structural morphology determines the importance of these terms and the range of application of the closure schemes. A natural way to transfer from transport equations in a porous media with integral terms to differential equations with coefficients that could be experimentally or numerically evaluated and determined is described. The relationship between computational fluid dynamics, experiment and closure needed for the volume averaged equations is discussed. Mathematical models for modeling momentum and heat transport based on well established averaging theorems are developed. Use of a “porous media” length scale is shown to be very beneficial in collapsing complex data onto a single curve yielding simple heat transfer and friction factor correlations. The general transport equations developed for a single phase fluid in a heat exchange medium have many more integral and differential terms than the homogenized or classical continuum mechanics equations. Once these terms are dealt with by closure, the resulting equation set is relatively simple and their solution is obtained using simple numerical methods quickly enough for multiple parameter optimization using design of experiment or genetic algorithms. Current efforts to significantly improve the performance of an HE for electronic cooling, a two temperature problem, and of a finned tube heat exchanger, a three temperature problem, are described.

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