Direct Numerical Simulation of Pore-Scale Fluid Flow and Transport

Author(s):  
Michael S. Newman ◽  
Feng Xiao ◽  
Xiaolong Yin
2021 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 108833
Author(s):  
Adam Kraus ◽  
Elia Merzari ◽  
Thomas Norddine ◽  
Oana Marin ◽  
Sofiane Benhamadouche

Author(s):  
Mosayeb Shams ◽  
Kamaljit Singh ◽  
Branko Bijeljic ◽  
Martin J. Blunt

AbstractThis study focuses on direct numerical simulation of imbibition, displacement of the non-wetting phase by the wetting phase, through water-wet carbonate rocks. We simulate multiphase flow in a limestone and compare our results with high-resolution synchrotron X-ray images of displacement previously published in the literature by Singh et al. (Sci Rep 7:5192, 2017). We use the results to interpret the observed displacement events that cannot be described using conventional metrics such as pore-to-throat aspect ratio. We show that the complex geometry of porous media can dictate a curvature balance that prevents snap-off from happening in spite of favourable large aspect ratios. We also show that pinned fluid-fluid-solid contact lines can lead to snap-off of small ganglia on pore walls; we propose that this pinning is caused by sub-resolution roughness on scales of less than a micron. Our numerical results show that even in water-wet porous media, we need to allow pinned contacts in place to reproduce experimental results.


2019 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 159-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junwei Su ◽  
Guoliang Chai ◽  
Le Wang ◽  
Weidong Cao ◽  
Jinbiao Yu ◽  
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Author(s):  
Pei-Yi Yu ◽  
Wu-Yang Sean ◽  
Ren-Yu Yeh ◽  
Lin-Han Chiang Hsieh ◽  
Ray-Quan Hsu ◽  
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