Abstract
The pore-scale behavior of three concurrently mobile fluid phases in a porous medium is studied. A computer model based on percolation theory and network modeling techniques is used to simulate pressure-saturation relationships of the system. The model accounts for a wide range of geometric characteristics and physical processes influencing the fluid/solid system. This model was used to analyze the effect of order of fluid invasion into the domain on residual saturations. It was found that residual saturations of the different fluid phases depend heavily on the pore-size distributions and the capillary pressure ranges for the imbibition and drainage processes.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 1-6 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| State | Published - 1989 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Porous Media, Mixture, and Multiphase Heat Transfer: Presented at the Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: Dec 10 1989 → Dec 15 1989 |
Other
| Other | Porous Media, Mixture, and Multiphase Heat Transfer: Presented at the Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME |
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| City | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Period | 12/10/89 → 12/15/89 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Engineering