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Analyzing the Relationship between Capillary Pressure, Saturation, and Interfacial Area for a Three-Phase Flow System in Porous Media

Creator:

Paustian, Rebecca L.

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Multi-phase flow in porous media includes many instances of subsurface flow. Three-phase flow in particular is important in situations of enhanced oil recovery, CO2 sequestration, and groundwater remediation. Many studies have been performed on how two fluid phases (oil/water or air/water) behave in porous media, but very few studies exist...

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Masters Thesis

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surface to model interfacial areas for non-equilibrium systems (Joekar-Niasar & Hassanizadeh, 2012
The Effect of Flowrate on Trapping in a Two-phase System as it Relates to CO₂ Sequestration

Creator:

Williams, Kristal A.

Abstract:

This research examines the independent and combined effects of drainage and imbibition flowrate on nonwetting phase capillary trapping in a two-phase, porous medium system. A uniform system of cubic arrangement and non-uniform systems of both cubic and rhombohedral arrangements were examined in order to analyze and compare the nonwetting phase...

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Masters Thesis

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velocity of the invading fluid defined as: V= Q [ m3 s ] A [m2]∅ [-] Equation 6 where 𝑄 is the