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creators_name: Soleimani, H.
creators_name: Ali, H.
creators_name: Yahya, N.
creators_name: Khodapanah, L.
creators_name: Sabet, M.
creators_name: Demiral, B.M.R.
creators_name: Kozlowski, G.
title: Dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery
ispublished: pub
keywords: Capillary tubes; Computational fluid dynamics; Enhanced recovery; Flow patterns; Gas industry; Geometry; Pore structure; Two phase flow; Wetting, Dynamic effects; Enhanced-oil recoveries; Flows in porous media; Geometry effects; Growing demand; Light oil; Oil supplies; Pore geometry; Porous medium; Two phases flow, Capillarity
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abstract: The continuing depletion of light oil supplies and the rapidly growing demand for energy are forcing oil and gas companies to explore unconventional oil extraction techniques. The structure and flow rate implies an impact on the trapping and mobilization of oil in the reservoir. This article studies the effect of pore geometry and dynamics on water-oil displacement as a two-phase flow system. The pore geometries of sandstone were extracted using the non-destructive 3D micro computational tomography (micro-CT) technique. Two-phase flow simulations were performed using COMSOL Multiphysics on the micro-CT images to show the effect of the capillary number and the flow pattern. Velocity and relative permeability of the non-wetting phase at different points of the porous structure was computed. The effect of viscosity of wetting fluid on the pore structure was also studied to evaluate the parameters affecting enhanced oil recovery (EOR). © 2021 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland.
date: 2021
publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85121582150&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fDDF.413.77&partnerID=40&md5=612e6a592431a159f753bf5bcf5001a6
id_number: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.413.77
full_text_status: none
publication: Defect and Diffusion Forum
volume: 413
pagerange: 77-83
refereed: TRUE
issn: 10120386
citation:   Soleimani, H. and Ali, H. and Yahya, N. and Khodapanah, L. and Sabet, M. and Demiral, B.M.R. and Kozlowski, G.  (2021) Dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery.  Defect and Diffusion Forum, 413.  pp. 77-83.  ISSN 10120386