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author = {Reynolds, CA and Menke, H and Andrew, M and Blunt, MJ and Krevor, S},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1702834114},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
pages = {8187--8192},
title = {Dynamic fluid connectivity during steady-state multiphase flow in a sandstone},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702834114},
volume = {114},
year = {2017}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - The current conceptual picture of steady-state multiphase Darcy flow in porous media is that the fluid phases organize into separate flow pathways with stable interfaces. Here we demonstrate a previously unobserved type of steady-state flow behavior, which we term “dynamic connectivity,” using fast pore-scale X-ray imaging. We image the flow of N2 and brine through a permeable sandstone at subsurface reservoir conditions, and low capillary numbers, and at constant fluid saturation. At any instant, the network of pores filled with the nonwetting phase is not necessarily connected. Flow occurs along pathways that periodically reconnect, like cars controlled by traffic lights. This behavior is consistent with an energy balance, where some of the energy of the injected fluids is sporadically converted to create new interfaces.
AU - Reynolds,CA
AU - Menke,H
AU - Andrew,M
AU - Blunt,MJ
AU - Krevor,S
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1702834114
EP - 8192
PY - 2017///
SN - 0027-8424
SP - 8187
TI - Dynamic fluid connectivity during steady-state multiphase flow in a sandstone
T2 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702834114
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UR - https://www.pnas.org/content/114/31/8187
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53126
VL - 114
ER -