H51O:
Persistent Problems in Multiphase Flow and Transport in Porous Media: From Pore- to Continuum-Scale I

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Session ID#: 17207

Session Description:
Predicting multiphase and multicomponent flow and transport processes in Earth’s subsurface remains a grand challenge (e.g., CO2 sequestration, hydrocarbon extraction, contaminant transport). Multiphase flow is often viscously or gravitationally unstable, and mass transfer between fluid phases can result in non-trivial phase behavior. Fickian diffusion, mechanical dispersion, chemical reactions, and formation heterogeneities add further complexity. In addition, it is well documented that conventional continuum-scale models oversimplify important pore-scale fluid displacement and transport processes (e.g., mixing and (bio)-reaction), resulting in uncertainties when applied to field-scale operations. Recent developments in pore-scale visualization and modeling techniques for flow and solute transport in multiphase conditions provide necessary information to improve continuum-scale models. We solicit submissions addressing state-of the-art pore-scale visualization techniques, modeling capabilities, and theoretical approaches. We are especially interested in submissions that link pore-scale fluid processes to continuum-scale models and their associated constitutive relationships, as well as alternatives and limitations to conventional continuum-scale models.
Primary Convener:  Mark L Porter, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Conveners:  Florian Doster, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14, United Kingdom, Joaquin Jimenez-Martinez, EAWAG-ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Reza Soltanian, Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States
Chairs:  Florian Doster, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14, United Kingdom and Mark L Porter, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Joaquin Jimenez-Martinez, EAWAG-ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Index Terms:

1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
1875 Vadose zone [HYDROLOGY]
1878 Water/energy interactions [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Scaling Relations for Viscous and Gravitational Flow Instabilities in Multiphase Multicomponent Compressible Flow (Invited) (163598)
Joachim Moortgat, Amin Amooie and Reza Soltanian, Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States
Wettability control on multiphase flow in patterned microfluidics (123346)
Ruben Juanes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Resources Laboratory, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Benzhong Zhao, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada and Christopher W MacMinn, University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, Oxford, United Kingdom
Pore-scale modeling of moving contact line problems in immiscible two-phase flow. (136492)
Alec Kucala1, David Noble1 and Mario J Martinez2, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Engineering Science Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Experimental Investigation, Modeling and Simulation of Ostwald Ripening in the Context of Geologic Carbon Storage (139096)
Jacques de Chalendar, Stanford Earth Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States, Charlotte Garing, Stanford University, Stanford, United States and Sally M Benson, Stanford University, Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford, United States
Dissolved CO2 stabilizes dissolution front migration and increases breakthrough porosity for natural porous materials (141168)
Yi Yang, Stefan Bruns, Susan Stipp and Henning Sørensen, University of Copenhagen, Nano-Science Center, Department of Chemistry, København K, Denmark
Displacement Processes in Stable Drainage Fronts (189835)
Stephen J Breen1, Steven R Pride2 and Michael Manga1, (1)University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Compositional effects on relative permeability and hysteresis for enhanced oil recovery (198953)
Liwei Li, Saeid Khorsandi and Russell Taylor Johns, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States

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