H53M:
Persistent Problems in Multiphase Flow and Transport in Porous Media: From Pore- to Continuum-Scale III

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Session ID#: 17210

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:  Joaquin Jimenez-Martinez, EAWAG-ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Reza Soltanian, Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Florian Doster, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14, United Kingdom
Index Terms:

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

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Partitioning of noble gases during multi-phase flow in porous media (Invited) (158516)
Marc A Hesse, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States, Daria Ahkbari, University of Texas at Austin, Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United States, Baole Wen, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, United States and Kiran Sathaye, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Characterization of double continuum formulations of transport through pore-scale information (146758)
Giovanni Porta, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, 20133, Italy, Giulia Ceriotti, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy and Branko Bijeljic, Imperial College London, Department of Earth Science & Engineering, London, SW7, United Kingdom
Immiscible displacement in a rough fracture: beyond Darcy's law (124568)
Amir A Pahlavan1, Luis Cueto-Felgueroso2, Gareth H McKinley2 and Ruben Juanes3, (1)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Emergence of preferential fluid invasion pathways: The role of pore-scale heterogeneity (173113)
Ran Holtzman1, Oshri Borgman2, Paolo Fantinel3, Lucas Goehring3 and Enrico Segre4, (1)Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel, (2)Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, (3)Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Dynamics of Complex Fluids, Göttingen, Germany, (4)Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
The Effect of Original and Initial Saturation on Residual Nonwetting Phase Capillary Trapping Efficiency (174313)
Dorthe Wildenschild, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Elizabeth Harper, Treadwell and Rollo, Walnut Creek, CA, United States and Ryan Troy Armstrong, University of New South Wales, Petroleum Engineering, Sydney, Australia
The effect of topology on two-fluid flow in porous media (200081)
James E McClure, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Ryan Troy Armstrong, University of New South Wales, Petroleum Engineering, Sydney, Australia, Maja Rucker, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Steffen Berg, Shell Global Solutions International B.V., Rijswijk, Netherlands, Steffen Schlüter, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Soil Physics, Leipzig, Germany, Cass T Miller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Environmental Science and Engineering, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and William G Gray, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Multiscale level-set method for accurate modeling of two-phase immiscible flow with deposited thin-films on solid surfaces (196684)
Motaz Abu AlSaud, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Amir Riaz, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States and Hamdi Tchelepi, Stanford University, Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford, United States

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