H43I:
Non-Newtonian Fluids in Subsurface Environments: Rheology, Modeling, and Applications I Posters

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Session ID#: 26986

Session Description:
Non-Newtonian fluids exhibit complex rheological properties such as a non-linear relationship between stress and shear rate, a yield stress, or thixotropy. They are used for subsurface applications in a number of varieties: polymer solutions for the remediation of NAPL-polluted aquifers, enhanced oil recovery (EOR), or to investigate subsurface properties; foams for the remediation of vadose zone environments; clay-based drilling muds; suspensions of solid particles for soil remediation or fracking. How their peculiar rheology impacts their flow in porous/fractured media, and how it is beneficial to applications, are still open questions. We welcome contributions based on laboratory experiments, field investigations, or theoretical/numerical studies. Topics may include, among others, rheological studies, characterization of flow behavior through porous and fractured media, impact of the rheology on solute transport, estimation of medium properties, and field applications such as aquifer/soil/vadose zone remediation, EOR, and fracking. Discussions on future modeling and investigation strategies are also encouraged.
Primary Convener:  Yves Meheust, University of Rennes, Geosciences, CNRS, UMR 6118, Rennes Cedex, France
Conveners:  Clément Roques, Géosciences, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France, Vittorio Di Federico, University of Bologna, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, Bologna, Italy and Lirong Zhong, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Chairs:  Clément Roques, Géosciences, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France, Lirong Zhong, Vittorio Di Federico, University of Bologna, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, Bologna, Italy and Yves Meheust, University of Rennes, Geosciences, CNRS, UMR 6118, Rennes Cedex, France
OSPA Liaison:  Yves Meheust, University of Rennes, Geosciences, CNRS, UMR 6118, Rennes Cedex, France
Index Terms:

1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
1859 Rocks: physical properties [HYDROLOGY]
1875 Vadose zone [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Modeling Study: Mechanism of Foam Propagation in Porous Media at Different Levels of Minimum Mobilization Pressure Gradient (229956)
Seung Kam, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Mohammad Izadi, Louisiana State University, Petroleum Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Scale Effects in the Flow of a Shear-Thinning Fluid in Geological Fractures (288784)
Clément Roques, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Institute of Geology, Zurich, Switzerland, Yves Meheust, Géosciences Rennes, CNRS - University of Rennes, Rennes, France, Tanguy Le Borgne, University of Rennes 1, Géosciences Rennes UMR 6118, Rennes, France and John Steven Selker, Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States
Physically based model for extracting dual permeability parameters using non-Newtonian fluids (290579)
Majdi R Abou Najm, American University of Beirut, Beirut, 1107, Lebanon, Christelle Basset, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Ryan D. Stewart, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, United States and Scott Hauswirth, California State University, Northridge, Geological Sciences, Northridge, United States
Foam Flow Through a 2D Porous Medium: Evolution of the Bubble Size Distribution (291309)
Yves Meheust1, Baudouin Géraud2, Isabelle Cantat2 and Benjamin Dollet2, (1)University of Rennes, Geosciences, CNRS, UMR 6118, Rennes Cedex, France, (2)University of Rennes, Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6251, Rennes, France

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