H13R:
Pore-Scale Flow and Transport in Porous Media: Recent Experimental and Modeling Advances I

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Session ID#: 34718

Session Description:
Flow and transport in porous media is central to a range of applications in the energy and environmental sectors such as CO2 sequestration, enhanced oil recovery, unconventional oil and gas production, and contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated zones. It is increasingly recognized that better understanding of pore-scale processes is critical to accurate modeling of large-scale flow and transport. In this regard, experimental, modeling, and theoretical efforts go hand in hand aiming to develop better macroscopic descriptions. In this session, we broadly invite presentations on novel experimental, theoretical, and modeling techniques for measuring, computing, predicting, visualizing, benchmarking, and quantifying pore-scale processes. Topics include, but not limited to, single/multiphase flow displacement, interfacial and wettability dynamics, reactive transport with/without dissolution/precipitation. Submissions that address computational and other challenges in linking the pore scale to large scales are especially welcome.
Primary Convener:  Yashar Mehmani, Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States
Conveners:  Farzan Kazemifar, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States, Bo Guo, PhD, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, United States and Yaofa Li, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, United States
Chairs:  Yaofa Li, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, United States, Farzan Kazemifar, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States, Bo Guo, PhD, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States and Yashar Mehmani, Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Bo Guo, PhD, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
Index Terms:

1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1835 Hydrogeophysics [HYDROLOGY]
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
1859 Rocks: physical properties [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A Novel Nano/Micro-Fluidic Reactor for Evaluation of Pore-Scale Reactive Transport (Invited) (211571)
Charles J Werth, The University of Texas at Austin, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, United States, Reinaldo E Alcalde, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, TX, United States, Somayeh Ghazvini, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Robert A. Sanford, Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, IL, United States, Bruce W Fouke, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Geology, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, United States and Albert J Valocchi, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States
Comparison of Pore-scale CO2-water-glass System Wettability and Conventional Wettability Measurement on a Flat Plate for Geological CO2 Sequestration (214829)
Mohammad Jafari1, Shuang Cindy Cao1 and Jongwon Jung1,2, (1)Louisiana State University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (2)Chungbuk National University, Department of Civil Engineering, Cheongju, South Korea
Pore-Scale Supercritical CO2- Brine Drainage Fingering in Mixed-Wet Micromodels (254781)
Chun Chang1, Timothy J Kneafsey1, Jiamin Wan2 and Tetsu K Tokunaga1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Earth and Environment Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Reactive transport at the pore-scale: Geological Labs on Chip studies (GLoCs) for CO2 storage in saline aquifers (254158)
Mohamed M Azaroual1, Arnault Lassin Sr2, Laurent André Sr3, Nicolas Devau Sr2, Philippe Leroy Sr2 and A Lassin, (1)Univ. Orléans, CNRS, BRGM, ISTO, UMR 7327, F-45071, Orléans, France, Orléans, France, (2)French Geological Survey, Water, Environment and Ecotechnologies, Orleans, France, (3)BRGM, F-45060 Orléans, France, Water, Environment and Ecotechnologies, Orléans, France
A Microfluidics Study to Quantify the Impact of Microfracture Properties on Two-Phase Flow in Tight Rocks (229395)
Ayaz Mehmani1, Shaina Alysa Kelly2, Carlos Torres-Verdin1 and Matthew Balhoff3, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (2)ConocoPhillips Company Houston, Houston, TX, United States, (3)University of Texas, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Austin, TX, United States
Experimental evidence of chaotic mixing at pore scale in 3D porous media (228265)
Joris Heyman, University of Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes UMR 6118, Rennes, France, Régis Turuban, Géosciences Rennes, Rennes Cedex, France, Joaquin Jimenez Martinez, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Daniel Robert Lester, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Yves Meheust, Géosciences Rennes, CNRS - University of Rennes, Rennes, France and Tanguy Le Borgne, University of Rennes 1, Géosciences Rennes UMR 6118, Rennes, France
New Methods of Determining Two-Phase CO2 Relative Permeability and Temperature and Pressure Dependence of CO2 Relative Permeability in Water-Wet Rocks (233199)
Xiongyu Chen, University of Texas at Austin, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Austin, TX, United States, Amir Kianinejad, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Shuang Gao, The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States and David A DiCarlo, The University of Texas at Austin, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Austin, United States

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