Digital rock physics, chemistry, and biology: challenges and prospects of pore-scale modelling approach

S Sadeghnejad, F Enzmann, M Kersten - Applied Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon rocks have complicated pore structures with
heterogeneities distributed over various length scales (from nanometre to centimetre or even …

[HTML][HTML] Design considerations for dynamic fluid flow in porous media experiments using X-ray computed micro tomography–A review

T Pak, NL Archilha, S Berg, IB Butler - Tomography of Materials and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Within the past decade, X-ray micro computed tomography (µCT) has become an advanced
non-destructive tool to analyse the internal structure of opaque materials. In addition to high …

Core scale investigation of fluid flow in the heterogeneous porous media based on X-ray computed tomography images: Upscaling and history matching approaches

S Iraji, R Soltanmohammadi, ER Munoz… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, experiments and simulations were performed on outcrop samples from Lagoa
Salgada in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a possible analog to one of the most typical Brazilian …

Investigation of gas residuals in sandstone formations via X-ray core-flooding experiments: Implication for subsurface hydrogen storage

A Al-Yaseri, A Fatah, R Al-Abdrabalnabi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The production and utilization of hydrogen (H 2) as a clean energy source offer a promising
solution towards achieving net-zero carbon emissions. Utilizing sandstone formations for …

Upscaling the porosity–permeability relationship of a microporous carbonate for Darcy-scale flow with machine learning

HP Menke, J Maes, S Geiger - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The permeability of a pore structure is typically described by stochastic representations of its
geometrical attributes (eg pore-size distribution, porosity, coordination number). Database …

Small‐Scale Capillary Heterogeneity Linked to Rapid Plume Migration During CO2 Storage

SJ Jackson, S Krevor - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Unpredicted, rapid plume elongation has been observed at subsurface CO 2 storage
projects worldwide, exemplified by the Sleipner project. We show that conventionally …

Pore‐scale imaging of multiphase flow fluctuations in continuum‐scale samples

S Wang, C Spurin, T Bultreys - Water Resources Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Representative elementary volumes (REVs) are an important concept in studying
subsurface multiphase flow at the continuum scale. However, fluctuations in multiphase flow …

Minkowski functional evaluation of representative elementary volume of rock microtomography images at multiple resolutions

S Sadeghnejad, M Reinhardt, F Enzmann… - Advances in Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pore-scale properties can be obtained by building a reliable digital twin of porous media
through the digital rock physics (DRP) workflow. The two prerequisites of DRP are reliable …

Influence of injection and withdrawal rates on hydrogen distribution in sandstone: Implications for hydrogen storage in porous reservoirs

S Wang, Y Mu, Y Gao, M Yuan, S Pan, Y Tang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogen (H 2) storage in porous reservoirs has been explored as a promising solution to
support large-scale H 2 storage and maintain the energy supply and demand balance in …

On representative elementary volumes of grayscale micro‐CT images of porous media

A Singh, K Regenauer‐Lieb, SDC Walsh… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of linking pore‐scale data to continuum‐scale characteristics of porous media
relies on the existence of a representative elementary volume (REV). The current techniques …