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 …

Pore‐Scale Fluid Dynamics Resolved in Pressure Fluctuations at the Darcy Scale

C Spurin, GG Roberts, CPB O'Malley… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Complex pore‐scale dynamics have been observed during multiphase flow through porous
rocks. These dynamics are not incorporated in large scale models for the migration and …

Threshold Pressure in Non-Darcian Flow Derived from the Langevin Equation and Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem: Generalized Darcy's Law

DC Standnes, A Kristoffersen - Transport in Porous Media, 2023 - Springer
This work addresses the explanation for the threshold pressure sometimes observed in
porous media flow leading to so-called non-Darcian flow where a certain external pressure …

Dynamic mode decomposition for analysing multi-phase flow in porous media

C Spurin, RT Armstrong, J McClure, S Berg - Advances in Water Resources, 2023 - Elsevier
For multi-phase flow through multi-scale heterogeneous porous media, such as the pore
space of rocks, the interaction between multiple immiscible fluids and an intricate network of …

Effective permeability of an immiscible fluid in porous media determined from its geometric state

F Al-Zubaidi, P Mostaghimi, Y Niu, RT Armstrong… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Based on the phenomenological extension of Darcy's law, two-fluid flow is dependent on a
relative permeability function of saturation only that is process or path dependent with an …

[HTML][HTML] Interpreting pore-scale fluctuations: Predicting transport coefficients in multiphase flow through porous media using the Green–Kubo formulation—An …

U Alfazazi, D Bedeaux, S Kjelstrup, M Moura… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Flow fluctuations that are commonly associated with multiphase flow in porous media are
studied using concepts from non-equilibrium thermodynamic and statistical mechanics. We …

Time‐and‐space averaging applied to intermittent multiphase flow experiments

T Wang, JE McClure, Y Da Wang… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Various researchers have studied fluctuations in pore‐scale phase occupancy during
multiphase flow in porous media using synchrotron‐based X‐ray microcomputed …

The role of injection method on residual trap**: Insights into bridging scales and heterogeneity

C Spurin, S Ellman, T Bultreys, T Kurotori… - Advances in Water …, 2025 - Elsevier
CO 2 injection into subsurface reservoirs provides a long-term solution to anthropogenic
emissions. A variable injection rate (such as ram** the flow rate up or down) provides …

Thermally induced pressure fluctuations in single-phase fluid-saturated porous media described by the fluctuation dissipation theorem

DC Standnes, DS Sleveland, A Kristoffersen - Transport in Porous Media, 2022 - Springer
The analogy between electrical and fluid flow resistance has been applied to describe the
fluctuating pressure of thermal origin observed over single-phase fluid-saturated porous …

Estimating Fractal Dimension as a Spatially Correlated Pore Structure Heterogeneity Measure from Rate-Controlled Capillary Pressure Curves

JK Daniels, MT Myers, LA Hathon - SPE Annual Technical Conference …, 2023 - onepetro.org
Pore structure heterogeneity is present in reservoir rocks at multiple length scales, which
makes it a challenge to optimally assess and integrate into digital rock and pore-scale …