The effects of wettability and trapping on relationships between interfacial area, capillary pressure and saturation in porous media: A pore-scale network modeling approach

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 376, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 337-352

  Raeesi, Behrooz ^a   Piri, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Interfacial area; Phase entrapment; Pore scale network modeling; Wettability alteration

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY EQUILIBRIA; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; DEVELOPED MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; GLASS BEAD; IMBIBITION PROCESS; INITIAL WATER SATURATION; INTERCONNECTED PORES; INTERFACIAL AREA; INTERFACIAL AREAS; IRREDUCIBLE WATER SATURATION; MAIN TERMINALS; NON-WETTING; OIL INJECTION; OIL SATURATION; OIL-WET SYSTEMS; PHASE ENTRAPMENT; PORE SPACE; PORE-SCALE NETWORK MODELING; PORE-SCALE NETWORKS; POROUS MEDIA; RANDOM NETWORK; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; ROCK SURFACES; SAUDI ARABIA; SHARP INCREASE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS; WATER FLOOD; WATER SATURATIONS; WATER-WET SYSTEMS; WATERFLOODING; WET CONDITIONS; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CONTACT ANGLE; HYSTERESIS; POROUS MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WETTING;

WATER INJECTION;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR FLOODING; SATURATED MEDIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WETTABILITY;

AFRICA; ASIA; BEREA; EURASIA; LESOTHO; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70249126215     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.060     Document Type: Article

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