Direct observation of trapped gas bubbles by capillarity in sandy porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-122

  Suekane, Tetsuya ^a   Zhou, Na ^a,b   Hosokawa, Takahiro ^a   Matsumoto, Takuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Capillary number; Pore scale; Residual gas trapping; Stability; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; BEREA SANDSTONE; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; DIRECT OBSERVATION; GLASS BEAD; HIGH POROSITY; INJECTED WATER; MICROSCOPIC LEVELS; NETWORK SCALE; PORE SCALE; POROSITY MEDIA; POROUS MEDIA; RESIDUAL GAS TRAPPING; SCALE SIZES; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; TRAPPED BUBBLE; TRAPPED GAS; WATER FLOW RATE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY CT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GASES; ION BEAMS; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE;

CAPILLARITY;

BUBBLE; CAPILLARITY; GAS TRANSPORT; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER FLOW;

BEREA; LESOTHO;

EID: 76749108467     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9439-5     Document Type: Article

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