Exploring capillary trapping efficiency as a function of interfacial tension, viscosity, and flow rate

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 4945-4952

  Wildenschild, Dorthe ^a   Armstrong, Ryan T ^a   Herring, Anna L ^a   Young, Iain M ^b   Carey, J William ^c  

^a 1148 Kelley Engineering Center Corvallis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capllary trapping; Flow rate; Interfacial tension; Residual phase; Viscosity; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOODS; FLOW RATE; GREENHOUSE GASES; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE TENSION; TOMOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

CAPLLARY TRAPPING; RESIDUAL PHASE; RESIDUAL TRAPPED GAS; SYNTHETIC POROUS MEDIA; TRAPPING EFFICIENCIES; TRAPPING MECHANISMS; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 79955436615     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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