Pore-scale analysis of trapped immiscible fluid structures and fluid interfacial areas in oil-wet and water-wet bead packs

Geofluids

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-227

  Landry, C J ^a   Karpyn, Z T ^a   Piri, M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Blob; Computed microtomography; Hysteresis; Interfacial area; Meniscus; Multiphase; Pore scale; Wettability

Indexed keywords

IMBIBITION; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; WETTING;

EID: 79955734174     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2011.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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