Quantification of capillary trapping of gas clusters using X-ray microtomography

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4514-4529

  Geistlinger, Helmut ^a   Mohammadian, Sadjad ^a   Schlueter, Steffen ^a,b   Vogel, Hans Joerg ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

capillary trapping; gas clusters; interfacial area

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARITY; GASES; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

BUBBLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CAPILLARY TRAPPING; GAS CLUSTERS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; MULTIPHASE FLOW IN POROUS MEDIAS; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; TRAPPING EFFICIENCIES; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

ADSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; FLOW VELOCITY; GRAIN SIZE; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84901382244     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014657     Document Type: Article

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