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dc.contributor.authorTrojer, Mathias
dc.contributor.authorSzulczewski, Michael L.
dc.contributor.authorJuanes, Ruben
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-29T17:49:23Z
dc.date.available2015-05-29T17:49:23Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.date.submitted2015-04
dc.identifier.issn2331-7019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97126
dc.description.abstractWe study experimentally how wettability impacts fluid-fluid-displacement patterns in granular media. We inject a low-viscosity fluid (air) into a thin bed of glass beads initially saturated with a more-viscous fluid (a water-glycerol mixture). Chemical treatment of glass surfaces allows us to control the wetting properties of the medium and modify the contact angle θ from 5° (drainage) to 120° (imbibition). We demonstrate that wettability exerts a powerful influence on the invasion morphology of unfavorable mobility displacements: increasing θ stabilizes fluid invasion into the granular pack at all capillary numbers. In particular, we report the striking observation of a stable radial displacement at low capillary numbers, whose origin lies on the cooperative nature of fluid invasion at the pore scale.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEni S.p.A. (Firm)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipARCO Chair in Energy Studiesen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.054008en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceAmerican Physical Societyen_US
dc.titleStabilizing Fluid-Fluid Displacements in Porous Media Through Wettability Alterationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationTrojer, Mathias, Michael L. Szulczewski, and Ruben Juanes. “Stabilizing Fluid-Fluid Displacements in Porous Media Through Wettability Alteration.” Physical Review Applied 3, no. 5 (May 2015). © 2015 American Physical Societyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorTrojer, Mathiasen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorSzulczewski, Michael L.en_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorJuanes, Rubenen_US
dc.relation.journalPhysical Review Applieden_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2015-05-26T22:00:25Z
dc.language.rfc3066en
dc.rights.holderAmerican Physical Society
dspace.orderedauthorsTrojer, Mathias; Szulczewski, Michael L.; Juanes, Rubenen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7370-2332
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1555-1115
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen_US
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