dc.contributor.author | Trojer, Mathias | |
dc.contributor.author | Szulczewski, Michael L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Juanes, Ruben | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-29T17:49:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-05-29T17:49:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-05 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2015-04 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2331-7019 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97126 | |
dc.description.abstract | We 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.sponsorship | Eni S.p.A. (Firm) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | ARCO Chair in Energy Studies | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.054008 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article 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.source | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.title | Stabilizing Fluid-Fluid Displacements in Porous Media Through Wettability Alteration | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Trojer, 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 Society | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Trojer, Mathias | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Szulczewski, Michael L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Juanes, Ruben | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Physical Review Applied | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2015-05-26T22:00:25Z | |
dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
dc.rights.holder | American Physical Society | |
dspace.orderedauthors | Trojer, Mathias; Szulczewski, Michael L.; Juanes, Ruben | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7370-2332 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1555-1115 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |