Automated extraction of in situ contact angles from micro-computed tomography images of porous media

A Ibekwe, D Pokrajac, Y Tanino - Computers & Geosciences, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a simple and robust algorithm for the automated measurement of in situ contact
angles from segmented micro-computed tomography images of immiscible fluid pairs in …

Automated contact angle estimation for three-dimensional X-ray microtomography data

KA Klise, D Moriarty, H Yoon, Z Karpyn - Advances in water resources, 2016 - Elsevier
Multiphase flow in capillary regimes is a fundamental process in a number of geoscience
applications. The ability to accurately define wetting characteristics of porous media can …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic measurement of contact angle in pore-space images

A AlRatrout, AQ Raeini, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt - Advances in water resources, 2017 - Elsevier
A new approach is presented to measure the in-situ contact angle (θ) between immiscible
fluids, applied to segmented pore-scale X-ray images. We first identify and mesh the …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic method for estimation of in situ effective contact angle from X-ray micro tomography images of two-phase flow in porous media

A Scanziani, K Singh, MJ Blunt… - Journal of colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Multiphase flow in porous media is strongly influenced by the wettability of the system, which
affects the arrangement of the interfaces of different phases residing in the pores. We …

An automatic in situ contact angle determination based on level set method

J Yang, Y Zhou - Water Resources Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A novel level set‐based approach is presented to calculate in situ contact angle distribution,
θ, from pore‐scale immiscible fluids and rock configuration directly imaged with micro …

[PDF][PDF] Residual fluid blobs and contact angle measurements from X-ray images of fluid displacement

M Prodanovic, WB Lindquist, RS Seright - XVI International Conference on …, 2006 - Citeseer
Over the past decade a growing number of high resolution, three-dimensional, X-ray
computed tomography images of multiphase porous media systems have become available …

[HTML][HTML] Pore-scale contact angle measurements at reservoir conditions using X-ray microtomography

M Andrew, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt - Advances in Water resources, 2014 - Elsevier
Contact angle is a principal control of the flow of multiple fluid phases through porous media;
however its measurement on other than flat surfaces remains a challenge. A new method is …

[HTML][HTML] Methodology for obtaining contact angles in rock sample images using image processing and polynomial fitting techniques

PM Sakugawa, MA Jaculli, RMG Santos… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Springer
Estimating the contact angle in very complex rock pores presents some challenges to
accurately identify the fluid–rock contact surface. This work presents a methodology to …

In Situ Local Contact Angle Measurement in a CO2–Brine–Sand System Using Microfocused X-ray CT

P Lv, Y Liu, Z Wang, S Liu, L Jiang, J Chen, Y Song - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
The wettability of porous media is of major interest in a broad range of natural and
engineering applications. The wettability of a fluid on a solid surface is usually evaluated by …

[HTML][HTML] Direct Measurement of Static and Dynamic Contact Angles Using a Random Micromodel Considering Geological CO2 Sequestration

M Jafari, J Jung - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
The pore-level two-phase fluids flow mechanism needs to be understood for geological CO2
sequestration as a solution to mitigate anthropogenic emission of carbon dioxide. Capillary …