[HTML][HTML] Immiscible viscous fingering: modelling unstable water–oil displacement experiments in porous media

IC Salmo, KS Sorbie, A Skauge, MA Alzaabi - Transport in Porous Media, 2022 - Springer
Viscous fingering in porous media occurs when the (miscible or immiscible) displacing fluid
has a lower viscosity than the displaced fluid. For example, immiscible fingering is observed …

[HTML][HTML] The role of immiscible fingering on the mechanism of secondary and tertiary polymer flooding of viscous oil

A Beteta, KS Sorbie, K McIver, G Johnson… - Transport in Porous …, 2022 - Springer
Immiscible viscous fingering in porous media occurs when a low viscosity fluid displaces a
significantly more viscous, immiscible resident fluid; for example, the displacement of a …

[HTML][HTML] Immiscible viscous fingering: The simulation of tertiary polymer displacements of viscous oils in 2D slab floods

A Beteta, KS Sorbie, A Skauge - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immiscible viscous fingering in porous media occurs when a high viscosity fluid is displaced
by an immiscible low viscosity fluid. This paper extends a recent development in the …

Experimental study on the role of polymer addition in Saffman–Taylor instability in miscible flow displacement

P Jangir, R Mohan, P Chokshi - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The role of nonlinear rheology of polymeric fluids in finger formation and the ensuing
morphology of the patterns in miscible flow displacement is examined experimentally. The …

A Darcy–Cahn–Hilliard model of multiphase fluid-driven fracture

A Guével, Y Meng, C Peco, R Juanes… - Journal of the Mechanics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract A Darcy–Cahn–Hilliard model coupled with damage is developed to describe
multiphase-flow and fluid-driven fracturing in porous media. The model is motivated by …

[HTML][HTML] Immiscible viscous fingering: The effects of wettability/capillarity and scaling

A Beteta, KS Sorbie, A Skauge, T Skauge - Transport in Porous Media, 2024 - Springer
Realistic immiscible viscous fingering, showing all of the complex finger structure observed
in experiments, has proven to be very difficult to model using direct numerical simulation …

[HTML][HTML] Application of foam assisted water-alternating-gas flooding and quantification of resistivity and water saturation by experiment and simulation to determine …

JA Khan, J Kim, S Irawan, KA Permatasar, PG Verdin… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract Foam flooding by Foam Assisted Water-Alternating-Gas (FAWAG) is an important
enhanced oil recovery method that has proven successful in experimental and pilot studies …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of bubble transport in porous media using a microfluidic channel

R Haggerty, D Zhang, J Eun, Y Li - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the effect on varying flow rates and bubble sizes on gas–liquid flow
through porous media in a horizontal microchannel. A simple bubble generation system was …

Comprehensive evaluation of sewage sludge dewatering performance with supercritical CO2: Parameters optimization, mechanism, feasibility assessment

L Li, Z Wang, J Tao, Y Hu, N Li, Y Zhao, Y Wang… - Biomass and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dewatering is a prerequisite and crucial link for efficient disposal of sewage sludge (SS).
Conventional mechanical dewatering has the disadvantage of adding a large amount of …

Optimal control of viscous fingering

N Petit - Journal of Process Control, 2024 - Elsevier
The paper considers the problem of optimally filling a Hele-Shaw cell. The system is subject
to viscous fingering effect. It is shown that, despite the threshold terms appearing on the right …