4D imaging of two‐phase flow in porous media using laboratory‐based micro‐computed tomography

KR Tekseth, DW Breiby - Water Resources Research, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic three‐dimensional computed tomography (CT) imaging of liquid transport in
porous media has primarily been conducted at high brilliance synchrotrons thus allowing …

Dynamic CT reconstruction with improved temporal resolution for scanning of fluid flow in porous media

W Goethals, T Bultreys, Z Manigrasso… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lab‐based high‐resolution Computed Tomography (μCT) is an important tool to investigate
multiphase fluid flow through porous media. Rapid and continuous μCT acquisition can be …

Fast laboratory-based micro-computed tomography for pore-scale research: Illustrative experiments and perspectives on the future

T Bultreys, MA Boone, MN Boone, T De Schryver… - Advances in water …, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, the wide-spread implementation of laboratory-based X-ray micro-
computed tomography (micro-CT) scanners has revolutionized both the experimental and …

Time-resolved synchrotron X-ray micro-tomography datasets of drainage and imbibition in carbonate rocks

K Singh, H Menke, M Andrew, C Rau, B Bijeljic… - Scientific Data, 2018 - nature.com
Multiphase flow in permeable media is a complex pore-scale phenomenon, which is
important in many natural and industrial processes. To understand the pore-scale dynamics …

Fluid topology in pore scale two‐phase flow imaged by synchrotron X‐ray microtomography

HH Khanamiri, O Torsæter - Water Resources Research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A flow experiment including drainage and imbibition by water and surfactant was performed
on a water‐wet Berea sandstone. The three‐dimensional (3‐D) pore scale changes of the …

Direct simulations of two-phase flow on micro-CT images of porous media and upscaling of pore-scale forces

AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic - Advances in water resources, 2014 - Elsevier
Pore-scale forces have a significant effect on the macroscopic behaviour of multiphase flow
through porous media. This paper studies the effect of these forces using a new volume-of …

Multiscale drainage dynamics with Haines jumps monitored by stroboscopic 4D X-ray microscopy

KR Tekseth, F Mirzaei, B Lukic… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Slow multiphase flow in porous media is intriguing because its underlying dynamics is
almost deterministic, yet depends on a hierarchy of spatiotemporal processes. There has …

Pore‐Scale Imaging of Multiphase Flow Fluctuations in Continuum‐Scale Samples

S Wang, C Spurin, T Bultreys - Water Resources Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Representative elementary volumes (REVs) are an important concept in studying
subsurface multiphase flow at the continuum scale. However, fluctuations in multiphase flow …

Modelling capillary trapping using finite-volume simulation of two-phase flow directly on micro-CT images

AQ Raeini, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt - Advances in Water Resources, 2015 - Elsevier
We study capillary trapping in porous media using direct pore-scale simulation of two-phase
flow on micro-CT images of a Berea sandstone and a sandpack. The trapped non-wetting …

Three-dimensional imaging of multiphase flow in porous media

ML Turner, L Knuefing, CH Arns, A Sakellariou… - Physica A: Statistical …, 2004 - Elsevier
This paper reports progress in the 3D pore-scale micro-CT imaging of multiple fluid phases
during drainage experiments in porous materials. Experiments performed on a sintered …