Pore-scale characteristics of multiphase flow in heterogeneous porous media using the lattice Boltzmann method

S Bakhshian, SA Hosseini, N Shokri - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
This study provides a pore-scale investigation of two-phase flow dynamics during primary
drainage in a realistic heterogeneous rock sample. Using the lattice Boltzmann (LB) method …

Pore-scale dynamics and the multiphase Darcy law

Y Gao, Q Lin, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt - Physical Review Fluids, 2020 - APS
Synchrotron x-ray microtomography combined with sensitive pressure differential
measurements were used to study flow during steady-state injection of equal volume …

Effect of wettability on two-phase flow through granular porous media: fluid rupture and mechanics of the media

MA Hosseini, S Kamrava, M Sahimi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
A key parameter with considerable influence on the spatial distribution of the fluid phases in
porous media is the wettability. Understanding the effect of wettability on fluids' distribution in …

A lattice Boltzmann investigation of steady-state fluid distribution, capillary pressure and relative permeability of a porous medium: Effects of fluid and geometrical …

Z Li, S Galindo-Torres, G Yan, A Scheuermann… - Advances in water …, 2018 - Elsevier
Simulations of simultaneous steady-state two-phase flow in the capillary force-dominated
regime were conducted using the state-of-the-art Shan–Chen multi-component lattice …

Pore-scale effects during the transition from capillary-to viscosity-dominated flow dynamics within microfluidic porous-like domains

A Yiotis, NK Karadimitriou, I Zarikos, H Steeb - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
We perform a numerical and experimental study of immiscible two-phase flows within
predominantly 2D transparent PDMS microfluidic domains with disordered pillar-like …

Pore–scale analysis of supercritical CO2–brine immiscible displacement under fractional–wettability conditions

S Bakhshian, SA Hosseini - Advances in Water Resources, 2019 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of wettability heterogeneity on pore–
scale characteristics of Supercritical (sc) CO 2 displacement dynamics and its capillary …

Effective rheology of two-phase flow in three-dimensional porous media: experiment and simulation

S Sinha, AT Bender, M Danczyk, K Keepseagle… - Transport in porous …, 2017 - Springer
We present an experimental and numerical study of immiscible two-phase flow of Newtonian
fluids in three-dimensional (3D) porous media to find the relationship between the …

A multi-scale investigation of pore structure impact on the mobilization of trapped oil by surfactant injection

R Oughanem, S Youssef, D Bauer, Y Peysson… - Transport in porous …, 2015 - Springer
The evolution of the residual oil saturation as a function of the trapping number N_ t N t
(capillary number plus Bond number), is generally known as the capillary desaturation curve …

On the determination of a generalized Darcy equation for yield-stress fluid in porous media using a Lattice-Boltzmann TRT scheme

L Talon, D Bauer - The European Physical Journal E, 2013 - Springer
Simulating flow of a Bingham fluid in porous media still remains a challenging task as the
yield stress may significantly alter the numerical stability and precision. We present a Lattice …

The influence of motility on bacterial accumulation in a microporous channel

M Lee, C Lohrmann, K Szuttor, H Auradou, C Holm - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the transport of bacteria in a porous media modeled by a square channel
containing one cylindrical obstacle via molecular dynamics simulations coupled to a lattice …