Microfluidic model porous media: Fabrication and applications

A Anbari, HT Chien, SS Datta, W Deng, DA Weitz… - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Complex fluid flow in porous media is ubiquitous in many natural and industrial processes.
Direct visualization of the fluid structure and flow dynamics is critical for understanding and …

A review of micromodels and their use in two‐phase flow studies

NK Karadimitriou, SM Hassanizadeh - Vadose Zone Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
During the last 25 to 30 yr, micromodels have been increasingly used to study the behavior
of fluids inside microstructures in various research areas. Studies have included chemical …

Dynamic fluid connectivity during steady-state multiphase flow in a sandstone

CA Reynolds, H Menke, M Andrew… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The current conceptual picture of steady-state multiphase Darcy flow in porous media is that
the fluid phases organize into separate flow pathways with stable interfaces. Here we …

X‐ray microtomography of intermittency in multiphase flow at steady state using a differential imaging method

Y Gao, Q Lin, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt - Water resources research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We imaged the steady state flow of brine and decane in Bentheimer sandstone. We devised
an experimental method based on differential imaging to examine how flow rate impacts …

[HTML][HTML] Pore occupancy, relative permeability and flow intermittency measurements using X-ray micro-tomography in a complex carbonate

Y Gao, AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic - Advances in Water Resources, 2019 - Elsevier
We imaged the steady-state flow of brine and decane (oil) at different fractional flows during
dual injection in a micro-porous limestone, Estaillades, using X-ray micro-tomography. We …

Morphogenesis of biofilms in porous media and control on hydrodynamics

DL Kurz, E Secchi, R Stocker… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
The functioning of natural and engineered porous media, like soils and filters, depends in
many cases on the interplay between biochemical processes and hydrodynamics. In such …

Impact of saturation on dispersion and mixing in porous media: Photobleaching pulse injection experiments and shear‐enhanced mixing model

J Jiménez‐Martínez, T Le Borgne… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The dynamics of solute dispersion and mixing in unsaturated flows is analyzed from
photobleaching experiments in two‐dimensional porous micromodels. This technique …

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 …

[图书][B] Physics of flow in porous media

J Feder, EG Flekkøy, A Hansen - 2022 - books.google.com
An invaluable reference for graduate students and academic researchers, this book
introduces the basic terminology, methods and theory of the physics of flow in porous media …

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 …