Computational microfluidics for geosciences

C Soulaine, J Maes, S Roman - Frontiers in Water, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Computational microfluidics for geosciences is the third leg of the scientific strategy that
includes microfluidic experiments and high-resolution imaging for deciphering coupled …

Comprehensive comparison of pore-scale models for multiphase flow in porous media

B Zhao, CW MacMinn, BK Primkulov… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Multiphase flows in porous media are important in many natural and industrial processes.
Pore-scale models for multiphase flows have seen rapid development in recent years and …

Quantification of nonlinear multiphase flow in porous media

Y Zhang, B Bijeljic, Y Gao, Q Lin… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We measure the pressure difference during two‐phase flow across a sandstone sample for
a range of injection rates and fractional flows of water, the wetting phase, during an …

Quasistatic fluid-fluid displacement in porous media: Invasion-percolation through a wetting transition

BK Primkulov, S Talman, K Khaleghi… - Physical Review …, 2018 - APS
We study the influence of wettability on the morphology of fluid-fluid displacement through
analog porous media in the limit of vanishing flow rates. We introduce an invasion …

Dynamic contact angle effect on water-oil imbibition in tight oil reservoirs

W Tian, K Wu, D Feng, Y Gao, J Li, Z Chen - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Imbibition is one of the best methods for developing tight oil reservoirs. However, the
dynamic contact angle (DCA) on imbibition is still unclear and limits the enhanced oil …

Prediction of spontaneous imbibition with gravity in porous media micromodels

S Li, H Liu, R Wu, J Cai, G Xi, F Jiang - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
In this work, theoretical modelling, quasi-three-dimensional (quasi-3D) simulations and
micromodel experiments are conducted to study spontaneous imbibition with gravity in …

Three-dimensional self-similarity of coalescing viscous drops in the thin-film regime

PR Kaneelil, AA Pahlavan, N Xue, HA Stone - Physical review letters, 2022 - APS
Coalescence and breakup of drops are classic problems in fluid physics that often involve
self-similarity and singularity formation. While the coalescence of suspended drops is …

Visualization of Multiphase Reactive Flow and Mass Transfer in Functionalized Microfluidic Porous Media

H Wei, X Sha, L Chen, Z Wang, C Zhang, P He… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Multiphase reactive flow in porous media is an important research topic in many natural and
industrial processes. In the present work, photolithography is adopted to fabricate …

Generation of microbubbles via a tapered capillary

W Lu, EQ Li, P Gao - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We propose a novel method for efficient production of microbubbles based on a tapered
capillary with an interiorly attached filament. When gas–liquid displacement driven by an …

Nonlinear multiphase flow in hydrophobic porous media

Y Zhang, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Multiphase flow in porous materials is conventionally described by an empirical extension to
Darcy's law, which assumes that the pressure gradient is proportional to the flow rate …