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DOI | 10.1029/2020WR028324 |
Subpore‐scale trapping mechanisms following imbibition: A microfluidics investigation of surface roughness effects | |
Zhonghao Sun; Ayaz Mehmani; Carlos Torres‐; Verdí; n | |
2021-01-21 | |
发表期刊 | Water Resources Research
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出版年 | 2021 |
英文摘要 | Surface roughness is ubiquitous in subsurface formations due to weathering and diagenesis. Yet micromodel studies of porous media have not sufficiently addressed the impact of pore‐wall roughness on multiphase fluid displacement. We investigate the influence of pore‐wall roughness on capillary trapping by implementing surface roughness into glass micromodels and conducting imbibition experiments. Time‐lapse fluorescence microscopy, micromolding in capillaries, and scanning electron microscopy are used to examine flow behavior during spontaneous and forced imbibition experiments with capillary numbers between 10‐6 and 10‐4. It is found that surface roughness causes interface pinning and irregular displacement fronts within a single pore, promotes latent pore filling following imbibition, enhances snap‐offs, and contributes to interface relaxation. Furthermore, we verify a cooperative effect between corner flow and surface roughness that causes pore filling to occur at over 10 times the channel width ahead of the main bulk front. Consequently, a significant increase in trapped air saturation of up to 60% is observed, especially at lower capillary numbers and narrower pores. Effects of surface roughness also decrease the rate of spontaneous imbibition, which is slower than the prediction from Washburn’s equation. Our results emphasize the importance of surface roughness in building conceptual models for capillary trapping when the ratio of surface‐roughness to pore‐size reaches a critical value of about 0.1. Above this critical threshold value, subpore‐scale trapping mechanisms contribute significantly to capillary trapping, which theoretical and numerical models should consider for accurate quantification of fluid‐transport processes. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/313806 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhonghao Sun,Ayaz Mehmani,Carlos Torres‐,等. Subpore‐scale trapping mechanisms following imbibition: A microfluidics investigation of surface roughness effects[J]. Water Resources Research,2021. |
APA | Zhonghao Sun,Ayaz Mehmani,Carlos Torres‐,Verdí,&n.(2021).Subpore‐scale trapping mechanisms following imbibition: A microfluidics investigation of surface roughness effects.Water Resources Research. |
MLA | Zhonghao Sun,et al."Subpore‐scale trapping mechanisms following imbibition: A microfluidics investigation of surface roughness effects".Water Resources Research (2021). |
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