Oil Fragmentation, Interfacial Surface Transport and Flow Structure Maps for Two-Phase Flow in Model Pore Networks. Predictions Based on Extensive, DeProF Model Simulations

Marios S. Valavanides

doi:10.2516/ogst/2017033

Dossier: Dynamics of Evolving Fluid Interfaces - DEFI Gathering Physico-Chemical and Flow Properties

Open Access

Table 2

Volume fraction of the connected pathway flow (CPF) domain, β, against fractional flow of oil through it, η_o,C, for various flow conditions, (Ca, r), and viscosity ratios κ.

logr = − 1		κ = 0.33			κ = 1.0			κ = 3.0
logCa	β	η_o,C		β	η_o,C		β	η_o,C
-8	0.000	0.000	–	n/a	n/a	–	0.000	0.000	–
-7	0.000	0.000	–	n/a	n/a	–	0.000	0.000	–
-6	0.000	0.000	–	0.000	0.006	0.000	0.007	0.503	0.014
-5	0.005	0.398	0.013	0.018	0.545	0.033	0.063	0.721	0.087
-4	0.020	0.753	0.027	0.069	0.867	0.080	0.201	0.952	0.211
logr = 0		κ = 0.33			κ = 1.0			κ = 3.0
logCa	β	η_o,C		β	η_o,C		β	η_o,C
-8	0.000	0.000	–	n/a	n/a	–	0.000	0.000	–
-7	0.000	0.000	–	n/a	n/a	–	0.007	0.508	0.014
-6	0.006	0.467	0.013	0.029	0.694	0.042	0.106	0.885	0.120
-5	0.066	0.760	0.087	0.199	0.893	0.223	0.446	0.966	0.462
-4	0.224	0.981	0.228	n/a	n/a	–	n/a	n/a	–
logr = 1		κ = 0.33			κ = 1.0			κ = 3.0
logCa	β	η_o,C		β	η_o,C		β	η_o,C
-8	0.000	0.000	–	n/a	n/a	–	0.009	0.689	0.013
-7	0.009	0.633	0.014	n/a	n/a	–	0.116	0.920	0.126
-6	0.103	0.905	0.114	0.250	0.927	0.270	0.407	0.931	0.437
-5	0.475	0.978	0.486	0.820	0.993	0.826	n/a	n/a	–
-4	n/a	n/a	–	n/a	n/a	–	n/a	n/a	–

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