Table 2
Summary of second set of experiments.
| Exp | Geometry | Size (cm) | Porosity (fraction) | Permeability (Darcy) |
Initial water saturation (fraction) | Oil viscosity (cP) | Viscosity ratio (μr) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kw (Sw = 1) | Ko (Swi) after aging | Water flood | Polymer flood | ||||||
| T2v | 2D slab | 30 × 30 × 2.1 | 0.22 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.07 | 7000 | 7368 | 117 |
| T3b | 2D slab | 30 × 30 × 2.6 | 0.25 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.13 | 2000 | 2105 | 29 |
| T4b | 2D slab | 20 × 30 × 2.2 | 0.22 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.09 | 2000 | 2105 | 29 |
| T5g | Cubic | 30 × 30 × 30 | 0.24 | ≈2.5 | – | 0.09 | 2000 | 2105 | 29 |
| T6g | Quarter-five-spot | 30 × 30 × 2.2 | 0.22 | – | – | 0.13 | 2000 | 2105 | 29 |
| T7g | 2D slab | 30 × 90 × 2.5 | 0.22 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.11 | 2000 | 2105 | 29 |
| S8 | 2D slab | 15 × 15 × 2.1 | 0.22 | 2.0 | – | 0.10 | 2000 | 2105 | 29 |