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Two‐phase flow in porous media: Property identification and model validation
Author(s) -
Kulkarni Raghavendra,
Watson A. Ted,
Nordtvedt JanErik,
Sylte André
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690441102
Subject(s) - capillary pressure , porous medium , saturation (graph theory) , relative permeability , displacement (psychology) , mechanics , permeability (electromagnetism) , two phase flow , capillary action , materials science , volumetric flow rate , porosity , flow (mathematics) , thermodynamics , mathematics , chemistry , physics , composite material , psychology , biochemistry , combinatorics , membrane , psychotherapist
The experimental design and analysis of two‐phase dynamic displacement experiments are investigated, with particular attention to incorporating measured saturation distributions. Pressure drops and saturation distributions measured with displacement experiments using multiple flow‐rate injection rates can provide accurate estimates of relative permeability and capillary pressure functions over broad ranges of fluid saturations. Successful reconciliation of measured saturation distributions and pressure drops establishes an experimental validation of the Darcy model for two‐phase flow in porous media.