Effect of the Pore Size Distribution on the Displacement Efficiency of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media

Due to the complexity of porous media, it is difficult to use traditional experimental methods to study the quantitative impact of the pore size distribution on multiphase flow. In this paper, the impact of two pore distribution function types for three-phase flow was quantitatively investigated bas...

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Main Authors:	Yang Yongfei, Liu Pengfei, Zhang Wenjie, Liu Zhihui, Sun Hai, Zhang Lei, Zhao Jianlin, Song Wenhui, Liu Lei, An Senyou, Yao Jun
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	De Gruyter 2016-01-01
Series:	Open Physics
Subjects:	power law distribution truncated normal distribution three-dimensional pore network model displacement efficiency wettability 47.56 +r
Online Access:	http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/phys.2016.14.issue-1/phys-2016-0069/phys-2016-0069.xml?format=INT

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spelling	doaj-art-277e38c37b894ff19393bd35ad3234c32018-09-02T18:02:13ZengDe GruyterOpen Physics2391-54712016-01-0114161061610.1515/phys-2016-0069phys-2016-0069Effect of the Pore Size Distribution on the Displacement Efficiency of Multiphase Flow in Porous MediaYang Yongfei0Liu Pengfei1Zhang Wenjie2Liu Zhihui3Sun Hai4Zhang Lei5Zhao Jianlin6Song Wenhui7Liu Lei8An Senyou9Yao Jun10School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, ChinaResearch Centre of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media, China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, ChinaDue to the complexity of porous media, it is difficult to use traditional experimental methods to study the quantitative impact of the pore size distribution on multiphase flow. In this paper, the impact of two pore distribution function types for three-phase flow was quantitatively investigated based on a three-dimensional pore-scale network model. The results show that in the process of wetting phase displacing the non-wetting phase without wetting films or spreading layers, the displacement efficiency was enhanced with the increase of the two function distribution’s parameters, which are the power law exponent in the power law distribution and the average pore radius or standard deviation in the truncated normal distribution, and vice versa. Additionally, the formation of wetting film is better for the process of displacement.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/phys.2016.14.issue-1/phys-2016-0069/phys-2016-0069.xml?format=INTpower law distributiontruncated normal distributionthree-dimensional pore network modeldisplacement efficiencywettability47.56+r
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author	Yang Yongfei Liu Pengfei Zhang Wenjie Liu Zhihui Sun Hai Zhang Lei Zhao Jianlin Song Wenhui Liu Lei An Senyou Yao Jun
spellingShingle	Yang Yongfei Liu Pengfei Zhang Wenjie Liu Zhihui Sun Hai Zhang Lei Zhao Jianlin Song Wenhui Liu Lei An Senyou Yao Jun Effect of the Pore Size Distribution on the Displacement Efficiency of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media Open Physics power law distribution truncated normal distribution three-dimensional pore network model displacement efficiency wettability 47.56 +r
author_facet	Yang Yongfei Liu Pengfei Zhang Wenjie Liu Zhihui Sun Hai Zhang Lei Zhao Jianlin Song Wenhui Liu Lei An Senyou Yao Jun
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title	Effect of the Pore Size Distribution on the Displacement Efficiency of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
title_short	Effect of the Pore Size Distribution on the Displacement Efficiency of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
title_full	Effect of the Pore Size Distribution on the Displacement Efficiency of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
title_fullStr	Effect of the Pore Size Distribution on the Displacement Efficiency of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of the Pore Size Distribution on the Displacement Efficiency of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
title_sort	effect of the pore size distribution on the displacement efficiency of multiphase flow in porous media
publisher	De Gruyter
series	Open Physics
issn	2391-5471
publishDate	2016-01-01
description	Due to the complexity of porous media, it is difficult to use traditional experimental methods to study the quantitative impact of the pore size distribution on multiphase flow. In this paper, the impact of two pore distribution function types for three-phase flow was quantitatively investigated based on a three-dimensional pore-scale network model. The results show that in the process of wetting phase displacing the non-wetting phase without wetting films or spreading layers, the displacement efficiency was enhanced with the increase of the two function distribution’s parameters, which are the power law exponent in the power law distribution and the average pore radius or standard deviation in the truncated normal distribution, and vice versa. Additionally, the formation of wetting film is better for the process of displacement.
topic	power law distribution truncated normal distribution three-dimensional pore network model displacement efficiency wettability 47.56 +r
url	http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/phys.2016.14.issue-1/phys-2016-0069/phys-2016-0069.xml?format=INT
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Effect of the Pore Size Distribution on the Displacement Efficiency of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media

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