A lattice Boltzmann high-density-ratio model, which uses diffuse interface theory to describe the interfacial dynamics and was proposed originally by Lee and Liu [T. Lee, L. Liu, Lattice Boltzmann simulations of micron-scale drop impact on dry surfaces, J. Comput. Phys. 229(2010) 8045-8063], is extended to simulate multiphase flows in porous media. A wetting boundary treatment is proposed for t...

To study improved oil recovery (IOR) via laboratory experiments at the pore scale, we performed waterflooding in a glass 2.5D micromodel (dual depth: 12 and 27 μm) with crude (CRO) brines of variable compositions temperatures ranging from 22 °C (room temperature) to 90 °C. The time-dependent residual saturation (ROS) for various flooding aging protocols was extracted optical microscopy images e...

Residual gas saturation is one of the most important parameter in determining recovery factor of water-drive gas reservoir. Visual observation of processes occurring at the pore level in micromodels can give an insight to fluid displacements at the larger scale and also help the interpretation of production performance at reservoir scale. In this study experimental tests in a glass micromod...

The coupled influence of input suspension concentration (Ci), ionic strength (IS), and hydrodynamics on the transport and retention of 1.1 microm carboxyl-modified latex colloids in saturated quartz sand (150 microm) under unfavorable attachment conditions (pH 10) was investigated. The percentage of retained colloids in column experiments decreased with Ci at intermediate IS conditions (31 or 5...

The coupled role of solution ionic strength (IS), hydrodynamic force, and pore structure on the transport and retention of viable Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst was investigated via batch, packed-bed column, and micromodel systems. The experiments were conducted over a wide range of IS (0.1-100 mM), at two Darcy velocities (0.2 and 0.5 cm/min), and in two sands (median diameters of 275 and 710 m...

residual gas saturation is one of the most important parameter in determining recovery factor of water-drive gas reservoir. visual observation of processes occurring at the pore level in micromodels can give an insight to fluid displacements at the larger scale and also help the interpretation of production performance at reservoir scale. in this study experimental tests in a glass micromodel w...