Automatic measurement of three-phase contact angles in pore throats based on digital images
With the help of digital image processing technology, an automatic measurement method for the three-phase contact angles in the pore throats of the microfluidic model was established using the microfluidic water flooding experiment videos as the data source. The results of the new method were verifi...
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| author | Chuanzhen ZANG Lida WANG Kaihu ZHOU Fuwei YU Hanqiao JIANG Junjian LI |
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| description | With the help of digital image processing technology, an automatic measurement method for the three-phase contact angles in the pore throats of the microfluidic model was established using the microfluidic water flooding experiment videos as the data source. The results of the new method were verified through comparing with the manual measurement data. On this basis, the dynamic changes of the three-phase contact angles under flow conditions were clarified by the contact angles probability density curve and mean value change curve. The results show that, for water-wetting rocks, the mean value of the contact angles is acute angle during the early stage of the water flooding process, and it increases with the displacement time and becomes obtuse angle in the middle-late stage of displacement as the dominant force of oil phase gradually changes from viscous force to capillary force. The droplet flow in the remaining oil occurs in the central part of the pore throats, without three-phase contact angle. The contact angles for the porous flow and the columnar flow change slightly during the displacement and present as obtuse angles in view of mean values, which makes the remaining oil poorly movable and thus hard to be recovered. The mean value of the contact angle for the cluster flow tends to increase in the flooding process, which makes the remaining oil more difficult to be recovered. The contact angles for the membrane flow are mainly obtuse angles and reach the highest mean value in the late stage of displacement, which makes the remaining oil most difficult to be recovered. After displacement, the remaining oils under different flow regimes are just subjected to capillary force, with obtuse contact angles, and the wettability of the pore throat walls in the microfluidic model tends to be oil-wet under the action of crude oil. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e3619af8c8e4845910ac9270388dc972023-04-19T04:22:14ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Petroleum Exploration and Development1876-38042023-04-01502442449Automatic measurement of three-phase contact angles in pore throats based on digital imagesChuanzhen ZANG0Lida WANG1Kaihu ZHOU2Fuwei YU3Hanqiao JIANG4Junjian LI5State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China; PetroChina Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Karamay 834000, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, ChinaPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China; Corresponding authorWith the help of digital image processing technology, an automatic measurement method for the three-phase contact angles in the pore throats of the microfluidic model was established using the microfluidic water flooding experiment videos as the data source. The results of the new method were verified through comparing with the manual measurement data. On this basis, the dynamic changes of the three-phase contact angles under flow conditions were clarified by the contact angles probability density curve and mean value change curve. The results show that, for water-wetting rocks, the mean value of the contact angles is acute angle during the early stage of the water flooding process, and it increases with the displacement time and becomes obtuse angle in the middle-late stage of displacement as the dominant force of oil phase gradually changes from viscous force to capillary force. The droplet flow in the remaining oil occurs in the central part of the pore throats, without three-phase contact angle. The contact angles for the porous flow and the columnar flow change slightly during the displacement and present as obtuse angles in view of mean values, which makes the remaining oil poorly movable and thus hard to be recovered. The mean value of the contact angle for the cluster flow tends to increase in the flooding process, which makes the remaining oil more difficult to be recovered. The contact angles for the membrane flow are mainly obtuse angles and reach the highest mean value in the late stage of displacement, which makes the remaining oil most difficult to be recovered. After displacement, the remaining oils under different flow regimes are just subjected to capillary force, with obtuse contact angles, and the wettability of the pore throat walls in the microfluidic model tends to be oil-wet under the action of crude oil.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876380423603994microfluidic modelwater flooding experimentdigital image processingthree-phase contact anglemeasurement methodflow regime of the remaining oil |
| spellingShingle | Chuanzhen ZANG Lida WANG Kaihu ZHOU Fuwei YU Hanqiao JIANG Junjian LI Automatic measurement of three-phase contact angles in pore throats based on digital images Petroleum Exploration and Development microfluidic model water flooding experiment digital image processing three-phase contact angle measurement method flow regime of the remaining oil |
| title | Automatic measurement of three-phase contact angles in pore throats based on digital images |
| title_full | Automatic measurement of three-phase contact angles in pore throats based on digital images |
| title_fullStr | Automatic measurement of three-phase contact angles in pore throats based on digital images |
| title_full_unstemmed | Automatic measurement of three-phase contact angles in pore throats based on digital images |
| title_short | Automatic measurement of three-phase contact angles in pore throats based on digital images |
| title_sort | automatic measurement of three phase contact angles in pore throats based on digital images |
| topic | microfluidic model water flooding experiment digital image processing three-phase contact angle measurement method flow regime of the remaining oil |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876380423603994 |
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