Physics-based models of hysteresis in multiphase flow in porous media
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2019
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| author | Gu, Zongyu,Ph.D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| author2 | Martin Z. Bazant. |
| author_facet | Martin Z. Bazant. Gu, Zongyu,Ph.D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| author_sort | Gu, Zongyu,Ph.D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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| description | Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2019 |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1237232020-02-11T03:20:39Z Physics-based models of hysteresis in multiphase flow in porous media Gu, Zongyu,Ph.D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Martin Z. Bazant. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering. Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2019 Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-177). We propose a novel probabilistic framework based on pore-scale probabilistic events to derive a theory of hysteresis in multiphase flow in porous media. In particular, we define the pore-space accessivity to contrast the serial and parallel arrangement of different-radius pore slices, and the radius-resolved saturations to detail the pore-scale distribution of immiscible fluids. We show that accessivity can be measured by mercury cyclic porosimetry. Our microscopic theory of hysteresis produces simple formulae that are suitable for use as hysteresis-enabling constitutive laws for capillary pressure and relative permeabilities in conventional continuum simulations of multiphase flow. by Zongyu Gu. Ph. D. Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering 2020-02-10T21:38:38Z 2020-02-10T21:38:38Z 2019 2019 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123723 1138228067 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 177 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Chemical Engineering. Gu, Zongyu,Ph.D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Physics-based models of hysteresis in multiphase flow in porous media |
| title | Physics-based models of hysteresis in multiphase flow in porous media |
| title_full | Physics-based models of hysteresis in multiphase flow in porous media |
| title_fullStr | Physics-based models of hysteresis in multiphase flow in porous media |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physics-based models of hysteresis in multiphase flow in porous media |
| title_short | Physics-based models of hysteresis in multiphase flow in porous media |
| title_sort | physics based models of hysteresis in multiphase flow in porous media |
| topic | Chemical Engineering. |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123723 |
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