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Weakly nonlinear modulation of interfacial gravity-capillary waves
The modified nonlinear envelope equation of interfacial gravity-capillary waves in a two-layer fluid of infinite depths for broader bandwidth with a...
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Modified Interfacial Boundary Conditions for the Stokes–Brinkman Flow Model
A modified formulation of the interfacial boundary conditions for the coupling of the Stokes and Brinkman models that describe the incompressible...
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Effect of sodium hydroxide, sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate, and resin on the interfacial tension of asphaltenic synthetic oil extracted from acidic crude oil under low salinity condition
During the past years, the usage of new oil recovery methods known as enhanced oil recovery methods is increasing because of energy consumption rate...
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Study on the Mechanism of Nanomaterials in Improving Oil Recovery in Unconventional Reservoirs
As the global demand for energy escalates, the depletion of conventional oil and gas reserves has necessitated a shift towards unconventional...
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Pore-level Ostwald ripening of CO2 foams at reservoir pressure
The success of foam to reduce CO 2 mobility in CO 2 enhanced oil recovery and CO 2 storage operations depends on foam stability in the reservoir. Foams...
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Obstacles, Interfacial Forms, and Turbulence: A Numerical Analysis of Soil–Water Evaporation Across Different Interfaces
Exchange processes between a turbulent free flow and a porous media flow are sensitive to the flow dynamics in both flow regimes, as well as to the...
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Inclusion of variable characteristic length in microemulsion flash calculations
Recent developments in predicting microemulsion phase behavior for use in chemical flooding are based on the hydrophilic-lipophilic deviation (HLD)...
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EOR Displacement Characteristics from Cluster Analysis and Fractional Pore Occupation
The in situ saponification of crude oil lowers the interfacial tensions of oil–water systems in chemical-enhanced oil recovery (cEOR). When the...
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Imaging flow focusing and isolation of aqueous fluids in synthetic quartzite: implications for permeability and retained fluid fraction in deep-seated rocks
The microstructure of realistic fluid–rock systems evolves to minimize the overall interfacial energy, enabling local variations in fluid geometry...
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Study on Microscopic Seepage Mechanism During Fracturing Process in Tight Reservoir
Tight reservoirs usually have ultra-low permeability, so fracturing must be carried out during production. Due to different injection velocities and...
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Effect of the interfacial shearing stress of soil–geogrid interaction on the bearing capacity of geogrid-reinforced sand
A transformed approach has been made to predict the impression of inclusion geogrid on the reinforced soil’s bearing capacity underneath the strip...
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The formation of three-grain junctions during solidification. Part II: theory
We provide a simple geometric theory of crystal growth which predicts the shape and final dihedral angle of three-grain junctions of an augite...
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Effect of equilibrium contact angle on water equilibrium film thickness for the carbon dioxide–brine–mineral system based on surface force theory
The thickness of the thin wetting film depends on disjoining pressure forces, and it evolves with pH evolution due to brine acidification at the...
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The impacts of CO2 flooding on crude oil stability and recovery performance
Numerous studies have investigated the fundamental mechanisms by which CO 2 flooding can increase oil production by altering the properties of the...
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Experimental and Numerical Simulation of Water-Flooding Features and Remaining Oil Distribution in Water-Wet Sandstones
In this paper, two water-wet sandstone samples with similar microscopic pore structures were selected, and X-ray CT core flooding experiment under...
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Reappraisal of Upscaling Descriptors for Transient Two-Phase Flows in Fibrous Media
Transient two-phase flows within fibrous media are considered at local scale. Upscaling these flows constitute a key procedure towards a tractable...
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Experimental study of the performances of commercial surfactants in reducing interfacial tension and wettability alteration in the process of chemical water injection into carbonate reservoirs
Surfactants are used in the process of chemical water injection to reduce interfacial tension of water and oil and consequently decrease the...
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Pore-by-Pore Modelling, Validation and Prediction of Waterflooding in Oil-Wet Rocks Using Dynamic Synchrotron Data
We predict waterflood displacement on a pore-by-pore basis using pore network modelling. The pore structure is captured by a high-resolution image....
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An integrated approach to derive relative permeability from capillary pressure
Surface tension affects all aspects of fluid flow in porous media. Through measurements of surface tension interaction under multiphase conditions, a...
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Manifestation of Negative Microfracture Compressibility Due to Capillarity in Tight Rocks at Partial Saturation with Free Gas
Negative compressibility (NC) refers to the counterintuitive behaviour where a material expands when subjected to compressive stress. In rock...
