TY - GEN
T1 - Prediction of Interface Shape and Capillary Pressure in an Idealized Pore Structure
T2 - 83rd EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2022
AU - Davarpanah, Afshin
AU - Cox, Simon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© (2022) by the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) All rights reserved
PY - 2022/6/6
Y1 - 2022/6/6
N2 - Accurate prediction of the capillary pressure of small volumes of liquid in porous media is complicated by the complex geometries and the nonlinearity of the governing equations. Interface shapes depend on the reservoir characteristics such as the wetting properties and rock geometries. Here we consider an idealized situation in which a small volume of liquid surrounds an upright cylindrical grain on a flat substrate and predict the shape that the liquid takes and its capillary pressure. We validate two approximations for the capillary pressure against accurate numerical simulations. We propose the second of these as a predictive tool for reservoir engineering
AB - Accurate prediction of the capillary pressure of small volumes of liquid in porous media is complicated by the complex geometries and the nonlinearity of the governing equations. Interface shapes depend on the reservoir characteristics such as the wetting properties and rock geometries. Here we consider an idealized situation in which a small volume of liquid surrounds an upright cylindrical grain on a flat substrate and predict the shape that the liquid takes and its capillary pressure. We validate two approximations for the capillary pressure against accurate numerical simulations. We propose the second of these as a predictive tool for reservoir engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142702079&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3997/2214-4609.202210537
DO - 10.3997/2214-4609.202210537
M3 - Conference Proceeding (Non-Journal item)
AN - SCOPUS:85142702079
T3 - 83rd EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2022
SP - 2064
EP - 2068
BT - 83rd EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2022
PB - European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE
Y2 - 6 June 2022 through 9 June 2022
ER -