Stabilizing Fluid-Fluid Displacements in Porous Media Through Wettability Alteration

Stabilizing Fluid-Fluid Displacements in Porous Media Through Wettability Alteration

We study experimentally how wettability impacts fluid-fluid-displacement patterns in granular media. We inject a low-viscosity fluid (air) into a thin bed of glass beads initially saturated with a more-viscous fluid (a water-glycerol mixture). Chemical treatment of glass surfaces allows us to contro...

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Main Authors: Trojer, Mathias (Contributor), Szulczewski, Michael L. (Contributor), Juanes, Ruben (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2015-05-29T17:49:23Z.
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