CT Experiments and Analysis of Single and Two-Phase Flow in an Impermeable Natural Fracture

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Abstract: This reports the use of CIT scanning and image processing technique as a powerful tool to study single- and multiphase flow through fractured media. The in situ image of displacement patterns gives us direct knowledge of the characteristics of the single- and multiphase flow through fractured media.We review the literature with the focus on the saturation, capillary pressure and relative permeability during the flow in fractures. We then provide the detailed theory and method of using a CT scanner to observe the aperture distribution and the flow through fractured media. In the final results, we present different views of the aperture distribution. Three types of experiments are performed (tracer flow for showing the flow pattern, primary imbibition and primary drainage). The corresponding results and discussion are also presented.

Type of resource	text
Date created	1997

Author	Liao, Wang-Ke
Primary advisor	Blunt, Martin
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Subject	School of Earth Energy & Environmental Sciences
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/ff499sp0937

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Preferred Citation: Liao, Wang-Ke. (1997). CT Experiments and Analysis of Single and Two-Phase Flow in an Impermeable Natural Fracture. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/ff499sp0937

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