An Evaluation of the Capacitance Probe as a Technique for Determining Liquid Saturations in Laboratory Flow Experiments

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Abstract: Of all the methods reported to date, the capacitance probe comes closest to meeting the constraints of measuring liquid saturations of cores at high temperatures and pressures (i.e. 250C and 500 psi). Changes in liquid saturation in the inner 4 inches of porous core are reflected in a one to four percent change in the resonant frequency of the probe. The higher the temperature at which the measurement takes place, the smaller the change for a given change in liquid saturation. The depth of penetration of the probe is only about one sixth the core thickness, and the properties of the core must be uniform throughout for the measurements to be meaningful.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 1975

Author	Denlinger, Roger P.
Primary advisor	Ramey Jr., Henry J.
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Subject	School of Earth Energy & Environmental Sciences
Subject	Stanford Geothermal Program
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/kc831fz9055

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Preferred Citation: Denlinger, Roger P. (1975). An Evaluation of the Capacitance Probe as a Technique for Determining Liquid Saturations in Laboratory Flow Experiments. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/kc831fz9055

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