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JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
Volume 948, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2022.649
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porous media
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2019YFA0708704]
- NSF grant of China [U1837602]
- Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program
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The preference of two-phase displacements was studied systematically through theoretical derivations and numerical simulations using a non-uniform pore doublet model. All major impact factors were taken into consideration to obtain a complete phase diagram for preferential flow. The results validate the simple treatment for dual-permeability media and extend the phase diagram's applicability to disordered permeable media in general, contributing to the understanding and manipulation of preferential flow in heterogeneous permeable media.
We study the preference of two-phase displacements systematically by theoretical derivations and numerical simulations via a non-uniform pore doublet model. All the most important impact factors, including viscosity ratio, capillary number, wetting conditions and boundary conditions, have been considered, and finally a complete phase diagram for preferential flow has been obtained. The simple treatment for the dual-permeability media has been validated, and further, with a few necessary corrections the phase diagram is applicable for disordered permeable media in general. These results help us to understand the occurrence and manipulation of preferential flow in heterogeneous permeable media.
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