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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 45, 期 7, 页码 3077-3086出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2017GL076600
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51779188, 51579188]
- Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2(NCGC), an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
When a more viscous fluid displaces a less viscous one in porous media, viscous pressure drop stabilizes the displacement front against capillary pressure fluctuation. For this favorable viscous ratio conditions, previous studies focused on the front instability under slow flow conditions but did not address competing effects of wettability and flow rate. Here we study how this competition controls displacement patterns. We propose a theoretical model that describes the crossover from fingering to stable flow as a function of invading fluid contact angle theta and capillary number Ca. The phase diagram predicted by the model shows that decreasing theta stabilizes the displacement for theta >= 45 degrees and the critical contact angle theta(c) increases with Ca. The boundary between corner flow and cooperative filling for theta < 45 degrees is also described. This work extends the classic phase diagram and has potential applications in predicting CO2 capillary trapping and manipulating wettability to enhance gas/oil displacement efficiency.
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