Flow and Transport
Through Porous Media I
Chem. Eng. 571
Geology, Chemistry, and Physics of Fluid Transport
Instructor: G. J. Hirasaki
Chapter 1 Subsurface Macro Structure
Depositional environments
Alterations
Chapter 2 Subsurface Micro Structure
Rock and soil minerals
Diagenesis
Morphology of the pore space
Mineral surface chemistry
Chapter 3 Rock Properties
Grain size distribution
Pore shape
Pore size distribution
Surface area
Porosity
Effect of stress
Permeability
Chapter 4 Volumetric Flux: Darcy's
Law
D' Arcy's original experiments
Flow potential
Permeability tensor
Permeability micro-heterogeneity
Permeability anisotropy
Darcy's law from momentum balance
Non darcy flow
Chapter 5 Multiphase Pore Fluid
Distribution
Capillarity
Nonwetting phase trapping
Hysteresis
Capillary desaturation
Normalized saturation for relative permeability and capillary pressure
Relative permeability models
Three phase relative permeability
Measurement methods
Chapter 6 Conservation Equations
for Multiphase-Multicomponent Flow Through Porous Media
Fluxes in isothermal flow
Mass balance
Definitions and constitutive equations for isothermal flow
Special cases
Overall material balance
Chapter 7 Two Phase, One Dimensional
Displacement
Dimensionless and normalized variables
Trajectories in distance-time space
Definition of waves
Mass balance across shock
Average saturation and recovery efficiency
Effect of gravity on displacement
Relation between mobility ratio and gravity number on displacement
Gravity drainage
Interference of waves
Chapter 8 1-D, Multiphase-Multicomponent
Displacement
Overall Concentration and Fractional
Flow
Differential Equations
Concepts
Concentration Velocities in Multicomponent Systems
Self-Similar Solutions
Example with Two Dependent Variables
Shock
CO2 + Decane System
Surfactant Flooding
Chapter 9 Ion Exchange with Clays
Equilibrium and Electroneutrality
Relations
Relationship between Composition of Electrolyte Solution and of Clays
Ion Exchange Waves
Calculation of Route, Profile, and History
Ion Exchange with Surfactant and Clays
Page maintained by: G. J. Hirasaki, gjh@rice.edu
Last updated: December 20, 2000