Pore-Scale Investigation of Two-Phase Flows in Three-Dimensional Digital Models of Natural Sandstones

Resumo

The results of numerical simulation of the processes of two-phase flow through a porous medium in three-dimensional digital models of the porous space of three natural sandstone samples are given. The calculations are carried out using the lattice Boltzmann equations and the digital field gradient model over a wide range of the capillary numbers and the viscosity ratios of injected and displaced fluids. The conditions of flow through a porous medium with capillary fingering, viscous fingering and with stable displacement front are revealed.