In this paper, we have considered a fully developed flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a rectangular porous duct saturated with the same fluid. The duct is heated from the bottom for forced and mixed convection...In this paper, we have considered a fully developed flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a rectangular porous duct saturated with the same fluid. The duct is heated from the bottom for forced and mixed convection. The Brinkman model is used to simulate the momentum transfer in the porous duct. Using the momentum and thermal energy equations, the entropy generation has been obtained due to the heat transfer, viscous and Darcy dissipations. It is found from the mathematical analysis that the entropy generation is double when the viscous as well as the Darcy dissipations terms are taken in the thermal energy equation in comparison when the viscous as well as the Darcy dissipations terms are not taken in the thermal energy equation. This result clearly shows that there is no need of taking the viscous and Darcy dissipations terms in the thermal energy equation to obtain the entropy generation.展开更多
The coalescence behavior of two droplets with different viscosities in the funnel-typed expansion chamber in T-junction microchannel was investigated experimentally and compared with droplet coalescence of the same vi...The coalescence behavior of two droplets with different viscosities in the funnel-typed expansion chamber in T-junction microchannel was investigated experimentally and compared with droplet coalescence of the same viscosity.Four types of coalescence regimes were observed:contact non-coalescence,squeeze non-coalescence,two-droplet coalescence and pinch-off coalescence.For droplet coalescence of different viscosities,the operating range of non-coalescence becomes narrowed compared to the droplet coalescence of same viscosity,and it shrinks with increasing viscosity ratioηof two droplets,indicating that the difference in the viscosity of two droplets is conducive to coalescence,especially when1<η<6.Furthermore,the influences of viscosity ratio and droplet size on the film drainage time(Tdr)and critical capillary number(Ca)c)were studied systematically.It was found that the film drainage time declined with the increase of average droplet size,which abided by power-law relation with the size difference and viscosity ratio of the two droplets:Tdr~(ld)^(0.25±0.04)and Tdr~(η)^(﹣0.1±0.02).For droplet coalescence of same viscosity,the relation of critical capillary number with two-phase viscosity ratio and dimensionless droplet size is Cac=0.48λ^(0.26)l^(﹣2.64),while for droplet coalescence of different viscosities,the scaling of critical capillary number with dimensionless average droplet size,dimensionless droplet size difference and viscosity ratio of two droplets is Cac=0.11η^(﹣0.07)ls^(﹣2.23)l^(0.16)_(d).展开更多
In this work, controlling of the particle size of PVC in PS/PVC blends was studied. It is shown that viscosity ratio and particle size can be changed by adding a third composition, such as plasticizers, and the distri...In this work, controlling of the particle size of PVC in PS/PVC blends was studied. It is shown that viscosity ratio and particle size can be changed by adding a third composition, such as plasticizers, and the distribution of the third composition in two phases plays a very important role in controlling viscosity ratio and particle size. When DOP was used as the plasticizer of PVC in PS/PVC blends, the particle size of PVC could not be reduced due to the transference of DOP into PS phase. When polycaprolactone (PCL) was used as the plasticizer of PVC in the same blends, the particle size of PVC could be descreased obviously because PCL does not migrate to PS phase.展开更多
CO_(2)capture and storage technology is favorable for the reduction of CO_(2)emissions.In recent years,a great number of research achievements have been obtained on CO_(2)geological storage from nano scale to oil/gas ...CO_(2)capture and storage technology is favorable for the reduction of CO_(2)emissions.In recent years,a great number of research achievements have been obtained on CO_(2)geological storage from nano scale to oil/gas reservoir scale,but most studies only focus on theflow behaviors in single-dimension porous media.Besides,the physical experiment method is influenced by many uncertain factors and consumes a lot of time and cost.In order to deeply understand theflow behaviors in the process of CO_(2)geological storage in microscopic view and increase the volume of CO_(2)geological storage,this paper established 2D and 3D models by using VOF(Volume of Fluid)method which can track the dynamic change of two-phase interface,to numerically simulate supercritical CO_(2)-brine two-phaseflow.Then,the distribution characteristics of CO_(2)clusters and the variation laws of CO_(2)saturation under different wettability,capillary number and viscosity ratio conditions were compared,and the intrinsic mechanisms of CO_(2)storage at pore scale were revealed.And the following research results were obtained.First,with the increase of rock wettability to CO_(2),the sweep range of CO_(2)enlarged,and the disconnection frequency of CO_(2)clusters deceased,and thus the volume of CO_(2)storage increased.Second,with the increase of capillary number,the displacement mode transformed from capillaryfingering to stable displacement,and thus the volume of CO_(2)storage increased.Third,as the viscosity of injected supercritical CO_(2)gradually approached that of brine,theflow resistance between two-phasefluids decreased,promoting the"lubricating effect".As a result,theflow capacity of CO_(2)phase was improved,and thus the volume of CO_(2)storage was increased.Fourth,the influence degrees of wettability,capillary number and viscosity ratio on CO_(2)saturation were different in multi-dimensional porous media models.In conclusion,the CO_(2)-brine two-phaseflow simulation based on VOF method revealed theflow mechanisms in the process of CO_(2)geological storage at pore scale,which is of guiding significance to the development of CCUS technology and provides theoretical guidance and technical support for the study of CO_(2)geological storage in a larger scale.展开更多
The polymeric surfactant can be used as an efficient agent for enhanced oil recovery(EOR)because of its large bulk viscosity and good interfacial activity.However,there is a sparse understanding of its matching relati...The polymeric surfactant can be used as an efficient agent for enhanced oil recovery(EOR)because of its large bulk viscosity and good interfacial activity.However,there is a sparse understanding of its matching relationship with reservoirs and emulsification occurrence conditions,which may affect its migration and EOR efficiency.One intermolecular association molecule polymeric surfactant(IAM)was synthesized by micellar polymerization and characterized with 1 H NMR,FTIR,and TGA.The matching relationship between IAM and reservoirs was evaluated by comparing the viscosity retention rate of effluent in the core flow experiments.Moreover,the effect of the matching relationship on EOR in the heterogeneous reservoir was clarified with parallel core displacement experiments by considering different flow abilities of IAM in the high-permeability layer.The occurrence conditions of in-situ emulsification of IAM were evaluated via oil-water co-injection experiments under the different injection rates and oil-water ratios.Microscopic visualization displacement was carried out to compare the micro EOR mechanisms of different chemical systems.The results show that IAM features thickening,shearing resistance,viscoelasticity,thermal stability,and interfacial activity.The matching relationship between cores and IAM could be divided as hardly injected,flow limited,and flow smoothly,corresponding to the viscosity retention ratio of<20%,20%-80%,and>80%,respectively.IAM could gain better EOR efficiency(17.69%)when its matching relationship to the high permeability layer was“flow limited”.The defined mixture capillary number shows that only when it is greater than 1×10^(3),the in-situ emulsions can be generated.Compared to HPAM,IAM could reduce IFT and form vortices to more effectively displace film and corner remaining oils by stripping and peeling off crude oil.The formed emulsion accumulated at the pore throat could further increase flow resistance,which benefits swept area enlargement.This work could provide theoretical and data support for the parameters design in the polymeric surfactant practical application.展开更多
This work reports on fluid flow in a fluid-saturated porous medium, accounting for the boundary and inertial effects in the momentum equation. The flow is simulated by Brinkman-Forchheimer-extended Darcy formulation ...This work reports on fluid flow in a fluid-saturated porous medium, accounting for the boundary and inertial effects in the momentum equation. The flow is simulated by Brinkman-Forchheimer-extended Darcy formulation （DFB）, using MAC （Marker And Cell） and Chorin pressure iteration method. The method is validated by comparison with analytic results. The effect of Reynolds number, Darcy number, porosity and viscosity ratio on velocity is investigated. As a result, it is found that Darcy number has a decisive influence on pressure as well as velocity, and the effect of viscosity ratio on velocity is very strong given the Darcy number. Additional key findings include unreasonable choice of effective viscosity can involve loss of important physical information.展开更多
In this paper,a lattice Boltzmann method is developed to simulate the water displacement of oil in porous media at the macroscopic-scale,which is built upon the generalized Darcy’s law while incorporating cross terms...In this paper,a lattice Boltzmann method is developed to simulate the water displacement of oil in porous media at the macroscopic-scale,which is built upon the generalized Darcy’s law while incorporating cross terms to consider the viscous coupling between two phases.The Buckley-Leverett equation is applied to describe the saturation front advance,thus allowing the determination of water saturation at shock front by using the Welge’s graphic method.We explore the effect of viscous coupling on the displacement by comparing the positions of the shock front under the conditions with different degrees of coupling and without viscous coupling.Results show that the advancing speed of shock front increases with the degree of coupling when the viscosity ratio of oil to water remains at 5.We also find that the effect of viscous coupling on the displacement can be neglected when the tolerance quantifying the degree of coupling equals the reciprocal of viscosity ratio.In addition,the effect of viscous coupling on the displacement is very sensitive to the change of viscosity ratio,which decreases monotonously with the decrease of viscosity ratio under the same coupling degree.展开更多
文摘In this paper, we have considered a fully developed flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a rectangular porous duct saturated with the same fluid. The duct is heated from the bottom for forced and mixed convection. The Brinkman model is used to simulate the momentum transfer in the porous duct. Using the momentum and thermal energy equations, the entropy generation has been obtained due to the heat transfer, viscous and Darcy dissipations. It is found from the mathematical analysis that the entropy generation is double when the viscous as well as the Darcy dissipations terms are taken in the thermal energy equation in comparison when the viscous as well as the Darcy dissipations terms are not taken in the thermal energy equation. This result clearly shows that there is no need of taking the viscous and Darcy dissipations terms in the thermal energy equation to obtain the entropy generation.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(92034303,91834303 and 21776200)the aid of Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities(BP0618007)。
文摘The coalescence behavior of two droplets with different viscosities in the funnel-typed expansion chamber in T-junction microchannel was investigated experimentally and compared with droplet coalescence of the same viscosity.Four types of coalescence regimes were observed:contact non-coalescence,squeeze non-coalescence,two-droplet coalescence and pinch-off coalescence.For droplet coalescence of different viscosities,the operating range of non-coalescence becomes narrowed compared to the droplet coalescence of same viscosity,and it shrinks with increasing viscosity ratioηof two droplets,indicating that the difference in the viscosity of two droplets is conducive to coalescence,especially when1<η<6.Furthermore,the influences of viscosity ratio and droplet size on the film drainage time(Tdr)and critical capillary number(Ca)c)were studied systematically.It was found that the film drainage time declined with the increase of average droplet size,which abided by power-law relation with the size difference and viscosity ratio of the two droplets:Tdr~(ld)^(0.25±0.04)and Tdr~(η)^(﹣0.1±0.02).For droplet coalescence of same viscosity,the relation of critical capillary number with two-phase viscosity ratio and dimensionless droplet size is Cac=0.48λ^(0.26)l^(﹣2.64),while for droplet coalescence of different viscosities,the scaling of critical capillary number with dimensionless average droplet size,dimensionless droplet size difference and viscosity ratio of two droplets is Cac=0.11η^(﹣0.07)ls^(﹣2.23)l^(0.16)_(d).
文摘In this work, controlling of the particle size of PVC in PS/PVC blends was studied. It is shown that viscosity ratio and particle size can be changed by adding a third composition, such as plasticizers, and the distribution of the third composition in two phases plays a very important role in controlling viscosity ratio and particle size. When DOP was used as the plasticizer of PVC in PS/PVC blends, the particle size of PVC could not be reduced due to the transference of DOP into PS phase. When polycaprolactone (PCL) was used as the plasticizer of PVC in the same blends, the particle size of PVC could be descreased obviously because PCL does not migrate to PS phase.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China“Research on basic theory for development of deep and ultra-deep reservoirs”(No.52034010)“Flow control during drilling/production of ultra-deep oil and gas wells”(No.52288101).
文摘CO_(2)capture and storage technology is favorable for the reduction of CO_(2)emissions.In recent years,a great number of research achievements have been obtained on CO_(2)geological storage from nano scale to oil/gas reservoir scale,but most studies only focus on theflow behaviors in single-dimension porous media.Besides,the physical experiment method is influenced by many uncertain factors and consumes a lot of time and cost.In order to deeply understand theflow behaviors in the process of CO_(2)geological storage in microscopic view and increase the volume of CO_(2)geological storage,this paper established 2D and 3D models by using VOF(Volume of Fluid)method which can track the dynamic change of two-phase interface,to numerically simulate supercritical CO_(2)-brine two-phaseflow.Then,the distribution characteristics of CO_(2)clusters and the variation laws of CO_(2)saturation under different wettability,capillary number and viscosity ratio conditions were compared,and the intrinsic mechanisms of CO_(2)storage at pore scale were revealed.And the following research results were obtained.First,with the increase of rock wettability to CO_(2),the sweep range of CO_(2)enlarged,and the disconnection frequency of CO_(2)clusters deceased,and thus the volume of CO_(2)storage increased.Second,with the increase of capillary number,the displacement mode transformed from capillaryfingering to stable displacement,and thus the volume of CO_(2)storage increased.Third,as the viscosity of injected supercritical CO_(2)gradually approached that of brine,theflow resistance between two-phasefluids decreased,promoting the"lubricating effect".As a result,theflow capacity of CO_(2)phase was improved,and thus the volume of CO_(2)storage was increased.Fourth,the influence degrees of wettability,capillary number and viscosity ratio on CO_(2)saturation were different in multi-dimensional porous media models.In conclusion,the CO_(2)-brine two-phaseflow simulation based on VOF method revealed theflow mechanisms in the process of CO_(2)geological storage at pore scale,which is of guiding significance to the development of CCUS technology and provides theoretical guidance and technical support for the study of CO_(2)geological storage in a larger scale.
基金The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant 52074318)the Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum,Beijing(No.2462022BJRC005)+2 种基金Ningbo 2025 Project(2019B10138)the China Scholarship Council(No.202106440061)China University of Petroleum,Beijing,and the University of Alberta.
文摘The polymeric surfactant can be used as an efficient agent for enhanced oil recovery(EOR)because of its large bulk viscosity and good interfacial activity.However,there is a sparse understanding of its matching relationship with reservoirs and emulsification occurrence conditions,which may affect its migration and EOR efficiency.One intermolecular association molecule polymeric surfactant(IAM)was synthesized by micellar polymerization and characterized with 1 H NMR,FTIR,and TGA.The matching relationship between IAM and reservoirs was evaluated by comparing the viscosity retention rate of effluent in the core flow experiments.Moreover,the effect of the matching relationship on EOR in the heterogeneous reservoir was clarified with parallel core displacement experiments by considering different flow abilities of IAM in the high-permeability layer.The occurrence conditions of in-situ emulsification of IAM were evaluated via oil-water co-injection experiments under the different injection rates and oil-water ratios.Microscopic visualization displacement was carried out to compare the micro EOR mechanisms of different chemical systems.The results show that IAM features thickening,shearing resistance,viscoelasticity,thermal stability,and interfacial activity.The matching relationship between cores and IAM could be divided as hardly injected,flow limited,and flow smoothly,corresponding to the viscosity retention ratio of<20%,20%-80%,and>80%,respectively.IAM could gain better EOR efficiency(17.69%)when its matching relationship to the high permeability layer was“flow limited”.The defined mixture capillary number shows that only when it is greater than 1×10^(3),the in-situ emulsions can be generated.Compared to HPAM,IAM could reduce IFT and form vortices to more effectively displace film and corner remaining oils by stripping and peeling off crude oil.The formed emulsion accumulated at the pore throat could further increase flow resistance,which benefits swept area enlargement.This work could provide theoretical and data support for the parameters design in the polymeric surfactant practical application.
基金sponsored by Institute of Crustal Dynamics (Grant Nos. ZDJ2007-06 and ZDJ2008-08)National 973 Project (2006CB705802)
文摘This work reports on fluid flow in a fluid-saturated porous medium, accounting for the boundary and inertial effects in the momentum equation. The flow is simulated by Brinkman-Forchheimer-extended Darcy formulation （DFB）, using MAC （Marker And Cell） and Chorin pressure iteration method. The method is validated by comparison with analytic results. The effect of Reynolds number, Darcy number, porosity and viscosity ratio on velocity is investigated. As a result, it is found that Darcy number has a decisive influence on pressure as well as velocity, and the effect of viscosity ratio on velocity is very strong given the Darcy number. Additional key findings include unreasonable choice of effective viscosity can involve loss of important physical information.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12072257,51876170)the National Key Project(No.GJXM92579)the Major Special Science and Technology Project of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region(No.2020ZD0022).
文摘In this paper,a lattice Boltzmann method is developed to simulate the water displacement of oil in porous media at the macroscopic-scale,which is built upon the generalized Darcy’s law while incorporating cross terms to consider the viscous coupling between two phases.The Buckley-Leverett equation is applied to describe the saturation front advance,thus allowing the determination of water saturation at shock front by using the Welge’s graphic method.We explore the effect of viscous coupling on the displacement by comparing the positions of the shock front under the conditions with different degrees of coupling and without viscous coupling.Results show that the advancing speed of shock front increases with the degree of coupling when the viscosity ratio of oil to water remains at 5.We also find that the effect of viscous coupling on the displacement can be neglected when the tolerance quantifying the degree of coupling equals the reciprocal of viscosity ratio.In addition,the effect of viscous coupling on the displacement is very sensitive to the change of viscosity ratio,which decreases monotonously with the decrease of viscosity ratio under the same coupling degree.
