FLUID DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSPORT IN POROUS-MEDIA AT LOW WETTING PHASE SATURATIONS

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作者
DAVIS, HT
NOVY, RA
SCRIVEN, LE
TOLEDO, PG
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[1] Dept. of Chem. Eng. and Mater. Sci., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN
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10.1088/0953-8984/2/S/073
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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Capillary pressure, hydraulic conductivity and the capillary dispersion coefficient have been observed to obey power laws in the wetting phase saturation. We relate power-law behaviour at low wetting phase saturations, i.e. at high capillary pressures, to the thin-film physics of the wetting phase and the fractal character of the pore space of natural porous media.
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