The Divided Flow Permeameter

1988 ◽  
Vol 137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan A. Jefferis ◽  
Raman J. Mangabhai
Keyword(s):  
Separate Flow ◽  
Peripheral Region ◽  
Moisture Distribution ◽  
Single Sample ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Total Flow ◽  
King's College ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Flow Division

AbstractIn permeameters for rigid materials such as concrete, cement paste, or rock the sample is generally sealed into the test cell with a resin or with a pressurised membrane and the permeability is calculated from the total flow through the apparatus. Clearly any leakage around the edge of the sample or other inhomogeneity in the peripheral region will lead to inaccuracy in the measured permeability. This problem is particularly severe with low permeability materials such as concrete and is further exacerbated by the fact that the true permeability of concrete can vary by many orders of magnitude and there may be little information with which to assess whether particular test results are reasonable.The divided flow permeameter offers a technique by which edge leakage and other edge effects can be assessed and several permeability results obtained from different areas of a single sample. The basic principle of this permeameter is that either the inflow or the outflow surface, or both, of the sample are divided into separate flow regions. Provided that there is no difference in pressure between the regions there should be no tendency for flow between them and the flow through each should be proportional to its area.As the technique gives several permeability results for a single sample information about permeability variation within the sample can be obtained; for example data on microcracking, moisture distribution etc. The technique can be used with gas or liquid permeants. The divided flow permeameter system developed at King's College is inexpensive and with a simple system of ‘0’ rings a flow division head can be fitted to many conventional permeameters.

MGP NAPL interception with organophyllic media: flow-through column test results

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 489-493
Author(s):  
Michael J. Gefell ◽  
Erin C. Rankin ◽  
William R. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Test Results ◽  
Column Test ◽  
Flow Through

A Novel Coreflood Test to Evaluate EOR Potential of Wettability-Altering Surfactants in Oil-Wet Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoirs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Shi ◽  
Kishore Mohanty ◽  
Manmath Panda
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Carbonate Reservoirs ◽  
Wettability Alteration ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Matrix Permeability ◽  
Rock Heterogeneity ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Main Factors

Abstract Oil-wetness and heterogeneity (i.e., existence of low and high permeability regions) are two main factors that result in low oil recovery by waterflood in carbonate reservoirs. The injected water is likely to flow through high permeability regions and bypass the oil in low permeability matrix. In this study, systematic coreflood tests were carried out in both "homogeneous" cores and "heterogeneous" cores. The heterogeneous coreflood test was proposed to model the heterogeneity of carbonate reservoirs, bypassing in low-permeability matrix during waterfloods, and dynamic imbibition of surfactant into the low-permeability matrix. The results of homogeneous coreflood tests showed that both secondary-waterflood and secondary-surfactant flood can achieve high oil recovery (>50%) from relatively homogenous cores. A shut-in phase after the surfactant injection resulted in an additional oil recovery, which suggests enough time should be allowed while using surfactants for wettability alteration. The core with a higher extent of heterogeneity produced lower oil recovery to waterflood in the coreflood tests. Final oil recovery from the matrix depends on matrix permeability as well as the rock heterogeneity. The results of heterogeneous coreflood tests showed that a slow surfactant injection (dynamic imbibition) can significantly improve the oil recovery if the oil-wet reservoir is not well-swept.

A novel centrifuge permeameter to characterize flow through low permeability strata

2013 ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Timms ◽  
M Whelan ◽  
I Acworth ◽  
D McGeeney ◽  
S Bouzalakos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Permeability ◽  
Flow Through

scholarly journals THE TEST RESULTS OF LOW-PERMEABILITY SHALE DEPOSITS WHEN DRILLING THE PRE-CRETACEOUS COMPLEX AT THE KARMALINOVSKOYE GAS CONDENSATE FIELD

2019 ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
A. A. Zakharov ◽  
S. V. Korotkov ◽  
A. I. Gritsenko ◽  
R. A. Ivakin ◽  
V. G. Griguletsky
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Gas Condensate ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Test Results ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Exploratory Wells

The article reports the results of the analysis of the field prospecting activities of five exploratory wells at the Karmalinovskoye gas condensate field. We have found that the eastern part of the licensed area is characterized by the lack of fructuring in Paleozoic deposits, and the development of the productive deposit extends in the north-west direction. Hydraulic fracturing made it possible to get a stable gas and gas condensate flow rate in well № 4. This volume exceeds 3,8 times as large than flow rate in wells № 1 and № 2, which were tested after drilling without conducting hydraulic fracturing.

Control of Dielectric Fluid Flow Distribution in Micro-Tubes With EHD Conduction Pumping: Numerical Study

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miad Yazdani ◽  
Jamal Seyed-Yagoobi
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Conduction Mechanism ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Fluid Motion ◽  
Flow Distribution ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Dielectric Fluid ◽  
Total Flow ◽  
Flow Through

The control of fluid flow distribution in micro-scale tubes is numerically investigated. The flow distribution control is achieved via electric conduction mechanism. In electrohydrodynamic (EHD) conduction pumping, when an electric field is applied to a fluid, dissociation and recombination of electrolytic species produces heterocharge layers in the vicinity of electrodes. Attraction between electrodes and heterocharge layers induces a fluid motion and a net flow is generated if the electrodes are asymmetric. The numerical domain comprises a 2-D manifold attached to two bifurcated tubes with one of the tubes equipped with a bank of uniquely designed EHD-conduction electrodes. In the absence of electric field, the total flow supplied at the manifold’s inlet is equally distributed among the tubes. The EHD-conduction, however, operates as a mechanism to manipulate the flow distribution to allow the flow through one branch surpasses the counterpart of the other branch. Its performance is evaluated under various operating conditions.

scholarly journals On compressible and piezo-viscous flow in thin porous media

2018 ◽  
Vol 474 (2209) ◽  
pp. 20170601 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Pérez-Ràfols ◽  
P. Wall ◽  
A. Almqvist
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Viscous Fluid ◽  
Linear Equation ◽  
Nonlinear Function ◽  
Viscous Fluids ◽  
Total Flow ◽  
Thin Porous Media ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
The One

In this paper, we study flow through thin porous media as in, e.g. seals or fractures. It is often useful to know the permeability of such systems. In the context of incompressible and iso-viscous fluids, the permeability is the constant of proportionality relating the total flow through the media to the pressure drop. In this work, we show that it is also relevant to define a constant permeability when compressible and/or piezo-viscous fluids are considered. More precisely, we show that the corresponding nonlinear equation describing the flow of any compressible and piezo-viscous fluid can be transformed into a single linear equation. Indeed, this linear equation is the same as the one describing the flow of an incompressible and iso-viscous fluid. By this transformation, the total flow can be expressed as the product of the permeability and a nonlinear function of pressure, which represents a generalized pressure drop.

Proteinaceous Bubbles and Nano Particle Flows in Microchannel

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Yeul Jung ◽  
Ki-Taek Byun ◽  
Jae-Ho Hong ◽  
Ho-Young Kwak
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Average Diameter ◽  
Scattering Method ◽  
Nano Particle ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Particle Flows ◽  
Flow Test ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Flow Through

Proteinaceous bubbles of 185 nm in average diameter were synthesized by a sonochemical treatment of bovine serum albumin in aqueous solution and the nanoparticles (TiO2) solution was made by ultrasonic irradiation. To study the macroscopic flow behavior associated with the changes in the state of microparticles, a flow test of these solutions in microchannels was done. Also the size distributions of the proteinaceous bubbles in solution before and after the flow test were measured by a light scattering method. Test results show that the air-filled proteinaceous bubbles in solution adjust their size to reduce the shear stress encountered in the flow through the microchannel. On the other hand, the flow rate of the solution with nanoparticles suspensions becomes smaller than that of deionized water above the flow rate of 6 cm3/min in the microchannel with a dimension of 100×150 μm2.

Experimental Study on Deep Borehole Pre-Cracking Blasting of Drilling through Strata at Low Permeability Seam

2013 ◽  
Vol 868 ◽  
pp. 339-342
Author(s):  
Jian Liu ◽  
Qian Le
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Control Area ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Gas Extraction ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Deep Borehole ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Gas Concentration ◽  
Working Face ◽  
Outburst Coal Seam

In the process of roadway excavation in the low permeability outburst coal seam, with drilling through strata in the bottom drainage roadway extracting coal seam gas of control area. In order to improve extraction effect, the method that deep borehole pre-cracking blasting is used to increase the permeability of coal in the drilling through strata seam segment is proposed. The calculation formula on crushing circle and crack circle radius of deep borehole pre-cracking blasting are derived, and the effective loosening radius of blasting is calculated in theory, the research achievements are applied to field test, the test results show that deep borehole pre-cracking blasting permeability improvement technology is carried out in the drilling through strata of the low permeability outburst coal seam, the permeability of coal seam is improved by 180 times, the gas extraction scalar is raised by 8-10 tomes, during the process of roadway excavation, gas concentration of the working face is 0.2%-0.3%, and tunneling footage is increased by 2 times.

Pool-orifice and pool-orifice-weir fishways

1989 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 774-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Rajaratnam ◽  
C. Katopodis ◽  
A. Mainali
Keyword(s):  
Open Channel ◽  
Open Channel Flow ◽  
Technical Note ◽  
Total Flow ◽  
Total Flow Rate ◽  
Vertical Slot ◽  
Flow Hydraulics ◽  
Orifice Flow ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Submerged Orifice

This technical note presents a method of analyzing the flow in pool-orifice fishways by dividing it into vertical slot and submerged orifice flow regimes. For a pool-orifice-weir fishway, with flow through the orifice as well as over the weir, a method has been suggested for predicting the total flow rate in the fishway. Experimental observations are presented in support of these methods. Key words: open-channel flow, hydraulics, fishways, turbulent flow.

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