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Recent Advances in Emulsion Transport in Porous Media
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Recent Advances in Emulsion Transport in Porous Media

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Processes and Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 January 2023) | Viewed by 1422

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Boxin Ding

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Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Interests: multiphase flow in porous media; colloid and interface science; reservoir modeling; numerical simulation; nanoparticle; transport phenomenon
Prof. Dr. Long Yu

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Department of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, China
Interests: chemical flooding; CO2 storage in oil and gas reservoirs
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Prof. Dr. Vladimir Alvarado

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Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
Interests: enhanced oil recovery (EOR); interfacial science and complex fluids
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Multiphase flow in porous media is constituted by the interplay of viscous and capillary forces. As a result of the capillary effect, colloidal dispersions, such as emulsions, foams, or suspensions, are generated, trapped, and transported in porous media. Among these colloidal dispersions, emulsions are very common in various industries, such as food, biology, energy, and sustainability. Transporting emulsions in porous media poses challenges in terms of the multiphysical interactions among the droplets, continuous phase, and rocks. Recent advances in micro-CT, micro-MRI, and micromodels provide experimental platforms to gain insights into the pore-scale flow and diffusion of the droplets in porous media. The rapid development of the state-of-the-art pore-scale models, such as lattice Boltzmann, stochastic rotation dynamics, volume-of-fluid, level-set, phase-field, and pore-network models, has huge potential to simulate the transport of emulsion in porous media. These experimental, theoretical, and numerical investigations are essential to utilize the emulsions for enhanced energy/contaminant recovery, geological carbon sequestration, and other applications.

This Special Issue invites original research articles and review papers on recent advances in experimental, theoretical, and numerical works related to the convective and diffusive transport of emulsion in porous media, with applications to various industries, such as energy, the environment, biology, and sustainability.

Dr. Boxin Ding
Prof. Dr. Long Yu
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Alvarado
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Keywords

  • multiphase flow in porous media
  • colloid and interface science
  • numerical investigations
  • convective and diffusive transport
  • emulsion transport

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Finite Amplitude Oscillatory Convection of Binary Mixture Kept in a Porous Medium
by Y. Rameshwar, G. Srinivas and D. Laroze
Processes 2023, 11(3), 664; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/pr11030664 - 22 Feb 2023
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In the present study, the double-diffusive oscillatory convection of binary mixture, 3He–4He, in porous medium heated from below and cooled from above was investigated with stress-free boundary conditions. The Darcy model was employed in the governing [...] Read more.
In the present study, the double-diffusive oscillatory convection of binary mixture, 3He–4He, in porous medium heated from below and cooled from above was investigated with stress-free boundary conditions. The Darcy model was employed in the governing system of perturbed equations. An attempt was made, for the first time, to solve these equations by using the nonlinear analysis-based truncated Fourier series. The influence of the Rayleigh number (R), the separation ratio (ψ) due to the Soret effect, the Lewis number (Le), and the porosity number (χ) on the field variables were investigated using the finite amplitudes. From the linear stability analysis, expressions for the parameters, namely, R and wavenumbers, were obtained, corresponding to the bifurcations such as pitchfork bifurcation, Hopf bifurcation, Takens–Bogdnanov bifurcation and co-dimension two bifurcation. The results reveal that the local Nusselt number (NL) increases with R. The total energy is enhanced for all increasing values of R. The deformation in the basic cylindrical rolls and the flow rate are enhanced with R. The trajectory of heat flow was studied using the heatlines concept. The influence of R on the flow topology is depicted graphically. It is observed that the intensity of heat transfer and the local entropy generation are increased as R increases. Full article
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