Monitoring Three-dimensional Fluid Configurations in Porous Media

ORAL

Abstract

The spatial and time resolution of confocal microscopy affords the ability to collect three-dimensional images during the course of two-phase flow experiments. We fully instrument the microscope with precise flow and pressure measurements, such that we can begin to understand the origins and consequences of the three-dimensional fluid configurations that evolve in the sample. The porous media used in this work is composed of slightly sintered, borosilicate glass beads that are 150 microns in diameter.

*We appreciate generous support from Schlumberger.

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Authors

  • Amber Krummel

    • Harvard University

  • David Weitz

    • Harvard University
    • SEAS, Harvard
    • Department of Physics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
    • Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
    • Harvard