Relative permeabilities of a near critical binary fluid |
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Authors: | David S Schechter J M Haynes |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Bristol, BS8 1TS Bristol, England;(2) Present address: Department of Petroleum Engineering, Mitchell Building, Stanford University, 94305 Stanford, California, USA |
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Abstract: | Relative permeabilities were measured at very low interfacial tensions (IFT) for two-phase mixtures of methanol and hexane flowing through Clashach sandstone. These two components pass from a two- to a single-phase system as the temperature is increased above the critical solution temperature (CST). The interfacial tension between the coexisting phases approaches zero as the solution reaches miscibility. The phase behaviour of methanol and hexane mixtures has been well characterised allowing the calculation of relative permeabilities, saturations and capillary numbers. Flow data are reported for four different temperatures in the two-phase region (i.e., four values of IFT and capillary number). The capillary desaturation curve (CDC) for the strongly wetting methanol rich phase is also presented. In addition to the novel technique presented for measurement of relative permeability, the results indicate that relative permeabilities approach straight line functions very near the critical point. Furthermore, desaturation of the wetting phase was found to be dependent on the capillary number which, in turn, depends on the location of the mixture on the fluid phase diagram and the proximity to the critical temperature. |
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Keywords: | Flow in porous media critical phenomena consolute temperature relative permeability capillary desaturation wetting |
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