Tomographic Study of Internal Erosion of Particle Flows in Porous Media |
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Authors: | Filippo Bianchi Falk K. Wittel Marcel Thielmann Pavel Trtik Hans J. Herrmann |
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Affiliation: | 1.Computational Physics for Engineering Materials, DBauG,ETH Zurich,Zurich,Switzerland;2.Bayerisches Geoinstitut,University of Bayreuth,Bayreuth,Germany;3.Neutron Imaging and Activation Group, Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging,Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI),Villigen,Switzerland |
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Abstract: | In particle-laden flows through porous media, porosity and permeability are significantly affected by the deposition and erosion of particles. Experiments show that the permeability evolution of a porous medium with respect to a particle suspension is not smooth, but rather exhibits significant jumps followed by longer periods of continuous permeability decrease. Their origin seems to be related to internal flow path reorganization by avalanches of deposited material due to erosion inside the porous medium. We apply neutron tomography to resolve the spatiotemporal evolution of the pore space during clogging and unclogging to prove the hypothesis of flow path reorganization behind the permeability jumps. This mechanistic understanding of clogging phenomena is relevant for a number of applications from oil production to filters or suffosion as the mechanisms behind sinkhole formation. |
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