ON THE MOTION OF OIL GANGLIA IN POROUS MEDIA.

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1987

Authors

Hinkley Richard, E (Author) Other; Dias Madalena, M (Author) FEUP; Payatakes Alkiviades, C (Author) Other

Journal

Title: PCH. Physicochemical hydrodynamics

Vol. 8

Pages: 185-211

ISSN: 0191-9059

Publisher: Pergamon Press - Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-008-P4F

Abstract (EN): Fundamental to the study of oil ganglion population dynamics is the study of solitary oil ganglion motion. One of the most important parameters, which has not been adequately studied, is the oil ganglion velocity. Measurements of ganglion velocity were taken as a function of the capillary number and of the ganglion size for favorable and unfavorable viscosity ratios. This was done in a square bead pack, free from the complication of ganglion breakup. A visual study of ganglion motion was also conducted and the effect of pressure gradient direction on ganglion motion was investigated. Two distinct modes of motion of ganglia were observed - quasistatic and dynamic displacements.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 27