Objective: Establish a phase diagram for steady-state two-phase flow. Verify experimentally the equations based on non-equilibrium thermodynamics developed under RT 1. Establish an experimental basis for introducing osmotic driving forces as described in RT 5.
Simulation with reconstructed network from Berea sandstone 1,8 x 1,8 x 1,8 mm3. Picture courtesy: Santanu Sinha, Alex Hansen et.al., in preparation.
Description: In steady-state two-phase flow, the systems can either present a rich dynamics of fragmentation, motion and coalescence of single-phase fluid clusters, or have nearly frozen and immobile clusters.
Investigators
Principal Investigator for Research Theme 3: Professor Knut Jørgen Måløy.
Partners: Profs.Dick Bedeaux, Dag Dysthe, Eirik Grude Flekkøy, Alex Hansen, Signe Helene Kjelstrup, Laurent Talon, Ole Torsæter, Renaud Toussaint.