A Study of Vapor-Liquid Flow in Porous Media
- Conference
- Stanford Geothermal Workshop
- Year
- 1994
- Session
- Modeling 1
- Language
- English
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Abstract
We study the heat transfer-driven liquid-to-vapor phase change in single-component systems in porous media by using pore network models and flow visualization experiments. Experiments using glass micromodels were conducted. The flow visualization allowed us to define the rules for the numerical pore network model. A numerical pore network model is developed for vapor-liquid displacement where fluid flow, heat transfer and capillarity are included at the pore level. We examine the growth process at two different boundary conditions.
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