title: Estimation of porous media flow functions using NMR imaging data.
abstract: Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging data measured during two-phase displacement experiments on porous rock core samples are used in an inverse problem methodology to estimate the two-phase flow functions relative permeability and capillary pressure. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging data contain valuable information about variation of fluid states within the core sample and are therefore important for accurate estimation of these properties. A precise agreement between measured data, which also includes pressure drop across the core samples, and the data simulated by using the estimated flow functions is found, indicating accurate flow function estimates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-3122, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Nordtvedt
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017666:Deuterium Oxide; D004058:Diffusion; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D016062:Porosity; D012212:Rheology
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; C007932:n-hexadecane; D017666:Deuterium Oxide