title: Towards precise prediction of transport properties from synthetic computer tomography of reconstructed porous media.
abstract: Transport properties of a multiscale carbonate rock are predicted from pore scale models, reconstructed using a continuum geometrical modeling technique. The method combines crystallite information from two-dimensional high-resolution images with sedimentary correlations from a three-dimensional low-resolution microcomputed tomography ( micro-CT) image to produce a rock sample with calibrated porosity, structural correlation, and transport properties at arbitrary resolutions. Synthetic micro-CT images of the reconstructed model match well with experimental micro-CT images at different resolutions, making it possible to predict physical transport parameters at higher resolutions.
authors.affiliation: ICP, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 27, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Biswal
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Held
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hilfer