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Steyn, G. F. y C. Vermeulen. "Saturation conditions in elongated single-cavity boiling water targets". Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-165869.
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Introduction
It is shown that a very simple model reproduces the pressure versus beam current characteristics of elongated single-cavity boiling water targets for 18F production surprisingly well. By fitting the model calculations to measured data, values for a single free parameter, namely an overall heat-transfer coefficient, have been extracted for several IBA Nirta H218O targets. IBA recently released details on their new Nirta targets that have a conical shape, which constitutes an improvement over the original Nirta targets that have a cylindrical shape [1,2]. These shapes are shown schematically in FIGURE 1. A study by Alvord et al. [3] pointed out that elevated pressures and temperatures in excess of the saturation conditions may exist in a water target during bombardment. However, as long as the rate of condensation matches the rate of vaporization, the bulk of the system should remain at saturation conditions. Superheated regions are therefore likely to form but also likely to disappear rapidly, typically on the scale of a few milliseconds. Even though the boiling process is generally quite complex, enhanced by radiation-induced nucleation, the presence of fast mixing mechanisms in the water volume justifies some simplifications to be made.
Materials and Methods
The simplified model assumes that the bulk of the target water has a constant temperature, which is the same as the inner wall temperature of the cavity, Tw. A second simplification is to neglect the temperature difference across the target chamber wall, which is only justified if the wall is thin. The boiling is not explicitly taken into consideration, including the rather complex boiling behaviour at the Havar window, except to acknowledge that it is the main mixing mechanism. Large temperature gradients can briefly exist in the water medium but they also rapidly disappear. A further assumption is that a single, overall convective heat-transfer coefficient can be applied, which is constant over the entire water-cooled surface. As the wall thickness is neglected, the heat-transfer surface is assumed to be the inner surface of the cavity, excluding the surface of the Havar window. One can then write down an energy balance between the beam heating and the convection cooling (Newton’s law of cooling), where Ib is the beam intensity, ΔE is the energy windows of the target (taken as 18 MeV), h is the convective heat-transfer coefficient, A is the inner cavity surface through which the heat has to be transferred from the target-water volume to the cooling water, and T0 is the cooling-water temperature. The saturated vapour pressure of water versus temperature is a characteristic curve, given by the steam tables [4]. Assuming the bulk of the system at saturation conditions, one gets from (1) and (2). The function f is represented by a polynomial. The only unknown in Equation (3) is the overall convective heat-transfer coefficient h. Our approach was to adjust h until a good fit with a set of measured data was obtained. It also has to be mentioned that subtle differences in the physical properties between 18O-water and natural water have been neglected. All in all, quite a few assumptions and simplifications are made in deriving Equation (3) and the system is, admittedly, much more complex. Nevertheless, the results obtained by applying Equation (3) are rather interesting.
Results and Conclusion
Measured data and corresponding calculations are shown in FIGURE 2 for three different conical targets and one cylindrical target. The extracted convective heat-transfer coefficients are pre-sented in TABLE 1 for the four cavities. As can be seen in FIGURE 2, while there are some differences between the data and calculated curves, especially towards lower beam currents, the overall agreement is remarkably good. It is possible that the better agreement towards higher beam intensities is related to more ebullient boiling and more rapid mixing, i.e. closer to the conditions that the model assumes. The values obtained for the overall convective heat-transfer coefficient are also remarkably similar. This tells us that, by and large, all the cavities perform in a similar way and the performance in terms of maximum operational beam current depends largely on the available surface to effectively remove the heat from. The values of h increase marginally if a smaller value is adopted for the cooling water. Note that the choice of T0 = 30 ᵒC used to obtain the results in TABLE 1 is typical for the room temperature closed-loop cooling system used at iThemba LABS, once it has stabilized under operational conditions.
A study by Buckley [5] on a quite different target design reports a value of h = 0.49 W cm−2 ᵒC−1, which is reassuringly similar. That study describes a cylindrical target cavity with a volume of 0.9 cm3, 8 mm deep, cooled with 25 ᵒC water from the back, operated with a 15 MeV proton beam with an intensity of 30 µA. The Nb Nirta targets are typically filled with 18O-water to about 60% of the cavity volume (see refs. [1,2] for the recommended values). The elongated shape, in combination with the ebullient properties of the boiling water, prevents burn-through. All the targets deliver the expected saturation yield. The targets are self-regulating ─ no external gas pressure is required. While the thermosyphon targets seemingly take advantage of a superior concept, we are now questioning whether this is really so in practice? It is not clear to us that the much more complex thermosyphon targets deliver any operational and/or performance advantages compared to the simple elegance of these elongated, single-cavity boiling target designs.
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Mulyadi, Henny. "Determination of residual gas saturation and gas-water relative permeability in water-driven gas reservoirs". Curtin University of Technology, Department of Petroleum Engineering, 2002. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=12957.
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The research on Determination of Residual Gas Saturation and Gas-Water Relative Permeability in Water-Driven Gas Reservoirs is divided into four stages: literature research, core-flooding experiments, development and application of a new technique for reservoir simulation. Overall, all stages have been completed successfully with several breakthroughs in the areas of Special Core Analysis (SCAL), reservoir engineering and reservoir simulation technology.Initially, a literature research was conducted to survey all available core analysis techniques and their individual characteristics. The survey revealed that there are several core analysis techniques for measuring residual gas saturation (Sgr) and hence, the lack of a commonly agreed method for measuring Sgr. The often-used core analysis techniques are steady-state displacement, co-current imbibition, centrifuge and counter-current imbibition. In this research, all centrifuge tests were performed with a decane-brine system to investigate the possibility of replacing gas with a 'model fluid' to minimise errors due to gas compressibility. Furthermore, Sgr is a function of testing temperature and pressure, types of fluid, wettability, viscosity, flow rate and overburden pressure. Consequently, large uncertainties are associated with measured Sgr and the recoverable gas reserves for water-driven gas reservoirs.Due to the lack of a common method for measuring Sgr, the first important step is to clarify which is the most representative core analysis technique for measuring Sgr. In Stage 2 of the research, core analysis experiments were performed with uniform fluids and ambient temperature. In the core flooding experiments, four different sets of core plugs from various gas reservoirs were selected to cover a wide range of permeability and porosity. Finally, all measured Sgr from the various common core analysis techniques ++were compared.The evidence suggested that steady-state displacement and co-current imbibition tests are the most representative techniques for reservoir application. Steady-state displacement also yields the complete relative permeability (RP) data but it requires long stabilisation times and is costly.In the third stage, a new technique was successfully developed for determining both Sgr and gas-water RP data. The new method consists of an initial co-current imbibition experiment followed by the newly developed correlation (Mulyadi, Amin and Kennaird correlation). Co-current imbibition is used to measure the end-point data, for example, initial water saturation (Swi) and Sgr. The MAK correlation was developed to extend the co-current imbibition test by generating gas-water relative permeability data. Unlike previous correlations, MAK correlation is unique because it incorporates and exhibits the formation properties, reservoir conditions and fluid properties (for example, permeability, porosity, interfacial tension and gas density) to generate the RP curves. The accuracy and applicability of MAK correlations were investigated with several sets of gas-water RP data measured by steady-state displacement tests for various gas reservoirs in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia and U.S.A. The MAK correlation proved superior to previously developed correlations to demonstrate its robustness.The purpose of the final stage was to aggressively pursue the possibility of advancing the application of the new technique beyond special core analysis (SCAL). As MAK correlation is successful in describing gas water RP in a core plug scale, it is possible to extend its application to describe the overall reservoir flow behaviour. This investigation was achieved by implementing MAK correlation into a 3-D reservoir simulator (MoReS) and performing simulations on a producing ++
field.The simulation studies were divided into two categories: pre and post upscaled application.The case studies were performed on two X gas-condensate fields: X1 (post upscaled) and X2 (pre upscaled) fields. Since MAK correlation was developed for gas-water systems, several modifications were required to account for the effect of the additional phase (oil) on gas and water RP in gas-condensate systems. In this case, oil RP data was generated by Corey's equations. Five different case studies were performed to investigate the individual and combination effect of implementing MAK correlation, alternative Swi and Sgr correlations and refining porosity and permeability clustering. Moreover, MAK correlation has proven to be effective as an approximation technique for cell by cell simulation to advance reservoir simulation technology.
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Anderson, Jesse Charles. "The Intrinsic Variability in the Water Vapor Saturation Ratio Due to Turbulence". Thesis, Michigan Technological University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10684480.
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The water vapor concentration plays an important role for many atmospheric processes. The mean concentration is key to understand water vapor's effect on the climate as a greenhouse gas. The fluctuations about the mean are important to understand heat fluxes between Earth's surface and the boundary layer. These fluctuations are linked to turbulence that is present in the boundary layer. Turbulent conditions are simulated in Michigan Tech’s multiphase, turbulent reaction chamber, the Π chamber. Measurements for temperature and water vapor concentration were recorded under forced Rayleigh- Bénard convection at several turbulent intensities. These were used to calculate the saturation ratio, often referred to as the relative humidity. The fluctuations in the water vapor concentration were found to be the more important than the temperature for the variability of the saturation ratio. The fluctuations in the saturation ratio result in some cloud droplets experiencing a higher supersaturation than other cloud droplets, causing those "lucky" droplets to grow at a faster rate than other droplets. This difference in growth rates could contribute to a broadening of the size distribution of cloud droplets, resulting in the enhancement of collision-coalescence. These fluctuations become more pronounced with more intense turbulence.
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Li, Liqing. "Water saturation and air/water interfacial area measurements by partitioning gas tracers in the vadose zone and landfills". Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 176 p, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1464133931&sid=30&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Dalkhaa, Chantsalmaa. "Study Of Modeling Of Water Saturation In Archie And Non-archie Porous Media". Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606350/index.pdf.
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The aim of this thesis is to study water saturation models available in the literature and to apply a proper one to a real field case.
Archie equation is the most well-known water saturation model.
However, it is formulated on some assumptions and is applicable to only clean sands. Archie equation cannot be used for shaly formation. There are many shaly water saturation models that account for shale effect for water saturation estimation.
In this study, 3 wells, namely Well-01, Well-02 and Well-03 are studied. These wells lie in a fractured carbonate reservoir located in Southeastern part of Turkey. From well log recordings, the production formation is seen almost clean.
In other words, the shale amount of the formation is so small that it can be neglected. Thus, to calculate the water saturation in those wells, the well-known Archie water saturation equation is used. Since the formation is fractured
carbonate, the cementation factor (m ) and saturation exponent (n ) of conventional value of 2 each cannot be used for the water saturation calculation. Instead, these parameters are obtained from generalized crossplot of
log-derived porosity and resistivity technique.
Finally, each well is divided into zones using porosity data. Zonation is conducted based on statistical method, ANOVA (analysis of variance). Well-01 and Well-02 are both divided into two zones. On the other hand, the statistical
method was initially divided Well-03 into three zones. However, Well-03 is better described as a whole zone, depending on the geological analysis and engineering judgment. After the zonation, the zones are correlated from well to well. The water saturations in significantly correlated zones are examined. Also, using the same statistical method, the water saturation zones are identified.
However, these zones do not coincide with the porosity zones. This difference is attributed to pore size distribution and wettability which affect saturation
distribution.
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Hoang, Ngoc Lan. "Etudes des propriétés hydromécaniques d’un sable limoneux : de la saturation partielle à la saturation complète". Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSET005/document.
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Cette thèse concerne la caractérisation expérimentale d’un sable limoneux provenant du barrage de Livet – Gavet (38) dans le cadre du projet ANR TerreDurable avec plusieurs objectifs : 1- Caractériser au travers d’essais de laboratoire le comportement hydromécanique d’un sable fin limoneux (sol A1 dans la classification GTR) en fonction de son état de saturation. Lors de cette étude, un accent particulier est porté sur la caractérisation de ce comportement dans le domaine proche de la saturation. 2- Interpréter le comportement hydrique du matériau sur chemin de drainage – imbibition en relation avec l’analyse de sa microstructure. 3- Fournir d’un point de vue général une base de données et d’analyses exhaustive permettant le développement et la calibration de modèles de comportement des sols fins proches de la saturation, en particulier en considérant des chemins de chargement hydromécanique complexes. Pour l’ensemble de cette étude, le matériau est considéré sous deux états : soit à l’état de pâte (matériau normalement consolidé) préparée à une teneur en eau proche de la limite de liquidité, soit sous forme compactée (matériau sur-consolidé) à différentes énergies de compactage et différentes teneurs en eau initialesThis thesis concerns the experimental characterization of a silty sand from the Livet - Gavet dam (38) as part of the ANR TerreDurable project, for following objectives: 1- Through laboratory tests, characterize the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a fine silty sand (Type A1 in the GTR classification) according to its saturation state. In this study, particular emphasis is placed on the characterization of this behaviour in the near-saturated domain. 2- Interpret the water behaviour of material on the drainage - imbibition cycles, in relation to the analysis of its microstructure. 3- From a general point of view, provide a comprehensive database and analysis allowing the development and calibration of models of near-saturated fine soil's behaviour, in particular, by considering complex hydro-mechanical loading paths. For all tests in this study, the material is considered in two states: either in the state of paste (normally consolidated material) prepared at water content close to the limit of liquidity, or in compacted state (over consolidated material) at different compaction energies and different initial water contents
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Kamgang, Thierry T. "Petro physical evaluation of four wells within Cretaceous gas-bearing sandstone reservoirs, In block 4 and 5 orange basin, South Africa". University of the Western Cape, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4259.
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Masters of SciencePetrophysical evaluation of four wells within Cretaceous gas-bearing sandstone reservoirs in blocks 4 and 5 Orange Basin, South Africa. Thierry Kamgang The present research work evaluates the petrophysical characteristics of the Cretaceous gasbearing sandstone units within Blocks 4 and 5 offshore South Africa. Data used to carry out this study include: wireline logs (LAS format), base maps, well completion reports, petrography reports, conventional core analysis report and tabulated interpretative age reports from four wells (O-A1, A-N1, P-A1 and P-F1). The zones of interest range between 1410.0m-4100.3m depending on the position of the wells. The research work is carried out in two phases: The first phase corresponds to the interpretation of reservoir lithologies based on wireline logs. This consists of evaluating the type of rocks (clean or tight sandstones) forming the reservoir intervals and their distribution in order to quantify gross zones, by relating the behavior of wireline logs signature based on horizontal routine. Extensively, a vertical routine is used to estimate their distribution by correlating the gamma-ray logs of the corresponding wells, but also to identify their depositional environments (shallow to deep marine).Sedlog software is used to digitize the results. The second phase is conducted with the help of Interactive Petrophysics (version 4) software, and results to the evaluation of eight petrophysical parameters range as follow: effective porosity (4.3% - 25.4%), bulk volume of water (2.7% – 31.8%), irreducible water saturation (0.2%-8.8%), hydrocarbon saturation (9.9% - 43.9%), predicted permeability (0.09mD – 1.60mD), volume of shale (8.4% - 33.6%), porosity (5.5% - 26.2%) and water saturation (56.1% - ii 90.1%). Three predefined petrophysical properties (volume of shale, porosity and water saturation)are used for reservoir characterization. The volume of shale is estimated in all the wells using corrected Steiber method. The porosity is determined from the density logs using the appropriate equations in wells O-A1 and P-A1, while sonic model is applied in well A-N1 and neutron-density relationship in well P-F1. Formation water resistivity (Rw) is determined through the following equation: Rw = (Rmf × Rt) / Rxo, and water saturation is calculated based on Simandoux relation. Furthermore, a predicted permeability function is obtained from the crossplot of core porosity against core permeability, and it results match best with the core permeability of well O-A1. This equation is used to predict the permeability in the other wells. The results obtained reveal that average volumes of shale decrease from the west of the field towards the east; while average porosities and water saturations increase from the south-west through the east despite the decreasing average water saturation in well P-A1. A corroboration of reference physical properties selected for reservoir characterization, with predefined cut-off values result to no net pay zones identified within the reservoir intervals studied. Consequently, it is suggested that further exploration prospects should be done between well O-A1 and A-N1.
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Altayeb, Abdalmajid I. H. "Comprehensive fluid saturation study for the Fula North field Muglad Basin, Sudan". University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5442.
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>Magister Scientiae - MScThis study has been conducted to accurately determine fluid saturation within Fula sub-basin reservoirs which is located at the Southern part of the Republic of Sudan. The area is regarded as Shaly Sand Reservoirs. Four deferent shaly sand lithofacies (A, B, C, D) have been identified. Using method based on the Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), the core surrounding facies, within Fula reservoirs were identified. An average shale volume of 0.126 within the studied reservoirs was determined using gamma ray and resistivity logs. While average porosity of 26.7% within the reservoirs was determined using density log and the average core grain density. An average water resistivity of 0.8 Ohm-m was estimated using Pickett plot method. While formation temperature was estimated using the gradient that constrained between surface and bottom hole temperature. Water saturation was determined using Archie model and four shaly sand empirical models, the calculation was constrained within each facies zone to specify a model for each facies, and another approach was used to obtain the water saturation based on Artificial Neural Networks. The net pay was identified for each reservoir by applying cut-offs on permeability 5 mD, porosity 16%, shale volume 0.33, and water saturation 0.65. The gross thickness of the reservoirs ranges from 7.62m to 19.85m and net pay intervals from 4.877m to 19.202m. The study succeeded in establishing water saturation model for the Fula sub-basin based on neural networking which was very consistent with the core data, and hence has been used for net pay determination.
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Rosén, Tomas. "Determination of water saturation dependent gas transport properties of PEFC gas diffusion layers via the Lattice Boltzmann method". Thesis, KTH, Mekanik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-41814.
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Dahlbäck, Per. "Modeling a novel sorption dehumidication method : super saturation of water vapour in a closed volume using the finite volume method". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för beräkningsvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-208511.
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This thesis develops and evaluates a method to simulate energy consumption and water production for a novel sorption dehumidication pro-cess. The system consists of a chamber comprising a hygroscopic materialand a heating device. The process consists of an adsorption phase anda regeneration phase. For both the regeneration phase and the adsorp-tion phase the model considers the heat distribution by thermal diusionand convection and the water transport by diusion and convection. Forthe regeneration phase the radiation is also considered since the radia-tive power increases with temperature to the power of four. Further, amodel for the condensation process is implemented and a model for thecondensation is suggested. To model the properties of the hygroscopicmaterials, the adsorption curves for SiO2 and AlO2 are investigated. Themodel were evaluated by comparing the simulated values with experimen-tal measurements.The results from the the simulation of the regeneration phase showsa good agreement with experimental data for the power and the energyconsumption even though the simulated values are a bit underestimated,about 10%. The water production is simulated to be about 25% higherthan the measured values. This discrepancy could be explained by aleakage of water vapour that was found in the experimental set up, whichis not considered in the model. This could also explain the underestimatedenergy consumption since the condensation energy in the system is toogreat. To improve the accuracy for the model the water leakage wouldneed to be implemented. The overestimation of water seemed to be thesame for the measurements from the same apparatus.For the adsorption phase a developed model, from an article for ad-sorption in silica, was implemented and tuned for the specic system. Thesimulations are in good agreement with the measurements but could betested further for more certainty.
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Han, Gang. "Rock Stability under Different Fluid Flow Conditions". Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/827.
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It is widely known in oil industry that changes in fluid flow conditions such as water breakthrough or unsteady flow due to well shut-in can lead to sand destabilization, with a possible consequent sand production. In this research, different flow situations are incorporated into stress and stability analysis for the region around a wellbore producing oil from weak or unconsolidated sands, and the analyses involve strength weakening, stress redistribution, and decrease of rock stiffness.
Two main mechanisms, chemical reactions of rock with formation water and variations of rock capillary strength, are identified and analyzed to study strength weakening after water breakthrough, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Using theories from particle mechanics, rock mechanics, and interfacial science, four novel capillarity models are developed and verified to analytically capture the physical behaviors of capillary strength at the grain scale. Based on model calculations, significantly better understanding of strength behavior in two-phase fluid environments is achieved.
Based on a simplified model that can conservatively but efficiently quantify capillary strength with only two input parameters (i. e. particle radius and water saturation), a verified new method that physically calculates pore pressure in a multiphase environment, and a coupled poro-inelastic stress model, the redistributions of effective stresses with water saturation around a wellbore are solved. In terms of stress changes and growth of a plastic radius defining shear-failure zone, the effects of different stability factors, including capillarity through water-oil menisci, pore pressure changes due to the variations of fluid relative permeabilities, and loss of strength through chemical reactions of water-sensitive cementation materials, are quantified and compared in order to clarify when and how they contribute to sand production after water breakthrough.
The nonlinearities of rock elastic properties in stressed and biphasic fluid environments is analytically addressed, based on an improved nonlinear theory that considers both a failure-based mechanism and a confining-stress-based mechanism, the strength model, and the coupled stress model. The calculations demonstrate the redistributions of stress-dependent rock stiffness around a wellbore and its evolution with increase of water saturation, clarify the relative importance of each mechanism in reducing rock stiffness, and fundamentally explain why current predictive technologies are invalid when water appears in a flowing wellbore.
To quantify the effect of well shut-down on rock stability, the redistributions of fluid pressure in reservoir are analytically solved and coupled with the stress model, while the water hammer equations provide a boundary condition for the bottom-hole pressure. This approach allows direct solution of the relationships among fluid properties, rock properties and production parameters, within the context of rock stability.
The proposed new approaches and models can be applied to evaluate sand production risk in multiphase and unsteady fluid flow environment. They can also serve as points of departure to develop more sophisticated models, or to develop more useful constitutive laws for numerical solutions.
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Blazevic, Lara Antonia. "Monitoring spatio-temporal water redistribution in the subsurface with seismic methods". Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2020. https://accesdistant.sorbonne-universite.fr/login?url=https://theses-intra.sorbonne-universite.fr/2020SORUS015.pdf.
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La caractérisation et la surveillance des systèmes d'eau souterraine sont fondamentales pour la conservation et la gestion des ressources en eau souterraine. Dans cette intention, l'hydrogéophysique fournit une série de méthodes non invasives pour étudier l'environnement souterrain peu profond et les processus qui s'y déroulent sur plusieurs échelles. Les applications hydrogéophysiques à méthode dites time-lapse sont notamment utiles pour surveiller la dynamique de l'eau et suivre les variations temporelles de la teneur en eau. Largement dominées par des méthodes électriques et électromagnétiques, ces applications sont de plus en plus explorées avec des méthodes sismiques. Le signal sismique dépend des propriétés mécaniques du milieu qui sont à leur tour affectées par les changements de teneur en eau. Par conséquent, les réponses sismiques sont également influencées par les propriétés et variables hydrologiques. Néanmoins, les complexités liées à la description du comportement mécanique de matériaux peu profonds et partiellement saturés limitent la caractérisation quantitative de la subsurface et la dynamique de l'eau associée par les méthodes sismiques. Dans ce travail, nous étudions l'évolution temporelle des réponses sismiques en fonction des variations de teneur en eau par la méthode de time-lapse acquise sur le terrain. Nous analysons à la fois les données et les paramètres inversés et nous comparons ensuite les tendances résultantes avec des relations pétrophysiques établies. De cette façon, nous montrons que les inversions sismiques en time-lapse des données de réfraction de l'onde P et les changements correspondant à la vitesse de propagation des ondes permettent la reconnaissance des chemins d'écoulement préférentiels de l'eau dans la subsurface, mettant ainsi en évidence le potentiel des méthodes sismiques pour surveiller les processus hydrologiques et les écoulements non saturés. De manière générale, on observe un fossé d'observations entre les estimations quantitatives de la teneur en eau obtenue par les paramètres sismiques inversés et les corrélations qualitatives, jusqu'à présent dominantes, reliant la vitesse sismique aux relations pétrophysiques théoriques. Cet écart d'observation pourra être comblé par de nouvelles études sismiques en time-lapse sur le terrain. À la suite des progrès récents d'équipement et techniques sismiques, les relations pétrophysiques à l'échelle du terrain joueront un rôle important dans le développement de méthodes sismiques pour des applications hydrologiquesThe characterization and monitoring of subsurface water systems are fundamental to groundwater resources conservation and management. To this end, hydrogeophysics provides a suite of non-invasive methods to study the shallow subsurface environment and the processes occurring therein over multiple scales. Time-lapse hydrogeophysical applications are notably useful to monitor water dynamics and follow temporal variations in water content. Largely dominated by electrical and electromagnetic methods, these applications are being increasingly explored with seismic methods. The seismic signal is dependent on the mechanical properties of the medium which are in turn affected by changes in water content. Consequently, seismic responses are also influenced by hydrological properties and state variables. Nonetheless, complexities in describing the mechanical behavior of partially saturated shallow materials have limited the quantitative characterization of the subsurface and associated water dynamics by means of seismic methods. Here we investigate the evolution of seismic responses with varying water content in time-lapse field contexts, analyzing both data and inverted parameters, and compare the resulting trends with established petrophysical relationships. We show that seismic time-lapse inversions of P-wave refraction data and corresponding changes in wave propagation velocity enable the recognition of preferential water flow paths in the subsurface, highlighting the potential of seismic methods to monitor hydrological processes and unsaturated flow. Overall, qualitative agreements between seismic velocity trends and theoretical petrophysical relationships still eclipse accurate quantitative estimations of water content from inverted seismic parameters. We anticipate further time-lapse seismic field studies to help bridge the gap between qualitative and quantitative observations. In the wake of the recent advancements in seismic equipment and techniques, appropriate field-scale petrophysical relationships will play an important role in the development of seismic methods for hydrological applications
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Goto, Masayoshi, Jun Moriizumi, Hiromi Yamazawa, Takao lida y Weihai Zhuo. "Estimation of global radon exhalation rate distribution". American Institite of Physics, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/12041.
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Madzivire, Godfrey. "Removal of sulphates from South African mine water using coal fly ash". Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2865_1297840198.
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This study evaluated SO4 2- removal from circumneutral mine water (CMW) collected from Middleburg coal mine using coal FA collected from Hendrina power station. The following parameters were investigated: the effect of the amount of FA, the effect of the final pH achieved during treatment, the effect of the initial pH of the mine water and the effect of Fe and Al on SO4 2- removal from mine water. The precipitation of ettringite at alkaline pH was evaluated to further reduce the SO4 2- concentration to below the DWAF limit for potable water. Removal of SO4 2- from mine water was found to be dependent on: the final pH achieved during treatment, the amount of FA used to treat the mine water and the presence of Fe and Al in the mine water. Treatment of CMW using different CMW:FA ratios
5:1, 4:1, 3:1, and 2:1 resulted in 55, 60, 70 and 71 % SO4 2- removal respectively. Treatment of CMW to pH 8.98, 9.88, 10.21, 10.96, 11.77 and 12.35 resulted in 6, 19, 37, 45, 63 and 71 % SO4 2- removal respectively. When the CMW was modified by adding Fe and Al by mixing with Navigation coal mine AMD and treated to pH 10, 93 % SO4 2- removal was observed. Further studies were done to evaluate the effects of Fe and Al separately. Treatment of simulated Fe containing AMD (Fe-AMD) to pH 9.54, 10.2, 11.8, and 12.1 resulted in 47, 52, 65, and 68 % SO4 2- removal respectively. When Al containing AMD was treated to pH 9.46, 10.3, 11.5 and 12 percentage SO4 2- removal of 39, 51, 55 and 67 % was observed respectively.
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Masek, Caroline Humphrey. "Adapting the SCS method for estimating runoff in shallow water table environments". Scholar Commons, 2002. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000040.
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Fsadni, Andrew M. "The fundamentals of two-phase flow in wet domestic central heating systems". Thesis, Brunel University, 2012. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6953.
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An emerging trend in the building services industry is the installation of passive deaerators on the flow line of domestic wet central heating systems. To date, no data and theoretical models predicting the two-phase flow characteristics in domestic wet central heating systems are available in the open literature. This gap in literature has prevented essential design improvements to passive deaerators thus impeding the efficiency enhancement of such devices. Hence, the current study is aimed at assisting designers of deaeration devices by providing fundamental data and model correlations with respect to the two-phase flow characteristics typical in a wet domestic central heating system. For this purpose an experimental research project was adopted and several studies were carried out, including; (1) a comprehensive review to understand the background of the phenomena, (2) the design and construction of an experimental test rig to conduct the necessary investigations into the phenomenon of two-phase flow in domestic wet central heating systems, (3) the development of a reliable image capture and analysis technique, (4) the completion of a number of experiments to investigate typical bubble sizes, volumetric void fractions, bubble distributions and nucleation and dissolution rates and (5) the correlation of the data gathered as part of the present study with existing bubble size, nucleation and dissolution prediction models. This research has, for the first time, provided an in depth analysis into two-phase flow characteristics in wet domestic central heating systems through the use of a high speed camera and image analysis techniques. The two-phase phenomenon finds its origins in high dissolved gas concentrations present in the water flowing through the closed loop system, thus resulting in super saturation conditions at the primary heat exchange wall conditions. Bubble sizes at the boiler flow line were found to be dependent on the bulk fluid velocity, heat flux and pressure, with a measured mean diameter in the range of 0.13 mm to 0.39 mm. The Winterton (1972a) force balance model for bubble size prediction was in reasonable agreement with the experimental results. This model was further improved through the correlation of our data with the inclusion of dimensionless groups. Bubble nucleation rates have been calculated in the range of 0.3 to 4 bubbles / cm2 s with total system bubble production rates measured in the range of 784 to 6920 bubbles per second. Bubble nucleation rates have been calculated through the consideration of the heat exchanger surface under super saturation conditions. A correlation for the model by Hepworth et al. (2003) for nonclassical heterogeneous nucleation is proposed based on the experimental data gathered during the present study. Experimental results have shown dissolution rates for the bubble size ratio in the range of 0.4 to 12 % per second with system conditions. A modification of the model developed by Epstein and Plesset (1950) for stationary bubble dissolution is proposed with the inclusion of the Sherwood number to capture the effects of turbulent diffusion. The volumetric void fraction distribution in vertical pipes was found to be quasi-homogenous across the pipe section while being strongly dependent on gravitational and turbulence effects in horizontal pipe bubbly flow. A CFD simulation predicted the volumetric void fraction distribution with reasonable accuracy.
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Ieamsupapong, Supat. "Mechanisms of Iron Carbonate Formation on Mild Steel in Controlled Water Chemistry Conditions". Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1473264400862079.
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Alali, Firas [Verfasser] y Ugur [Akademischer Betreuer] Yaramanci. "The Influence of Porosity, Saturation Degree, Clay Content and Pore Water Conductivity on NMR and SIP Parameters / Firas Alali. Betreuer: Ugur Yaramanci". Berlin : Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Universität Berlin, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1018764933/34.
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Gomez, Carlos E. "Ecological and physiological constraints of deep-sea corals in a changing environment". Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2018. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/535228.
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Deep-water or cold-water corals are abundant and highly diverse, greatly increase habitat heterogeneity and species richness, thereby forming one of the most significant ecosystems in the deep sea. Despite this remote location, they are not removed from the different anthropogenic disturbances that commonly impact their shallow-water counterparts. The global decrease in seawater pH due to increases in atmospheric CO2 are changing the chemical properties of the seawater, decreasing the concentration of carbonate ions that are important elements for different physiological and ecological processes. Predictive models forecast a shoaling of the carbonate saturation in the water column due to OA, and suggest that cold-water corals are at high risk, since large areas of suitable habitat will experience suboptimal conditions by the end of the century. The main objective of this study was to explore the fate of the deep-water coral community in time of environmental change. To better understand the impact of climate change this study focused in two of the most important elements of deep-sea coral habitat, the reef forming coral Lophelia pertusa and the octocoral community, particularly the gorgonian Callogorgia delta. By means of controlled experiments, I examined the effects of long- and short-term exposures to seawater simulating future scenarios of ocean acidification on calcification and feeding efficiency. Finally In order to understand how the environment influences the community assembly, and ultimately how species cope with particular ecological filters, I integrated different aspects of biology such functional diversity and ecology into a more evolutionary context in the face of changing environment. My results suggest that I) deep-water corals responds negatively to future OA by lowering the calcification rates, II) not all individuals respond in the same way to OA with high intra-specific variability providing a potential for adaptation in the long-term III) there is a disruption in the balance between accretion and dissolution that in the long term can shift from net accretion to net dissolution, and IV) there is an evolutionary implication for certain morphological features in the coral community that can give an advantage under stresfull conditions. Nevertheless, the suboptimal conditions that deep-water corals will experience by the end of the century could potentially threaten their persistence, with potentially negative consequences for the future stability of this already fragile ecosystem.
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Wang, Yi. "Pétrophysique et micromécanique des grès "tight" en relation avec leur microstructure". Thesis, Ecole centrale de Lille, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016ECLI0017/document.
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Ce travail de thèse consiste à identifier les propriétés pétrophysiques et de transfert de roches provenant d’un réservoir de grès « tight » en Afrique du nord exploité par ENGIE EPI. Il s’agit d’identifier les liens entre les propriétés de transfert, les propriétés poro-mécanique, la sensibilité au chargement mécanique ou à la saturation en eau, et quelques indicateurs comme la porosité, la distribution des tailles de pores, la perméabilité intrinsèque, les caractéristiques pétrographiques etc. Le but est de pouvoir prédire le comportement de matériaux différents de ceux étudiés dans cette thèse, en utilisant des données d’entrée « facilement » accessibles, fournissant ainsi des outils permettant d’évaluer la qualité d’un nouveau réservoir sans passer par une caractérisation exhaustive, longue et couteuse du matériau constituant ce réservoirThis work of thesis focuses on the identification of the petrophysical and transfer properties of rocks originating from a tight sandstone reservoir in North Africa operated by ENGIE EPI. It needs to identify the links between the transfer properties, poro-mechanical properties, sensitivity to mechanical loading or water saturation, and some indications such as porosity, pore size distribution, intrinsic permeability, petrographic features etc. The aim is to predict the behavior of materials that are different from those that studied in this thesis by using the “easily” accessible input data, providing tools for evaluating the quality of a new reservoir without passing through an exhaustive, long and expensive characterization of the material forming this reservoir
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Herrman, Kyle S. "Mechanisms controlling nitrogen removal in agricultural headwater streams". Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1181667344.
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Bettinardi, Mariana Luzia. "Classificação de espécies arbóreas em função da tolerância ao alagamento e preparo de solo para restauração de florestas paludosas". Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11150/tde-29052014-172544/.
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A água é um bem necessário a toda a humanidade, à agricultura e às indústrias. É o bem mais escasso atualmente e será muito mais nos próximos anos. A proteção dos recursos hídricos para garantia do bem-estar da humanidade torna-se essencial e com isto a restauração florestal de nascentes e áreas ciliares é alvo de projetos em todo o mundo. As áreas hidrologicamente sensíveis (AHS) dentro da bacia hidrográfica são as porções mais importantes neste contexto, no entanto, devido à saturação hídrica do solo ocasionada pela dinâmica do lençol freático, a sua recuperação é dificultada desestimulando pesquisas e ações de restauração. Diante desta lacuna, este estudo teve o objetivo de buscar estratégias para a restauração florestal de AHS. Para isso foi testado em viveiro a tolerância a diferentes níveis de saturação hídrica de 15 espécies típicas de ambientes alagados e uma espécie não típica como controle. As espécies foram avaliadas quanto ao crescimento em altura, diâmetro à altura do solo, sobrevivência, desenvolvimento de respostas morfológicas e possível associação destas com as taxas de crescimento. Foi feita uma análise de agrupamento que classificou e agrupou as espécies de acordo com cinco níveis de tolerância ao alagamento, identificando que para a maioria das espécies quanto maior o nível de saturação hídrica menor é a tolerância a este estresse. A análise de variância e o teste de Tukey identificaram quais espécies apresentaram características morfológicas (hipertrofia de lenticelas e raízes adventícias) e os indicadores morfológicos foram comparados nos grupos constituídos da análise de agrupamento que revelou que estas respostas estão associadas à adaptação quanto ao crescimento e sobrevivência das espécies. Dois experimentos em campo também foram realizados visando testar métodos de preparo de solo que mais favorecessem o estabelecimento e o crescimento inicial das espécies. Foi feita uma análise de variância e teste de Tukey para testar se o método de preparo de solo tem efeito sobre o crescimento em altura e diâmetro e o tempo de sobrevivência para as espécies e uma análise de agrupamento para definir grupos de espécies com características funcionais que favoreçam os projetos de restauração. Verificou-se que os métodos de preparo de solo não foram determinantes para o estabelecimento e desenvolvimento das espécies típicas de AHS em pequenas escalas e que a escolha das espécies mais tolerantes à saturação hídrica em diferentes níveis é o fator mais importante na restauração desses ambientes. Desta forma, em projetos de restauração de florestas brejosas, a seleção de espécies adaptadas a estas condições é mais importante do que os métodos de preparo do solo, e futuros estudos deveriam focar em identificar grupos funcionais de espécies que possam ser usadas nestes projetos.From agriculture to the industry, water is an essential resource for humanity. It is also the scarcest resource at the present time and it will be scarcer in the next years. The protection of water resources is of most importance to ensure humanity\'s well-being. Thus, projects aiming at the restoration of springs and riparian forests are being carried out around the world. In this context, hydrologically sensitive areas (HSA) of the river basins are the most important sites for water resources provision. However, water table dynamics causes water saturation of the soil in these areas, imposing barriers to recuperation and discouraging restoration practice and research. In this context, this study aims to analyze strategies for the ecological restoration of HSA. We carried out nursery tests to assess the hydrological saturation tolerance of 15 tree species typical from wetlands and used a non-typical species as control. Species were evaluated based on height and diameter at soil height increase, survival, development of morphological responses and the possible relation of the latter with growth rates. The cluster analysis classified species in groups based on five hydrological saturation tolerance levels, pointing that, for most species, higher hydrological saturation levels results in lower tolerance to this stress. An analysis of variance and Tukey test identified which species presented morphological characteristics (lenticels hypertrophy and adventitious roots) and the morphological indicators were compared among the clustered groups; this analysis demonstrated that such morphological responses are associated to the species adaptation for both survival and growth in saturated conditions. Two field experiments were also carried out aiming to test soil preparation that could favor seedling establishment and growth. An analysis of variance and Tukey test was carried out to test the effects of soil preparation on seedling height and diameter at soil height growth and survival. Additionally, we carried out a cluster analysis to separate species into groups containing functional characteristics that may favor restoration projects. We observed that soil preparation techniques, in small scale, had no influence on the establishment and development of seedlings typical of HSA and that the selection of species that are tolerant to hydrological saturation at different levels is the most important factor for restoration of these environments. Thus, restoration projects in wetlands should give special attention for the selection of species adapted to these conditions, which is more determinant for restoration success than soil preparation. Future studies should focus in identifying species functional groups that could be used to restore these areas.
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Ajalloueian, Mohammad. "Modélisation du transfert des contaminants dans un aquifère multicouche par une méthode de marche au hasard". Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, INPL, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996INPL013N.
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L’utilisation des méthodes d'identification de la dispersivité (« inverfc », Wang, etc. ) et les solutions approchées de l'équation de transfert sont limitées à un transfert purement hydrodispersif en écoulement uniforme ou à débit constant dans un milieu homogène. Prenant en compte les conditions plus complexes d'un traçage expérimental sur le terrain, spécialement lors d'écoulements superposés dans des couches dont les propriétés géologiques et hydrogéologiques sont différenciées, et le mouvement imprévisible d'une particule dans un milieu poreux saturé, il est nécessaire de développer un modèle numérique flexible simple. Une méthode de marche au hasard est proposée pour modéliser un écoulement souterrain dans un aquifère stratifié. Ce modèle tient compte de la variabilité des caractéristiques de l'aquifère dans un champs d'écoulement radial (MAHRAD), tels que le débit, l'épaisseur et la porosité cinématique. La méthode est basée sur le mouvement de particules individuelles. La composante convective du déplacement du soluté est calculée de manière déterministe et la composante dispersive est simulée par un déplacement aléatoire. Les résultats numériques sont en accord avec les solutions approchées. Le modèle est appliqué à un champs d'écoulement radial avec un puits de pompage pour la détermination des paramètres hydro dispersifs. Plusieurs exemples, pour différents types d'aquifères, sont donnés. La sensibilité du modèle est testée avec réussite à l'égard de différents paramètres (dispersivité, débit et porosité cinématique). La prévision de l'arrivée et de l'intensité d'un nuage de pollution dans un champ d'écoulement bidimensionnel (avec plusieurs puits de pompage et de sources de réalimentation) est réalisée à l'aide d'un autre modèle (MAHMAP). La sélection des puits de décontamination peut être effectuée à partir des réponses du modèle, puisque on peut visualiser l'arrivée de particules injectées dans les puits de pompage sur l'écran
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Benniou, Hicham. "Modélisation par éléments discrets du comportement des matériaux cimentaires sous impact sévère : prise en compte du taux de saturation". Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016GREAI055/document.
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Ce travail de thèse concerne la modélisation du béton et des ouvrages en béton soumis à des sollicitations allant du quasi statique à la dynamique rapide, tout en prenant en compte de la présence d'eau libre dans les pores du béton. L'objectif est la mise au point d'un outil prévisionnel de simulation capable de décrire le comportement du béton et des structures en béton, en tenant compte des effets du taux de saturation. Le choix des Éléments Discrets pour cette modélisation est justifié par les phénomènes discontinus qui apparaissent dans le béton, tel que la fissuration, la fragmentation ou l'écaillage. Les Éléments Discrets permettent de reproduire de manière fiable et efficace le comportement discontinu local ainsi que la réponse globale de la structure.La première partie de ce travail concerne la simulation d'essais quasi-statiques sous sollicitations uniaxiales et triaxiales fortement confinées, avec la prise en compte du phénomène de compaction. Les effets de l'eau libre contenue dans les porosités sont pris en compte par l'introduction d'une dépendance entre le taux de saturation en eau et la déformation inélastique. La procédure d’identification des paramètres du modèle est présentée. Enfin, le modèle est validé en reproduisant le comportement quasi-statique du béton par différents essais. La deuxième partie de ce travail est consacrée au comportement dynamique du béton. L'objectif est d'étendre la validation du modèle en simulant des essais d'impacts. Les effets de vitesse sont pris en comptes et des simulations d'impact sur des dalles en béton de différentes épaisseurs sont effectuées. Les résultats obtenus sont en bonne concordance avec les résultats expérimentauxThis thesis concerns the modeling of concrete and concrete structures subjected to stresses ranging from quasi-static to dynamic loading, taking into account the presence of free water in pores. The objective is the development of a predictive simulation tool capable of describing the behavior of concrete and concrete structures, taking into account the effects of saturation ratio. The choice of discrete elements for modeling is justified by the discontinuous phenomena that appear in the concrete, such as cracking, fragmentation, spalling and scabbing. Discrete Elements can reproduce reliably and efficiently the local discontinuous behavior and the overall response of the structure.The first part of this work concerns the simulation of quasi-static tests under uniaxial and highly confined triaxial loadings, taking into account the compaction phenomenon. The effects of the free water contained in the pores are taken into account by introducing a dependency between the water saturation level and the inelastic deformation. The identification process of the model parameters is presented. Finally, the model is validated by reproducing the quasi-static behavior of concrete in different tests.The second part of this work concerns the dynamic behavior of concrete. The aim is to extend the validation of the model by simulating impact tests on concrete slabs of different thickness. The dynamic effects are taken into account and impact simulations on concrete slabs of different thickness are made. The results are in good agreement with experimental results
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Ugbo, Justin Petroleum Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "A new model for evaluating water saturation in shaly sand reservoirs using quantitative x-ray diffraction and cation exchange capacity cliff head field, Western Australia". Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Petroleum Engineering, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/40443.
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Interpretation problems are commonly associated with calculating water saturation in nonhomogenous shaly sand reservoirs. Redefining petrophysical properties based on well logs in shaly sand reservoirs by using fundamental geologic attributes is an important tool in developing subsurface hydrocarbon resources. Studies of the electrical anisotropy of shaly sands have shown that the level of our understanding and our ability to correctly evaluate low resistivity and low contrast pay can be greatly improved. The model developed in this thesis is similar in form to the shaly sand Dual Water model by Clavier et al. (1984). It is an experiment based model designed to directly assess and quantify the mineralogical and electrical effects of clay minerals in heterogeneous reservoirs. Clay minerals usually have multiple effects on petrophysical properties obtained from geophysical well log measurements. The total expansible clay model evaluates these effects via direct measurement of independent mineralogy and conductivity of clay minerals within reservoir sands. This model integrates the following as an effective basis for characterizing shaly sand reservoirs: ??? Rietveld based Siroquant assay for quantitative X-ray diffraction, used in determining mineral percentages from standard XRD trace patterns, ??? Cation exchange capacity, used to determine the quantity of cations involved in the exchange at the shale-water interface, ??? Porosity, permeability, density and resistivity measurements, ??? Thin section petrography, used in identifying mineral patterns, visible porosity and reservoir quality. Overall, application of correlations drawn from the model yields improved results for water saturation which appeared consistent with those earlier calculated using known water saturation models (Clavier et al Dual Water model, 1984, Juhasz, 1981). A total of twenty three samples from two wells in the Cliff Head fIeld were analyzed for this study.
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PORTO, Kamila Freitas. "Redução do Índice de Saturação Langelier para produção de águas de consumo humano e industriais". Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 2017. http://dspace.sti.ufcg.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/riufcg/291.
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Visando a problemática da disponibilidade e da qualidade hídrica, a dessalinização de águas através de processos com membranas é uma das alternativas para amenizar o problema da baixa qualidade e da escassez, produzindo água de boa qualidade. Porém, neste método ainda existem alguns obstáculos a serem vencidos, um deles é a incrustação nas membranas. Para resolver este problema em sistemas de osmose inversa, geralmente utilizam-se antiincrustantes comerciais, os quais são específicos para determinados sais. Dentre os íons comumente presentes em águas estão o bicarbonato (HCO3-) e o carbonato (CO32-), este último facilmente encontrado na forma de carbonato de cálcio (CaCO3), que em determinadas condições precipita, baixando a eficiência da membrana e, consequentemente, a quantidade de água produzida. Através do Índice de Saturação de Langelier (ISL) é possível detectar o risco de formação de precipitados deste sal nas águas salobras. Esse trabalho descreve os resultados da pesquisa realizada no estudo do pré-tratamento de águas para a diminuição do ISL, comparando o desempenho do ácido clorídrico versus antiincrustante comercial, Flocon 260. Para este fim, neste estudo inicialmente utilizou de águas sintéticas e posteriormente águas de poços, realizando testes em pequena e grande escalas. O HCl se mostrou um bom antiincrustante, uma vez que foi possível obter valores do ISL abaixo de zero para os dois tipos de experimentos, em escala de bancada e de piloto. Para os dois tipos de água foi possível se observar bons resultados e, quando comparado com o antiincrustante comercial observou-se uma melhor relação custo-benefício
Aiming at the issue of availability and water quality, the desalination of water through membrane processes is one of the alternatives to alleviate the problem of low quality and scarcity, producing good quality water. However, in this method there are still some obstacles to be overcome, one of them is the incrustation in the membranes. To solve this problem in reverse osmosis systems, commercial antifoulants are generally used, which are specific for particular salts. Among the ions commonly present in water are bicarbonate (HCO3-) and carbonate (CO32-), the latter easily found in the form of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), which under certain conditions precipitates, lowering the efficiency of the membrane and, consequently , The amount of water produced. Through the Langelier Saturation Index (ISL) it is possible to detect the risk of precipitation of this salt in brackish waters. This work describes the results of the research carried out in the study of water pretreatment for the reduction of ISL, comparing the performance of hydrochloric acid versus commercial antifoulant, Flocon 260. For this purpose, in this study initially used synthetic waters and later waters of Wells, performing tests on small and large scales. HCl proved to be a good antifouling since it was possible to obtain ISL values below zero for the two types of experiments, bench scale and pilot scale. For both types of water it was possible to observe good results and, when compared with the commercial antifoulant, a better cost-benefit ratio was observed.
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Rösth, Eric. "Ageing tests of cemented carbide powders : An investigation for increased quality of metal cutting inserts". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Tillämpad materialvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-355320.
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In this study, the ageing effects on powder used for cemented carbide insert production are examined. Ageing is throughout this study, defined as the time dependent change of the magnetic properties: coercive field strength and saturation magnetization. Testing is done using eight different powder compositions stored in both air and in an argon cabinet for 10 weeks, where sampling is done at specific intervals. Samples are stored in vacuum sealed bags for a combined sintering at the last phase of the test. Magnetic properties are assumed to be dependent on the amount of oxides needed to be reduced by taking carbon from the material itself during the vacuum stage of the sintering. To achieve interpretive results, this study also tested available sintering furnaces (DMK and DEK) by sintering trays with patterns of test pieces. This shows that DEK furnaces are much better for the ageing tests performed in this study, since less variation of the magnetic properties are measured because of the symmetrical heat gradient over each tray. Ageing tests strongly suggest that the cause of ageing comes from water absorbed by the PEG in the powder composition. Changing the molecular weight of the PEG seems to have an effect on the powder's ageing sensitivity. Measurements performed in this study show less ageing for Cr-rich DA-powders than for cubic carbide rich DQ-powders.
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Shahraeeni, Mohammad Sadegh. "Inversion of seismic attributes for petrophysical parameters and rock facies". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4754.
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Prediction of rock and fluid properties such as porosity, clay content, and water saturation is essential for exploration and development of hydrocarbon reservoirs. Rock and fluid property maps obtained from such predictions can be used for optimal selection of well locations for reservoir development and production enhancement. Seismic data are usually the only source of information available throughout a field that can be used to predict the 3D distribution of properties with appropriate spatial resolution. The main challenge in inferring properties from seismic data is the ambiguous nature of geophysical information. Therefore, any estimate of rock and fluid property maps derived from seismic data must also represent its associated uncertainty. In this study we develop a computationally efficient mathematical technique based on neural networks to integrate measured data and a priori information in order to reduce the uncertainty in rock and fluid properties in a reservoir. The post inversion (a posteriori) information about rock and fluid properties are represented by the joint probability density function (PDF) of porosity, clay content, and water saturation. In this technique the a posteriori PDF is modeled by a weighted sum of Gaussian PDF’s. A so-called mixture density network (MDN) estimates the weights, mean vector, and covariance matrix of the Gaussians given any measured data set. We solve several inverse problems with the MDN and compare results with Monte Carlo (MC) sampling solution and show that the MDN inversion technique provides good estimate of the MC sampling solution. However, the computational cost of training and using the neural network is much lower than solution found by MC sampling (more than a factor of 104 in some cases). We also discuss the design, implementation, and training procedure of the MDN, and its limitations in estimating the solution of an inverse problem. In this thesis we focus on data from a deep offshore field in Africa. Our goal is to apply the MDN inversion technique to obtain maps of petrophysical properties (i.e., porosity, clay content, water saturation), and petrophysical facies from 3D seismic data. Petrophysical facies (i.e., non-reservoir, oil- and brine-saturated reservoir facies) are defined probabilistically based on geological information and values of the petrophysical parameters. First, we investigate the relationship (i.e., petrophysical forward function) between compressional- and shear-wave velocity and petrophysical parameters. The petrophysical forward function depends on different properties of rocks and varies from one rock type to another. Therefore, after acquisition of well logs or seismic data from a geological setting the petrophysical forward function must be calibrated with data and observations. The uncertainty of the petrophysical forward function comes from uncertainty in measurements and uncertainty about the type of facies. We present a method to construct the petrophysical forward function with its associated uncertainty from the both sources above. The results show that introducing uncertainty in facies improves the accuracy of the petrophysical forward function predictions. Then, we apply the MDN inversion method to solve four different petrophysical inverse problems. In particular, we invert P- and S-wave impedance logs for the joint PDF of porosity, clay content, and water saturation using a calibrated petrophysical forward function. Results show that posterior PDF of the model parameters provides reasonable estimates of measured well logs. Errors in the posterior PDF are mainly due to errors in the petrophysical forward function. Finally, we apply the MDN inversion method to predict 3D petrophysical properties from attributes of seismic data. In this application, the inversion objective is to estimate the joint PDF of porosity, clay content, and water saturation at each point in the reservoir, from the compressional- and shear-wave-impedance obtained from the inversion of AVO seismic data. Uncertainty in the a posteriori PDF of the model parameters are due to different sources such as variations in effective pressure, bulk modulus and density of hydrocarbon, uncertainty of the petrophysical forward function, and random noise in recorded data. Results show that the standard deviations of all model parameters are reduced after inversion, which shows that the inversion process provides information about all parameters. We also applied the result of the petrophysical inversion to estimate the 3D probability maps of non-reservoir facies, brine- and oil-saturated reservoir facies. The accuracy of the predicted oil-saturated facies at the well location is good, but due to errors in the petrophysical inversion the predicted non-reservoir and brine-saturated facies are ambiguous. Although the accuracy of results may vary due to different sources of error in different applications, the fast, probabilistic method of solving non-linear inverse problems developed in this study can be applied to invert well logs and large seismic data sets for petrophysical parameters in different applications.
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Nop, Raksmy. "Experimental investigation and modeling of the transient flow boiling crisis of water at moderate pressure and high subcooling". Thesis, université Paris-Saclay, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020UPAST046.
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Lors d’une insertion accidentelle de réactivité dans un réacteur nucléaire expérimental, la puissance du cœur peut augmenter de manière exponentielle, avec un temps caractéristique allant de quelques millisecondes à quelques centaines de millisecondes. À cause des effets neutroniques et thermohydrauliques, le système peut atteindre les conditions de crise d’ébullition à même d’engendrer une réaction explosive. Bien que la crise d’ébullition ait été largement étudiée en conditions de chauffage stationnaires, ce n’est pas le cas pour les transitoires notamment de type excursions de puissance. Le but de ce travail est donc de comprendre et de prédire la crise d'ébullition sous l’effet d’un chauffage transitoire rapide de l'eau sous fortes sous-saturations à pression modérée. Des campagnes expérimentales ont été réalisées pour étudier la crise d’ébullition dans de telles conditions au moyen de vidéos et de thermographie IR hautement résolues en temps et en espace. L’analyse de ces données a permis de déterminer la dépendance du flux critique en transitoire rapide en fonction des différents paramètres d’intérêt (temps caractéristique d’excursion de puissance, vitesse d’écoulement, sous-saturation, pression, largeur du canal, longueur de chauffe). De plus, une analyse approfondie de ces données a permis de mettre en évidence les mécanismes sous-jacents à la crise d’ébullition dans ces conditions. En convection forcée et avec de fortes sous-saturations, les bulles générées en paroi présentent un comportement pulsant. Ce phénomène assure un transfert de chaleur efficace depuis la paroi vers le fluide environnant. Le déclenchement de la crise d’ébullition se produit lorsqu’une fine couche de fluide adjacente à la paroi atteint les conditions de saturation. Un modèle développé à partir de ces observations met en évidence deux paramètres adimensionnés utiles pour décrire la nature transitoire du processus ainsi que pour identifier le mode de refroidissement dominant. Grâce à la connaissance du flux critique en régime permanent, le modèle permet d’estimer de manière conservative le flux critique en fonction de la période d’excursion de puissance et du sous-refroidissement. Ce modèle est maintenant prêt à être implémenté dans des codes de simulation pour l’étude des transitoires accidentelsIn case of a reactivity insertion accident in an experimental nuclear reactor, heat generation in the core can grow exponentially in time, with a power escalation period ranging from a few to a few hundreds of milliseconds. Due to neutronic and thermohydraulic effects, boiling crisis may arise, possibly leading to an explosive reaction. If the boiling Crisis has been widely investigated in steady-state conditions, this has not been the case for transient heat inputs. The aim of the present work is to understand and to predict the transient flow boiling crisis in the conditions of moderate pressure and high subcooling. To this end, an experimental campaign has been realized making use of space and time highly resolved videos and IR thermography covering a wide range of experimental parameters. The analysis of the massive amount of data produced by these experiments gives a better insight on the dependency of the transient Critical Heat Flux to the different parameters of interest (power escalation period, flow velocity, subcooling, pressure, channel width, heating length). Moreover, their fine analysis enables to highlight the underlying mechanisms. For conditions of forced flow and high subcooling, the bubbles generated at the wall present a pulsating behavior. This specific process leads to an efficient heat transfer from the wall to the neighboring fluid. Boiling crisis is stated to occur when a thin layer of liquid contacting the wall reaches the saturation temperature. Starting from these observations, a model is developed which brings to light two non-dimensional parameters useful to describe the transient nature of the process and the dominant cooling processes. With the knowledge of the steady-state CHF, the model permits to conservatively estimate the value of the Critical Heat Flux for any power escalation period and subcooling. This model is now ready for implementation into simulation codes to investigate nuclear accidental transients
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Bouabdallah, Abdelhamid. "Contribution à l'étude du comportement mécanique des sols fortement désaturés". Châtenay-Malabry, Ecole centrale de Paris, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998ECAP0585.
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Le travail présenté dans cette recherche essentiellement expérimentale a porté sur l'étude du comportement hydrique et mécanique des sols non satures. Les chemins de compactage et de drainage-humidification ont porté sur des mélanges de sable d'Hostun avec le limon de Jossigny. Ils ont permis la caractérisation de ces matériaux et ont mis en évidence l'influence des parametres de la granulométrie sur les caractéristiques de l'état de sol. L'effet de la fraction des particules fines a été montre sur la densité sèche, la teneur en eau, la pression négative a l'OPN et la boucle d'hystérésis ainsi que la pression de désaturation. Des corrélations et des relations de régression ont été proposées. La modélisation des essais de drainage a été faite par une approche physique basée sur le modèle de Taibi, et par une approche mathématique utilisant les modèles de Van Genuchten et de Fredlund-Xing. Les chemins triaxiaux et œdométriques ont été réalisés sur le limon de Jossigny normalement consolide et compacte, sèche à de moyennes (ua uw = 2 MPa) et de fortes pressions négatives (150 MPa à 400 MPa). Ces dernières sont susceptibles de se produire au voisinage des colis de stockage de déchets radioactifs. Les essais triaxiaux a moyennes pressions négatives ont servi de références a la validation du modèle élaboré à l'ECP (Modaressi et Abou Bekr). Sous l'effet de la forte désaturation, le comportement de l'argile séchée est modifié. L'effet de la pression négative sur la résistance et l'augmentation de la fragilité est montré clairement. Une comparaison des essais sur échantillons compactes à l'OPN et à forte densité et normalement consolidés a été faite. Les phénomènes de fatigue et d'endommagement ont été étudiés. Les essais sont interprètes avec les contraintes effectives étendues de Taibi. Un aspect original du comportement a été observé : les indices des vides finaux des essais se regroupent sur un palier horizontal proche du palier de retrait du matériau. Les essais œdométriques sur échantillons à moyennes pressions négatives (1. 6 MPa à 50 MPa) ont montré qu'après une phase de compression pseudo-élastique, le matériau se déforme plastiquement. On retrouve que la désaturation élargit le domaine surconsolidé. On observe une augmentation du degré de saturation et une diminution de la pression négative quand la contrainte verticale augmente. Des simulations numériques avec le modèle de Hujeux étendu aux sols non satures ont été faites pour les chemins de compactage, drainage et triaxiaux. Les simulations montrent que le modèle est en mesure de reproduire quantitativement de façon satisfaisante les phénomènes caractéristiques du comportement des sols partiellement satures.
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Jeffery, Samantha. "In-Plant and Distribution System Corrosion Control for Reverse Osmosis, Nanofiltration, and Anion Exchange Process Blends". Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5951.
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The integration of advanced technologies into existing water treatment facilities (WTFs) can improve and enhance water quality; however, these same modifications or improvements may adversely affect finished water provided to the consumer by public water systems (PWSs) that embrace these advanced technologies. Process modification or improvements may unintentionally impact compliance with the provisions of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA's) Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). This is especially true with respect to corrosion control, since minor changes in water quality can affect metal release. Changes in metal release can have a direct impact on a water purveyor's compliance with the SDWA's Lead and Copper Rule (LCR).
In 2010, the Town of Jupiter (Town) decommissioned its ageing lime softening (LS) plant and integrated a nanofiltration (NF) plant into their WTF. The removal of the LS process subsequently decreased the pH in the existing reverse osmosis (RO) clearwell, leaving only RO permeate and anion exchange (AX) effluent to blend. The Town believed that the RO-AX blend was corrosive in nature and that blending with NF permeate would alleviate their concern. Consequently, a portion of the NF permeate stream was to be split between the existing RO-AX clearwell and a newly constructed NF primary clearwell. The Town requested that the University of Central Florida (UCF) conduct research evaluating how to mitigate negative impacts that may result from changing water quality, should the Town place its AX into ready-reserve.
The research presented in this document was focused on the evaluation of corrosion control alternatives for the Town, and was segmented into two major components:
1. The first component of the research studied internal corrosion within the existing RO clearwell and appurtenances of the Town's WTF, should the Town place the AX process on standby. Research related to WTF in-plant corrosion control focused on blending NF and RO permeate, forming a new intermediate blend, and pH-adjusting the resulting mixture to reduce corrosion in the RO clearwell.
2. The second component was implemented with respect to the Town's potable water distribution system. The distribution system corrosion control research evaluated various phosphate-based corrosion inhibitors to determine their effectiveness in reducing mild steel, lead and copper release in order to maintain the Town's continual compliance with the LCR.
The primary objective of the in-plant corrosion control research was to determine the appropriate ratio of RO to NF permeate and the pH necessary to reduce corrosion in the RO clearwell. In this research, the Langelier saturation index (LSI) was the corrosion index used to evaluate the stability of RO:NF blends. Results indicated that a pH-adjusted blend consisting of 70% RO and 30% NF permeate at 8.8-8.9 pH units would produce an LSI of +0.1, theoretically protecting the RO clearwell from corrosion.
The primary objective of the distribution system corrosion control component of the research was to identify a corrosion control inhibitor that would further reduce lead and copper metal release observed in the Town's distribution system to below their respective action limits (ALs) as defined in the LCR. Six alternative inhibitors composed of various orthophosphate and polyphosphate (ortho:poly) ratios were evaluated sequentially using a corrosion control test apparatus. The apparatus was designed to house mild steel, lead and copper coupons used for weight loss analysis, as well as mild steel, lead solder and copper electrodes used for linear polarization analysis. One side of the apparatus, referred to as the “control condition,” was fed potable water that did not contain the corrosion inhibitor, while the other side of the corrosion apparatus, termed the “test condition,” was fed potable water that had been dosed with a corrosion inhibitor. Corrosion rate measurements were taken twice per weekday, and water quality was measured twice per week. Inhibitor evaluations were conducted over a span of 55 to 56 days, varying with each inhibitor. Coupons and electrodes were pre-corroded to simulate existing distribution system conditions. Water flow to the apparatus was controlled with an on/off timer to represent variations in the system and homes.
Inhibitor comparisons were made based on their effectiveness at reducing lead and copper release after chemical addition. Based on the results obtained from the assessment of corrosion inhibitors for distribution system corrosion control, it appears that Inhibitors 1 and 3 were more successful in reducing lead corrosion rates, and each of these inhibitors reduced copper corrosion rates. Also, it is recommended that consideration be given to use of a redundant single-loop duplicate test apparatus in lieu of a double rack corrosion control test apparatus in experiments where pre-corrosion phases are implemented. This recommendation is offered because statistically, the control versus test double loop may not provide relevance in data analysis. The use of the Wilcoxon signed ranks test comparing the initial pre-corroding phase to the inhibitor effectiveness phase has proven to be a more useful analytical method for corrosion studies.M.S.Env.E.
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Grigorowitschs, Helga. "Estudo das propriedades hidromórficas de solos e depósitos no setor inferior de vertentes e em fundos de vale na Alta Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Cotia/Planalto de Ibiúna". Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8135/tde-27012014-104203/.
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Nesta pesquisa foram estudadas morfologias e posições do relevo que apresentam solos e depósitos com regimes hídricos caracterizados pela saturação temporária ou permanente, tendo os seguintes objetivos: (i) caracterização dos solos e depósitos presentes no setor inferior de vertentes e em fundos de vale, incluindo planícies fluviais, com ênfase em suas propriedades hidromórficas; (ii) identificação de graus de hidromorfia nos solos e depósitos desses setores e morfologias, e representação de sua variabilidade espacial; (iii) elaboração de proposições a respeito do regime de saturação hídrica nos setores estudados e de sua relação com os graus de hidromorfia identificados; (iv) elaboração de proposições sobre tendências espaciais hidrodinâmicas associadas à inundação fluvial nas áreas de planície. Sob o aspecto metodológico, a pesquisa foi desenvolvida de acordo com os princípios da abordagem geossistêmica, apresentando uma análise integrada que buscou identificar as inter-relações entre as variáveis pesquisadas. Para tal estudo, foram selecionados dois perfis transversais na Alta Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Cotia, que abrangeram o setor inferior de vertentes e fundos de vale, um deles com planície fluvial. Ao longo desses perfis transversais foram realizados os seguintes levantamentos e procedimentos: (i) levantamento morfométrico e construção de gráficos dos perfis; (ii) descrição dos atributos morfológicos dos solos e depósitos; (iii) monitoramento dos níveis dágua do lençol freático ou lençol suspenso nos pontos de descrição. A caracterização e análise detalhadas das propriedades hidromórficas revelaram gradações de intensidade nas mesmas, e, a partir dessa base, desenvolveu-se uma proposta para classificação dos solos e depósitos segundo graus de hidromorfia. Foram construídas representações gráficas bidimensionais que ilustraram a sucessão vertical e lateral de horizontes pedogenéticos e camadas com diferentes graus de hidromorfia ao longo dos setores e morfologias estudadas. Desta maneira, foram identificadas tendências gerais no que se refere à distribuição espacial dos graus de hidromorfia e à relação desses graus com o regime de saturação hídrica. Um dos padrões identificados consistiu no aumento do grau de hidromorfia dos perfis verticais de solos e depósitos com o aumento da profundidade, que está associado a um maior tempo de duração das condições de saturação hídrica nos horizontes mais profundos. Também foram observadas diferenças significativas na intensidade das propriedades hidromórficas das vertentes, quando comparadas às áreas de fundos de vale, incluindo a planície fluvial. Neste sentido, foram identificados graus de hidromorfia mais baixos nos horizontes A e B dos pontos localizados nas vertentes, e graus mais elevados nos horizontes A e B dos pontos localizados nos fundos de vale. Essas diferenças na ocorrência dos graus de hidromorfia foram atribuídas a distintos regimes de saturação hídrica, sendo que, de maneira geral, os horizontes pedogenéticos e as camadas com graus de hidromorfia elevados estão sujeitos a condições de saturação hídrica de maior duração ou permanentes, quando comparados àqueles que possuem graus de hidromorfia mais baixos, nos quais os eventos de saturação hídrica tem menor duração e/ou ocorrem com menor frequência. Com relação às proposições referentes à inundação fluvial na planície estudada, foram identificadas morfologias que recebem preferencialmente os fluxos fluviais da inundação e apresentam taxas de deposição mais elevadas, e setores com taxas de deposição mais baixas nos quais a inundação é menos frequente e há predomínio da deposição de sedimentos finos.In this research we studied morphologies and relief positions with soils and deposits with moisture regimes characterized by temporary or permanent water saturation, with the following objectives: (i) characterization of soils and deposits located in lower slope sectors and valley bottoms, with an emphasis on their hydromorphic properties; (ii) identification of degrees of hydromorphy in the soils and deposits of these sectors and morphologies, and representation of their spatial variability; (iii) development of propositions about the regime of water saturation in the studied areas and its relationship with the degrees of hydromorphy; (iv) development of propositions about the hydrodynamics of floods in the studied floodplain. Regarding the methodological aspect, the research was conducted according to the principles of the geosystemic approach, presenting an integrated analysis which considered the inter-relations among the studied variables. For this study, we selected two cross profiles in the Cotia Drainage Basin, comprising lower slope sectors and valley bottoms, including a floodplain. Along these cross profiles, the following surveys were conducted: (i) topographic survey and construction of cross section graphics; (ii) description of the morphological attributes of soils and deposits, including detailed description of their hydromorphic properties; (iii) monitoring the water levels of the water table and perched water tables in the sites of description. The detailed characterization and analysis of the hydromorphic properties revealed gradations of intensity in them, and, based primarily on this, we developed a proposal for classification the soils and deposits of the study area according to degrees of hydromorphy. We built two-dimensional graphical representations which illustrated vertical and lateral successions of pedogenetic horizons or layers with different degrees of hydromorphy. Thus, general trends were identified in respect to the spatial distribution of the degrees of hydromorphy and in respect to its relationship with the regime of water saturation. One of the patterns identified consisted in the increase of the degree of hydromorphy in the soil profiles with increasing depth, associated with a longer duration of water saturation conditions in the deeper horizons. It were also observed significant differences in the intensity of the hydromorphic properties of the slopes, when compared to the valley bottom areas, including the floodplain. In this regard, lower degrees of hydromorphy were identified in the A and B horizons in the slope sectors, and higher degrees in the A and B horizons in the valley bottom areas. Such differences in the degree of hydromorphy were ascribed to distinct regimes of water saturation, considering that, in general, the horizons and layers with higher degrees of hydromorphy are subject to water saturation conditions of longer duration, when compared to those classified according to lower degrees of hydromorphy, in which the water saturation events have shorter duration and/or have lower frequency. Concerning the propositions about the hydrodynamics of floods in the studied floodplain, we identified morphologies that preferentially receive the overflowing river flows and have higher deposition rates, and sectors with lower deposition rates, where flooding is less frequent and there is a predominance of fine sediments deposition.
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Boher, Cedric. "Etude expérimentale et modélisation de la diffusion gazeuse à travers des milieux poreux partiellement saturés en eau. Application aux verres Vycor, géopolymères et pâte de ciment CEM V". Thesis, Toulouse, INSA, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012ISAT0014/document.
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Cette étude a pour but de documenter la relation qui existe entre les propriétés de transfert d’un matériau (répartition en taille de pores, porosité totale accessible à l’eau, saturation en eau), et son coefficient de diffusion. Pour cela, des matériaux ayant une porosité quasi-monomodale sont utilisés : verres Vycor® et géopolymères ; ainsi que des matériaux ayant une porosité complexe : pâtes de ciment CEM V. L’utilisation des verres Vycor® et des géopolymère permet de quantifier la diffusion gazeuse, en fonction de la saturation en eau, de matériaux ayant des pores de même dimension, ou du moins, de même ordre de grandeur. L’utilisation des pâtes de ciment permet quant à elle, de vérifier s’il est possible de décomposer le coefficient de diffusion d’un matériau dont la porosité est complexe, en un assemblage de coefficients de diffusion de matériaux dont la porosité est quasi-monomodale. Pour cela, on s’attachera à particulièrement à étudier l’impact de l’agencement du réseau poreux sur le coefficient de diffusion.Les travaux se décomposent en trois parties :• Etude des caractéristiques géométriques du réseau poreux des matériaux étudiés. Il sera utilisé la porosimétrie par intrusion de mercure, la porosimétrie à eau, des essais de sorption / désorption d’azote, et des essais de désorption d’eau.• Mesure expérimentale du coefficient de diffusion des matériaux, en fonction de leur humidité relative de stockage et de leur saturation en eau.• Modélisation du coefficient de diffusion des matériaux utilisés, et étude de l’impact de l’agencement de leur réseau poreux (tortuosité, connexion des pores entre eux)This work documents the relationship that exists between the transfer properties of a material (pore size distribution, total porosity accessible to water, water saturation degree), and its diffusion coefficient. For this sake, materials having a quasi mono modal porosity are used: Vycor® glasses and geopolymers. We also use materials having a complex porosity: CEM V cement pastes. The use of Vycor® glasses and geopolymers allows quantifying the gas diffusion coefficient through materials having known pores size, as a function of their water saturation degree. The use of cement pastes allows checking if it is possible to decompose the diffusion coefficient of a complex porosity material, in an assembling of diffusion coefficients of quasi mono modal porosity materials. For this sake, the impact of pore network arrangement on the diffusion coefficient is studied in great details. This study is divided into three parts:• Measurement of the geometric characteristics of materials porous network by means of the mercury intrusion porosimetry, water porosimetry, isotherms of nitrogen sorption / desorption, and water desorption tests.• Measurement of the materials diffusion coefficient, as a function of their relative humidity storage, and their water saturation degree.• Modeling the diffusion coefficient of the materials, and study the impact of the pore network (tortuosity, pores connection)
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Fu, Xiaojian. "Coupure Hydraulique et Potentiel de Production en Gaz de Réservoirs de Grès « Tight » : Etude Expérimentale". Thesis, Ecole centrale de Lille, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013ECLI0021/document.
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Les réservoirs dits « tight gas » sont constitués de grès de faible perméabilité ayant des propriétés petro-physiques susceptibles de nuire à la productivité du gisement. Une importante zone de transition est observée in situ dans laquelle ni l’eau ni le gaz ne sont suffisamment mobiles pour permettre une extraction industrielle : c’est ce que l’on appellera le « permeability jail ». Cette étude vise principalement à caractériser l’influence du chargement mécanique (via l’utilisation de différentes pressions de confinement) et de la nature des roches (roches provenant de différents puits et prélevées à différentes profondeurs) sur les courbes de perméabilité relative au gaz et les caractéristiques poro-mécaniques de ces roches. La porosité accessible à l’eau mesurée est de 2 à 12%. La perméabilité intrinsèque au gaz a mis en évidence de fortes disparités sans lien avec la porosité des échantillons. Une grande sensibilité de la perméabilité relative au confinement a été observée dès l’application de pressions de confinement de 15 à 30 MPa. Deux familles d’échantillons ont ainsi été identifiées. Les échantillons les plus perméables (perméabilité compris entre 100 – 1000 μD), sont peu sensibles au confinement et leur perméabilité relative ne chute qu’à partir de saturations de l’ordre de 50%. Les échantillons les moins perméables apparaissent beaucoup plus sensibles à la fois au confinement et à la saturation.Des méthodes classiquement utilisées dans le domaine pétrolier reposant sur l’interprétation d’essais de porosimétrie par intrusion mercure, ont également été mise en œuvre pour évaluer les perméabilités relatives et les comparer aux mesures expérimentalesSo-called tight gas reservoirs are constituted of low permeability sandstones, which petro-physical properties may interfere with proper gas recovery. They have a low absolute permeability (below 0.1 mD under ambient conditions), a porosity lower than 10%, and a strong sensitivity to in situ stresses as compared to conventional reservoirs. Moreover, an important transition zone is observed in situ, where partial water saturation is present, and which may extend over several hundred meters over the free water table. In such zone, where water saturation is on the order of 40-50%, neither gas nor water seems sufficiently mobile for industrial extraction: this is the permeability jail. Our aim is to assess their actual petro-physical properties, namely porosity, gas permeability under varying hydrostatic stress and water saturation level, in relation with sandstone microstructure. Accessible water porosity measured is between 2 to 12%. The intrinsic permeability to gas did not appeared related to the porosity of samples. A high sensitivity of gas permeability to confinement was observed. Two families of samples were identified. The more permeable samples (permeability between 100-1000 μD), are relatively insensitive to confinement and their relative permeability decrease for water saturation higher than 50%. Less permeable samples appear much more sensitive to mechanical loading and saturation.Methods classically used in oil and gas industry based on the interpretation of mercury intrusion porosimetry tests have also been used to evaluate relative permeability and compared with experimental measurements
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Fischer, Peter. "The degree of phosphorus saturation of agricultural soils in Brazil and Germany: New approaches for risk assessment of diffuse phosphorus losses and soil phosphorus management". Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/19589.
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Diffuse Phosphor (P)-Austräge aus der Landwirtschaft tragen zur Gewässereutrophierung bei. Der Phosphorsättigungsgrad (DPS) ist ein etablierter Parameter, um das P-Austragsrisiko aus Böden zu erfassen. Ein bodentypunabhängiger Ansatz, der die Abschätzung des DPS durch eine einfache Standardmethode wasserlöslichen P (WSP) ermöglicht (WSP-DPS-Ansatz), wurde an europäischen Böden entwickelt. In der Dissertation wurde dieser Ansatz erstmalig: i) an tropischen Böden getestet und ii) dazu verwendet P-Austragsrisiken von Boden-P-Monitoringdaten und von landwirtschaftlichen Institutionen empfohlenen P-Gehalten abzuleiten. Neben dem DPS wurde der Einfluss der in Brasilien gängigen anorganischen Oberflächendüngung auf das Austragsrisiko mittels Laboranalysen und Feldstudien erfasst. Die Bodentypunabhängigkeit des WSP-DPS-Ansatzes wurde für Böden Brasiliens bestätigt. Infrarotspektroskopische Analysen lieferten eine Erklärung für relativ niedrige gelöste P-Konzentrationen im Oberflächenabfluss von Oxisols. Pedotransferfunktionen zwischen WSP und Methoden, die in Brasilien und Deutschland zur Abschätzung pflanzenverfügbaren P verwendet werden, ermöglichten die Berechnung von DPS-Werten aus Monitoringdaten. Erste DPS-Karten zeigten relative geringe Austragsrisiken für das Untersuchungsgebiet in Brasilien und hohe Risiken für Deutschland, die teilweise durch unterschiedliche empfohlene Boden-P-Gehalte erklärbar waren. Um mit einer einfachen und kosteneffizienten Methode sowohl die landwirtschaftliche Produktion als auch den Gewässerschutz zu berücksichtigen, wurden die Wasser- und CaCl2-Methode zur Abschätzung von pflanzenverfügbarem P mit dem WSP-DPS-Ansatz kombiniert. Dieser Ansatz könnte helfen die Herausforderungen zu lösen mit denen die Menschheit in den nächsten Jahrzehnten bezüglich P in der Landwirtschaft konfrontiert sein wird: Einer effizienten Nutzung der limitierten Ressource P und dem Schutz der Gewässer vor diffusen P-Einträgen.Diffuse phosphorus (P) losses from agriculture contribute to the eutrophication of surface waters. The degree of P saturation (DPS) is an established parameter for assessing the risk of P loss from agricultural soils. A soil type-independent approach for estimating the DPS by a simple standard method of water-soluble phosphorus (WSP; the WSP-DPS approach) was developed on European soils. In the thesis, the WSP-DPS approach was for the first time: i) tested on tropical soils and ii) used to derive P loss risks from soil P monitoring data and from recommended soil P levels by agricultural institutions. In addition to DPS, laboratory analyses and field studies were combined to assess the risk of P loss associated with the superficial application of inorganic fertilizer, which is commonly used in Brazil. The soil type-independency of the WSP-DPS approach was confirmed for soils of Brazil. Infrared spectroscopic analyses provided an explanation for the relatively low dissolved P concentrations in the surface runoff of Oxisols. Pedotransfer functions were determined between WSP and methods used to estimate plant-available P in Brazil and Germany and allowed for the transformation of soil P monitoring data into DPS values. The first DPS maps revealed relatively low P loss risks for the investigation area in Brazil and high risks for Germany. This difference was partly explainable by the recommended soil P levels in the two countries. To consider both agricultural production and the protection of surface waters in soil P management with a simple and cost-effective method, the soil test methods of using water and CaCl2 to estimate plant-available P and the WSP-DPS approach were combined. This approach could help to solve the challenges humanity faces regarding P in agriculture in the coming decades: An efficient use of the limited resource P and the protection of surface waters from diffuse P losses.
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Fannir, Jamal. "Stability of the two-phase displacement in porous media studied by MRI techniques". Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lorraine, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LORR0330.
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Il est important de comprendre les forces motrices qui contrôlent l'écoulement de deux fluides immiscibles dans un milieu poreux. En effet, il existe une large gamme d'applications des écoulements diphasiques en milieux poreux, notamment ceux qui concernent la récupération assistée du pétrole (EOR). Le développement des techniques quantitatives d'imagerie par résonance magnétique (IRM) ouvre de nouvelles possibilités pour étudier et caractériser les flux multiphasiques en milieu poreux. Ce travail s’intéresse précisément à décrire le déplacement de deux fluides immiscibles (eau-huile) au sein d’un milieu poreux en utilisant les techniques d’IRM. Le milieu poreux est initialement saturé d’huile qu’on vient déplacer en injectant de l’eau par le bas, l’huile et l’eau pouvant s’évacuer par le haut. L’objectif général de l’étude est de déterminer le déplacement et la déformation du front (eau-huile) au cours du temps, et de préciser les mécanismes de piégeage des phases. Des expériences sont menées sur deux modèles poreux. L’un mouillant à l’huile consiste en un empilement de petites billes en polystyrène (0,4 mm < dp < 0,6 mm), l’autre mouillant à l’eau est un sable légèrement compacté (0,02 mm < dp < 0,50 mm). Nous avons utilisé un dispositif de micro-imagerie RMN fonctionnant à 14 T (résonance 1H à 600 MHz) pour acquérir des images à haute résolution (0.2 mm) à l’intérieur des milieux poreux au cours du déplacement des deux fluides. Les résultats obtenus ont montré que le profil de saturation en huile est fortement influencé par les propriétés du matériau poreux, telles que la porosité et la perméabilité de l'échantillon, le mouillage des phases, le débit d'injection de l’eau ou encore l’hétérogénéité de la matrice solide. L'influence du débit d’injection d’eau sur la saturation résiduelle en huile a été plus particulièrement étudiée. Les résultats expérimentaux permettent une compréhension fine du déplacement de deux fluides non miscibles pour deux types de milieux poreux, qui se différencient principalement par les effets de la mouillabilité. Dans le même temps, une simulation numérique du déplacement vertical ascendant de l’huile poussée par de l’eau dans une colonne poreuse a été réalisée et les résultats ont été comparés à nos expériences sous IRMIt is important to understand the driving forces that control the flow of two immiscible fluids in a porous medium. Indeed, there is a wide range of applications of two-phase flows in porous media, especially those relating to enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The development of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques opens up new possibilities for studying and characterizing multiphase flows in porous media. This work is specifically concerned with describing the displacement of two immiscible fluids (water-oil) in a porous medium using MRI techniques. The porous medium is initially saturated with oil which is displaced by injecting water from below, oil and water can be evacuated from above. The general objective of the study is to determine the displacement and the deformation of the front (water-oil) over time, and to specify the trapping mechanisms of the phases. Experiments are conducted on two porous models. One oil wetting consists of a stack of small polystyrene beads (0.4 mm < dp < 0.6 mm), the other wetting with water is a slightly compacted sand (0.02 mm < dp <0.50 mm). We used a 14 T NMR micro-imaging device (1H resonance at 600 MHz) to acquire high resolution images (0.2 mm) inside the porous media during the movement of the two fluids. The results obtained showed that the oil saturation profile is strongly influenced by the properties of the porous material, such as the porosity and the permeability of the sample, the wetting of the phases, the injection rate of the water or even the heterogeneity of the solid matrix. The influence of the water injection flow rate on the residual saturation of oil has been studied more particularly. The experimental results allow a fine understanding of the displacement of two immiscible fluids for two types of porous media, which mainly differ by the effects of wettability. At the same time, a numerical simulation of the upward vertical displacement of oil pushed by water in a porous column was performed and the results compared to our MRI experiments
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Calisgan, Huseyin. "Comprehensive Modelling Of Gas Condensate Relative Permeability And Its Influence On Field Performance". Phd thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606667/index.pdf.
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The productivity of most gas condensate wells is reduced significantly due to condensate banking when the bottom hole pressure falls below the dew point. The liquid drop-out in these very high rate gas wells may lead to low recovery problems. The most important parameter for determining condensate well productivity is the effective gas permeability in the near wellbore region, where very high velocities can occur. An understanding of the characteristics of the high-velocity gas-condensate flow and relative permeability data is necessary for accurate forecast of well productivity.
In order to tackle this goal, a series of two-phase drainage relative permeability measurements on a moderate permeability North Marmara &ndash1 gas well carbonate core plug sample, using a simple synthetic binary retrograde condensate fluid sample were conducted under reservoir conditions which corresponded to near miscible conditions. As a fluid system, the model of methanol/n-hexane system was used as a binary model that exhibits a critical point at ambient conditions. The interfacial tension by means of temperature and the flow rate were varied in the laboratory measurements. The laboratory experiments were repeated for the same conditions of interfacial tension and flow rate at immobile water saturation to observe the influence of brine saturation in gas condensate systems. The laboratory experiment results show a clear trend from the immiscible relative permeability to miscible relative permeability lines with decreasing interfacial tension and increasing velocity. So that, if the interfacial tension is high and the flow velocity is low, the relative permeability functions clearly curved, whereas the relative permeability curves straighten as a linear at lower values of the interfacial tension and higher values of the flow velocity. The presence of the immobile brine saturation in the porous medium shows the same shape of behavior for relative permeability curves with a small difference that is the initial wetting phase saturations in the relative permeability curve shifts to the left in the presence of immobile water saturation. A simple new mathematical model is developed to compute the gas and condensate relative permeabilities as a function of the three-parameter. It is called as condensate number
NK so that the new model is more sensitivity to temperature that represents implicitly the effect of interfacial tension. The new model generated the results were in good agreement with the literature data and the laboratory test results. Additionally, the end point relative permeability data and residual saturations satisfactorily correlate with literature data. The proposed model has fairly good fitness results for the condensate relative permeability curves compared to that of gas case. This model, with typical parameters for gas condensates, can be used to describe the relative permeability behavior and to run a compositional simulation study of a single well to better understand the productivity of the field.
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Yang, Ting. "Maturation of Clay Seals in Deep Bore Holes for Disposal of Radioactive waste : Theory and Experiments". Doctoral thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Geoteknologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-65794.
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KBS-3 and very deep borehole (VDH) concepts are two major types of long-term geologicaldisposal methods for high-level radioactive waste (HLW) isolating from the biosphere. TheKBS-3V concept for isolating the HLW at the depth of 400-500 m, is the officially proposedoption in Sweden and has been the subject of considerable research in the past few decades,while the VDH concept was considered as an option in the 1950s but later became discouragedbecause of insufficient experience in drilling technology. The greatest merit of the VDHconcept is that the almost stagnant groundwater in the deep boreholes prevents the transport ofthe possible release of radionuclides into the rock or up to the ground level. Since variousdisadvantages of the KBS-3V concept were found in previous research, the superiority of VDHconcept attracted the researchers to continue studying it into the late 1980s.The geological repositories of both of KBS-3V and VDH types primarily consist of a naturalbarrier (host rock) and of an engineering barrier (also known as a buffer/backfill barrier).According to the principle of IAEA and national relative research organizations, thebuffer/backfill material should have low permeability and good expandability, as well assuitable physical and sealing properties.The thesis concerns the VDH concept and is focused on the construction and performance ofthose parts of the sealed repository that are not affected by high temperature or gamma radiation.In the lower part of a VDH repository, the clay packages containing HLW will be exposed tohigh temperature (100-150 ) in the borehole and to highly saline groundwater. In theinstallation phase of HLW, the groundwater will be pumped out and replaced by medium-softsmectite clay mud in which the HLW packages are installed vertically. During the hydrationand maturation of the clay components, the microstructural reorganization, water transport,migration of clay particles and redistribution of the density of the components take place. Thematuration determines the transient evolution of the clay seals and influences the rheologicaland soil mechanical behavior in the installation phase. The maturation of clay system alsodetermines their ultimate sealing potential of VDH repositories.This study presents the work carried out for investigating the maturation of the buffer-backfillclay in the HLW deep borehole. Initially in the study three types of clays, the Namontmorillonite,magnesium-rich and illite-smectite mixed layer clays, were examined for estimating their performance as the barrier candidate material. This is mainly presented in theliterature review. The experimental study was conducted on montmorillonite GMZ clays andI/S mixed-layer Holmehus clay. The expandability and permeability tests were carried out forinterpretation of the recorded swelling development and assessment of the effect of the salineconditions, with the goal of deriving a relationship between swelling pressure and hydraulicconductivity for different dry densities. The maturation tests of initially fully-saturatedHolmehus clay and partly saturated GMZ clay were performed. During the tests, the shearstrength mobilised by the relative movement of densified mud and migrated dense clay -contained in a perforated central tube - were determined. According to the results of shearstrength tests, the maximum operation time or the number of clay packages to be placed in asingle operation was evaluated, whilst the suitable saturation degree of the dense clay wasdiscussed as well.A model of the maturation of initially water-saturated clay seals based on Darcy’s law wasworked out and the evolution of the clay components in a lab-scale borehole using Holmehusclay were performed and compared with the experimental recordings. Good agreementsbetween the physical behaviors of the theoretical simulations and the measurements wasachieved by which the validity of the model was verified. Using the results, the hydration andsoil migration in the entire maturation process were presented in diagram. The model was alsoused for preliminary evaluation of the maturation products in real boreholes by assuming thesame Holmehus clay as used in the tests. Two constellation of borehole and dense clay withdifferent diameters, 80 cm borehole /60 cm clay and 80cm/50cm, were assumed. The resultsrespecting dry density and hydraulic conductivity of the ultimate maturation products, and thedegree of homogeneous of the buffer and backfill clay system in the assumed boreholes, arepresented and discussed. The options of different mineral types and initial physical propertiesof the candidate buffer clays provide a reference for engineering barrier design of HLW disposalin VDH.
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Al-Zaidi, Ebraheam Saheb Azeaz. "Experimental studies on displacements of CO₂ in sandstone core samples". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33183.
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CO2 sequestration is a promising strategy to reduce the emissions of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, to enhance hydrocarbon production, and/or to extract geothermal heat. The target formations can be deep saline aquifers, abandoned or depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs, and/or coal bed seams or even deep oceanic waters. Thus, the potential formations for CO2 sequestration and EOR (enhanced oil recovery) projects can vary broadly in pressure and temperature conditions from deep and cold where CO2 can exist in a liquid state to shallow and warm where CO2 can exist in a gaseous state, and to deep and hot where CO2 can exist in a supercritical state. The injection, transport and displacement of CO2 in these formations involves the flow of CO2 in subsurface rocks which already contain water and/or oil, i.e. multiphase flow occurs. Deepening our understanding about multiphase flow characteristics will help us building models that can predict multiphase flow behaviour, designing sequestration and EOR programmes, and selecting appropriate formations for CO2 sequestration more accurately. However, multiphase flow in porous media is a complex process and mainly governed by the interfacial interactions between the injected CO2, formation water, and formation rock in host formation (e.g. interfacial tension, wettability, capillarity, and mass transfer across the interface), and by the capillary , viscous, buoyant, gravity, diffusive, and inertial forces; some of these forces can be neglected based on the rock-fluid properties and the configuration of the model investigated. The most influential forces are the capillary ones as they are responsible for the entrapment of about 70% of the total oil in place, which is left behind primary and secondary production processes. During CO2 injection in subsurface formations, at early stages, most of the injected CO2 (as a non-wetting phase) will displace the formation water/oil (as a wetting phase) in a drainage immiscible displacement. Later, the formation water/oil will push back the injected CO2 in an imbibition displacement. Generally, the main concern for most of the CO2 sequestration projects is the storage capacity and the security of the target formations, which directly influenced by the dynamic of CO2 flow within these formations. Any change in the state of the injected CO2 as well as the subsurface conditions (e.g. pressure, temperature, injection rate and its duration), properties of the injected and present fluids (e.g. brine composition and concentration, and viscosity and density), and properties of the rock formation (e.g. mineral composition, pore size distribution, porosity, permeability, and wettability) will have a direct impact on the interfacial interactions, capillary forces and viscous forces, which, in turn, will have a direct influence on the injection, displacement, migration, storage capacity and integrity of CO2. Nevertheless, despite their high importance, investigations have widely overlooked the impact of CO2 the phase as well as the operational conditions on multiphase characteristics during CO2 geo-sequestration and CO2 enhanced oil recovery processes. In this PhD project, unsteady-state drainage and imbibition investigations have been performed under a gaseous, liquid, or supercritical CO2 condition to evaluate the significance of the effects that a number of important parameters (namely CO2 phase, fluid pressure, temperature, salinity, and CO2 injection rate) can have on the multiphase flow characteristics (such as differential pressure profile, production profile, displacement efficiency, and endpoint CO2 effective (relative) permeability). The study sheds more light on the impact of capillary and viscous forces on multiphase flow characteristics and shows the conditions when capillary or viscous forces dominate the flow. Up to date, there has been no such experimental data presented in the literature on the potential effects of these parameters on the multiphase flow characteristics when CO2 is injected into a gaseous, liquid, or supercritical state. The first main part of this research deals with gaseous, liquid, and supercritical CO2- water/brine drainage displacements. These displacements have been conducted by injecting CO2 into a water or brine-saturated sandstone core sample under either a gaseous, liquid or supercritical state. The results reveal a moderate to considerable impact of the fluid pressure, temperature, salinity and injection rate on the differential pressure profile, production profile, displacement efficiency, and endpoint CO2 effective (relative) permeability). The results show that the extent and the trend of the impact depend significantly on the state of the injected CO2. For gaseous CO2-water drainage displacements, the results showed that the extent of the impact of the experimental temperature and CO2 injection rate on multiphase flow characteristics, i.e. the differential pressure profile, production profile (i.e. cumulative produced volumes), endpoint relative permeability of CO2 (KrCO2) and residual water saturation (Swr) is a function of the associated fluid pressure. This indicates that for formations where CO2 can exist in a gaseous state, fluid pressure has more influence on multiphase flow characteristics in comparison to other parameters investigated. Overall, the increase in fluid pressure (40-70 bar), temperature (29-45 °C), and CO2 injection rate (0.1-2 ml/min) caused an increase in the differential pressure. The increase in differential pressure with increasing fluid pressure and injection rate indicate that viscous forces dominate the multi-phase flow. Nevertheless, increasing the differential pressure with temperature indicates that capillary forces dominate the multi-phase flow as viscous forces are expected to decrease with this increasing temperature. Capillary forces have a direct impact on the entry pressure and capillary number. Therefore, reducing the impact of capillary forces with increasing pressure and injection rate can ease the upward migration of CO2 (thereby, affecting the storage capacity and integrity of the sequestered CO2) and enhance displacement efficiency. On the other hand, increasing the impact of the capillary force with increasing temperature can result in a more secure storage of CO2 and a reduction in the displacement efficiency. Nevertheless, the change in pressure and temperature can also have a direct impact on storage capacity and security of CO2 due to their impact on density and hence on buoyancy forces. Thus, in order to decide the extent of change in storage capacity and security of CO2 with the change in the above-investigated parameters, a qualitative study is required to determine the size of the change in both capillary forces and buoyancy forces. The data showed a significant influence of the capillary forces on the pressure and production profiles. The capillary forces produced high oscillations in the pressure and production profiles while the increase in viscous forces impeded the appearance of these oscillations. The appearance and frequency of these oscillations depend on the fluid pressure, temperature, and CO2 injection rate but to different extents. The appearance of the oscillations can increase CO2 residual saturation due to the re-imbibition process accompanied with these oscillations, thereby increasing storage capacity and integrity of the injected CO2. The differential pressure required to open the blocked flow channels during these oscillations can be useful in calculating the largest effective pore diameters and hence the sealing efficiency of the rock. Swr was in ranges of 0.38-0.42 while KrCO2 was found to be less than 0.25 under our experimental conditions. Increasing fluid pressure, temperature, and CO2 injection rate resulted in an increase in the KrCO2, displacement efficiency (i.e. a reduction in the Swr), and cumulative produced volumes. For liquid CO2-water drainage displacements, the increase in fluid pressure (60-70 bar), CO2 injection rate (0.4-1ml/min) and salinity (1% NaCl, 5% NaCl, and 1% CaCl2) generated an increase in the differential pressure; the highest increase occurred with increasing the injection rate and the lowest with increasing the salinity. On the other hand, on the whole, increasing temperature (20-29 °C) led to a reduction in the differential pressure apart from the gradual increase occurred at the end of flooding.
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Rabot, Eva. "Le contrôle des émissions de protoxyde d'azote par le fonctionnement hydrique des sols". Thesis, Orléans, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014ORLE2076.
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Les sols et les activités agricoles qu’ils supportent, contribueraient à environ 2/3 des émissions globales de protoxyde d’azote (N2O), un puissant gaz à effet de serre. L’objectif de la thèse était la compréhension des déterminismes des émissions de N2O liés aux propriétés hydriques des sols. Des expérimentations de laboratoire permettant le contrôle hydrique fin d’échantillons de sol, en saturation et en désaturation, et la mesure des flux de N₂O ont été menées. Un couplage avec la tomographie par rayons-X a par ailleurs permis de caractériser la connectivité gazeuse. Enfin, une démarche de modélisation a permis de tester les hypothèses de fonctionnement émises, et de poursuivre la démarche de réflexion sur le lien entre les propriétés hydriques des sols et les émissions de N₂O. On a mis en évidence le rôle des propriétés hydriques des sols dans la variabilité des émissions de N₂O couramment observées, et la nécessité de distinguer des périodes de production/consommation de N₂O et de transport. On retiendra ainsi le fort caractère dynamique des émissions de N₂O, en lien avec la phase hydrique (saturation ou désaturation), le fonctionnement hydrodynamique des sols, le transport gazeux et la configuration spatiale de l’air et de l’eau dans le réseau de pores. Afin de décrire l’intensité et le timing des pics de N₂O, il est apparu pertinent d’observer les paramètres potentiel matriciel, coefficient de diffusion gazeuse et connectivité gazeuse, en plus de la teneur en eau. Ces observations ont des implications sur la modélisation des flux de N₂O. On recommande ainsi l’utilisation couplée de modules de transport hydrique, de transport gazeux et en solution de N₂O, en plus de modules de production microbiologique, pour prédire efficacement les émissions de N₂OSoils and associated agricultural activities are estimated to account for about 2/3 of the global emissions of nitrous oxide (N₂O), a potent greenhouse gas. The aim of the thesis was to understand the controls linked to soil hydric properties on N₂O emissions. Laboratory experiments were designed to control the hydric status of soil samples during wetting and drying, and to measure N₂O fluxes. Moreover, a coupling with X-ray computed tomography allowed characterizing the gaseous connectivity. Finally, a modeling approach allowed testing the hypotheses of functioning, and to further discuss the links between hydric properties and N₂O emissions. We highlighted the role of soil hydric properties on the variability of N₂O emissions which is often measured, and the need to distinguish N₂O production/consumption and transport phases. The highly dynamic nature of N₂O emissions was linked to the hydric phase (wetting or drying), soil hydrodynamic functioning, gas transport, and spatial configuration of water and air in the pore network, in addition to the water-filled pore space parameter. These observations have implications for N₂O emission modeling. We recommend thus the coupled use of hydric transport, and modules of gas and liquid transport of N₂O, in addition to microbial production modules to efficiently predict N₂O emissions
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Sjödin, Adam. "Numerisk modellering av deformationer och portryck i en experimentdamm : Jämförelse mellan in-situmätningar och FE-simuleringar i PLAXIS 2D". Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-82615.
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Under hösten 2019 har Vattenfall Research & Development byggt en experimentell jordfyllningsdamm i Älvkarleby med dimensionerna 20x15x4 meter. Delar av experimentdammen är konventionellt konstruerade och har installerats med geoteknisk utrustning som utgörs av bland annat inklinometrar och portrycksgivare. Andra delar av experimentdammen har byggts in med defekter som ska representera åldersrelaterade skador eller utförandefel vid konstruktion. Experimentdammen ger möjlighet att under realistiska och kontrollerade förhållanden studera det mekaniska beteendet i samband med fyllning av vatten och vidare drift med hjälp av den geotekniska instrumenteringen samt med stöd av numerisk modellering. I detta examensarbete, som utgör en del av Luleå tekniska universitets forskningsprojekt mot experimentdammen, har experimentdammens beteende i form av deformationer och portryck studerats under uppfyllnad och drift fram till sommaren 2021. Detta har utförts genom simuleringar i det finita elementprogrammet PLAXIS 2D 2019 för en tvärsektion av experimentdammen i plant-deformationstillstånd. Mätpunkterna i modellen har baserats på faktisk placering av den geotekniska instrumenteringen. Den finita elementmodellen av experimentdammen har konstruerats och fyllts med vatten enligt dokumentation från fält. En flödes-deformationsanalys, med den konstitutiva modellen Hardening Soil och den hydrauliska modellen van Genuchten, har tillämpats för att modellera den simultana utvecklingen av portryck och deformationer under uppfyllnad. Materialparametervärden för den finita elementmodelleringen har erhållits från Vattenfall R&D, relevant litteratur och från fält- och laboratorieförsök. I fält har vattenvolymeterförsök utförts på tätkärnan och i laboratoriemiljö har modifierad proctorpackning, dränerade konventionella triaxialförsök, permeabilitetsförsök och övertryckskapillarimeterförsök utförts på tätkärnans material. Resultatet från övertryckskapillarimeterförsök har anpassats mot den hydrauliska modellen van Genuchten för att uppskatta en vattenbindningskurva som beskriver det icke-linjära förhållandet mellan jordens vatteninnehåll och porundertryck, det vill säga det omättade förhållandet. Vattenbindningskurvor för övriga materialzoner har uppskattats baserat på litteratur. Verktyget PLAXIS SoilTest har använts för att optimera materialparametervärden för tätkärnan mot resultat från utförda triaxialförsök. Materialparametrarna E50ref, Eoedref, Eurref, m, c, och ϕ har optimerats fram till brott i triaxial belastning. En känslighetsanalys har utförts för reduktion av filterzonernas och stödfyllningens styvhetsmoduler och deras inverkan på horisontella deformationer i dammkroppen under uppfyllnad. Känslighetsanalysen indikerar att finfiltrets styvhetsmoduler har störst inverkan och grovfiltrets styvhetsmoduler har minst inverkan på de horisontella deformationerna. Studiens resultat visar att magnituden av horisontella och vertikala deformationer kommer vara som störst i den övre delen av dammkroppen och uppgår där till 3,5 respektive 4,0 mm. Dammkroppens huvudsakliga rörelse kommer vara i nedströms riktning och det observerades hur en kontaktzon mellan uppströms filterzon och tätkärnan utgör en gräns för riktning av deformationer. Faktiskt uppmätta rörelser i installerade inklinometrar kunde inte jämföras mot deformationer i den finita elementmodellen eftersom författarens tolkning indikerar på att botten av inklinometrarna har rört på sig, och mätpunkterna i botten av modellen är fixerade. Modellen visar hur en fördröjd utveckling av vattenmättnad sker genom tätkärnan, där uppströms sida av tätkärnan reagerar snabbare på förändringar i vattennivå jämfört med nedströms sida av tätkärnan som uppvisar en fördröjd respons. Vid en sänkning av vattennivån observerades hur tätkärnan håller kvar vatten ovan portryckslinjen medan de grövre materialen dränerar i takt med vattennivåns sänkning. Utvecklingen av de simulerade portrycken i modellen under uppfyllnad och drift överensstämmer bra med de uppmätta portrycken i experimentdammen, när portrycken är positiva. Det observeras hur den finita elementmodellen överskattar negativa portryck (porundertryck). Portrycken i modellen når ett stadigt tillstånd ungefär 115 dagar efter att fyllningen av vatten påbörjats. Den finita elementmodellen lyckas att återge det teoretiska beteendet av jordfyllningsdammar under fyllning i form av huvudsakliga riktningar av deformationer och utveckling av vattenmättnad i tätkärnan. Denna studie bidrar till en djupare förståelse för experimentdammens, och i allmänhet jordfyllningsdammars, mekaniska beteende under uppfyllnad. Resultaten från den finita elementmodellen kan ur ett dammsäkerhetsperspektiv användas för erhålla indikationer på utvecklingen av deformationer, portryck och vattenmättnadsgrad i jordfyllningsdammar under uppfyllnad, och även under en tillfällig sänkning av vattennivån under den första fyllningen. Studien ger också indikationer på vilka materialparametrar som är viktiga vid numerisk modellering av mekaniskt beteende i jordfyllningsdammar.During the autumn of 2019, Vattenfall Research & Development constructed an experimental embankment dam in Älvkarleby with the dimensions 20x15x4 metres. Parts of the experimental dam are conventionally constructed and have been equipped with geotechnical instrumentation which consist of, among other things, inclinometers and pore pressure transducers. Other parts of the experimental dam have built in defects to represent age-related damages or execution errors during construction. The experimental embankment dam provides the opportunity to, under realistic and controlled conditions, study the mechanical behaviour during filling of water and operation by means of the geotechnical instrumentation and the use of numerical modelling. In this master’s thesis, which forms part of Luleå University of Technology’s research project towards the experimental dam, the behaviour of the experimental dam in terms of deformations and pore pressures have been studied during filling and operation until the summer of 2021. This has been performed by simulations in the finite element program PLAXIS 2D 2019 for a cross section of the experimental dam under plane-strain conditions. Measuring points in the model have been based on the actual location of the geotechnical instrumentation. The finite element model of the experimental dam has been constructed and filled according to documentation from field. A fully-coupled flow deformation analysis, with the constitutive model Hardening Soil and hydraulic model van Genuchten, has been utilised to model the simultaneous development of pore pressure and deformations during filling. Values of material parameters for the finite element modelling have been received from Vattenfall R&D, relevant literature and from field- and laboratory tests. In the field, balloon tests have been performed on the core material. In laboratory environment, modified proctor compaction tests, drained conventional triaxial tests, permeability tests and pressure plate tests have been performed on the core material. Results from the pressure plate tests have been adapted to the hydraulic model van Genuchten to estimate a soil-water characteristic curve in order to describe the non-linear relation between the water content and suction in the soil, i.e. unsaturated conditions. Soil-water characteristic curves for the other material zones have been estimated based on literature. The tool PLAXIS SoilTest has been used to optimise material parameter values of the core against the results from conducted triaxial tests. The material parameters E50ref, Eoedref, Eurref, m, c, and ϕ have been optimised until failure in triaxial loading. A sensitivity analysis has been carried out, by reducing stiffness moduli of the filter zones and the shoulder material, to investigate the influence on horizontal deformations in the dam body during filling. The sensitivity analysis indicates that the stiffness moduli of the fine filter have the largest impact and the stiffness moduli of the coarse filter have the least impact on the horizontal deformations. The results of the study show that the magnitude of horizontal and vertical deformations will be largest in the upper part of the dam body and amounts to 3.5 and 4.0 mm, respectively. The main movement of the dam body will be in the downstream direction and it was observed how a contact zone between the upstream filter zone and the core forms a boundary for direction of deformations. Actual measured movements in the installed inclinometers could not be compared to deformations in the finite element model because the author’s interpretation indicates that the bottom of the inclinometers have moved, and the measuring points at the bottom of the model are fixed. The model shows how a delayed development of saturation occur through the core, where the upstream side of the core responds more quickly to changes in water level compared with the downstream side of the core which show a delayed response. At a lowering of the water level, it was observed how the core retains water above the phreatic line while the coarser materials drain as the water level decreases. Development of the simulated pore pressures in the model during filling and operation corresponds well with the measured pore pressures in the experimental dam, when the pore pressures are positive. It is observed how the finite element model overestimates negative pore pressures (suction). The pore pressures in the model reaches a steady state approximately 115 days after filling of water started. The finite element model succeeds in reproducing the theoretical behaviour of embankment dams during filling in terms of main directions of deformations and development of saturation in the core. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the experimental dam, and in general mechanical behaviour of embankment dams during filling. The results from the finite element model can be used from a dam safety perspective to obtain indications on the development of deformations, pore pressures and degree of saturation in embankment dams during filling, and also for a temporary lowering of the water level during the first filling. The study also provides indications of which material parameters that are of importance in numerical modelling of mechanical behaviour in embankment dams.
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Taha, Ammar. "Etude expérimentale et numérique de la contribution des eaux infiltrées à la formation des débits des crues en zone méditerranéenne : application à un versant du Real Collobrier". Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995GRE10052.
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L'objectif de ce travail est de contribuer a la comprehension du fonctionnement hydrologique d'un bassin versant mediterraneen, notamment a l'occasion de ses crues. Il est compose d'un premier volet experimental destine a l'observation du comportement des eaux souterraines. Ce volet inclut des mesures de pression de l'eau dans le sol et de niveaux des nappes (fugitives ou perennes) sous un versant (ligne de plus grande pente perpendiculaire a la riviere), et une analyse approfondie des sols du versant: granulometries, conductivites hydrauliques in situ mesurees a l'aide de differents appareillages, mesures de la retention en eau des sols etc. Les proprietes hydrodynamiques des sols en place sont egalement decrites. Utilisant cette description hydrodynamique, on tente ensuite de modeliser le comportement du versant lorsqu'il est soumis a la pluie. La modelisation cherche a reproduire les infiltrations et les mouvements de nappes observes. Pour ce faire on developpe un modele d'infiltration et de montee de nappe dans une zone inclinee d'un sol multicouche. Pour resoudre l'equation de richards differentes methodes ont ete developpees. La meilleure, dans notre travail, s'avere etre celle qui utilise les differences finies avec un procede iteratif des directions alternees. Les resultats de la modelisation confirment qu'en cas de pluies importantes, une nappe peut s'elever relativement rapidement a proximite de la riviere et l'alimenter. Toutefois, les forts debits ne peuvent s'expliquer que par la saturation de l'ensemble du profil du sol qui engendre la montee de ces nappes et par les ecoulements de surface que ces aires saturees entrainent
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Lekic, Dragan. "HotHumiBox, ett provelement mellan två kammare". Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för byggteknik (BY), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-80509.
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HotHumiBox är en försöksutrustning som finns på Linnéuniversitetet och som ska ge bättre kunskap och förståelse om hur fukt och temperatur varierar i en provkropp monterad mellan två kammare där klimatet kan styras var för sig. Syftet med examensarbetet är att undersöka om HotHumiBoxen fungerar väl och huruvida den kan börja användas i undervisningen i olika kurser inom institutionen för byggteknik på Linnéuniversitetet, bl.a. i samband med demonstrationslaborationer vid föreläsningar om fukt. För att genomföra arbetet har mätningar med tre olika klimat utförts på ett provelement som motsvarar en yttervägg som kan finnas i nybyggda typhus. Resultatet av mätningar utförda med HotHumiBoxen presenteras i form av tabeller och diagram och jämförs slutligen med beräkningar av fukt- och temperaturtillstånd. Jämförelsen mellan mätningar och beräkningar visar att givarna som styr klimatet i båda kamrarna visar mycket bra resultat. Däremot visar majoriteten av givarna i provelementet antingen lite för höga eller för låga värden för att resultatet ska anses som tillfredställande. För att få en bekräftelse på att HotHumiBoxen fungerar väl rekommenderas därför att ytterligare mätningar görs.HotHumiBox is an experimental equipment that is available at Linnaeus University and is supposed to provide better knowledge and understanding about the way moisture and temperature varies in a building element installed between two chambers in which the climate can be controlled separately. The purpose of this work is to investigate whether the HotHumiBox works well and whether it can be used at various courses at the Department of Building Technology at Linnaeus University, such as demonstration laboratory experiments at lectures on moisture. Measurements with three different climates were performed on a building element that corresponds to a wall that could be installed in modern houses. The results of the HotHumiBox measurements are being presented in tables and diagrams and are being compared with moisture and temperature calculations. The comparison between measurements and calculations shows that the sensors which control the climate in both chambers show very good results. On the other hand, the majority of the sensors in the test element show either too high or too low values for the result to be considered as satisfactory. Therefore, it is recommended that some more tests and measurements are done before it can be concluded that the HotHumiBox work well.
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Lin, Yi-Yi y 林宜億. "Estimation of Water Saturation in Conductive Formation". Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82381357068843059468.
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The purpose of this study is to develop a water saturation model of the conductive formation and to calculate the regional parameters of the model by optimization method. The water saturation model of the conductive formation (called modified conductive rock matrix model, MCRMM) are developed basing on the formation factor equation from Winsauer et al. (1952) and the conductive rock matrix model (CRMM) from Givens (1987). The regional parameters of X-field are derived by optimization method in which the objective function is the minimum of the mean square error of the calculated water saturation and core water saturation. The well logging data of G-1 and G-2 wells, in A, C and F formation of the X-field are used to calculate the water saturations by MCRMM, CRMM and Archie’s equation (or model) in this study. In other words, MCRMM parameter (b’), bulk resistivity of the rock framework (Rr), tortuosity factor (a), cementation exponent (m) and saturation exponent (n) are calculated for X-field. The objective function calculated by MCRMM is smaller than other models. That is, the estimation results of MCRMM from this study are better than other models from literatures.
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Hartley, Ian Duncan. "Characterization of water in wood below the fibre saturation point". Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7083.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of water in the wood below the fibre
saturation point. The approach was two-fold: (1) to experimentally determine the sorption
isotherms for sapwood and heartwood of western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.)
and sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.), and use this data to evaluate theoretical
concepts; and, (2) to use pulse proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) with matched
specimens at moisture contents below the fibre saturation point to determine the interaction of
water to the wood structure. Also, water clustering analysis of the sorption data was done
using the Zimm-Lundberg water cluster theory.
The inital desorption, adsorption and secondary desorption isotherms were determined
and non-linear regression techniques were used to fit four sorption models to the data. The
BET model did not fit very well to the data. The Dent and the H-H models were
mathematically identical. Since the Le-Ly model had more parameters, it fit the data well. The
equilibrium moisture contents were generally lower for the heartwood region compared to the
sapwood region for the same species. The adsorption to secondary desorption ratios were
found to be: hemlock sapwood: 0.830; hemlock heartwood: 0.823; spruce sapwood: 0.898;
and, spruce heartwood: 0.869. Tangential and radial dimensional changes were calculated
based on oven dry measurements during the sorption experiments, and it was found that they
were independent of the sorption process.
From the NMR experiments, moisture contents and second moments were determined
from the free induction decay curve. Average relative spin densities, which were needed to
calculate the moisture contents from NMR experiments, were calculated from known moisture contents and were: hemlock sapwood: 0.616; hemlock heartwood: 0.537; spruce sapwood:
0.679; and, spruce heartwood: 0.421. The second moments were higher at low moisture
contents as compared to those near the fibre saturation point. The condition as to how the
equilibrium moisture content was attained did not influence the second moments for hemlock;
however for spruce the second moments were sorption dependent. The decay curve from the
CPMG experiments was decomposed into two components for each species; a long component
was determined with a T₂ > 5 ms and a short component with T₂ < 2 ms. Unfortunately, the
heterogeneous and complex chemical composition of wood-water systems produced a mixture
of NMR signals that were difficult to interpret relative to verifying specific concepts of cluster
theory. An attempt was made to extract as much information as possible and speculate about
the nature of the bound water in wood the results.
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Lee, Yi-Yin y 李怡瀛. "Estimation of Formation Porosity and Water Saturation Using Resistivity Log Data". Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04543016968372933627.
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The purpose of this study is to estimate formation porosity and formation saturation by using Log while Drilling (LWD) data which including of Gamma ray log. In order to estimate formation porosity and formation saturation, Archie Equation parameters, such as Tortuously factor (a), Cementation factor (m) and Saturation exponent (n), of Archie Equation and Ratio Method parameters ( Permeably Factor (z) and Invasion Factor (P) ) of Ratio Method were calculated by optimization method based on the core data from G-1 well of G oil field. Consequently, the parameters ( a, m and n are 0.807, 1.78 and 1.897 respectively for Archie Equation, and P and Z are 0.2 and 0.06 respectively for Ratio Method ) were calculated by the optimization method. These relevant parameters were applied to calculate formation porosity and formation saturation for horizontal wells as below, which consist only LWD data. In case of M-1A formation, formation porosity and formation saturation are 28.79% and 37.65% respectively in A-3-H well and 28% and 39.33% respectively in A-9-H well. In case of M-1C formation, formation porosity and formation saturation are 26.20% and 38.19% respectively in A-10-H well and 18.17% and 47.92% respectively in B-2-H well. Estimation of formation porosity using resistivity log data has been demonstrated and therefore could be an appropriate way to better estimate formation porosity with lack of porosity log.
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Mohamed, Mostafa H. A. y R. S. Sharma. "Role of dynamic flow in relationships between suction head and degree of saturation". 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3865.
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NoThis paper presents results of the relationship between the degree of saturation and the matric suction head at static equilibrium and during dynamic flow of water using a Buchner funnel and a fully instrumented two-dimensional tank, respectively. The major influences of the dynamic flow on the relationships between the suction head and the degree of saturation are highlighted and discussed. The experimental results show that dynamic flow of water strongly affects the volume of entrapped air. The results also reveal that any scanning curve can be described as two parts, namely, transition and coinciding. The transition curve starts from the recent reversal degree of saturation and continues up to the previous reversal degree of saturation. The shape of the transition curve and the amount of hysteresis are not only a function of the reversal degree of saturation but are also a function of the saturation path history. The experimental results are used to examine the validity of the proposed analytical model by Parker and Lenhard in 1987 for describing the relationships between the degree of saturation and the matric suction head. It was found that Parker and Lenhard¿s model provides a good prediction of the relations provided that care should be taken for the value of the reversal degree of saturation at zero suction head.
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Witt, Lindsey E. "The effect of superoxygenated water compared with regular bottled water on heart rate and arterial oxygen saturation". 2002. http://www.oregonpdf.org.
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Flint, Nicole. "Sublethal effects of diel fluctuations in dissolved oxygen saturation on freshwater fishes from tropical Queensland /". 2005. http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/2027.
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Horoshenkov, Kirill V. y Mostafa H. A. Mohamed. "Experimental Investigation of the effects of water saturation on the acoustic admittance of sandy soils". 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3962.
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NoA novel technique for the laboratory characterization of the frequency-dependent acoustic surface admittance of partly saturated samples of sands is presented. The technique is based on a standard laboratory de-watering apparatus coupled with a standard acoustic impedance tube. The dependence of the surface admittance on the degree of water saturation is investigated for two samples of sand with widely different flow resistivities. It is shown that a relatively small change (e.g., from 0% to 11% by volume) in the degree of water saturation can result in a much larger change (e.g., twofold) in the acoustic surface admittance. An empirical relationship is found between the peaks observed in the real part of admittance spectra for the low flow resistivity sand and the degree of water saturation. The data are compared with predictions of two widely used ground impedance models: a semiempirical single parameter model and a two parameter model. A modified two-parameter version of a single-parameter model is found to give comparable fit to the two-parameter model. However, neither model provides an accurate fit.