Recent advances in pore scale models for multiphase flow in porous media

Michael A. Celia and Paul C. Reeves

Water Resources Program, Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research,
Princeton University

Lin A. Ferrand

Center for Water Resources and Environmental Research, Department of Civil Engineering,
City University of New York

• Introduction
• Brief Historical Remarks
• Basics of Network Models
• The Recent Literature
  • Pore Structure and Spatial Correlation
  • Imbibition Mechanisms and the Role of Wetting Films
  • Miscible Displacement Models
  • Three-Phase Flow Systems
  • Pore-Structure Identification
• Discussion and Conclusion
• References