Beyond Darcy’s Law: Influence of wettability on multiphase flow in rocks

该项目旨在为澳大利亚丰富的能源资源如何被用于能源安全和环境管理提供新的见解。所研究的关于润湿性和多孔介质流动的模拟工作流程和基本见解旨在为国家优先事项提供重要成果。这些发展对各种地下应用至关重要，例如二氧化碳的地质储存、石油/天然气回收、地下水修复和能量储存。石油/天然气行业在岩心分析上花费了数亿美元，以确定岩石性质；拟议的研究旨在提供必要的基本见解，以促进这些测量的实用性。

The project aims to provide new insights into the ways that Australia’s abundant energy resources can be utilized for energy security and environmental stewardship. The simulation workflows and fundamental insights on wettability and porous media flows investigated are intended to provide significant outcomes toward the national priorities. These developments are paramount for various subsurface applications, such as geological storage of CO2, oil/gas recovery, groundwater remediation and energy storage. The oil/gas industry spend hundreds of millions of dollars on core analysis for the determination of rock properties; the proposed research aims to provide the fundamental insights necessary to advance the utility of these measurement.