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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lei, Wenhai
• Lu, Xukang
• Wang, Moran

Titel

Multiphase displacement manipulated by micro/nanoparticle suspensions in porous media via microfluidic experiments: From interface science to multiphase flow patterns

Ist Teil von

• Advances in colloid and interface science, 2023-01, Vol.311, p.102826-102826, Article 102826

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Multiphase displacement in porous media can be adjusted by micro/nanoparticle suspensions, which is widespread in many scientific and industrial contexts. Direct visualization of suspension flow dynamics and corresponding multiphase patterns is crucial to understanding displacement mechanisms and eventually optimizing these processes in geological, biological, chemical, and other engineering systems. However, suspension flow inside the opaque realistic porous media makes direct observation challenging. The advances in microfluidic experiments have provided us with alternative methods to observe suspension influence on the interface and multiphase flow behaviors at high temporal and spatial resolutions. Macroscale processes are controlled by microscale interfacial behaviors, which are affected by multiple physical factors, such as particle adsorption, capillarity, and hydrodynamics. These properties exerted on the suspension flow in porous media may lead to interesting interfacial phenomena and new displacement consequences. As an underpinning science, understanding and controlling the suspension transport process from interface to flow patterns in porous media is critical for a lower operating cost to improve resource production while reducing harmful emissions and other environmental impacts. This review summarizes the basic properties of different micro/nanoparticle suspensions and the state-of-the-art microfluidic techniques for displacement research activities in porous media. Various suspension transport behaviors and displacement mechanisms explored by microfluidic experiments are comprehensively reviewed. This review is expected to boost both experimental and theoretical understanding of suspension transport and interfacial interaction processes in porous media. It also brings forward the challenges and opportunities for future research in controlling complex fluid flow in porous media for diverse applications. [Display omitted] •A comprehensive review of progress on microfluidic experiments for micro/nanoparticles suspension-related multiphase displacement mechanism.•The microscopic particle kinetics and the basic properties of different micro/nanoparticle suspensions are summarized.•The state-of-the-art microfluidic techniques for displacement research activities in porous media are reviewed.•Various suspension transport behaviors and corresponding displacement mechanisms in porous media are summarized and discussed.