Application of Acoustic Wave Propagation Analysis Methods for Monitoring a Miscible Mixing Zone in Porous Media |
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Authors: | K Asghari N Liu R Paranjape |
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Affiliation: | University of Regina , Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada |
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Abstract: | Abstract The Biot's acoustics theory, which describes acoustic wave propagation in a porous medium, and computer simulation techniques were utilized to model the behavior of acoustic waves entering and leaving a mixing zone in a miscible displacement in porous media. The results indicate that the angles of waves produced by a mixing zone are equal to angles of waves produced by an abrupt fluid-fluid interface. Therefore, acoustic methods and a relationship between the incident, reflection, and transmission angles can be used to determine the location and thickness of the mixing zone during a miscible displacement process in porous media. |
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Keywords: | acoustic monitoring of CO2 Biot theory CO2 flooding CO2 monitoring miscible displacement in porous media monitoring phase transition |
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