Recent advances on fluid flow in porous media using digital core analysis technology

Yongfei Yang, Roland N. Horne, Jianchao Cai, Jun Yao

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The scientific and engineering challenges of research on porous media have gained substantial attention in recent decades. These intricate issues span different disciplines and fields, manifesting in natural and industrial systems like soils, oil and gas reservoirs, tissues, plants, etc. Meanwhile, digital core analysis technology has rapidly developed, proving invaluable not just in oil and gas reservoirs development, but also in geothermal energy, carbon and hydrogen storage. The China InterPore Chapter and the Research Center of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media at China University of Petroleum (East China) have established a conference platform for global scholars to exchange ideas and research in porous media utilizing digital core analysis technology. The 6th International Conference on Digital Core Analysis & the 2023 China Interpore Conference on Porous Media was successfully held in Qingdao from July 5 to 7, 2023. The conference facilitated discussions among 150 participants, including over 20 invited experts from academia and industry, and the recent advances in research of fluid flow in porous media using digital core analysis technology were thoroughly presented.

Document Type: Editorial

Cited as: Yang, Y., Horne, R. N., Cai, J., Yao, J. Recent advances on fluid flow in porous media using digital core analysis technology. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 2023, 9(2): 71-75. https://doi.org/10.46690/ager.2023.08.01


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Porous media, multiphase flow, digital rock, transport phenomenon, multiphysics

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