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Wettability in complex porous materials, the mixed-wet state, and its relationship to surface roughness by AlRatrout, Ahmed, Blunt, Martin J., Bijeljic, Branko

“…A quantitative in situ characterization of the impact of surface roughness on wettability in porous media is currently lacking. We use reservoir condition…”
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Stochastic Seismic Waveform Inversion Using Generative Adversarial Networks as a Geological Prior by Mosser, Lukas, Dubrule, Olivier, Blunt, Martin J.

“…We present an application of deep generative models in the context of partial differential equation constrained inverse problems. We combine a generative…”
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Pore-scale contact angle measurements at reservoir conditions using X-ray microtomography by Andrew, Matthew, Bijeljic, Branko, Blunt, Martin J.

“…•A new method for the extraction of contact angle from micro-CT images is presented.•This method is applied to the CO2–brine–water system at 10MPa and 50°C.•A…”
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Imaging of oil layers, curvature and contact angle in a mixed‐wet and a water‐wet carbonate rock by Singh, Kamaljit, Bijeljic, Branko, Blunt, Martin J.

“…We have investigated the effect of wettability of carbonate rocks on the morphologies of remaining oil after sequential oil and brine injection in a…”
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Pore-scale numerical simulation of low salinity water flooding using the lattice Boltzmann method by Akai, Takashi, Blunt, Martin J., Bijeljic, Branko

“…[Display omitted] The change of wettability toward more water-wet by the injection of low salinity water can improve oil recovery from porous rocks, which is…”
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Pore-scale modelling and sensitivity analyses of hydrogen-brine multiphase flow in geological porous media by Hashemi, Leila, Blunt, Martin, Hajibeygi, Hadi

“…Underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in initially brine-saturated deep porous rocks is a promising large-scale energy storage technology, due to hydrogen’s high…”
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Microstructural imaging and characterization of oil shale before and after pyrolysis by Saif, Tarik, Lin, Qingyang, Bijeljic, Branko, Blunt, Martin J.

“…3-D representation of the pore space following pyrolysis of oil shale. [Display omitted] •Green River (Mahogany Zone) oil shale is visualized and quantified in…”
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Automatic method for estimation of in situ effective contact angle from X-ray micro tomography images of two-phase flow in porous media by Scanziani, Alessio, Singh, Kamaljit, Blunt, Martin J., Guadagnini, Alberto

“…[Display omitted] Multiphase flow in porous media is strongly influenced by the wettability of the system, which affects the arrangement of the interfaces of…”
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The Imaging of Dynamic Multiphase Fluid Flow Using Synchrotron-Based X-ray Microtomography at Reservoir Conditions by Andrew, Matthew, Menke, Hannah, Blunt, Martin J., Bijeljic, Branko

“…Fast synchrotron-based X-ray microtomography was used to image the injection of super-critical CO 2 under subsurface conditions into a brine-saturated…”
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Modelling two-phase flow in porous media at the pore scale using the volume-of-fluid method by Raeini, Ali Q., Blunt, Martin J., Bijeljic, Branko

“…We present a stable numerical scheme for modelling multiphase flow in porous media, where the characteristic size of the flow domain is of the order of microns…”
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Multi-scale multi-dimensional microstructure imaging of oil shale pyrolysis using X-ray micro-tomography, automated ultra-high resolution SEM, MAPS Mineralogy and FIB-SEM by Saif, Tarik, Lin, Qingyang, Butcher, Alan R., Bijeljic, Branko, Blunt, Martin J.

“…Multi-scale multi-dimensional oil shale characterization workflow. [Display omitted] •Green River oil shale is characterized in 2-D/3-D using complementary…”
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Insights into non-Fickian solute transport in carbonates by Bijeljic, Branko, Mostaghimi, Peyman, Blunt, Martin J.

“…Key Points Transport computed through micro‐CT images of six carbonate rocks is anomalous Highly anomalous transport is explained by the wide local velocity…”
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A thermodynamically consistent characterization of wettability in porous media using high-resolution imaging by Blunt, Martin J., Lin, Qingyang, Akai, Takashi, Bijeljic, Branko

“…[Display omitted] Conservation of energy is used to derive a thermodynamically-consistent contact angle, θt, when fluid phase 1 displaces phase 2 in a porous…”
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Stochastic Reconstruction of an Oolitic Limestone by Generative Adversarial Networks by Mosser, Lukas, Dubrule, Olivier, Blunt, Martin J.

“…Stochastic image reconstruction is a key part of modern digital rock physics and material analysis that aims to create representative samples of…”
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Direct simulations of two-phase flow on micro-CT images of porous media and upscaling of pore-scale forces by Raeini, Ali Q., Blunt, Martin J., Bijeljic, Branko

“…•Novel finite volume simulation of two-phase flow on microCT images of porous media.•Novel upscaling method for obtaining viscous pressure drops from…”
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Pore-by-pore capillary pressure measurements using X-ray microtomography at reservoir conditions: Curvature, snap-off, and remobilization of residual CO2 by Andrew, Matthew, Bijeljic, Branko, Blunt, Martin J.

“…X‐ray microtomography was used to image the shape and size of residual ganglia of supercritical CO2 at resolutions of 3.5 and 2 μm and at representative…”
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Wetting boundary condition for the color-gradient lattice Boltzmann method: Validation with analytical and experimental data by Akai, Takashi, Bijeljic, Branko, Blunt, Martin J.

“…In the color gradient lattice Boltzmann model (CG-LBM), a fictitious-density wetting boundary condition has been widely used because of its ease of…”
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Computations of Absolute Permeability on Micro-CT Images by Mostaghimi, Peyman, Blunt, Martin J., Bijeljic, Branko

“…We apply an accurate numerical scheme to solve for Stokes flow directly on binarized three-dimensional rock images, such as those obtained by micro-CT imaging…”
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Capillary trapping in sandstones and carbonates: Dependence on pore structure by Tanino, Y., Blunt, Martin J.

“…Residual non‐wetting phase saturation and wetting‐phase permeability were measured in three limestones and four sandstones ranging in porosity from 0.13 to…”
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Residual CO2 imaged with X-ray micro-tomography by Iglauer, Stefan, Paluszny, Adriana, Pentland, Christopher H., Blunt, Martin J.

“…Carbon capture and storage (CCS), where CO2 is injected into geological formations, has been identified as an important way to reduce CO2 emissions to the…”
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