Unexpected scaling of interstitial velocities with permeability due to polymer retention in porous media

Parsa, S; Zareei, A; Santanach-Carreras, E; Morris, EJ; Amir, A; Xiao, LZ; Weitz, DA

Xiao, LZ (corresponding author), Harvard SEAS CUPB Joint Lab Petr Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.; Xiao, LZ (corresponding author), China Univ Petr, State Key Lab Petr Resources & Prospecting, Beijing 102249, Peoples R China.

PHYSICAL REVIEW FLUIDS, 2021; 6 (8):

Abstract

Polymer retention from the flow of a polymer solution through porous media results in substantial decrease of the permeability; however, the underlyin......

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