A BRIEF STUDY OF IMBIBITION PHENOMENON IN FLUID FLOW THROUGH STRONGLY-WET CRACKED POROUS MEDIA

Abstract

In this research, we constructed an analytical model to investigate the two-phase fluid flow during the forced and spontaneous imbibition phenomenon in a water-wet cracked porous material. The major goal of our work is to demonstrate how the cracked porous medium and porous matrix behave differently in terms of the recovery process during the forced and spontaneous imbibition phenomenon. In addition, we investigate the impact of inclined planes, wettability, viscosity ratio, capillary pressure, and capillary pressure on the recovery process via the imbibition phenomenon in a water-wet cracked porous medium.