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Detection of moving capillary front in porous rocks using X-ray and ultrasonic methods

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Several methods are compared for the detection of moving capillary fronts in spontaneous imbibition experiments where water invades dry porous rocks. These methods are: (i) the continuous monitoring of the mass increase during imbibition, (ii) the imaging of the water front motion using X-ray CT scanning, (iii) the use of ultrasonic measurements allowing the detection of velocity, amplitude and spectral content of the propagating elastic waves, and (iv) the combined use of X-ray CT scanning and ultrasonic monitoring. It is shown that the properties of capillary fronts depend on the heterogeneity of the rocks, and that the information derived from each method on the dynamics of capillary motion can be significantly different. One important result from the direct comparison of the moving capillary front position and the P wave attributes is that the wave amplitude is strongly impacted before the capillary front reaches the sensors, in contrast with the velocity change which is concomitant with the fluid front arrival in the sensors plane
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hal-03475896 , version 1 (20-06-2022)

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Christian David, Delphine Bertauld, Jérémie Dautriat, Joël Sarout, Beatriz Menendez, et al.. Detection of moving capillary front in porous rocks using X-ray and ultrasonic methods. Frontiers in Physics, 2015, 3, pp.53. ⟨10.3389/fphy.2015.00053⟩. ⟨hal-03475896⟩
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