Visualization and Characterization of Heterogeneous Water Flow in Double-Porosity Media by Means of X-ray Computed Tomography Porous media

Z. Peng 1 Céline Duwig 1 P. Delmas 2 Jean-Paul Gaudet 1 A. Gastelum Strozzi 3 P. Charrier 4, 5 H. Denis 5, 1
1 LTHE - Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement
2 University of Auckland [Auckland]
3 CCADET
4 UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes
5 CNRS
Abstract : Three-dimensional visualization of dynamic water transport process in soil by 1 computed tomography (CT) technique is still limited by its low temporal resolution. In order 2 to monitor dynamically water transport in soil, a compromise has to be found between water 3 flow velocity and CT acquisition time. Furthermore, an efficient image analysis method is 1 4 necessary. In this work, we followed the water transport in three dimensions by CT imaging 5 across a double-porosity media constituted of two distinct materials, i.e. sand and porous 6 clay spheres. The CT acquisition parameters were adjusted to the water pore velocity so that 7 we succeeded to register the water front displacement per time range of 25 min. We also used 8 the image subtraction method to extract water distribution evolution with time with a space 9 resolution of 6 × 10 −3 cm. Both time and space resolution are relatively high compared with 10 other dynamic studies. The water content profiles showed that the clay spheres remained 11 in their dry state during water infiltration, while the water transport only occurred in the 12 sand matrix. These results are consistent with macroscopic experiments. The water front 13 visualized by CT showed a non-symmetrical shape which was related to water transfer in 14 non-equilibrium as shown by column displacement experiments.
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Z. Peng, Céline Duwig, P. Delmas, Jean-Paul Gaudet, A. Gastelum Strozzi, et al.. Visualization and Characterization of Heterogeneous Water Flow in Double-Porosity Media by Means of X-ray Computed Tomography Porous media. Transport in Porous Media, Springer Verlag, 2015, pp.art. 0572. ⟨10.1007/s11242-015-0572-z⟩. ⟨ird-01202110⟩

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