Synchrotron Computed Microtomography of Porous Media: Topology and Transports

P. Spanne; J. F. Thovert; C. J. Jacquin; W. B. Lindquist; K. W. Jones; P. M. Adler

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2001

Synchrotron Computed Microtomography of Porous Media: Topology and Transports

P. Spanne, J. F. Thovert, C. J. Jacquin, W. B. Lindquist, K. W. Jones, and P. M. Adler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 2001 – Published 3 October 1994

Abstract

Computed microtomography is applied to a piece of Fontainebleau sandstone in order to determine the geometrical structure of the pores. The topology of the void space is then derived from the tomographic image of the volume. Permeability and conductivity are computed and found in good agreement with experimental data. Perspectives offered by this new nondestructive method with a potential resolution of the order of one micrometer or less are analyzed.

Received 9 November 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2001

Authors & Affiliations

P. Spanne¹, J. F. Thovert², C. J. Jacquin³, W. B. Lindquist⁴, K. W. Jones¹, and P. M. Adler²

¹Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
²Laboratoire des Phénomènes de Transport dans les Mélanges, Asterama 2, Avenue du Téléport, 86360- Chasseneuil, France
³Institut Français du Pétrole, BP 311, 92506, Rueil-Malmaison, France
⁴State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794