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A Lightweight Multi-scale Neural Network for Inversion of NMR Relaxation Measurements in Porous Media

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Transport in Porous Media Pub Date : 2025-03-29 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-025-02164-6

Gang Luo, Branko Bijeljic, Sihui Luo, Lizhi Xiao, Rongbo Shao, Martin J. Blunt

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Open Boundaries, Anomalous Diffusion and the Darcy-Bénard Instability

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Transport in Porous Media Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-025-02160-w

A. Barletta, D. A. S. Rees, M. Celli, P. V. Brandão

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Impact of Structural Variations in Gas Diffusion Layers on Effective Mass Transfer in PEMFCs Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method

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Transport in Porous Media Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-025-02163-7

Khanh-Hoan Nguyen, Kyoungsik Chang, Sadia Siddiqa

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Density Effects on Mixing in Porous Media: Multi-dimensional Flow-Through Experiments and Model-Based Interpretation

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Transport in Porous Media Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-025-02161-9

Yu Ye, Sen Liu, Gabriele Chiogna, Chunhui Lu, Massimo Rolle

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A Temporally Relaxed Theory of Nonequilibrium Solute Transport in Porous Media With Spatial Dispersivity Involving Flexible Boundary

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Transport in Porous Media Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-025-02162-8

Joseph Antoine Nyoumea, Thomas Tjock-Mbaga, Ali Zarma, Jean Marie Ema’a Ema’a, Patrice Ele Abiama, Germain Hubert Ben-Bolie

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Discrete Exterior Calculus Method for Groundwater Flow Modeling 地下水流建模的离散外部微积分方法

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Transport in Porous Media Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-025-02159-3

Jin Xu, Wenfan Zhang, Zheng Chen

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Diffusion Model-Based Generation of Three-Dimensional Multiphase Pore-Scale Images

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Transport in Porous Media Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-025-02158-4

Linqi Zhu, Branko Bijeljic, Martin J. Blunt

{"title":"Diffusion Model-Based Generation of Three-Dimensional Multiphase Pore-Scale Images","authors":"Linqi Zhu, Branko Bijeljic, Martin J. Blunt","doi":"10.1007/s11242-025-02158-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11242-025-02158-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We propose a diffusion model-based machine learning method for generating three-dimensional images of both the pore space of rocks and the fluid phases within it. This approach overcomes the limitations of current methods, which are restricted to generating only the pore space. Our reconstructed images accurately reproduce multiphase fluid pore-scale details in water-wet Bentheimer sandstone, matching experimental images in terms of two-point correlation, porosity, and fluid flow parameters. This method outperforms generative adversarial networks with a broader and more accurate parameter range. By enabling the generation of multiphase fluid pore-scale images of any size subject to computational constraints, this machine learning technique provides researchers with a powerful tool to understand fluid distribution and movement in porous materials without the need for costly experiments or complex simulations. This approach has wide-ranging potential applications, including carbon dioxide and underground hydrogen storage, the design of electrolyzers, and fuel cells.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":804,"journal":{"name":"Transport in Porous Media","volume":"152 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11242-025-02158-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143632516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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3D Visualization of Viscous Fingering in Miscible Fluids Flow in Porous Materials

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Transport in Porous Media Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-025-02157-5

Jiaxi Yang, Toshifumi Mukunoki, Laurent Oxarango

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Relevance of Local Dispersion on Mixing Enhancement in Engineering Injection and Extraction Systems in Porous Media: Insights from Laboratory Bench-Scale Experiments and Modeling 多孔介质中工程注入和抽提系统中局部分散对混合增强的相关性：实验室台阶实验和建模的启示

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Transport in Porous Media Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-025-02155-7

Francesca Ziliotto, Mónica Basilio Hazas, Markus Muhr, Navid Ahmadi, Massimo Rolle, Gabriele Chiogna

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MFD, Electromagnetic Columns, and Magneto-eklinostrophic Flow in Porous Media

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Transport in Porous Media Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-025-02153-9

Peter Vadasz

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