[pt] A perfuração de poços de petróleo, principalmente em ambientes offshore, é uma operação que demanda um custo muito elevado, portanto a minimização de problemas e danos ao reservatório produtor é muito importante. O projeto de um fluido de perfuração que garanta a mínima invasão na rocha reservatório é um tópico fundamental, como consequência a indústria petrolífera tem investido em estudos com o intuito de evitar que este problema ocorra. Sendo assim, nesse trabalho estudou-se o escoamento de fluidos em um meio poroso ideal, a célula de Hele-Shaw. Para realizar esse trabalho foram utilizados dois fluidos não newtonianos: uma solução aquosa de um polímero flexível, a poliacrilamida; e uma solução aquosa de um polímero rígido, a goma xantana. Esses fluidos não newtonianos representaram o fluido de perfuração, já o papel do petróleo presente na rocha reservatório foi desempenhado pelo óleo mineral. A partir desse experimento é possível observar a instabilidade de Saffman-Taylor ou viscous fingers, que é um fenômeno observado quando um fluido de menor viscosidade desloca outro de maior viscosidade. Esse fenômeno é muito importante em diversas aplicações, tais como: invasão de fluido de perfuração em meios porosos (caso que será estudado), recuperação secundária e terciária de petróleo, fraturamento hidráulico, processamento de polímeros, hidrologia e filtração. O experimento consiste em analisar a evolução da interface entre os dois fluidos através de uma câmera filmadora. A partir das imagens é determinada qualitativamente a eficiência do deslocamento. Com o conjunto de imagens é possível observar também em quais parâmetros dinâmicos e reológicos ocorre a transição fingers (interface instável) para plug (interface estável), e viceversa. Também foram realizados testes reológicos nos quais foi possível conhecer o comportamento dos fluidos não newtonianos utilizados. Com base nos dados coletados observou-se que tanto para a poliacrilamida quanto para a goma xantana a transição ocorre a uma taxa de cisalhamento adimensional próxima de 3. / [en] The drilling of oil wells, particularly in offshore environments, is an operation which demands a high cost, thus, the minimization of problems and damage to the producing reservoir is very important. The design of a drilling fluid that ensures minimum invasion into the reservoir rock is a major topic, consequently the oil industry has invested in research in order to prevent this problem from occurring. Therefore, this research studied the displacement of fluids in an ideal porous medium, a Hele-Shaw cell. To accomplish this task, the following two non-Newtonian fluids were used: an aqueous solution of a flexible polymer, polyacrylamide; and the other an aqueous solution of a rigid polymer, xanthan gum. Such non-Newtonian fluids represent the drilling fluid, while the function of oil present in the reservoir rock was represented by mineral oil. From this experiment it is possible to observe the Saffman-Taylor instability or viscous fingers, which is a phenomenon observed when a low viscosity fluid displaces a higher viscosity fluid. This phenomenon is very important in many applications, such as drilling fluid invasion in porous media, secondary and tertiary oil recovery, hydraulic fracturing, polymer processing, hydrology and filtration. The experiment consists in analyzing the evolution of the interface between two fluids through a digital camera, and determining the displacement efficiency qualitatively from the imagens. With the set of images is possible to observe in which dynamic and rheological parameters the transition from fingers (unstable interface) to plug (stable interface) occurs, and vice versa. Also, rheological tests were performed in which it was possible to know the behavior of non-Newtonian fluids used in the study. From the data collected it was observed that both the polyacrylamide and for xanthan gum transition occurs near the dimensionless shear rate of 3.

Dans cette thèse, nous avons étudié expérimentalement, numériquement et théoriquement la sédimentation d’un soluté en cellule de Hele-Shaw, modèle analogue de milieu poreux, avec un écoulement zonal horizontal. Une cellule, alimentée par deux grands réservoirs assurant un écoulement zonal uniforme, a été réalisée au laboratoire. La vitesse a été mesurée par PIV. L’injection d’une solution saline dans cet écoulement permet de visualiser la propagation du panache de pollution, et de mesurer le champ de concentration par LIF. Trois configurations typiques ont été observées : panache sans digitation (« stable »), avec une seule digitation (« faiblement instable »), et avec de nombreuses digitations (« fortement instable »). L’influence du contraste de densité, de la vitesse zonale, et du débit d’injection sur la stabilité du panache a été analysée. Ces résultats ont été comparés à des simulations numériques sous COMSOL Multiphysics®. Les champs de concentration simulés sont en accord quantitatif avec les champs expérimentaux. Ces simulations ont de plus permis d’étudier l’influence de l’anisotropie du tenseur de dispersion sur la stabilité du panache. Une étude théorique linéaire, effectuée à partir d’un écoulement de base unidirectionnel et quasi-stationnaire, est venue compléter ces résultats. Elle montre que le panache est toujours convectivement instable pour les valeurs des paramètres considérées, et permet de retrouver et de quantifier les principaux résultats mis en évidence lors des études expérimentale et numérique, comme l’effet stabilisant de la dispersivité longitudinale ou l’effet déstabilisant du contraste de densité / This thesis is an experimental and numerical investigation of solute transport and sedimentation in a Hele-Shaw cell with zonal flow. A vertical cell joining two large tanks has been built to provide a uniform horizontal flow, the velocity of which has been measured by using PIV. The concentration field of a solute injected in this flow has been measured by using LIF. Three typical plume configurations have been observed: without digitations (“stable”), with a single digitation (“weakly unstable”), and with various digitations appearing at the lower interface (“unstable plume”). The influence of density contrast, zonal flow and solute flow rate on the appearance of the various configurations has been investigated. These results have been compared to numerical simulations using the COMSOL Multiphysics® software. The numerical concentration fields are in qualitative agreement with the experimental ones. In addition, these simulations allowed us to investigate the effect of the anisotropy of the dispersion tensor on the occurrence of unstable configurations. A linear stability analysis based on a uniform parallel flow superposed to a quasi-steady horizontal layer of solute has been performed. It shows that the plume is convectively unstable for the parameters considered here, and confirms the various behaviors observed in both the experimental and the numerical analyses, like the stabilizing effect of the longitudinal dispersivity or the destabilizing effect of the solute concentration

[pt] Uma abordagem experimental foi utilizada para o estudo da eficiência de varredura de fluidos viscoplásticos na célula de Hele-Shaw , que representa um meio poroso com porosidade constante. A análise baseia-se em um fluido empurrando outro onde, pela razão de viscosidades acima do punto de referência , manifesta-se a instabilidade de Saffman-Taylor, que desencadeia em uma interface instável com divisões sucessivas conhecidas como viscous fingers. A formação da instabilidade é considerada uma condição indesejável, e no caso da indústria petrolífera, torna-se de interesse na invasão da formação pelo fluido de perfuração, pasta de cimento, e no deslocamento de petróleo pesado em reservatórios entre outros. Apesar de que o fenômeno é vastamente estudado utilizando a célula de Hele-Shaw, a maioria dos trabalhos concentram-se no deslocamento de líquidos newtonianos por ar, deixando uma ampla gama de possibilidades de estudo, particularmente no que diz respeito aos fluidos não newtonianos. Utilizando equipamentos que permitem assegurar uma vazão constante de injeção, testou-se três concentrações diferentes de solução aquosa de carbopol em duas configurações diferentes onde o líquido viscoplástico é o deslocador e vice-versa. Fazendo uso do processamento digital de imagens, avaliou-se a forma da interface em função do desvio padrão, além da velocidade e da eficiência de varredura no deslocamento. Determinaram-se parâmetros adimensionais em função da geometria da bancada e dos fatores dinâmicos e reológicos dos fluidos onde se obtiveram duas zonas vem marcadas de varredura. Observou-se que a razão de viscosidades e o número de capilaridade modificada crítica são os indicadores que governam o deslocamento. / [en] An experimental approach has been used to study the sweep efficiency of viscoplastic fluid in a Hele-Shaw cell, which represents a porous medium with constant porosity. The analysis is based on a lower viscosity fluid pushing a more viscous through a geometry, which manifests the instability of Saffman-Taylor, that result in an unstable interface with successive divisions known as viscous fingers. The occurrence of instability is considered an undesirable condition, and in the petroleum oil industry, it becomes of interest in the reservoir oil invasion and heavy oil displacement in reservoirs. Despite being widely studied, most studies focus on the displacement of Newtonian liquids by air, leaving the field of study of non-Newtonian fluids without being evaluated where none of viscosities of the fluids involved can be considered negligible. Using equipment that ensures a constant flow rate of injection three different aqueous concentrations of carbopol were tested in two different configurations: carbopol as the displacing fluid and vice-versa. Using digital image processing, the shape interface was evaluated according to their standard deviation, average velocity and efficiency sweep during the displacement. Determined dimensionless parameters was evaluated in function of the experimental geometry, dynamic and rheological factors of the fluids in order to get benchmark that allow separating interfaces zones that tend to 100 per cent or plugs and the zone where the viscous fingers reveal themselves. It was found that the viscosity ratio and modified critical capillary govern the displacement.

Pour des mousses 2D(et 3D sphériques) sèches à l'équilibre nous montrons une équivalence étoile-triangle. Cette équivalence affirme que chaque bulle ayant trois bulles voisines peut être considérée comme une décoration des prolongements des côtés externes qui la rejoignent. Cette propriété, déjà connue dans une des ses applications, nous la démontrons en utilisant des méthodes de dualisation, de géométrie projective et l'invariance des mousses 2D par homographies. Plus en général, nous prouvons l'invariance par transformations conformes des mousses 2D. En considérant des mousses en incidence normale sur une paroi, nous avons montré comment les lois d'équilibre en 3D impliquent celles en 2D sur la surface de contact. Ces lois nous permettent d'étudier théoriquement les récentes expériences où une mousse monodisperse est mise entre deux plaques de verre courbes non parallèles. Dans la limite de petit interstice, nous relions le profil à l'application conforme observée expérimentalement. La contribution de la courbure des films dans la direction orthogonale aux plaques est décisive pour corriger des prédictions erronées de la géométrie 2D.

Ce travail explore expérimentalement en géométrie microfluidique, des instabilités sous champ de fluides magnétiques aqueux, aux propriétés bien caractérisées et dont les nanoparticules sont stabilisées électrostatiquement.La micro-convexion magnétique observée à l'interface miscible entre le fluide magnétique et l'eau est étudiée quantitativement dans une cellule de Hele-Shaw sous champ magnétique homogène, en particulier par vélocimétrie par image de particules. Les résultats sont comparés aux prédictions théoriques et à des simulations numériques. Au delà de la caractérisation des champs critiques, il est observé qu'une augmentation du champ H accélère la croissance des doigts, comme H2, tandis que la figure de digitation n'est pas modifiée. Une application au mélange en microfluidique est ici envisagée. L'étude de la micro-convexion a révélé une diffusion effective de coefficient beaucoup plus grand que celui des nanoparticules, tel que prédit par la formule de Stockes-Einstein ou obtenu par des mesures directes. Des explorations expérimentales montrent que cette diffusion effective provient d'un écoulement lié à la différence de densité des deux fluides. La diffusion semble influencée par les agents qui stabilisent les nanoparticules. Des gouttes de liquide magnétique concentré co-existant avec une phase diluée sont obtenues par séparation de phase induite par ajout de sel et/ou application d'un champ magnétique. Leur déformation sous champ permet de suivre l'évolution temporelle de la phase concentrée métastable. Dans un champ magnétique précessant à l'angle magique, les gouttes se comportent comme en champ tournant, sauf en ce qui concerne leur déformation initiale. / Magnetic field induced instabilities of magnetic fluids in microfluidic environment are investigated experimentally. Electrically stabilized water-based magnetic nanocolloids are used and throughout characterized.Magnetic micro-convection, observed at a miscible magnetic fluid-water interface in a Hele-Shaw cell in homogeneous field, is studied quantitatively and compared with theoretical predictions and numerical simulations, micro-convective flows being characterized by particle image velocimetry. Besides the critical field determination, it is shown that an increase of the magnetic field H speeds up the finger growth, which scales as H2, while the size of the fingering pattern is not changed. An application towards mixing enhancement in microfluidics is considered.The micro-convection study reveals a much larger effective diffusion coefficient of the nanoparticles than expected from Stokes - Einstein relation and standard determinations. Investigations with the same setup and with continuous microfluidics show that the effective diffusion mostly arises from a flow induced by the density difference between the miscible fluids. Additionally, the diffusion coefficient seems to be influenced by the particle stabilizing agents.Drops of a concentrated magnetic phase in co-existence with a dilute one are formed by phase separation after salt addition to the magnetic fluid and/or the application of a magnetic field. Their under-field shape deformations allow investigating the time evolution of the concentrated phase. Experiments show that in a precessing field at magic angle, the drops behave as in a rotating field except the initial shape deformation before quick elongation.

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<p>Ferrofluids are remarkable materials composed of magnetic nanoparticles dispersed in a carrier liquid. These suspensions exhibit fluid-like behavior in the absence of a magnetic field, but when exposed to a magnetic field, they can respond and deform into a variety of patterns. This responsive behavior of ferrofluids makes them an excellent material for applications such as drug delivery for targeted therapies and soft robots. In this thesis, we will focus on the interfacial dynamics of ferrofluids in Hele-Shaw cells. The three major objectives of this thesis are: understanding the pattern evolution, unraveling the underlying nonlinear dynamics, and ultimately achieving passive control of ferrofluid interfaces. First, we introduce a novel static magnetic field setup, under which a confined circular ferrofluid droplet will deform and spin steadily like a `gear’, driven by interfacial traveling waves. This study combines sharp-interface numerical simulations with weakly nonlinear theory to explain the wave propagation. Then, to better understand these interfacial traveling waves, we derive a long-wave equation for a ferrofluid thin film subject to an angled magnetic field. Interestingly, the long-wave equation derived, which is a new type of generalized Kuramoto--Sivashinsky equation (KSE), exhibits nonlinear periodic waves as dissipative solitons and reveals fascinating issues about linearly unstable but nonlinearly stable structures, such as transitions between different nonlinear periodic wave states. Next, inspired by the low-dimensional property of the KSE, we simplify the original 2D nonlocal droplet problem using the center manifold method, reducing the shape evolution to an amplitude equation (a single local ODE). We show that the formation of the rotating `gear’ arises from a Hopf bifurcation, which further inspires our work on time-dependent control. By introducing a slowly time-varying magnetic field, we propose strategies to effectively control a ferrofluid droplet's evolution into a targeted shape at a targeted time. The final chapter of this thesis concerns our ongoing research into the interfacial dynamics under the influence of a fast time-varying and rotating magnetic field, which induces a nonsymmetric viscous stress tensor in the ferrofluid, requiring the balance of the angular momentum equation. As a consequence, wave propagation on a ferrofluid interface can be now triggered by magnetic torque. A new thin-film long-wave equation is consistently derived taking magnetic torque into account.</p>

Reactive flow in porous media, leading to solid precipitation and deposition, is a fundamental process with widespread implications across various fields, such as carbonate mineralization during CO2 sequestration process. Despite the extensive research on the precipitation flow, the physical mechanisms behind the coupling between the hydrodynamics and reaction are less well-understood. This thesis investigates the complex interplay between fluid flow and a chemical reaction (A+B=C) that triggers precipitation and deposition in a Hele-Shaw cell with a gap thickness much smaller than the ones used in the past. We find that both electrostatic and hydrodynamic forces influence the onset of fingering. The results reveal that precipitation-induced fingering plays a significant role in altering mixing dynamics and precipitation rate. A model is developed, incorporating a more realistic rheology model and a first-order deposition term into an advection-diffusion-reaction framework, to comprehensively analyze the impact of critical parameters such as injection rate and initial reactant concentrations on hydrodynamic instability resulting from precipitation and deposition. Validation against experimental data demonstrates the model's capability to capture diverse precipitation patterns observed under varying experimental conditions accurately. Additionally, the results highlight the crucial role of the deposition term in accurately predicting the temporal evolution of total solid content observed in the experiments. Furthermore, the thesis explores the influence of porous media heterogeneity on calcium carbonate mineralization dynamics in a 2D radial porous system. Using a flow cell with a bimodal pore throat size distribution, the study investigates the temporal evolution of the mixing front, total precipitation amount, and spatial distribution of deposited particles under different injection rates and reactant concentrations. Findings reveal the formation of stable mixing fronts at higher injection rates, driven by the creation of large aggregates, and demonstrate enhanced precipitation in porous media dominated by advection. Conversely, in diffusion-dominated conditions, the precipitation rate transitions to scaling behaviors observed in a homogeneous media. The experimental observations elucidate the deposition of large aggregates in low-permeability regions, leading to significant alterations in cell permeability and porosity. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

La propagation d'un front de réaction-diffusion est étudiée expérimentalement dans un écoulement cellulaire multiéchelle. Le front est produit par réaction autocatalytique en solution. L'écoulement est réalisé en géométrie de Hele-Shaw par électroconvection, son caractère multiéchelle étant réalisé par l'action combinée de deux nappes d'aimants d'échelles différentes. La géométrie du front et sa vitesse moyenne de propagation sont déterminées pour une large gamme d'intensité des vortex de chaque échelle. Elles sont confortées par une simulation numérique de l'avancée du domaine brulé dans le domaine frais. L'effet de la nature multiéchelle de l'écoulement sur la vitesse moyenne du front est compris par une méthode de renormalisation dont la validation est fournie par l'obtention d'un courbe maitresse pour l'ensemble des données. / The propagation of a reaction-diffusion front is experimentally studied in a multi-scale cellular flow. The front is produced by an autocatalytic chemical reaction in an aqueous solution. The flow is generated by electroconvection and its multi-scale nature is induced by overlaying magnets of different scales. This enables an independent tune of the flow intensity at each scale. The geometry and the mean velocity of the front have been determined over a large range of scale intensities. These features are confirmed by a numerical simulation based on a burnt and fresh domain dynamics, the burnt domain expanding across the fresh one. The effect of the multi-scale nature of the flow on the mean front velocity is recovered by a renormalisation method validated by a collapse of the data onto a single curve.

L'étude décrite dans cette thèse porte sur l'injection ponctuelle d'une solution saline au sein d'une cellule dite de Hele-Shaw, afin de caractériser le comportement dispersif d'un polluant en milieu poreux. L'approche expérimentale employée est basée sur l'implémentation originale d'un dispositif de Fluorescence Induite par Laser (LIF) dans la cellule. La mise en place d'un protocole de mesure efficace permet de mener une analyse quantitative des résultats expérimentaux. En outre, en appliquant la méthode des moments, il est possible de caractériser avec précision le comportement dispersif de la zone de mélange de la solution injectée. Parallèlement aux expériences, à l'aide du code numérique FRIPE, les injections ont été simulées numériquement. L'analyse quantitative a été appliquée à ces dernières. Une comparaison poussée des résultats expérimentaux et numériques a donc été effectuée, du point de vue qualitatif mais aussi sur l'expression de la dispersion du panache de la zone de mélange de la solution / The study described in this thesis is about punctual injection of a saline solution inside a "Hele-Shaw cell" in order to characterize the dispersive behavior of a pollutant in porous media. The chosen experimental approach is based on the setup of an original Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) in the Hele-Shaw cell. The setting of the experimental apparatus allows quantitative data reduction of the experimental results. Moreover the "Moments Method" studied precisely the solution mixing dispersive behavior. Using the numerical code FRIPE the same injections have been simulated. The same quantitative data reductions have been applied to the numerical results. This led to an extensive comparison of the numerical and the experimental results, qualitatively but also of the dispersion in the mixing area of the injected solution