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| Hauptseite > Publikationsdatenbank > Imaging water fluxes in porous media by magnetic resonance imaging using D2O as a tracer |
| Hauptseite > Publikationsdatenbank > Imaging water fluxes in porous media by magnetic resonance imaging using D2O as a tracer |
| Journal Article | PreJuSER-3486 |
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2009
Elsevier Science
Amsterdam [u.a.]
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1016/j.mri.2008.06.007
Abstract: In this study, we investigate the usefulness of D(2)O as a conservative tracer for monitoring water flux by MRI in a heterogeneous sand column. The column consisted of a cylindrical 3x9-cm packing of fine sand in which an 8-mm diameter cylindrical obstacle was placed. Constant steady-state flux densities between J(w)=0.07 and 0.28 cm min(-1) corresponding to mean pore flow velocities between 0.20 and 0.79 cm min(-1) were imposed at the top of the sand column, and a constant hydraulic head of -39 cm was maintained at the lower boundary. We injected pulses of 0.01 M NiCl(2) and 55% D(2)O and monitored the motion of the tracer plumes by MRI using a fast spin echo sequence over a period of 20 min. We observed that the center of gravity of all plumes moved with the mean pore flow velocity, which showed that D(2)O behaves as a conservative tracer. The motion of the tracer plume at J(w)=0.14 cm min(-1) was validated by a numerical simulation using HYDRUS2D, which reproduced the experimentally observed behavior very satisfactorily.
Keyword(s): J ; MRI (auto) ; Sand (auto) ; Transport (auto) ; Flux (auto) ; Tracer (auto) ; Modeling (auto) ; HYDRUS2D (auto)
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