Migrations of Fines in Porous Media

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Practical Consequences of Release and Migration of Fines in Porous Media

   • Kartic C. Khilar, H. Scott Fogler

   Pages 1-8

3. Characterization of Pore Space and Fines

   • Kartic C. Khilar, H. Scott Fogler

   Pages 9-27

4. Colloidally Induced Release of Fines in Porous Media

   • Kartic C. Khilar, H. Scott Fogler

   Pages 29-61

5. Hydrodynamically Induced Release of Fines in Porous Media

   • Kartic C. Khilar, H. Scott Fogler

   Pages 63-71

6. Entrapment or Piping of Fines During Migration

   • Kartic C. Khilar, H. Scott Fogler

   Pages 73-90

7. Mathematical Models for Permeability Reductions due to Migration of Fines

   • Kartic C. Khilar, H. Scott Fogler

   Pages 91-111

8. Use of Network Models for Prediction of Permeability Reduction due to Fines Entrapment

   • Venkat Ramachandran, Kartic C. Khilar, H. Scott Fogler

   Pages 113-131

9. Methods to Prevent the Release of Fines

   • Kartic C. Khilar, H. Scott Fogler

   Pages 133-140

10. Soil Pollution due to Migration of Fines

    • Kartic C. Khilar, H. Scott Fogler

    Pages 141-153

11. Back Matter

    Pages 155-173

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This is the first book entirely on the topic of Migration of Fine Particles in Porous Media. There are two purposes for the use of this book. First, the book is intended to serve as a comprehensive monograph for scientists and engineers concerned with problems of erosion, pollution and plugging due to migration of fines in porous media. Second, the book is recommended to be used as a reference book for courses offered at senior or graduate level on the topics of flow through porous media, soil erosion and pollution, or formation damage. The migration of fine particles in porous media is an engineering concern in oil production, soil erosion, ground water pollution and in the operation of filter beds. As a result, the topic has been studied by researchers working in a number of disciplines. These studies in different disciplines are conducted, by and large, independently and hence there is some repetition and perhaps more importantly there is a lack of uniformity and coherence. These studies, nevertheless, complement each other. To illustrate the point, consider for example the migration of fine particles induced by hydrodynamic forces.

• environment
• pollution
• soil pollution
• terrestrial pollution

• Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India

  Kartic C. Khilar

• Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

  H. Scott Fogler

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