An intercomparison of the pore network to the Navier-Stokes modeling approach applied for saturated conductivity estimation from X-ray CT images.

Different modeling techniques can be used to estimate the saturated conductivity of a porous medium based on computed tomography (CT) images. In this research, two methods are intercompared: direct modeling using the Navier-Stokes (NS) approach and simplified geometry pore network (PN) modeling. Both modeling approaches rely on pore media geometry which was determined using an X-ray CT scans with voxel size 2 μm.