Proceedings of the First International Meeting on
Recent Advances in MR Applications to Porous Media
MRPM1

University of Bologna,
Bologna, Italy
14-16 November 1991

 

a special issue of
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (vol. 9, 5, 1991)




Edited by


G.C. Borgia
R.  J. S. Brown
P. Fantazzini
J. Gore
P. Mansfield
B. Maraviglia
E. Mesini
L. Sgubini






The Meeting was organised by the University of Bologna and "Associazione Nazionale Ingegneri Minerari"
with the co-operation of Agip and support of:
Banca Popolare Pesarese e Ravennate
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Schlumberger Italiana S.p.A.
Selm Petroleum
Stelar s.n.c.
Zurigo Assicurazioni





 

 

 
 

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ORGANISING COMMITTEE
G. Brighenti (I)
 G. C. Borgia (I - chairman)
J. C. Gore (USA)
 F.A. Ciancabilla (I)
G. C. Borgia (I) E. Mesini (I)
R. J. S. Brown (USA)
 P. Ballestrazzi (I)
P. Fantazzini (I)
 S. Viola (I)
G. Ghilardotti (I)
P.Mansfield (UK)
E. Mesini (I)
F. Podo (I)
G. Sclocchi (I)


 

The Conference was divided into 4 Sessions.
The Chairmen were as follows:

Session I: R.J.S. Brown
Session II: B. Maraviglia
Session III : P. Mansfield
Session IV: L. Sgubini 

 


CONTENTS

 

                    EDITORIAL

                        1990 BOLOGNA MEETING ON NMR APPLICATIONS TO POROUS MEDIA

                        G.C. Borgia, R.J.S. Brown, P. Fantazzini, and E. Mesini

 

                    PLENARY SESSION: SPATIALLY NONRESOLVED  NMR STUDIES IN HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO SYSTEMS

                         Session Chairman: R.J.S. BROWN

 

Magnetic Relaxation  in Porous Media

K.S. Mendelson                                                                                                                                                           

 

Nuclear Magnetism and Transport in Porous  Media

L.M. Schwartz, D.J. Wilkinson, S. Kostek, D.L. Johnson, and J.R. Banavar                                                        

 

Influence of Field Gradient Strength  in NMR Studies of Diffusion in Porous  Media

P. Callaghan, D. MacGowan, K.J. Packer, and F.O. Zelaya                                                                                    

 

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Reservoir  Core Plugs: A Preliminary Investigation  of the Influence of Mineralogy  on T 1

T. Skjetne, T.E. Southon, B. Hafskjold, 0. Selle, I. Svorstl?)l, A.T. Buller, H. RuesHitten,

A. Brayshaw, and M.Z. Kalarn                                                                                                                                   

 

Pore-Size Distributions from  NMR Spin-Lattice  Relaxation  Data

                         S. Davies, K.J. Packer, D.R. Roberts, and F.O. Zelaya          

Problems in Identifying Multimodal Distributions of Relaxation Times for NMR in Porous Media

R.J.S. Brown, G.C. Borgia, P. Fantazzini, and E. Mesini

 

A Proton Relaxation Study of Immiscible Liquid Arrangement in Microporous Structures

G.C. Borgia, P. Fantazzini, G. Fanti, E . Mesini, L. Terzi, G. Valdre

 

Bound Water in Heterogeneous System Relaxometry: An Ill-Defined Concept

P. Gillis, S. Peto, and R.N. Muller

 

Study of Relaxation Mechanisms in Clay/Water Systems. Determination of the Surface Area. Application to Cements

M. Letellier, D. Tinet, R. Maggion, and J. Fripiat

 

Proton Relaxation of Liquid Crystal Droplets Dispersed in a Polymer Matrix

B.M. Fung and C.W. Cross

 

Can We See, by Proton Spin Relaxation, a Percolation Transition Upon Drying Controlled Pore Size Glass?

H. Haranczyk, K.G. Soga, R.J. Rumm, and M.M. Pintar

 

Self-Regulation of Metallic Ion Concentration in Wet Porous Glass

K.G. Soga, H. Haranczyk, R.J. Rumm, and M.M. Pintar

 

Relaxation and Dynamical Properties of Water in Partially Filled Porous Materials Using NMR Techniques

W.P. Halperin, S. Bhattacharja, and F. D'Orazio






ROUND TABLE: EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE BETWEEN POROUS MEDIA CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOMEDICAL NMR STUDIES


Chairman: B. MARAVIGLIA

 

Round Table Introduction

B. Maraviglia

 

A Prospective Model System to Mimic the Average NMR Properties of Water in a Rock Matrix

G. Maddinelli, J.L.A. Williams, and D.G. Taylor

 

Round Table Discussion and Comments

P. Mansfield

 

Reorientation Mediated by Translational Diffusion as a Mechanism for Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation of Molecules Confined in Surface Layers

R. Kimmich

 

Some Considerations of the Round Table Subject

M.M. Pintar

 

Comments on Work in the Herchel Smith Laboratory in Cambridge

L.D. Hall

 

Double Resonance Mapping of Liquids in Porous Materials

F. DeLuca, R. Campanella, A. Bifone, and B. Maraviglia



 

PLENARY SESSION: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN POROUS MEDIA


Session Chairman: P. MANSFIELD

 

Ingress of Water into Solid Nylon: Diffusion Studies by NMR Imaging
P. Mansfield, R.W. Bowtell, S.J. Blackband, and M. Cawley         

                        Visualisation  of Fluid Displacement in Rock Cores by NMR Imaging

 J.L.A.  Williams, D.G. Taylor, G. Maddinelli, P. Enwere, and J.S.  Archer                                                                         

 

 Flow Measurement in Porous  Media by Echo-Planar Imaging

 D.N. Guilfoyle and P. Mansfield                                                                                                                                                 

 

 Towards  Validation  of Porous  Media Models Using NMR Imaging  and Image-Analysis Techniques

 G.J.  Nesbitt, A. de Groot, T.W. Fens, and J.H. M. Bonnie                                                                                                  

 

 Spatially  Resolved NMR and NQR in Solids

 R. Kimmich                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

 Application  of Single Species Chemical Shift Imaging  to Sandstone  Cores

 S. Patz, M.E. Stromski, M. Hrovat, C. Straley, and L.M. Schwartz                                                                                

 

 Low-Contrast Secondary  Imbibition  in Long Rock Cores

 E.J. Fordham, M.A. Horsfield, C. Hall, and L.D.  Hall                                                                                                         

 

 Chemical Shift Imaging  of Fluid Filled Porous Rocks

 J.M. Dereppe, C. Moreaux, and K. Schenker                                                                                                                          

 

 Spatially  Resolved T1 Relaxation  Measurements in Reservoir  Cores

 J.J.  Attard, T.A. Carpenter, L.D. Hall, S. Davies, M.J. Taylor, and K.J. Packer                                                          

 

 NMR Imaging  Applied to Various Studies of Porous Media

 G. Guillot, A. Trokiner, L. Darrasse, A. Dupas, F. Ferdossi, G. Kassab, J.P. Hulin,  P. Rigord, and H. Saint-Jalmes                                                                                                                                                    

 

 Use of a High Magnetic Field to Visualize and Study  Fluids in Porous Media

 C. Chardaire-Riviere and J.C. Roussel                                                                                                                                       

 

 The Limits of NMR Imaging

 S. Sykora                                                                                                                                                                                           

 

 NMR Narrowing  Method for the Imaging of Porous Media

 F. DeLuca, P. Fattibene, N. Lugeri, and B. Maraviglia                                                                                                         

 

 Trends  in NMR Studies of Paramagnetic Gd(III)  Complexes as Potential  Contrast Agents in MRI

 S. Aime, L. Barbero, and M. Botta                                                                                                                                           

 

 Water  Proton  Relaxation Rate Enhancements as a Function  of Magnetic Field Strength and Nature and Size of Paramagnetic Solutes

 I. Bertini, F. Capozzi, and C. Luchinat 


                                                                                                                                 

 

ROUND TABLE: TRENDS IN NMR STUDIES IN THE FIELD OF UNDERGROUND FLUIDS RECOVERY


Chairman:  L. SGUBINI

 

Round  Table Introduction

L. Sgubini                                                                                                                                                                                          

 

Automated  Core Analysis by 1H NMR Spectroscopy

P.N. Tutunjian, H.J. Vinegar, and W.A. Edelstein                                                                                                                 

 

Oil Core  NMR Imaging/Spectroscopy  Instrumentation

W.A. Edelstein                                                                                                                                                                                

 

Contribution of NMR Imaging Technique  in the Study of the Polyphasic Flow in Porous  Media

J.L.A.  Williams, G. Maddinelli, D.G. Taylor, P. Enwere, and J.S. Archer          


New Horizons: From  the Lab  to the Field
C. Straley


Relation of Spin-Lattice  Relaxation  Time to Pore Geometry  and Permeability
K.S. Mendelson


Three-Dimensional and Flow-Weighted  NMR Imaging  of Pore Connectivity  in a Limestone
J.W. Gleeson and D.E. Woessner


Need for Standardization and Full Specification  of Laboratory Measurements in NMR Applications  to Porous Media
R.J.S.  Brown, G.C. Borgia, P. Fantazzini, and E. Mesini


GENERAL CONCLUSIONS


G.I. Brighenti