Proceedings of the Fourth International Meeting on
Recent Advances in MR Applications to Porous Media
MRPM4

Statoil Research Center
Trondheim, Norway
31 August -3 September 1997

 

a special issue of
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (vol. 16, 5/6, 1998)




Edited by


G.C. Borgia
P. Fantazzini
J.C. Gore
J.H. Strange






The Meeting was organized by SINTEF Unimed (Norway), STATOIL, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology),
 
and Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna (Italy)


with the further support of:
Bruker Spectrospin,Sweden
  Chevron Petroleum Technology, CoUSA
Esaote SpA, Italy
Norcem, Norway
Norges Forskningsrad, Norway
Phillips Petroleum Co., USA
 Reservoir Laboratories, ResLab, Norway
Resonance Instruments, UK
Saga Petroleum Co., Norway
Security DBS Intl., Belgium
Security DBS, Norway

Stelar Snc, Italy





 


INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
 G.C. Borgia (Chairman, Italy)  T. Skjetne (Chairman, SINTEF, Norway)
J.J. Attard (Norway) J.J. Attard (SINTEF, Norway)
B. Bliimich (Germany) G.C. Borgia (University of Bologna, Italy)
R.J.S. Brown (USA) T. Eidesmo (Statoil, Norway)
P. Callaghan (New Zealand) P. Fantazzini (University of Bologna, Italy)
J-M. Dereppe (Belgium) B. Hafskjold (NTNU, Norway)
P. Fantazzini (Italy) H. Rueslatten (Statoil, Norway)
L.D. Hall (UK)
W.P. Halperin (USA)
R. Kimmich (Germany)
J.P. Korb (France)
P.J. McDonald (UK)
P. Mansfield (UK)
B. Maraviglia (Italy)

 
K.J. Packer (UK)
T. Skjetne (Norway)

J.H. Strange (Co-Chairman, UK)




 

The Conference was divided into 10 Sessions.
The Chairmen were as follows:

 

Session I: P.T. Callaghan and R. Kimmich
Session II: B. Bliimich and K.J. Packer
Session III: H.F. Booth and P. McDonald
Session IV: P. Fantazzini and W.J. Looyestijn
Session V: T. Eidesmo and H. RuesHitten
Session VI: J.J. Howard and D. Olsen
Session VII: T. Skjetne and J.H. Strange
Session VIII: G.C. Borgia and A.T. Watson
Session IX: B. Hafskjold and G. Sorland
 Session X: H. Forster and M. Hurlimann



 

CONTENTS

 

EDITORIAL

The Fourth International  Meeting on MR Applications to Porous Media
Giulio Cesare Borgia, Paola Fantazzini,  and John H. Strange

 

INVITED LECTURES

Fluid Flow in Porous Systems
P. Mansfield and M. Bencsik

A Broad Line NMR and MRI Study of Water and Water Transport  in Portland Cement Pastes
A.J. Bohris,  U. Goerke, P.J. McDonald,  M. Mulheron,  B. Newling, and B. LePage

The Characterisation  of Fluid Transport  in Porous Solids by Means of Pulsed Magnetic Field radient NMR
K.J. Packer, S. Stapf, J.J. Tessier, and R.A. Damion

Generalised Calculation of NMR Imaging Edge Effects Arising from Restricted Diffusion in Porous Media
P.T. Callaghan  and S.L. Codd

The NMR Mouse: Construction, Excitation, and Applications
B. Blumich, P. Bliirnler, G. Eidmann, A. Guthausen,  R. Haken, U. Schmitz,  K. Saito, and G. Zimmer

Measurement of Textural Changes of Food by MRI Relaxometry
L.D. Hall, S.D. Evans, and K.P. Nott

  

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

NMR Imaging Experiments for the Verification of Stochastic Transport  Theory
N.C. Irwin, S.A. Altobelli, J.H. Cushman,  and R.A. Greenkom

Visualisation of Structure  and Flow in Packed Beds
A.J. Sederman,  M.L. Johns, P. Alexander,  and L.F. Gladden

Microdynamics and Phase Equilibria in Organic Nanocrystals
H.F. Booth and J.H. Strange

Freezing D20 Clay Gels
M. Letellier

NMR Relaxation Studies of Porous Sol-Gel Glasses
S. Wonorahardjo, G. Ball, J. Hook, and G. Moran

Analysis of Microporosity and Setting of Reactive Powder Concrete by Proton Nuclear Relaxation
S. Philippot, J.P. Korb, D. Petit, and H. Zanni

Concrete/Mortar Water Phase Transition Studied by Single-Point MRI Methods
P.J. Prado, B.J. Balcom, S.D. Beyea, R.L. Armstrong, T.W. Bremner, and P.E. Grattan-Bellew

Water Absorption in Mortar  Determined by NMR
L. Pel, K. Hazrati, K. Kopinga, and J. Marchand

Quantitative Estimates of Porous Media Wettability from Proton NMR Measurement
J.J. Howards

Dephasing of Hahn Echo in Rocks by Diffusion in Susceptibility-induced Field Inhomogeneities
M.D. Hurlimann, K.G. Helmer, and C.H. Sotak

Determination of Surface Relaxivity from NMR Diffusion Measurements
W.F.J. Slijkerman and J.P. Hofman

NMR Characterization  of Hydrocarbon  Gas in Porous Media
P. Hari, C.T.P. Chang, R. Kulkarni, J.R. Lien, and A.T. Watson

Examples of Uniform-Penalty Inversion of Multiexponential Relaxation Data
G.C. Borgia, R.J.S. Brown, and P. Fantazzini

Permeability Relation for Periodic Structures
K.-J. Dunn, G.A. LaTorraca, and D.J. Bergman

Microstructural  Characterization  of Starch Systems by NMR Relaxation and Q-Space Microscopy
B.P. Hills, J. Godward, C.E. Manning, J.L. Biechlin, and K.M. Wright

Water Diffusion in Biological Porous Systems: a NMR Approach
A.V. Anisimov, N.Y. Sorokina, and N.R. Dautova

Flow and Transport Studies in (Non)consolidated Porous (Bio)systems Consisting of Solid or Porous
H. Van As, W. Palstra, U. Tallarek, and D. Van Dusschoten

Translational Diffusion of Liquids at Surface of Microporous Materials: New Theoretical Analysis of Field Cycling Magnetic Relaxation Measurements
J.-P. Korb, M. Whaley Hodges, and R. Bryant

Diffusion Processes in Confined Materials
D.W. Aksnes, L. Gjerdaker, S.G. Allen, H.F. Booth, and J.H. Strange

Self-diffusion  of Water  and Oil in Peanuts  Investigated  by PFG  NMR
N.L. Zakhartchenko, V.D. Skirda, and R.R. Valiullin 

Strong  Gradients for Spatially  Resolved Diffusion Measurements
J.E.M. Snaar, P. Robyr, and R. Bowtell

Comparative Measurements between a New Logging Tool and  a Reference  Instrument
M. Locatelli, H. Mathieu, S. Bobroff, G. Guillot, and B. Zinszner  



 SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Susceptibility  Effects in Unsaturated Porous Silica
S. Allen, M. Mallett, M.E. Smith, and J.H. Strange

Permeability Estimation from  NMR Diffusion Measurements in Reservoir  Rocks
M. Balzarini, A. Brancolini, and P. Gossenberg

Fluid Transport in Glass Beads Phantoms: Spatial  Velocity Measurements and  Confirmation of the Stochastic Model
M. Bencsik, B. lssa, M.A. Al-Mugheiry, R.W. Bowtell, and P. Mansfield

A NMR Characterisation of a Banded Sandstone
A.C. Bolam and K.J. Packer 

Estimates of Permeability and Irreducible Water  Saturation by means of a New Robust  Computation of Fractional Power Average Relaxation  Times
G.C. Borgia, R.J.S. Brown, and P. Fantazzini   

A New Method  for Estimating T2  Distributions from  NMR Measurements
A. Miller, S. Chen, D.T. Georgi, and K. Vozoff

Pore Size NMR Imaging
P. Coussot 

A Method  for Approximating Fractional Power Average Relaxation  Times Without  Inversion  of Multiexponential Relaxation  Data
G.C. Borgia, V. Bortolotti, R.J.S. Brown, and P. Fantazzini

Crystallization of Crystallizable and  Amorphous Polymer Mixtures  and Peculiarities of their Structure: An NMR Study
A.V. Filippov, V.S. Srnirnov, and M.M. Doroginizkij   

Crystallization of Poly(ethylene  Oxide) Confined in Pores of Active Carbon
A.V. Filippov, M.M. Doroginizkij, and R.Sh. Vartapetyan

Molecular  Dynamics and Order of Microconfined  Liquid  Crystals
F. Grinberg, R. Kimmich, and S. Stapf

Trabecular  Bone Characterization  with Low-Field MRI
F. Remy and G. Guillot

Diffraction-like Effects in a Highly Concentrated  W/0 Emulsion: A PFG NMR Study

B. Hakansson, R. Pons, and O. Soderman


Diffusion of Liquids into Semicrystalline Polyethylene
S.G. Harding and L.F. Gladden


Assessment of the Pore Geometry of Stereolithographic Models by High-Resolution MRI
B. Issa, P. Gibbs, R. Hodgskinson, C.M. Langton, and L.W. Turnbull


Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid Extraction from Porous Media
M.L. Johns and L.F. Gladden


Low-Field NMR Determinations of the Properties of Heavy Oils and Water-in-Oil Emulsions
G.A. LaTorraca, K.J. Dunn, P.R. Webber, and R.M. Carlson


The Effect of Wait Time on T2  Distributions from NMR Experiments
J.R. Lien, C.T.P. Chang, R. Kulkarni, and A.T. Watson


NMR Imaging Application to the Study of Adsorption/Precipitation  of Chemicals inside Porous Media
G. Maddinelli


Evaluation of Chemically-induced Pore Surface Modifications on Rock Cores
G. Maddinelli and R. Vitali


Characterisation  of Fluid Flow through Porous Media Using Three-Dimensional Microimaging and Pulsed Gradient Stimulated Echo NMR
B. Manz, P. Alexander, P. Warren, and L.F. Gladden


NMR in Porous Materials
F. Milia, M. Fardis, G. Papavassiliou, and A. Leventis


A NMR Investigation of Adsorbtion/Desorbtion Hysteresis in Porous Silica Gels

P. Porion, A.M. Faugere, P. Levitz, H. Van Damrne, A. Raoof, J.P. Guilbaud, and F. Chevoir


Exchange Dynamics of Surfactants  in Adsorption Layers Investigated by PFG NMR Diffusion
M. Schonhoff and O. Soderman


Measurements of Diffusion in Porous Polyethylene Powder Using PFGSTE NMR
J.G. Seland and B. Hafskjold


Self-Diffusion and Molecular Mobility in PVA-based Dissolution-controlled Systems for Drug Delivery
J.E.M. Snaar, R. Bowtell, C.D. Melia, S. Morgan, B. Narasimhan, and N.A. Peppas


Diffusion and Relaxation in Interface Layers of Crystals in Nanoporous Glass

T. Zavada, S. Stapf, and R. Kimmich


Mass Transfer in Chromatographic Columns Studied  by Pulsed Field Gradient  NMR
U. Tallarek,  D. Van Dusschoten,  H. Van As, G. Guiochon,  and E. Bayer


Spatially  Resolved Transport Properties in Radially  Compressed  Bead Packings  Studied  by PFG NMR
D. Van Dusschoten,  U. Tallarek, T. Scheenen,  U.D.  Neue, and H. Van As 


Estimation of Porous  Media Flow Functions  Using NMR Imaging  Data
R. Kulkarni, AT. Watson,  and J.-E. Nordtvedt   


Field-Cycling  NMR Relaxometry  of Molecules Undergoing  Levy Walks at the Surface of Fine Particles  and  Porous  Glass
T. Zavada, S. Stapf,  U. Beginn, and R. Kimmich