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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Valerie Anderson, Hardwick, GB;
Inventor:
Valerie Anderson, Hardwick, GB;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A convenient method of testing imbibition of one or more imbibant fluids by a matrix of particles with a fluid already therein, comprises making a bodyof packed particles with a matrix fluid filling the interstices between the particles, placing an imbibant fluid in each of a plurality of capillariespartially inserting each capillary into the bodyso that part of the capillary with imbibant fluid therein projects from the bodyand observing time for fluid to be taken from each capillary into the body. The method allows comparison of multiple imbibant fluids by placing each fluid in a respective capillary.