Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry tests, carried out on partially saturated porous media, convey information on the distribution of fluids within the pore space. Proper interpretation of this information requires a means to isolate the effects of pore structure (pore and throat shape and size distributions, spatial correlations, etc.) wettability and saturation history. A pore networ...

Quantitatively characterizing the micro-scale heterogeneity of pore throats in tight sandstone reservoirs is key to accurately describing influence structures on fluid occurrence characteristics. In this study, taking Chang 6 Member Yanchang Formation Huaqing area Ordos Basin as an example, pore-throat and its state have been systematically studied using cast thin section, scanning electron mic...

Pore network models are used to relate fundamental pore structure parameters (pore body and pore throat size distributions) to the distribution of water at the pore level and the decay of proton magnetization under conditions of primary drainage in water-wet rocks. The simulations reveal conditions under which diffusive coupling between pores has a significant effect on the decay spectra and pr...

In this work, a nanoporous template with a controllable channel diameter was used to simulate the oil storage ability of shale pore throats. On the basis of the wetting behaviours at the nanoscale solid-liquid interfaces, the seepage of oil in nano-channels of different diameters was examined to accurately and systematically determine the effect of the pore diameter on the oil storage capacity....

Porous media are heterogeneous systems. The microstructures of the pore spaces influence their transport properties. A quantitative geometrical characterization of the pore space is crucial for accurate prediction of porous media transport. Thus, a 3D simulation of porous media was developed based on randomly packed glass beads. Unconsolidated porous media are reconstructed through Monte Carlo ...

Results from a numerical study examining micro-/macrorelations linking local geometry parameters to sound absorption properties are presented. For a hexagonal structure of solid fibers, the porosity phi, the thermal characteristic length Lambda('), the static viscous permeability k(0), the tortuosity alpha(infinity), the viscous characteristic length Lambda, and the sound absorption coefficient...

Processes of ̄uid transport through underground reservoirs are closely related with microscopic properties of the pore structure. In the present work, a relatively simple method is developed for the determination of the topological and geometrical parameters of the pore space of sedimentary rocks, in terms of chamber-and-throat networks. Several parameters, such as the chamber-diameter distribu...

Results from a numerical study examining micro-macro relations linking local geometry parameters to sound absorption properties are presented. For an hexagonal structure of solid fibers, the porosity , the thermal characteristic length ’, the static viscous permeability k0, the tortuosity , the viscous characteristic length , and the sound absorption coefficient are computed. Numerical solution...

A two-dimensional pore-network model based on invasion percolation is used to study the patterns obtained from the release of methane during the dissociation of methane hydrates (without including dissociation kinetics) caused by a sudden pressure reduction in the system below the hydrate equilibrium pressure. The concept of the critical gas saturation S(gc) (volume fraction of the gas phase at...