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JOURNAL OF NATURAL GAS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Volume 34, Issue -, Pages 55-63Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.06.034
Keywords
Experimental study; Fractured sandstone; Permeability; High temperature; Confining pressure
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- Innovative Research Group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [51421003]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2015QNB18]
- Qing Lan Project
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A detailed understanding of the effects of temperature and confining pressure on permeability is critical for projects such as underground coal gasification, reconstruction after a gas disaster, and disposal of nuclear waste. In this study, uniaxial compression experiments were conducted on sandstone after exposure to high temperature, and water flow tests were then performed on the fractured sandstone. A non-Darcy method was adopted to calculate the permeability. The mechanical properties were enhanced and the permeability slowly decreased when the temperature was below 400 degrees C. When the temperature exceeded 400 degrees C, the formation of new cracks and the extension of existing cracks were observed using a scanning electron microscope; the volume increased rapidly, and the mechanical properties significantly decreased. The permeability increased rapidly as the temperature increased from 400 to 600 degrees C, while the change in permeability was modest at temperatures above 600 degrees C. An exponential function was used to fit the permeability and temperature data above 400 degrees C. As the confining pressure increased from 2 to 8 MPa, the permeability initially decreased sharply and then decreased at a considerably slower rate. Temperature slightly affected the change in permeability at a higher confining pressure. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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