期刊
ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES
卷 96, 期 -, 页码 43-54出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.06.016
关键词
Permeability; Percolation theory; Critical path analysis; Finite scaling
资金
- University of Texas at Austin
Critical path analysis (CPA), originally developed to describe electrical conductance in semiconductors, has been shown recently to hold some promise in describing transport properties of porous media. I applied some previously developed concepts in CPA and percolation theory to predict permeability in a suite of sandstone, carbonate, and clay-rich samples. I assumed that the pore sizes in my samples exhibited fractal scaling and expressed the electrical formation factor as a function of porosity using universal scaling from percolation theory. The resulting CPA permeability predictions match the measured values very well. In addition, I show how considering the scale-dependence of the percolation threshold yields two characteristic length scales for transport properties: the critical pore size, and the sample size. This work suggests that the CPA framework is appropriate for describing transport properties of natural porous media, and provides a theoretical basis for understanding the permeability of tight rocks like shale in which laboratory permeability measurements are difficult. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据