Pore Size Distribution Controls Dynamic Permeability

Probing the flow permeability of porous media with elastic waves is a formidable challenge, also because the wave-induced oscillatory motion renders the permeability frequency dependent. Existing theoretical models for such a dynamic permeability assume that the frequency dependence is primarily con...

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Main Authors: Li, Jimmy X., Rezaee, Reza, Müller, T.M., Sarmadivaleh, Mohammad
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89541
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author Li, Jimmy X.
Rezaee, Reza
Müller, T.M.
Sarmadivaleh, Mohammad
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Rezaee, Reza
Müller, T.M.
Sarmadivaleh, Mohammad
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description Probing the flow permeability of porous media with elastic waves is a formidable challenge, also because the wave-induced oscillatory motion renders the permeability frequency dependent. Existing theoretical models for such a dynamic permeability assume that the frequency dependence is primarily controlled by a single characteristic length scale of the pore space. However, the fact that in most natural porous media there exists a distinct range of pore sizes is ignored. To overcome this limitation, we develop a dynamic permeability model that explicitly incorporates the pore size distribution. We show that the pore size distribution has a first-order effect on the dynamic permeability. Since the pore size distribution can be deduced from techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance, our results indicate the possibility to jointly use remote-sensing technologies for improved permeability determination and cross-fertilization of laboratory and in-field techniques.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-895412023-01-16T07:30:42Z Pore Size Distribution Controls Dynamic Permeability Li, Jimmy X. Rezaee, Reza Müller, T.M. Sarmadivaleh, Mohammad Science & Technology Physical Sciences Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Geology dispersion and attenuation dynamic permeability nuclear magnetic resonance pore size distribution ultrasound wave wettability WAVE-PROPAGATION POROUS-MEDIA ELASTIC WAVES NUCLEAR-WASTE FLOW DISPERSION ROUGHNESS CURVES Probing the flow permeability of porous media with elastic waves is a formidable challenge, also because the wave-induced oscillatory motion renders the permeability frequency dependent. Existing theoretical models for such a dynamic permeability assume that the frequency dependence is primarily controlled by a single characteristic length scale of the pore space. However, the fact that in most natural porous media there exists a distinct range of pore sizes is ignored. To overcome this limitation, we develop a dynamic permeability model that explicitly incorporates the pore size distribution. We show that the pore size distribution has a first-order effect on the dynamic permeability. Since the pore size distribution can be deduced from techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance, our results indicate the possibility to jointly use remote-sensing technologies for improved permeability determination and cross-fertilization of laboratory and in-field techniques. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89541 10.1029/2020GL090558 English AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION unknown
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Geology
dispersion and attenuation
dynamic permeability
nuclear magnetic resonance
pore size distribution
ultrasound
wave
wettability
WAVE-PROPAGATION
POROUS-MEDIA
ELASTIC WAVES
NUCLEAR-WASTE
FLOW
DISPERSION
ROUGHNESS
CURVES
Li, Jimmy X.
Rezaee, Reza
Müller, T.M.
Sarmadivaleh, Mohammad
Pore Size Distribution Controls Dynamic Permeability
title Pore Size Distribution Controls Dynamic Permeability
title_full Pore Size Distribution Controls Dynamic Permeability
title_fullStr Pore Size Distribution Controls Dynamic Permeability
title_full_unstemmed Pore Size Distribution Controls Dynamic Permeability
title_short Pore Size Distribution Controls Dynamic Permeability
title_sort pore size distribution controls dynamic permeability
topic Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Geology
dispersion and attenuation
dynamic permeability
nuclear magnetic resonance
pore size distribution
ultrasound
wave
wettability
WAVE-PROPAGATION
POROUS-MEDIA
ELASTIC WAVES
NUCLEAR-WASTE
FLOW
DISPERSION
ROUGHNESS
CURVES
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89541