Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1109-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1109-2016
Method article
 | 
19 Jul 2016
Method article |  | 19 Jul 2016

Simulating stress-dependent fluid flow in a fractured core sample using real-time X-ray CT data

Tobias Kling, Da Huo, Jens-Oliver Schwarz, Frieder Enzmann, Sally Benson, and Philipp Blum

Viewed

Total article views: 3,495 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
1,838 1,393 264 3,495 180 223
  • HTML: 1,838
  • PDF: 1,393
  • XML: 264
  • Total: 3,495
  • BibTeX: 180
  • EndNote: 223
Views and downloads (calculated since 10 Mar 2016)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 10 Mar 2016)

Cited

Latest update: 28 Mar 2024
Download
Short summary
A method is introduced to implement medical CT data of a fractured sandstone under varying confining pressures into fluid flow simulations to reproduce experimental permeabilities. The simulation results reproduce plausible fracture flow features (e.g. flow channeling, fracture closing/opening) and approximate the actual permeabilities, which are affected by the CT resolution and compositional matrix heterogeneities. Additionally, some recommendations are presented concerning future studies.