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Yang Y, Zhang X, Zhou X, Wang A, Li J. Real Gas Effect and Bulk Diffusion Characteristics of Shale Mixed Gas Transport in Microscale Fractures. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:17077-17085. [PMID: 37214725 PMCID: PMC10193563 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Shale gas reservoirs are rich in microscale fractures. In this paper, the characteristics of gas percolation in microscale fractures are taken as the research object. By coupling the actual gas equation, the multi-component gas equation, and the bulk gas diffusion equation, analytical solutions of the comprehensive percolation equation are obtained. Through mathematical model research, the following conclusions are obtained: (a) after considering the slip flow of the solid surface, the mass flow rate of multi-component gas under different pressure conditions increases by about 20-10,000%. (b) Different from continuous flow and slip flow, the mass flow rate of bulk gas diffusion decreases with pressure increase. (c) The intersection pressure is 31 MPa. When the pressure increases from 0.5 MPa to the pressure at the intersection point, the mass flow rate of integrated flow increases with decrease of the methane content. (d) When the pressure continues to increase from the intersection point pressure, the mass flow rate of integrated flow decreases with decrease of the methane content.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ying Yang
- Key
Laboratory of Continental Shale Hydrocarbon Accumulation and Efficient
Development (Northeast Petroleum University), Ministry of Education, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, Heilongjiang, China
- Institute
of Unconventional Oil & Gas, Northeast
Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China
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- Geology
Party of the Third Oil Production Plant, Daqing Oilfield, Daqing 163318, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Continental Shale Hydrocarbon Accumulation and Efficient
Development (Northeast Petroleum University), Ministry of Education, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, Heilongjiang, China
- Institute
of Unconventional Oil & Gas, Northeast
Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Continental Shale Hydrocarbon Accumulation and Efficient
Development (Northeast Petroleum University), Ministry of Education, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, Heilongjiang, China
- Institute
of Unconventional Oil & Gas, Northeast
Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Continental Shale Hydrocarbon Accumulation and Efficient
Development (Northeast Petroleum University), Ministry of Education, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, Heilongjiang, China
- Institute
of Unconventional Oil & Gas, Northeast
Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China
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Shariati V, Roohi E, Ebrahimi A. Numerical Study of Gas Flow in Super Nanoporous Materials Using the Direct Simulation Monte-Carlo Method. MICROMACHINES 2023; 14:139. [PMID: 36677200 PMCID: PMC9863578 DOI: 10.3390/mi14010139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method, which is a probabilistic particle-based gas kinetic simulation approach, is employed in the present work to describe the physics of rarefied gas flow in super nanoporous materials (also known as mesoporous). The simulations are performed for different material porosities (0.5≤ϕ≤0.9), Knudsen numbers (0.05≤Kn≤1.0), and thermal boundary conditions (constant wall temperature and constant wall heat flux) at an inlet-to-outlet pressure ratio of 2. The present computational model captures the structure of heat and fluid flow in porous materials with various pore morphologies under rarefied gas flow regime and is applied to evaluate hydraulic tortuosity, permeability, and skin friction factor of gas (argon) flow in super nanoporous materials. The skin friction factors and permeabilities obtained from the present DSMC simulations are compared with the theoretical and numerical models available in the literature. The results show that the ratio of apparent to intrinsic permeability, hydraulic tortuosity, and skin friction factor increase with decreasing the material porosity. The hydraulic tortuosity and skin friction factor decrease with increasing the Knudsen number, leading to an increase in the apparent permeability. The results also show that the skin friction factor and apparent permeability increase with increasing the wall heat flux at a specific Knudsen number.
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- Vahid Shariati
- High-Performance Computing (HPC) Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 91775-1111, Iran
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- High-Performance Computing (HPC) Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 91775-1111, Iran
- State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, International left for Applied Mechanics (ICAM), School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU), Xianning West Road, Beilin District, Xi’an 710049, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
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An Apparent Gas Permeability Model for Real Gas Flow in Fractured Porous Media with Roughened Surfaces. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13121937. [PMID: 34200957 PMCID: PMC8230722 DOI: 10.3390/polym13121937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The investigation of gas transport in fractured porous media is essential in most petroleum and chemical engineering. In this paper, an apparent gas permeability model for real gas flow in fractured porous media is derived with adequate consideration of real gas effect, the roughness of fracture surface, and Knudsen diffusion based on the fractal theory. The fractal apparent gas permeability model is obtained to be a function of micro-structural parameters of fractured porous media, relative roughness, the pressure, the temperature, and the properties of gas. The predictions from the apparent gas permeability model based on the fractal theory match well with the published permeability model and experimental data, which verifies the rationality of the present fractal apparent gas permeability model.
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Shamsi F, Norouzi-Apourvari S, Jafari S. The Effect of Morphological and Topological Characteristics on Effective Diffusivity and Permeability of Dual-Structural-Scale Synthetic Porous Medium. Transp Porous Media 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-020-01535-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Hatami M, Bayless D, Sarvestani A. A model for
stress‐dependence
of apparent permeability in nanopores of shale gas reservoirs. AIChE J 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.16541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Mohammad Hatami
- Department of Mechanical Engineering Ohio University Athens OH USA
- Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment, Ohio University Athens OH USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering Ohio University Athens OH USA
- Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment, Ohio University Athens OH USA
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An apparent liquid permeability model of dual-wettability nanoporous media: A case study of shale. Chem Eng Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2018.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A Fractal Model for Gas–Water Relative Permeability in Inorganic Shale with Nanoscale Pores. Transp Porous Media 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-018-1006-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zhang L, Shan B, Zhao Y, Tang H. Comprehensive Seepage Simulation of Fluid Flow in Multi-scaled Shale Gas Reservoirs. Transp Porous Media 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-017-0958-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Effect of Permeability Anisotropy on the Production of Multi-Scale Shale Gas Reservoirs. ENERGIES 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/en10101549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ren W, Li G, Tian S, Sheng M, Geng L. Adsorption and Surface Diffusion of Supercritical Methane in Shale. Ind Eng Chem Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b04432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Wenxi Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum
Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum
Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum
Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum
Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum
Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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Geng L, Li G, Tian S, Sheng M, Ren W, Zitha P. A fractal model for real gas transport in porous shale. AIChE J 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.15516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lidong Geng
- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting; China University of Petroleum; Beijing 102249 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting; China University of Petroleum; Beijing 102249 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting; China University of Petroleum; Beijing 102249 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting; China University of Petroleum; Beijing 102249 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting; China University of Petroleum; Beijing 102249 P.R. China
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- Delft University of Technology; Delft 2628 CN the Netherlands
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology; Qingdao 266042 P.R. China
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Yue G, Wang Z, Xie C, Tang X, Yuan J. Time-Dependent Methane Diffusion Behavior in Coal: Measurement and Modeling. Transp Porous Media 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-016-0776-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ren W, Li G, Tian S, Sheng M, Fan X. An analytical model for real gas flow in shale nanopores with non-circular cross-section. AIChE J 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.15254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Wenxi Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting; China University of Petroleum; Beijing 102249 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting; China University of Petroleum; Beijing 102249 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting; China University of Petroleum; Beijing 102249 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting; China University of Petroleum; Beijing 102249 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting; China University of Petroleum; Beijing 102249 China
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