Modelling of Flow and Transport in Fractal Porous Media
- 1st Edition - November 5, 2020
- Editors: Jianchao Cai, Liehui Zhang, Wei Wei
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 7 9 7 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 7 9 8 - 3
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Modelling of Flow and Transport in Fractal Porous Media
shows how fractal theory and technology, combined with other modern experiments and numerical simulation methods, will assist researchers and practitioners in modelling of transport properties of fractal porous media, such as fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, mechanical characteristics, and electrical conductivity.- Presents the main methods and technologies for transport characterization of fractal porous media, including soils, reservoirs and artificial materials
- Provides the most recent theoretical advances in modelling of fractal porous media, including gas and vapor transport in fibrous materials, nonlinear seepage flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs, mass transfer of porous nanofibers, and fractal mechanics of unsaturated soils
- Includes multidisciplinary examples of applications of fractal theory to aid researchers and practitioners in characterizing various porous media structures
Geologists, geophysicists, geothermal scientists, reservoir engineers, environmental scientists, hydrogeologists, soil scientists, engineers, material scientists, oil and gas/energy companies
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: A brief introduction to flow and transport in fractal porous media
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fractal structural characteristics of porous media
- 3: Transport model based on fractal geometry and other theories
- 4: Modelling of transport characteristics and its application
- 5: Conclusion
- Chapter 2: Fractal structural parameters from images: Fractal dimension, lacunarity, and succolarity
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Definition and physical meaning
- 3: Calculated method
- 4: Applications in fractal porous media
- 5: Conclusions
- Chapter 3: Tortuosity in two-dimensional and three-dimensional fractal porous media: A numerical analysis
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The relation between tortuosity and fractal dimensions
- 3: Theoretical calculation of tortuosity and its fractal dimension
- 4: Numerical simulation for tortuosity
- 5: Comparing the calculated results for tortuosity
- 6: Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Fractal characteristics of pore structure and its impact on adsorption and flow behaviors in shale
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Pore structure in shale characterized by various methods
- 3: Influences of CO2-water-shale interactions on the pore structure of shale
- 4: Relationship between fractal dimension and shale pore structure parameters, adsorption, and seepage capacity
- 5: Conclusions
- Chapter 5: Modelling flow and transport in variably saturated porous media: Applications from percolation theory and effective-medium approximation
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Combining universal scaling laws from percolation theory and the effective-medium approximation
- 3: Diffusion
- 4: Electrical conductivity
- 5: Permeability
- 6: Conclusion
- Chapter 6: Fractal analysis on conductive heat transfer in porous media
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Exactly self-similar fractal model
- 3: Statistically self-similar fractal model
- 4: Statistically self-similar fractal model with the effect of rough surfaces
- 5: Conclusions
- Chapter 7: Transport property and application of tree-shaped network
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction and background
- 2: Application of tree-shaped network
- 3: Optimization principle for tree-shaped network
- 4: Fluid flow in tree-shaped network
- 5: Conclusions
- Chapter 8: Fractal characterization of fracture networks and production prediction for multiple fractured horizontal wells in unconventional gas reservoirs
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fractal fracture property distribution
- 3: DMFDE construction
- 4: Conclusions
- Chapter 9: Application of fractal theory in transient pressure properties of hydrocarbon reservoir
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fractal well testing model for a vertical well in a homogeneous oil and gas reservoir
- 3: Fractal nonlinear seepage flow model for deformable dual media reservoir
- 4: Transient pressure fractal analysis of a vertical well in a composite reservoir
- 5: Fractal theory in shale gas reservoir
- 6: Conclusions
- Index
- No. of pages: 262
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 5, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128177976
- eBook ISBN: 9780128177983
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Jianchao Cai
Jianchao Cai received his B.Sc in Physics from Henan Normal University and MSc and Ph.D in Condensed Matter Physics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is currently a professor at the Institute of Geophysics and Geomatics at the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). Meanwhile, he serves as Associate Editor or Editorial member for several journals including Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, Fractals. He has published more than 130 journal articles, two books, and numerous book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), P.R. ChinaLZ
Liehui Zhang
Lie-hui Zhang is a Professor of the College of Petroleum Engineering and the Vice-president at Southwest Petroleum University (SPWU). He has published over 260 articles, has authored or co-edited eight books, and serves on numerous editorial boards. He is the 2012 recipient of China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists, awarded by the NSFC (Natural Science Foundation of China) and 2014 recipient of the Cheung Kong Scholars’ distinguished professor, awarded by the Chinese Ministry of Education.
Affiliations and expertise
Southwest Petroleum UniversityWW
Wei Wei
Wei received his B.Sc in Geophysics from Guilin University of Technology in 2012, MSc in Geological Engineering from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) in 2015. Now he is PhD candidate in Institute of Geophysics and Geomatics of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). His research focuses on modeling for electrical properties of porous media and thermal conduction characteristic of nanofluid, and fractal theory and its application. Wei has published 10 journal articles, which the total citation is 150 from Web of Science.
Affiliations and expertise
PhD candidate, China University of GeosciencesRead Modelling of Flow and Transport in Fractal Porous Media on ScienceDirect