Pore structure characteristics are important to oil and gas exploration in complex low-permeability reservoirs. Using multifractal theory and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), we studied the pore structure of low-pe...Pore structure characteristics are important to oil and gas exploration in complex low-permeability reservoirs. Using multifractal theory and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), we studied the pore structure of low-permeability sandstone rocks from the 4th Member (Es4) of the Shahejie Formation in the south slope of the Dongying Sag. We used the existing pore structure data from petrophysics, core slices, and mercury injection tests to classify the pore structure into three categories and five subcategories. Then, the T2 spectra of samples with different pore structures were interpolated, and the one- and three-dimensional fractal dimensions and the multifractal spectrum were obtained. Parameters a (intensity of singularity) andf(a) (density of distribution) were extracted from the multifractal spectra. The differences in the three fractal dimensions suggest that the pore structure types correlate with a andf(a). The results calculated based on the multifractal spectrum is consistent with that of the core slices and mercury injection. Finally, the proposed method was applied to an actual logging profile to evaluate the pore structure of low-permeability sandstone reservoirs.展开更多
An improved design method of pervious concrete was proposed to lower the deviation between the designed and actual porosity and maintain both mechanical property and permeability of pervious concrete. The improved des...An improved design method of pervious concrete was proposed to lower the deviation between the designed and actual porosity and maintain both mechanical property and permeability of pervious concrete. The improved design method is mainly based on the optimal volume ratio of paste to aggregate(VRPA), which was determined by testing the average thickness of cement paste coating aggregate. The performances of pervious concrete designed by the traditional method and the improved one were compared. The results show that with the increase of designed porosity, the reduction of compressive strength and flexural strength of pervious concrete designed by the improved method is significantly smaller than those designed by the traditional one. The maximum deviation between the designed and actual porosity of the pervious concrete by the improved method is only 1.54%, which is far less than 8.7% obtained by the traditional one. Micro-structural analysis shows that the porous distribution of pervious concrete designed by improved method exhibits better uniformity.展开更多
Rock pore structure is one of the important parameters in controlling both seismic wave velocity and permeability in sandstones and carbonate rocks. For a given porosity of two similar rocks with different pore struct...Rock pore structure is one of the important parameters in controlling both seismic wave velocity and permeability in sandstones and carbonate rocks. For a given porosity of two similar rocks with different pore structures, their acoustic wave speeds can differ 2 km/s, and permeability can span nearly six orders of magnitude from 0.01 mD to 20 D in both sandstone and limestone. In this paper, we summarize a two-parameter elastic velocity model reduced from a general poroelastic theory, to characterize the effect of pore structures on seismic wave propagation. For a given mineralogy and fluid type of a reservoir, this velocity model is defined by porosity and a frame flexibility factor, which can be used in seismic inversion and reservoir characterization to improve estimation of porosity and reserves. The frame flexibility factor can be used for quantitative classification of rock pore structure types (PST) and may be related to pore connectivity and permeability, using both poststack and prestack seismic data. This study also helps explain why amplitude versus offset analysis (AVO) in some cases fails for the purpose of fluid detection: pore structure effect on seismic waves can mask all the fluid effects, especially in carbonate rocks.展开更多
Membrane-based separation processes are new technology combined membrane separation with conventional separation. Hydrophobic porous membranes are often used in these processes. The structure of hydrophobic porous mem...Membrane-based separation processes are new technology combined membrane separation with conventional separation. Hydrophobic porous membranes are often used in these processes. The structure of hydrophobic porous membrane has significant effect on mass transfer process. The permeabilities of five kinds of gas, He, N2, O2, CO2 and water vapor, across six polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE) flat membranes were tested experimentally. Results indicated that the greater the membrane mean pore size and the wider the pore size distribution are, the higher the gas permeability. A gas permeation model, including the effects of membrane structure parameter and gas properties, was established. A comprehensive characteristic parameter (including porosity, thickness and tortuosity) was found more effective to express the influence of membrane structure in gas permeation process. The predicted permeation coefficients were in good agreement with experimental data.展开更多
Mesoporous zirconia was synthesized by a new and simple method. Zirconium n-propoxide was used as the zirconium source. A small, inexpensive nonsurfactant, triethanolamine, was used as the template. The template was r...Mesoporous zirconia was synthesized by a new and simple method. Zirconium n-propoxide was used as the zirconium source. A small, inexpensive nonsurfactant, triethanolamine, was used as the template. The template was removed by thermal treatment in air and supercritical fluid extraction using CO2. The structure of the resulting materials was characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and N2 adsorption-desorption analyses. The materials are found to have narrowly distributed average pore diameters and wormhole-like pore channels. However, higher surface area and larger pore volume are exhibited after supercritical fluid extraction with CO2. The removal of the template by thermal treatment also leads to condensation and mild shrinkage of the zirconia framework.展开更多
Permeability is one of the key issues in the design of molds and in the molding process for composite manufacture. As a disordered fibrous assembly, 2.5- dimension (2.5 D) woven reinforcement materials have complex ...Permeability is one of the key issues in the design of molds and in the molding process for composite manufacture. As a disordered fibrous assembly, 2.5- dimension (2.5 D) woven reinforcement materials have complex structure. It poses a challenge to the study of pore structure and the establishment of the theoretical permeability model. Toward addressing this problem, a powerful tool called fractal theory emerged. According to the analysis of 2.5 D woven reinforcement material stmcture using fractal theory, it is found that the structure has an obvious fractal character. Therefore, a permeability fractal model of 2.5D woven reinforcement material was established by cormbining the Hagen-Poiseulle equation with Darcy law according to the capillary vessel fractal model in this paper. The permeability was expressed as a function of the fractal dimension and microstructure parameter of the porous media in this model. The theoretical model is verified by experimental tests and the measurement data are in good agreement with the results obtained from the fractal medel .展开更多
Tuning microstructures by adding nanoparticles is a promising way of improving the performance of cementitious composites.In this study,nanoclay was introduced to polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)fiber reinforced ultra high toug...Tuning microstructures by adding nanoparticles is a promising way of improving the performance of cementitious composites.In this study,nanoclay was introduced to polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)fiber reinforced ultra high toughness cementitious composites(UHTCCs).The mechanical properties,crack patterns,water permeation resistance,and microstructures of UHTCCs with different dosages of nanoclay were studied.The addition of a proper dosage of nanoclay shows few effects on the compressive strength of UHTCCs,however,the compressive strength is decreased when an excessive amount of nanoclay is added.The flexural deformation capacity of UHTCCs is independent of nanoclay dosage,whereas the flexural strength generally decreases with an increasing dosage of nanoclay.Different cracking patterns were observed in the ultra high toughness cementitious composites containing nanoclay(NC-UHTCC)specimens subject to bending tests.A UHTCC with 1%(in weight)nanoclay shows the best water permeation resistance and the lowest water permeability.Variations in the mechanical properties and the water permeation resistance of UHTCCs containing different dosages of nanoclay could be ascribed to the synthetic effects of filling and heterogeneous nucleation of nanoclay at low dosages and the agglomeration effect of nanoclay at high dosages.This study is to optimize the water permeation resistance of UHTCCs,paving a path for the future application of UHTCCs in the fields of construction,decoration,and repair.展开更多
Relative permeability is an indispensable property for characterizing the unsaturated flow and induced deformation in soils. The widely used Mualem model is inadequate for deformable soils because of its assumption of...Relative permeability is an indispensable property for characterizing the unsaturated flow and induced deformation in soils. The widely used Mualem model is inadequate for deformable soils because of its assumption of a rigid pore structure and the resultant unique dependence of the tortuosity factor on the volumetric water content. In this study, a unified relationship between the relative permeability and the effective degree of saturation was proposed for deformable soils by incorporating our newly developed water retention curve model into the original Mualem model, in which a new tortuosity factor was defined using the fractal dimension of flow paths and the mean radius of water-filled pores for representing the effect of pore structure variation. The modified deformation-dependent relative permeability model was verified using test data on five types of soils; the verification revealed a much better performance of the proposed model than the original model, which commonly overestimates the relative permeability of deformable soils. Finally, the proposed model was implemented in a coupled numerical model for examining the unsaturated flow and elastoplastic deformation processes in a soil slope induced by rain infiltration. The numerical results showed that the deformation-dependent nature of relative permeability has a remarkable effect on the elastoplastic deformation in the slope and that neglect of the deformation-dependent behavior of relative permeability causes overestimation of the depth of failure.展开更多
A new structural parameter of shelterbelts, above-ground density of biomass volume, was putforward in this paper. Its practicality in managements of the shelterbelts and its physical meaning of windreduction were expo...A new structural parameter of shelterbelts, above-ground density of biomass volume, was putforward in this paper. Its practicality in managements of the shelterbelts and its physical meaning of windreduction were expounded. Analytical relations between the new parameter and often-used parameters(permeability and porosity) were deduced. An example was given to show the application of the newparameter in the management of shelterbelts.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41202110)Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation(Southwest Petroleum University)(Grant No.PLN201612)+1 种基金the Applied Basic Research Projects in Sichuan Province(Grant No.2015JY0200)Open Fund Project from Sichuan Key Laboratory of Natural Gas Geology(Grant No.2015trqdz07)
文摘Pore structure characteristics are important to oil and gas exploration in complex low-permeability reservoirs. Using multifractal theory and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), we studied the pore structure of low-permeability sandstone rocks from the 4th Member (Es4) of the Shahejie Formation in the south slope of the Dongying Sag. We used the existing pore structure data from petrophysics, core slices, and mercury injection tests to classify the pore structure into three categories and five subcategories. Then, the T2 spectra of samples with different pore structures were interpolated, and the one- and three-dimensional fractal dimensions and the multifractal spectrum were obtained. Parameters a (intensity of singularity) andf(a) (density of distribution) were extracted from the multifractal spectra. The differences in the three fractal dimensions suggest that the pore structure types correlate with a andf(a). The results calculated based on the multifractal spectrum is consistent with that of the core slices and mercury injection. Finally, the proposed method was applied to an actual logging profile to evaluate the pore structure of low-permeability sandstone reservoirs.
基金Projects(51978346,51778302)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(202002N3117)supported by the Ningbo Science and Technology Project,China。
文摘An improved design method of pervious concrete was proposed to lower the deviation between the designed and actual porosity and maintain both mechanical property and permeability of pervious concrete. The improved design method is mainly based on the optimal volume ratio of paste to aggregate(VRPA), which was determined by testing the average thickness of cement paste coating aggregate. The performances of pervious concrete designed by the traditional method and the improved one were compared. The results show that with the increase of designed porosity, the reduction of compressive strength and flexural strength of pervious concrete designed by the improved method is significantly smaller than those designed by the traditional one. The maximum deviation between the designed and actual porosity of the pervious concrete by the improved method is only 1.54%, which is far less than 8.7% obtained by the traditional one. Micro-structural analysis shows that the porous distribution of pervious concrete designed by improved method exhibits better uniformity.
文摘Rock pore structure is one of the important parameters in controlling both seismic wave velocity and permeability in sandstones and carbonate rocks. For a given porosity of two similar rocks with different pore structures, their acoustic wave speeds can differ 2 km/s, and permeability can span nearly six orders of magnitude from 0.01 mD to 20 D in both sandstone and limestone. In this paper, we summarize a two-parameter elastic velocity model reduced from a general poroelastic theory, to characterize the effect of pore structures on seismic wave propagation. For a given mineralogy and fluid type of a reservoir, this velocity model is defined by porosity and a frame flexibility factor, which can be used in seismic inversion and reservoir characterization to improve estimation of porosity and reserves. The frame flexibility factor can be used for quantitative classification of rock pore structure types (PST) and may be related to pore connectivity and permeability, using both poststack and prestack seismic data. This study also helps explain why amplitude versus offset analysis (AVO) in some cases fails for the purpose of fluid detection: pore structure effect on seismic waves can mask all the fluid effects, especially in carbonate rocks.
基金Supported by the 863 Hi-Tech. Research and Development Program of China (No. 2002AA649280, No. 2002AA304030),National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20206002), Beijing NOVA program (H013610250112), University Doctor Science Foundation of China
文摘Membrane-based separation processes are new technology combined membrane separation with conventional separation. Hydrophobic porous membranes are often used in these processes. The structure of hydrophobic porous membrane has significant effect on mass transfer process. The permeabilities of five kinds of gas, He, N2, O2, CO2 and water vapor, across six polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE) flat membranes were tested experimentally. Results indicated that the greater the membrane mean pore size and the wider the pore size distribution are, the higher the gas permeability. A gas permeation model, including the effects of membrane structure parameter and gas properties, was established. A comprehensive characteristic parameter (including porosity, thickness and tortuosity) was found more effective to express the influence of membrane structure in gas permeation process. The predicted permeation coefficients were in good agreement with experimental data.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia ProvinceInnovation Team Projects in Ningxia Teachers University
文摘Mesoporous zirconia was synthesized by a new and simple method. Zirconium n-propoxide was used as the zirconium source. A small, inexpensive nonsurfactant, triethanolamine, was used as the template. The template was removed by thermal treatment in air and supercritical fluid extraction using CO2. The structure of the resulting materials was characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and N2 adsorption-desorption analyses. The materials are found to have narrowly distributed average pore diameters and wormhole-like pore channels. However, higher surface area and larger pore volume are exhibited after supercritical fluid extraction with CO2. The removal of the template by thermal treatment also leads to condensation and mild shrinkage of the zirconia framework.
基金Science and Technology Support Program of Jiangsu Province of China(No.BE2008017)
文摘Permeability is one of the key issues in the design of molds and in the molding process for composite manufacture. As a disordered fibrous assembly, 2.5- dimension (2.5 D) woven reinforcement materials have complex structure. It poses a challenge to the study of pore structure and the establishment of the theoretical permeability model. Toward addressing this problem, a powerful tool called fractal theory emerged. According to the analysis of 2.5 D woven reinforcement material stmcture using fractal theory, it is found that the structure has an obvious fractal character. Therefore, a permeability fractal model of 2.5D woven reinforcement material was established by cormbining the Hagen-Poiseulle equation with Darcy law according to the capillary vessel fractal model in this paper. The permeability was expressed as a function of the fractal dimension and microstructure parameter of the porous media in this model. The theoretical model is verified by experimental tests and the measurement data are in good agreement with the results obtained from the fractal medel .
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51978624)the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.LY19E080030)+3 种基金the Production and Construction Group’s Programs for Science and Technology Development(No.2019AB016)the Zhejiang Cultural Relics Protection Science and Technology Project(No.2014009)the 2017 Hangzhou Transportation Society Scientific Research Project(No.14)the First-class Disciplines Project of Civil Engineering in Zhejiang Province,China。
文摘Tuning microstructures by adding nanoparticles is a promising way of improving the performance of cementitious composites.In this study,nanoclay was introduced to polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)fiber reinforced ultra high toughness cementitious composites(UHTCCs).The mechanical properties,crack patterns,water permeation resistance,and microstructures of UHTCCs with different dosages of nanoclay were studied.The addition of a proper dosage of nanoclay shows few effects on the compressive strength of UHTCCs,however,the compressive strength is decreased when an excessive amount of nanoclay is added.The flexural deformation capacity of UHTCCs is independent of nanoclay dosage,whereas the flexural strength generally decreases with an increasing dosage of nanoclay.Different cracking patterns were observed in the ultra high toughness cementitious composites containing nanoclay(NC-UHTCC)specimens subject to bending tests.A UHTCC with 1%(in weight)nanoclay shows the best water permeation resistance and the lowest water permeability.Variations in the mechanical properties and the water permeation resistance of UHTCCs containing different dosages of nanoclay could be ascribed to the synthetic effects of filling and heterogeneous nucleation of nanoclay at low dosages and the agglomeration effect of nanoclay at high dosages.This study is to optimize the water permeation resistance of UHTCCs,paving a path for the future application of UHTCCs in the fields of construction,decoration,and repair.
基金supported by the CRSRI Open Research Program(Grant No.CKWV2015209/KY)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51409198,51179136&51222903)
文摘Relative permeability is an indispensable property for characterizing the unsaturated flow and induced deformation in soils. The widely used Mualem model is inadequate for deformable soils because of its assumption of a rigid pore structure and the resultant unique dependence of the tortuosity factor on the volumetric water content. In this study, a unified relationship between the relative permeability and the effective degree of saturation was proposed for deformable soils by incorporating our newly developed water retention curve model into the original Mualem model, in which a new tortuosity factor was defined using the fractal dimension of flow paths and the mean radius of water-filled pores for representing the effect of pore structure variation. The modified deformation-dependent relative permeability model was verified using test data on five types of soils; the verification revealed a much better performance of the proposed model than the original model, which commonly overestimates the relative permeability of deformable soils. Finally, the proposed model was implemented in a coupled numerical model for examining the unsaturated flow and elastoplastic deformation processes in a soil slope induced by rain infiltration. The numerical results showed that the deformation-dependent nature of relative permeability has a remarkable effect on the elastoplastic deformation in the slope and that neglect of the deformation-dependent behavior of relative permeability causes overestimation of the depth of failure.
基金Supported by the Doctorial Foundation of Liaoning province and the Project of Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy ofSciences.
文摘A new structural parameter of shelterbelts, above-ground density of biomass volume, was putforward in this paper. Its practicality in managements of the shelterbelts and its physical meaning of windreduction were expounded. Analytical relations between the new parameter and often-used parameters(permeability and porosity) were deduced. An example was given to show the application of the newparameter in the management of shelterbelts.