Simulation of gas flow in micro-porous media with the regularized lattice Boltzmann method

Wang, Junjian; Kang, Qinjun; Wang, Yuzhu; Pawar, Rajesh J.; Rahman, Sheik S.

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2017.05.080

Simulation of gas flow in micro-porous media with the regularized lattice Boltzmann method

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Fuel

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.05.080· OSTI ID:1415385

Wang, Junjian ^[1]; ^[2]; Wang, Yuzhu ^[1]; ^[2]; Rahman, Sheik S. ^[1]

University of New South Wales, Sydney (Australia)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

One primary challenge for prediction of gas flow in the unconventional gas reservoir at the pore-scale such as shale and tight gas reservoirs is the geometric complexity of the micro-porous media. In this paper, a regularized multiple-relaxation-time (MRT) lattice Boltzmann (LB) model is applied to analyze gas flow in 2-dimensional micro-porous medium reconstructed by quartet structure generation set (QSGS) on pore-scale. In this paper, the velocity distribution inside the porous structure is presented and analyzed, and the effects of the porosity and specific surface area on the rarefied gas flow and apparent permeability are examined and investigated. The simulation results indicate that the gas exhibits different flow behaviours at various pressure conditions and the gas permeability is strongly related to the pressure. Finally, the increased porosity or the decreased specific surface area leads to the increase of the gas apparent permeability, and the gas flow is more sensitive to the pore morphological properties at low-pressure conditions.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE). Oil and Natural Gas (FE-30)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1415385

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1413366

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--17-24301

Journal Information:: Fuel, Journal Name: Fuel Journal Issue: C Vol. 205; ISSN 0016-2361

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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