Laboratory measurement of permeability upscaling: Results for the Topopah Spring Member of the Paintbrush Tuff
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States). Geohydrology Dept.
- New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States). Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Parameterization of predictive models is often complicated by the inability to make measurements at the same scale at which one wishes to perform the analysis. This disparity in scales necessitates the use of some averaging or upscaling model to compute the desired effective media properties. In efforts to better model permeability upscaling, laboratory experiments have been conducted on a series of rock samples with different genetic origins. These experiments involve the collection of exhaustive permeability data sets at different sample supports (i.e., sample volumes) using a specially designed minipermeameter test system. Here the authors present a synopsis of such a data set collected from a block of volcanic tuff.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 563191
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--97-3182C; CONF-961147--; ON: DE98001731; BR: KC0403040
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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