真三轴四氢呋喃水力压注煤体孔隙多重分形特征

Pore multi-fractal characteristics of coal under true triaxial tetrahydrofuran hydraulic injection

  • 摘要: 煤层气抽采效率与孔隙结构多重分形特征密切相关,理清化学溶剂水力压注作用下煤体孔隙结构的变化机制对煤储层溶剂改造具有理论意义。采用真三轴水力压注与渗流测试实验平台,开展了四氢呋喃溶液(THF)和清水压注煤体试验,基于低温液氮吸附和压汞测试结果,结合Barrett-Joyner-Halenda模型、Washburn方程和多重分形理论,研究了水力压注后煤体孔隙结构的非均质性变化规律和多重分形特征,并探讨了煤体孔隙多重分形参数变化的影响因素。结果表明:与3个原煤样相比,清水压注后煤体总孔容增加分别为9.98%、11.92%、99.63%,而THF压注后的总孔容增加分别为37.37%、27.49%、108.35%,归因于THF压注具有致裂煤体和溶解孔隙有机小分子化合物的协同作用,能够进一步提高孔容增大量。原煤与压注后煤样孔隙结构的广义分形维数谱和多重分形奇异谱符合多重分形理论规律,其孔隙结构均具有多重分形特征。相较于原煤,清水和THF压注后煤体孔隙数量均增加,奇异谱宽度Δα普遍增大(增大范围在0.034 7~0.350 5),孔隙结构非均质性增强。THF压注后煤体微小孔的非均质性普遍高于清水压注煤体,但中大孔的非均质性略低于清水压注煤体。煤体孔容、比表面积与奇异谱宽度、低概率参数(D–10D0)之间均呈正相关。研究结果为认识THF水力压注条件下煤储层孔隙结构非均质性和局部尺度属性变化规律提供理论基础,有助于揭示低渗储层孔渗特性改造机制。

     

    Abstract: The efficiency of coalbed methane extraction is closely related with multifractal characteristics of pore structures. Clarifying the mechanism of changes in pore structure in coal affected by hydraulic injection has theoretical significance for the solvent-treatment improvement of coal reservoirs. In this study, the true triaxial hydraulic injection and seepage testing experimental platform was adopted to conduct experiments on the injection of tetrahydrofuran (THF) solution and water into coal. Based on low-temperature liquid nitrogen adsorption and mercury intrusion test results, as well as the Barrett-Joyner-Halenda model, Washburn equation and multifractal theory, the changes of heterogeneity and multifractal characteristics of coal pore structure after hydraulic injection were investigated. Meanwhile, the factors influencing pores multifractal parameters variations were discussed. The results indicate that compared to three original coal samples, the total pore volume of coal after water injection increased by 9.98%, 11.92%, and 99.63%, respectively, while the total pore volume after THF injection rose by 37.37%, 27.49%, and 108.35%, respectively. This could be attributed to the synergistic effect of THF injection in fracturing the coal matrix and dissolving small organic molecules within pores, leading to a further enhancement in pore volume expansion. The generalized fractal dimension spectrum and multifractal singularity spectrum of the pore structures in both the original and post-injection coal samples conformed to the laws of multifractal theory, demonstrating that their pore structures possessed multifractal characteristics. Compared to the original coal, the number of pores in coal samples after water and THF injection both increased, with a general increase in the singularity spectrum width Δα (ranging from 0.034 7 to 0.350 5), indicating an enhancement in pore structure heterogeneity. The heterogeneity of micropores in coal samples after THF injection was generally higher than that after water injection, while the heterogeneity of meso-macropores was slightly lower. A positive correlation was observed between the pore volume, specific surface area, and the singularity spectrum width, as well as the low-probability parameter (D–10D0) of coal samples. Research findings could provide theoretical basis for understanding the heterogeneity of pore structure and changes in local scale properties of coal reservoirs affected by THF hydraulic fracturing, which helps to reveal the pore and permeability improvement characteristics in low-permeability reservoirs.

     

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