Scaling of production data obtained from Random Walk Particle Tracking simulations in highly fractured porous media

Ekaterina Stalgorova and Tayfun Babadagli

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2014, vol. 405, issue C, 181-192

Abstract: We modeled tracer injection through highly fractured media by Random Walk Particle Tracking simulations, and observed that production curves for different R values (distance between injection and production wells) are similar to each other and can be scaled. Hence, if we define P(t) as a probability of a particle to reach the production well within traveling time t, and plot P(t)Rβ vs. t/Rα, we observe that production curves for different values of R overlaid. We identified the dependencies of α and β parameters on fracture network parameters, such as fracture spacing (fracture density) and the fractal characteristics of fracture network.

Keywords: Random walk; Fractal dimension; Fracture networks; Scaling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2014.02.079

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