scholarly journals Experimental study on deformation and permeability enhancement of oil sand reservoir by hydraulic fracturing technique under true triaxial stress

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kangwu Feng ◽  
Beichen Yu ◽  
Dongming Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Triaxial Stress ◽  
Oil Sand ◽  
True Triaxial ◽  
Permeability Enhancement ◽  
True Triaxial Stress

scholarly journals Characteristics of Acoustic Emission Waveforms Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing of Coal under True Triaxial Stress in a Laboratory-Scale Experiment

Minerals ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Nan Li ◽  
Liulin Fang ◽  
Bingxiang Huang ◽  
Peng Chen ◽  
Chao Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Coal Sample ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Triaxial Stress ◽  
Pressure Curve ◽  
Secondary Fracture ◽  
True Triaxial ◽  
True Triaxial Stress ◽  
Study Laboratory

Hydraulic fracturing (HF) is an effective technology to prevent and control coal dynamic disaster. The process of coal hydraulic fracturing (HF) induces a large number of microseismic/acoustic emission (MS/AE) waveforms. Understanding the characteristic of AE waveforms’ parameters is essential for evaluating the fracturing effect and optimizing the HF strategy in coal formation. In this study, laboratory hydraulic fracturing under true triaxial stress was performed on a cubic coal sample combined with AE monitoring. The injection pressure curve and temporal variation of AE waveforms’ parameters in different stages were analyzed in detail. The experimental results show that the characteristics of the AE waveforms’ parameters well reflect the HF growth behavior in coal. The majority of AE waveforms’ dominant frequency is distributed between 145 and 160 kHz during HF. The sharp decrease of the injection pressure curve and the sharp increase of the AE waveforms’ amplitude show that the fracture already runs through the coal sample during the initial fracture stage. The “trapezoidal” rise pattern of cumulative energy and most AE waveforms with low amplitude may indicate the stage of liquid storage space expansion. The largest proportion of AE waveforms’ energy and higher overall level of AE waveforms’ amplitude occur during the secondary fracture stage, which indicates the most severe degree of coal fracture and complex activity of internal fracture. The phenomenon shows the difference in fracture mechanism between the initial and secondary fracture stage. We propose a window-number index of AE waveforms for better response to hydraulic fracture, which can improve the accuracy of the HF process division.

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