To more accurately describe the coal damage and fracture evolution law during liquid nitrogen(LN_(2))fracturing under true triaxial stress,a thermal-hydraulic-mechanical-damage(THMD)coupling model for LN_(2) fracturin...To more accurately describe the coal damage and fracture evolution law during liquid nitrogen(LN_(2))fracturing under true triaxial stress,a thermal-hydraulic-mechanical-damage(THMD)coupling model for LN_(2) fracturing coal was developed,considering the coal heterogeneity and thermophysical parameters of nitrogen.The accuracy and applicability of model were verified by comparing with LN_(2) injection pre-cooling and fracturing experimental data.The effects of different pre-cooling times and horizontal stress ratios on coal damage evolution,permeability,temperature distribution,and fracture characteristics were analyzed.The results show that the permeability and damage of the coal increase exponentially,while the temperature decreases exponentially during the fracturing process.As the pre-cooling time increases,the damage range of the coal expands,and the fracture propagation becomes more pronounced.The initiation pressure and rupture pressure decrease and tend to stabilize with longer precooling times.As the horizontal stress ratio increases,fractures preferentially extend along the direction of maximum horizontal principal stress,leading to a significant decrease in both initiation and rupture pressures.At a horizontal stress ratio of 3,the initiation pressure drops by 48.07%,and the rupture pressure decreases by 41.36%.The results provide a theoretical basis for optimizing LN_(2) fracturing techniques and improving coal seam modification.展开更多
Producing complex fracture networks in a safe way plays a critical role in the hot dry rock (HDR) geothermal energy exploitation. However, conventional hydraulic fracturing (HF) generally produces high breakdown press...Producing complex fracture networks in a safe way plays a critical role in the hot dry rock (HDR) geothermal energy exploitation. However, conventional hydraulic fracturing (HF) generally produces high breakdown pressure and results only in single main fracture morphology. Furthermore, HF has also other problems such as the increased risk of seismic events and consuption of large amount of water. In this work, a new stimulation method based on cyclic soft stimulation (CSS) and liquid nitrogen (LN2) fracturing, known as cyclic LN2 fracturing is explored, which we believe has the potential to solve the above issues related to HF. The fracturing performances including breakdown pressure and fracture morphology on granites under true-triaxial stresses are investigated and compared with cyclic water fracturing. Cryo-scanning electron microscopy (Cryo-SEM) tests and X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning tests were used for quantitative characterization of fracture parameters and to evaluate the cyclic LN2 fracturing performances. The results demonstrate that the cyclic LN2 fracturing results in reduced breakdown pressure, with between 21% and 67% lower pressure compared with using cyclic water fracturing. Cyclic LN2 fracturing tends to produce more complex and branched fractures, whereas cyclic water fracturing usually produces a single main fracture under a low number of cycles and pressure levels. Thermally-induced fractures mostly occur around the interfaces of different particles. This study shows the potential benefits of cyclic LN2 fracturing on HDR. It is expected to provide theoretical guidance for the cyclic LN2 fracturing application in HDR reservoirs.展开更多
Liquid nitrogen has shown excellent performances as a good fracturing medium in the extraction of unconventional natural gas,and its application in coalbed methane extraction is currently a research hotspot.This study...Liquid nitrogen has shown excellent performances as a good fracturing medium in the extraction of unconventional natural gas,and its application in coalbed methane extraction is currently a research hotspot.This study focuses on the acoustic emission properties of coal specimens treated utilizing liquid nitrogen with varying initial temperatures in a three-point bending environment.Through examination of the load-displacement curves of the considered coal samples,their mechanical properties are also revealed for different initial temperatures and cycling frequencies.The findings demonstrate a gradual decline in the maximum load capacity of coal rock as the temperature rises.Similarly,when subjected to the same temperature,an escalation in the cycling frequency leads to a reduction in the peak load of coal rock.This suggests that both temperature and cycling frequency exert a notable impact on the fracturing efficacy of liquid nitrogen.Freeze-thaw cycling treatments and exposure to high-temperature conditions can activate preexisting damage in the coal rock,and,accordingly,influence its mechanical properties.In particular,throughout the progressive loading of coal rock samples,the failure mechanisms are predominantly characterized by the occurrence of tensile cracks,succeeded by the development,spread,and fracture of shear fissures.展开更多
A systematic investigation on the mechanism of dynamic liquid dispersing process via theoretical and experimental approach is presented.The experiments include weak and strong constrained scenarios using the high-spee...A systematic investigation on the mechanism of dynamic liquid dispersing process via theoretical and experimental approach is presented.The experiments include weak and strong constrained scenarios using the high-speed camera technique and the flash X-ray radiography technique.Based on dynamic analysis,one-dimensional characteristics analysis and some numerical simulations on the propagating processes of blast waves before the container shell rupturing,further and detailed analyses of the experimental results are presented.The effects of the liquid viscosity on the dynamic dispersing flow are also analyzed,and the spall fracture mechanism is explored.Thus,the dominating forces determining the dispersing liquid flow are revealed,that is,the stretching and shearing action due to the interaction of two reflecting rarefaction waves in opposite propagating directions.The influence of container shell strength on the dispersing liquid flow is also investigated,and the characters of cavitation layered in liquid before shell rupturing are uncovered.Results revealed that different shell material results in different cavitating layers.Then the different cavitating layers drive the different dynamic liquid dispersing process coming into being.The metastable liquid states caused by pressure drop and cavitation generation are discussed.展开更多
Liquid nitrogen fracturing is one of the potential feasible technologies for improving the stimulation efficiency of coalbed methane(CBM)reservoirs.At present,the visualization of pore-throat connectivity and microsco...Liquid nitrogen fracturing is one of the potential feasible technologies for improving the stimulation efficiency of coalbed methane(CBM)reservoirs.At present,the visualization of pore-throat connectivity and microscopic seepage characteristics in coal rocks under liquid nitrogen thermal shock is still lack of studying.Hence,the influence of liquid nitrogen thermal shock on the micro-nano pore structure and mechanical property of coal rocks are not understood clearly.In order to provide theoretical basis for the stimulation behavior of liquid nitrogen fracturing in coal beds,this paper investigates the change of micro-nano pore structure and mechanical property of coal rocks before and after liquid nitrogen treatment means of CT scanning and atomic force microscope(AFM).In addition,the influence of liquid nitrogen thermal shock on the seepage routes of coal rock are revealed.The following research results can be obtained.First,the number and scales of pores in the coal increase after liquid nitrogen thermal shock.In this experiment,porosity is increased by 200%,micro-fracture is dominant and its volume proportion is increased to 90.0% from 7.7% before liquid nitrogen treatment.Second,the three-dimensional pore structure reconstruction model obtained by CT shows that after the liquid nitrogen treatment,the number,total length and total volume of throats in the coal rock are increased by 170%,140% and 130% and the pore connectivity is improved greatly.Third,after liquid nitrogen treatment,the sample's absolute permeability is improved significantly.In this experiment,the absolute permeability of coal after liquid nitrogen treatment is 77 times higher than that before liquid nitrogen cooling.The micro-fractures induced by thermal stress are the main percolation routes in coal after liquid nitrogen cooling.Fourth,pores and fractures are newly formed on both matrix and mineral domains,and the surface roughness is increased.In the meantime,the elastic modulus in matrix and mineral domains of coal drops,and the average elastic modulus drops by 81% and 91%,respectively.In conclusion,liquid nitrogen thermal shock leads to the increase of microscopic defects in coal and the deterioration of mechanical property.Liquid nitrogen fracturing is expected to be a new kind of efficient and green CBM reservoir stimulation technology.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51874236 and 52174207)Shaanxi Science and Technology Innovation Team(No.2022TD02)Henan University of Science and Technology PhD Funded Projects(No.B2025-9)。
文摘To more accurately describe the coal damage and fracture evolution law during liquid nitrogen(LN_(2))fracturing under true triaxial stress,a thermal-hydraulic-mechanical-damage(THMD)coupling model for LN_(2) fracturing coal was developed,considering the coal heterogeneity and thermophysical parameters of nitrogen.The accuracy and applicability of model were verified by comparing with LN_(2) injection pre-cooling and fracturing experimental data.The effects of different pre-cooling times and horizontal stress ratios on coal damage evolution,permeability,temperature distribution,and fracture characteristics were analyzed.The results show that the permeability and damage of the coal increase exponentially,while the temperature decreases exponentially during the fracturing process.As the pre-cooling time increases,the damage range of the coal expands,and the fracture propagation becomes more pronounced.The initiation pressure and rupture pressure decrease and tend to stabilize with longer precooling times.As the horizontal stress ratio increases,fractures preferentially extend along the direction of maximum horizontal principal stress,leading to a significant decrease in both initiation and rupture pressures.At a horizontal stress ratio of 3,the initiation pressure drops by 48.07%,and the rupture pressure decreases by 41.36%.The results provide a theoretical basis for optimizing LN_(2) fracturing techniques and improving coal seam modification.
基金supported by the Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52004299)Major Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52192621)+2 种基金the National Science Foundation for National R&D Program for Major Research Instruments of China(51827804)Beijing Outstanding Young Scientist Program(BJJWZYJH01201911414038)the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China(51725404).
文摘Producing complex fracture networks in a safe way plays a critical role in the hot dry rock (HDR) geothermal energy exploitation. However, conventional hydraulic fracturing (HF) generally produces high breakdown pressure and results only in single main fracture morphology. Furthermore, HF has also other problems such as the increased risk of seismic events and consuption of large amount of water. In this work, a new stimulation method based on cyclic soft stimulation (CSS) and liquid nitrogen (LN2) fracturing, known as cyclic LN2 fracturing is explored, which we believe has the potential to solve the above issues related to HF. The fracturing performances including breakdown pressure and fracture morphology on granites under true-triaxial stresses are investigated and compared with cyclic water fracturing. Cryo-scanning electron microscopy (Cryo-SEM) tests and X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning tests were used for quantitative characterization of fracture parameters and to evaluate the cyclic LN2 fracturing performances. The results demonstrate that the cyclic LN2 fracturing results in reduced breakdown pressure, with between 21% and 67% lower pressure compared with using cyclic water fracturing. Cyclic LN2 fracturing tends to produce more complex and branched fractures, whereas cyclic water fracturing usually produces a single main fracture under a low number of cycles and pressure levels. Thermally-induced fractures mostly occur around the interfaces of different particles. This study shows the potential benefits of cyclic LN2 fracturing on HDR. It is expected to provide theoretical guidance for the cyclic LN2 fracturing application in HDR reservoirs.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation(52004285)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities from China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing(JCCXXNY06)the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Gas Geology and Gas Control(Henan Polytechnic University)(WS2021A03).
文摘Liquid nitrogen has shown excellent performances as a good fracturing medium in the extraction of unconventional natural gas,and its application in coalbed methane extraction is currently a research hotspot.This study focuses on the acoustic emission properties of coal specimens treated utilizing liquid nitrogen with varying initial temperatures in a three-point bending environment.Through examination of the load-displacement curves of the considered coal samples,their mechanical properties are also revealed for different initial temperatures and cycling frequencies.The findings demonstrate a gradual decline in the maximum load capacity of coal rock as the temperature rises.Similarly,when subjected to the same temperature,an escalation in the cycling frequency leads to a reduction in the peak load of coal rock.This suggests that both temperature and cycling frequency exert a notable impact on the fracturing efficacy of liquid nitrogen.Freeze-thaw cycling treatments and exposure to high-temperature conditions can activate preexisting damage in the coal rock,and,accordingly,influence its mechanical properties.In particular,throughout the progressive loading of coal rock samples,the failure mechanisms are predominantly characterized by the occurrence of tensile cracks,succeeded by the development,spread,and fracture of shear fissures.
基金the support of National Nature Science Foundation of China, the support numbers are No. 10572149 and No.10676120the National Key Research and Development program of China (subject no. 2017YFC0209901) for its support to the work of this paper
文摘A systematic investigation on the mechanism of dynamic liquid dispersing process via theoretical and experimental approach is presented.The experiments include weak and strong constrained scenarios using the high-speed camera technique and the flash X-ray radiography technique.Based on dynamic analysis,one-dimensional characteristics analysis and some numerical simulations on the propagating processes of blast waves before the container shell rupturing,further and detailed analyses of the experimental results are presented.The effects of the liquid viscosity on the dynamic dispersing flow are also analyzed,and the spall fracture mechanism is explored.Thus,the dominating forces determining the dispersing liquid flow are revealed,that is,the stretching and shearing action due to the interaction of two reflecting rarefaction waves in opposite propagating directions.The influence of container shell strength on the dispersing liquid flow is also investigated,and the characters of cavitation layered in liquid before shell rupturing are uncovered.Results revealed that different shell material results in different cavitating layers.Then the different cavitating layers drive the different dynamic liquid dispersing process coming into being.The metastable liquid states caused by pressure drop and cavitation generation are discussed.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Research and Development Program for Major Research Instruments“Synthetic experimental system of radial jet drilling technology”(No.:51827804).
文摘Liquid nitrogen fracturing is one of the potential feasible technologies for improving the stimulation efficiency of coalbed methane(CBM)reservoirs.At present,the visualization of pore-throat connectivity and microscopic seepage characteristics in coal rocks under liquid nitrogen thermal shock is still lack of studying.Hence,the influence of liquid nitrogen thermal shock on the micro-nano pore structure and mechanical property of coal rocks are not understood clearly.In order to provide theoretical basis for the stimulation behavior of liquid nitrogen fracturing in coal beds,this paper investigates the change of micro-nano pore structure and mechanical property of coal rocks before and after liquid nitrogen treatment means of CT scanning and atomic force microscope(AFM).In addition,the influence of liquid nitrogen thermal shock on the seepage routes of coal rock are revealed.The following research results can be obtained.First,the number and scales of pores in the coal increase after liquid nitrogen thermal shock.In this experiment,porosity is increased by 200%,micro-fracture is dominant and its volume proportion is increased to 90.0% from 7.7% before liquid nitrogen treatment.Second,the three-dimensional pore structure reconstruction model obtained by CT shows that after the liquid nitrogen treatment,the number,total length and total volume of throats in the coal rock are increased by 170%,140% and 130% and the pore connectivity is improved greatly.Third,after liquid nitrogen treatment,the sample's absolute permeability is improved significantly.In this experiment,the absolute permeability of coal after liquid nitrogen treatment is 77 times higher than that before liquid nitrogen cooling.The micro-fractures induced by thermal stress are the main percolation routes in coal after liquid nitrogen cooling.Fourth,pores and fractures are newly formed on both matrix and mineral domains,and the surface roughness is increased.In the meantime,the elastic modulus in matrix and mineral domains of coal drops,and the average elastic modulus drops by 81% and 91%,respectively.In conclusion,liquid nitrogen thermal shock leads to the increase of microscopic defects in coal and the deterioration of mechanical property.Liquid nitrogen fracturing is expected to be a new kind of efficient and green CBM reservoir stimulation technology.
