Three-Dimensional Printing of Synthetic Core Plugs as an Alternative to Natural Core Plugs: Experimental and Numerical Study

Juan Antonio Cruz-Maya; José Luis Mendoza-de la Cruz; Luis Carlos Martínez-Mendoza; Florencio Sánchez-Silva; José Alfredo Rosas-Flores; Janet Jan-Roblero

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LAPSE:2023.36851

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LAPSE:2023.36851

Three-Dimensional Printing of Synthetic Core Plugs as an Alternative to Natural Core Plugs: Experimental and Numerical Study

Juan Antonio Cruz-Maya, José Luis Mendoza-de la Cruz, Luis Carlos Martínez-Mendoza, Florencio Sánchez-Silva, José Alfredo Rosas-Flores, Janet Jan-Roblero

November 30, 2023

This paper proposes three-dimensional (3D) additive fabrication of synthetic core plugs for core flooding experiments from spheres and grains of Berea Sandstone using a digital particle packing approach. Samples were generated by systematically combining the main textural parameters of the rock reservoir to design synthetic core plugs Numerical flow simulation was per-formed using the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) to verify the flow distribution and permeability for comparison with the experimentally measured permeability and to that obtained from correlations in the literature. The digital porosity of the sample was compared to the porosity measured using an HEP-P helium porosimeter. The numerical and experimental results for permeability and porosity differed by a maximum of 18%.

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LAPSE:2023.36851

Keywords

core flooding test, digital rock physics, three-dimensional (3D) additive manufacturing

Subject

Other

Suggested Citation

Cruz-Maya JA, Mendoza-de la Cruz JL, Martínez-Mendoza LC, Sánchez-Silva F, Rosas-Flores JA, Jan-Roblero J. Three-Dimensional Printing of Synthetic Core Plugs as an Alternative to Natural Core Plugs: Experimental and Numerical Study. (2023). LAPSE:2023.36851

Author Affiliations

Cruz-Maya JA: Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07340, Mexico
Mendoza-de la Cruz JL: Laboratorio de Termodinámica y Síntesis de Productos Químicos, Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Mexico City 07730, Mexico
Martínez-Mendoza LC: Laboratorio de Ingeniería Térmica e Hidráulica Aplicada, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07738, Mexico [ORCID]
Sánchez-Silva F: Laboratorio de Ingeniería Térmica e Hidráulica Aplicada, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07738, Mexico
Rosas-Flores JA: Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07340, Mexico
Jan-Roblero J: Laboratorio de Biotecnología Ambiental, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 11350, Mexico

Journal Name

Processes

Volume

11

Issue

9

First Page

2530

Year

2023

Publication Date

2023-08-23