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Coal Fracturing Through Liquid Nitrogen Treatment: A Micro-Computed Tomography Study, Hamed Akhondzadeh, Alireza Keshavarz, Faisal Ur Rahman Awan, Ahmed Z. Al-Yaseri, Stefan Iglauer, Maxim Lebedev
Coal Fracturing Through Liquid Nitrogen Treatment: A Micro-Computed Tomography Study, Hamed Akhondzadeh, Alireza Keshavarz, Faisal Ur Rahman Awan, Ahmed Z. Al-Yaseri, Stefan Iglauer, Maxim Lebedev
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Low permeability of coal has been a constant obstacle to economic production from coalbed methane reservoirs, and liquid nitrogen (LN2) treatment has been investigated as one approach to address this issue. This study examined LN2 fracturing of a bituminous coal at pore-scale through 3D X-ray micro-computed tomography. For this purpose, a cylindrical sample was immersed into LN2 for 60 min. The micro-CT results clearly showed that the rapid freezing of the coal with LN2 generated fracture planes with large apertures originating from the pre-existing cleats in the rock. This treatment also connected original cleats with …
A Novel Approach For Using Silica Nanoparticles In A Proppant Pack To Fixate Coal Fines, Faisal Ur Rahman Awan, Alireza Keshavarz, Hamed Akhondzadeh, Sarmad Al-Anssari, Stefan Iglauer
A Novel Approach For Using Silica Nanoparticles In A Proppant Pack To Fixate Coal Fines, Faisal Ur Rahman Awan, Alireza Keshavarz, Hamed Akhondzadeh, Sarmad Al-Anssari, Stefan Iglauer
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Hydraulic fracturing operations in coal seam gas reservoirs are highly prone to release coal fines. Coal fines inevitably cause mechanical pump failure and permeability damage as a result of their hydrophobicity, aggregation in the system and pore-throat blockage. One approach to affix these coal fines at their source, and to retard generation, is to introduce a nanoparticle-treated proppant pack. Thus, this research explores coal fines retention (known as adsorption) in a proppant pack using nanoparticles. In the study, the electrolytic environment, pH, flow rate, temperature and pressure were kept constant, while the variables were concentration of silica nanoparticles (0–0.1 wt%) …