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Title: Flow and Transport Properties of Deforming Porous Media. II. Electrical Conductivity
In Part I of this series, we presented a new theoretical approach for computing the effective permeability of porous media that are under deformation by a hydrostatic pressure P. Beginning with the initial pore-size distribution (PSD) of a porous medium before deformation and given the Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio of its grains, the model used an extension of the Hertz–Mindlin theory of contact between grains to compute the new PSD that results from applying the pressure P to the medium and utilized the updated PSD in the effective-medium approximation (EMA) to estimate the effective permeability. In the present paper, we extend the theory in order to compute the electrical conductivity of the same porous media that are saturated by brine. We account for the possible contribution of surface conduction, in order to estimate the electrical conductivity of brine-saturated porous media. We then utilize the theory to update the PSD and, hence, the pore-conductance distribution, which is then used in the EMA to predict the pressure dependence of the electrical conductivity. Comparison between the predictions and experimental data for twenty-six sandstones indicates agreement between the two that ranges from excellent to good.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2000968
PAR ID:
10625565
Author(s) / Creator(s):
;
Editor(s):
Blunt, MJ
Publisher / Repository:
Springer
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Transport in Porous Media
Volume:
138
Issue:
3
ISSN:
0169-3913
Page Range / eLocation ID:
611 to 636
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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