Revista UIS Ingenierías

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2022): Revista UIS Ingenierías
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Characterization of elastic properties in a sandstone rock sample using digital rock physics

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  • Smelinyer Dariam Rivero-Méndez ,
  • Juan David Ordoñez-Martínez ,
  • Carlos Sebastián Carlos Sebastián Correa- Díaz,
  • Hernán Darío Mantilla-Hernández ,
  • Octavio Andrés González-Estrada
Smelinyer Dariam Rivero-Méndez
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Juan David Ordoñez-Martínez
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Carlos Sebastián Carlos Sebastián Correa- Díaz
Ecopetrol – Centro de Innovación y Tecnología ICP
Hernán Darío Mantilla-Hernández
Ecopetrol – Centro de Innovación y Tecnología ICP
Octavio Andrés González-Estrada
Universidad Industrial de Santander
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revuin.v21n1-2022016

Published 2022-02-11

Keywords

  • finite element method,
  • digital rock physics,
  • elastic properties,
  • sandstone

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Rivero-Méndez , S. D., Ordoñez-Martínez , J. D. ., Carlos Sebastián Correa- Díaz, C. S. ., Mantilla-Hernández , H. D. ., & González-Estrada, O. A. (2022). Characterization of elastic properties in a sandstone rock sample using digital rock physics. Revista UIS Ingenierías, 21(1), 211–222. https://doi.org/10.18273/revuin.v21n1-2022016

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Abstract

A methodology based on digital rock physics is proposed for a group of tomographic images taken from a core of sandstone extracted from an oil well, considering an anisotropic model of the material during the segmentation process. The rock sample, provided by the Colombian Petroleum Institute, is composed mainly of minerals such as quartz and calcite. First, a three-dimensional model is generated from the tomographic images. Then, a finite element mesh is created considering a material model that relates density and elastic modulus with the Hounsfield scale. Finally, a parametric study of the numerical model is performed and the results are compared with the reference values. Three different tests are proposed for the evaluation of elastic properties, where the minerals are studied individually (quartz and calcite) and as a composite (sandstone). The results of these tests are compared with reference values, showing difference percentages between 3 - 10% for the elastic modulus and between 0.7 - 2.1% for the Poisson's ratio.

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