Electrohydraulic Fracturing of Rocks

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Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France) Christian La Borderie (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France)

Electrohydraulic Fracturing of Rocks

Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France), Christian La Borderie (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France), Thierry Reess (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France) , Wen Chen (University of Lorraine, France)

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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
02 February 2016

Fossil fuel technologies; Mining technology & engineering

This book presents a new fracturing technique that should be considered as a potential alternative, or a companion technique, to hydraulic fracturing of tight gas reservoirs and low permeability rock masses. As opposed to hydraulic fracturing which generates a few numbers of large cracks, electro-hydraulic fracturing induces diffuse micro-cracking and fragmentation of rocks. Laboratory tests demonstrate that increases of permeability by two orders of magnitude can be reached, without major cracking in tested specimens. This book discusses the principles of this new technique, reports experiments which have been developed is order to prove the concept and finally describes the numerical model from which the potentialities of this technique in representative reservoir conditions can be assessed.

By: Christian La Borderie (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour France), Thierry Reess (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France), Wen Chen (University of Lorraine, France), Olivier Maurel (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France)
Edited by: Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour France)
Imprint: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9781848217102
ISBN 10: 1848217102
Pages: 130
Publication Date: 02 February 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface vii Introduction xi Chapter 1 Experiments in a Representative Environment 1 1.1 Mechanical set-up 1 1.2 Pulsed arc electric generator 4 1.3 Material properties 6 1.4 Measurements of radical permeability 7 1.5 X-ray tomography 9 1.6 Results on model materials 10 1.7 Summary of the results on sandstone 17 1.8 Discussion 18 Chapter 2 Computational Modeling of the Process: Principles 21 2.1 Pressure generated by the pulsed arc electrical discharge 22 2.2 Mechanical modeling of rocks under dynamic loads 29 2.3 Coupled effects between damage and permeability 41 2.4 Summary and conclusions 44 Chapter 3 Validation of the Computational Model 47 3.1 Simulation of the experiments in uniaxial compression 47 3.2 Confined tests on hollow cylinders 52 3.3 Isotropic versus anisotropic permeability 67 3.4 Conclusions 68 Chapter 4 Computations on Representative Reservoir Geometries 71 4.1 Effect of repeated shocks 72 4.2 Simulation on a typical reservoir geometry 75 4.3 Optimization of the process 79 Concluding Remarks and Future Outlook 91 Bibliography 97 Index 103

Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot is Professor of Civil Engineering at Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour. His research interests cover quasi-brittle materials, concrete mechanics, computational failure models and durability mechanics. Christian La Borderie is Professor of Civil Engineering at Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour in France. His research interests cover computational failure models for the durability analysis of concrete structures. Thierry Reess is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour in France. His research interests cover Pulsed Arc Electrical Discharges and their applications. Wen Chen is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Lorraine in France. Her research interests cover the dynamic response of geomaterials. Olivier Maurel is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour in France. His research interests cover computational failure models for concrete structures. Franck Rey-Bethbeder is lead electrical engineer at Total Exploration Production. Antoine de Ferron is a research engineer at Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour in France. His research interests cover Pulsed Arc Electrical Discharges and their applications.

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Electrohydraulic Fracturing of Rocks

Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France), Christian La Borderie (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France), Thierry Reess (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France) , Wen Chen (University of Lorraine, France)

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