Yuan Yuan, Meng Yingfeng, Tang Hanlin. A new approach to establishing the capillary bundle model[J]. Petroleum Reservoir Evaluation and Development, 2018, 8(3): 35-39.DOI:
The capillary bundle model is one of the most common physical models for the porous media. The most classic physical model is the straight capillary bundle model with same diameter. But the bendability of the porous media is neglected in this physical model. Therefore
based on the tight sandstone
combined with the mercury data
and by the introduction of the correction factor-tortuosity
we put forward a new approach to establish the capillary bundle model. This approach considers the bendability of the capillary bundle model and can accurately calculate the radius of capillary
capillary porosity and permeability
capillary volume of different radius and permeability contribution of capillary bundle model with different radius. This new approach has great significance for the study of the reservoir fluid imbibition of specific pressure and quantitatively characterizing the water invasion reservoir damage.