کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4674475 1634295 2015 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Swelling of clay minerals in unconsolidated porous media and its impact on permeability
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
تورم مواد معدنی خاک رس در رسانه های متخلخل غیر متمرکز و تاثیر آن بر نفوذ پذیری
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات علم هواشناسی
چکیده انگلیسی


• Clay swelling was quantified by X-ray micro-computed tomography.
• Swelling coefficient was used to model permeability reduction in natural samples.
• The effect of swelling clays on permeability reduction depends on the matrix grain size.

This work combines core-flood experiments with X-ray μ-computed tomography (μ-CT) to investigate the swelling of clay minerals and its impact on permeability of unconsolidated porous media. Both swelling (montmorillonite) and non-swelling (kaolinite) clay were added as coatings on soda lime beads and quartz grains. Clay content varied from 1.4 to 5.5 wt.% in the montmorillonite-coated samples and from 2.0 to 6.8 wt.% in the kaolinite-coated samples. Permeability changes were monitored as a function of time using pure water. Visualization of coated bead and grains columns by μ-CT provided quantitative information on morphological changes of clay grains/coatings among dry and water-saturated samples. All clay-coated samples showed a 10–40% decrease in permeability as compared to uncoated samples. In general, permeability decreases with increasing clay content. A 39% volume increase of montmorillonite particles was observed by μ-CT immediately after the sample was saturated with water, i.e. swelling occurred almost instantaneously after water–clay contact. In contrast, kaolinite particles had a 15% volume increase, which was primarily attributed to the hydration of clay pellets by water. The calculated porosity reduction associated with clay swelling ranged from 0.4% to 1.7% including both montmorillonite- and kaolinite-coated samples. This decrease in porosity was estimated to cause only a 2–5% reduction in permeability, primarily due to the high initial porosity and permeability of the selected samples. This study presents a baseline to estimate changes in permeability as a result of clay swelling for samples with variable clay content, grain size, and porosity.

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ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: GeoResJ - Volume 7, September 2015, Pages 1–13
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