A Numerical Study on Gas Flow through Anisotropic Sierpinski Carpet with Slippage Effect

A pore-scale model has been developed to study the gas flow through multiscale porous media based on a two-dimensional self-similar Sierpinski carpet. The permeability tensor with slippage effect is proposed, and the effects of complex configurations on gas permeability have been discussed. The pres...

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Main Authors: Shuxia Qiu, Lipei Zhang, Zhenhua Tian, Zhouting Jiang, Mo Yang, Peng Xu
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2396704
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Lipei Zhang
Zhenhua Tian
Zhouting Jiang
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Peng Xu
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description A pore-scale model has been developed to study the gas flow through multiscale porous media based on a two-dimensional self-similar Sierpinski carpet. The permeability tensor with slippage effect is proposed, and the effects of complex configurations on gas permeability have been discussed. The present fractal model has been validated by comparison with theoretical models and available experimental data. The numerical results show that the flow field and permeability of the anisotropic Sierpinski model are different from that of the isotropic model, and the anisotropy of porous media can enhance gas permeability. The gas permeability of porous media increases with the increment of porosity, while it decreases with increased pore fractal dimension under fixed porosity. Furthermore, the gas slippage effect strengthens as the pore fractal dimension decreases. However, the relationship between the gas slippage effect and porosity is a nonmonotonic decreasing function because reduced pore size and enhanced flow resistance may be simultaneously involved with decreasing porosity. The proposed pore-scale fractal model can present insights on characterizing complex and multiscale structures of porous media and understanding gas flow mechanisms. The numerical results may provide useful guidelines for the applications of porous materials in oil and gas engineering, hydraulic engineering, chemical engineering, thermal power engineering, food engineering, etc.
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spelling doaj-art-c60bcc9e919f4b9a984691ddeb98d37f2025-08-20T02:18:38ZengWileyGeofluids1468-81151468-81232020-01-01202010.1155/2020/23967042396704A Numerical Study on Gas Flow through Anisotropic Sierpinski Carpet with Slippage EffectShuxia Qiu0Lipei Zhang1Zhenhua Tian2Zhouting Jiang3Mo Yang4Peng Xu5School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, ChinaCollege of Science, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, ChinaInstitute of Geophysics and Geomatics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, ChinaCollege of Science, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, ChinaSchool of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, ChinaCollege of Science, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, ChinaA pore-scale model has been developed to study the gas flow through multiscale porous media based on a two-dimensional self-similar Sierpinski carpet. The permeability tensor with slippage effect is proposed, and the effects of complex configurations on gas permeability have been discussed. The present fractal model has been validated by comparison with theoretical models and available experimental data. The numerical results show that the flow field and permeability of the anisotropic Sierpinski model are different from that of the isotropic model, and the anisotropy of porous media can enhance gas permeability. The gas permeability of porous media increases with the increment of porosity, while it decreases with increased pore fractal dimension under fixed porosity. Furthermore, the gas slippage effect strengthens as the pore fractal dimension decreases. However, the relationship between the gas slippage effect and porosity is a nonmonotonic decreasing function because reduced pore size and enhanced flow resistance may be simultaneously involved with decreasing porosity. The proposed pore-scale fractal model can present insights on characterizing complex and multiscale structures of porous media and understanding gas flow mechanisms. The numerical results may provide useful guidelines for the applications of porous materials in oil and gas engineering, hydraulic engineering, chemical engineering, thermal power engineering, food engineering, etc.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2396704
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A Numerical Study on Gas Flow through Anisotropic Sierpinski Carpet with Slippage Effect
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title A Numerical Study on Gas Flow through Anisotropic Sierpinski Carpet with Slippage Effect
title_full A Numerical Study on Gas Flow through Anisotropic Sierpinski Carpet with Slippage Effect
title_fullStr A Numerical Study on Gas Flow through Anisotropic Sierpinski Carpet with Slippage Effect
title_full_unstemmed A Numerical Study on Gas Flow through Anisotropic Sierpinski Carpet with Slippage Effect
title_short A Numerical Study on Gas Flow through Anisotropic Sierpinski Carpet with Slippage Effect
title_sort numerical study on gas flow through anisotropic sierpinski carpet with slippage effect
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2396704
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