Digital Rock Morphology Analysis
Application ID: 140411
Digital Rock technology utilizes high-resolution imaging techniques, such as SEM and X-ray CT, to characterize the pore structures of rock cores. This approach enables pore-scale modeling of reservoir rocks, offering valuable insights into pore morphology, connectivity, and fluid transport pathways. Such analyses are crucial for evaluating reservoirs, planning development, and designing injection-production strategies, particularly in unconventional reservoirs like shale gas and tight sandstone.
This COMSOL model offers a complete workflow—from importing geometry and generating mesh to extracting morphology and simulating flow. It calculates effective pore volume and porosity, and extracts pore size distributions. The accompanying application enhances this model by providing intuitive result visualization and interactive interfaces for parametric studies, making it a robust and extensible platform for digital core analysis in complex geological settings.
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