A method for characterizing permeability of a subsurface hydrogen storage reservoir based on pore volume multiplication
By constructing a dynamic permeability prediction model based on pore volume multiples, the problem of dynamic permeability changes in underground hydrogen storage reservoirs was solved, enabling accurate prediction of permeability in depleted oil and gas reservoirs and improving the reliability and accuracy of hydrogen recovery rate assessment.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- CHINA UNIV OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
- Filing Date
- 2026-05-13
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-24
AI Technical Summary
Existing technologies fail to accurately consider the dynamic changes in permeability of depleted oil and gas reservoirs over long-term development when assessing underground hydrogen storage facilities, leading to misjudgments of hydrogen recovery rates and posing risks to screening and assessment.
By using a method based on pore volume multiples, combined with the classical Kozeny-Carman equation and the PTC-KC model, a dynamic permeability prediction model is constructed. Microscopic pore structure parameters are obtained using in-situ CT displacement experiments, and the fluid interaction process at different development stages is simulated to accurately predict reservoir permeability.
It enables accurate prediction of the permeability of underground hydrogen storage facilities, improves the reliability of hydrogen recovery, reduces costs, avoids the lag of expensive coring operations and fluid experiments, and provides a basis for the preliminary selection of optimal areas for underground hydrogen storage facilities and risk assessment of injection and production schemes.
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