유도홈을 이용한 효과적인 수압파쇄를 위한 모델연구

Abstract

Hydraulic fracturing technique has been applied in various fields in order to improve the recovery of energy resources such as gas, oil and geothermal energy and research about finding out hydraulic fracturing mechanism and application has been steadily proceeded. In this study, for effective hydraulic fracturing, a scale modeling was progressed to simulate similarly with the actual site. In order to analyze the development aspect of surface cracks occurring during hydraulic fracturing followed by different conditions of the injection pressure of the fluid, the number of guide holes and the main stress conditions, hydraulic fracturing test was carried out by setting up a hydraulic fracturing test equipment. Also, through the result, we tried to derive reliable results by comparing and analyzing the value of numerical modeling which is obtained based on the physical properties and mechanical properties with 3DEC, a three-dimensional discrete element method program. As a result, numerical analysis from discrete element method is regarded to be able to simulate well on the hydraulic fracturing test.