Soil heterogeneity and preferential paths for gas migration
Visualitza/Obre
Estadístiques de LA Referencia / Recolecta
Inclou dades d'ús des de 2022
Cita com:
hdl:2117/2211
Tipus de documentArticle
Data publicació2002
EditorElsevier
Condicions d'accésAccés obert
Tots els drets reservats. Aquesta obra està protegida pels drets de propietat intel·lectual i
industrial corresponents. Sense perjudici de les exempcions legals existents, queda prohibida la seva
reproducció, distribució, comunicació pública o transformació sense l'autorització del titular dels drets
Abstract
Preferential paths are often reported in connection with gas breakthrough experiments. These preferential paths may be
explained, in a deformable soil skeleton, by the action of pressurised gas along a natural path. A natural path is defined in a
spatially heterogeneous material by a set of connected spots of higher gas permeability. Along this path the soil will experience
a marked desaturation and gas permeability will increase fast. The paper describes a procedure to simulate these effects. Soil
heterogeneity is described by means of random fields, which describe the key soil properties for gas migration. Since actual data
concerning soil variability at a small (sample) scale is very limited, a number of computer models of increased complexity have
been developed. They maintain, however, a close relationship with the known macroscopic data of the average (homogeneous)
sample. The effect of some hypothesis concerning the stochastic structure of soil variability and the role of the hydromechanical
coupling has also been explored. Once the heterogeneous soil model is defined, a general purpose code for Thermo-Hydro-
Mechanical analysis is subsequently used to perform the analysis. The soil is initially saturated and a non-wetting phase (gas) is
forced through the saturated mass either at constant pressure or at a constant flow rate. The results of the different analyses are
compared in order to advance in the basic understanding of gas migration through clay barriers. Finally, a discussion of the
relevance of soil heterogeneity, on the basis of the analysis performed, is presented.
CitacióDelahaye, C.H.; Alonso, E.E. Soil heterogeneity and preferential paths for gas migration. Engineering geology (2002, vol. 64, no. 2-3, pp. 251-271).
ISSN0013-7952
Fitxers | Descripció | Mida | Format | Visualitza |
---|---|---|---|---|
18.pdf | 734,9Kb | Visualitza/Obre |