Estimating permeability of 3D micro-CT images by physics-informed CNNs based on DNS
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Published:2023-01-31
Issue:2
Volume:27
Page:245-262
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ISSN:1420-0597
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Container-title:Computational Geosciences
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Comput Geosci
Author:
Gärttner StephanORCID, Alpak Faruk O.ORCID, Meier AndreasORCID, Ray NadjaORCID, Frank FlorianORCID
Abstract
AbstractIn recent years, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have experienced an increasing interest in their ability to perform a fast approximation of effective hydrodynamic parameters in porous media research and applications. This paper presents a novel methodology for permeability prediction from micro-CT scans of geological rock samples. The training data set for CNNs dedicated to permeability prediction consists of permeability labels that are typically generated by classical lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM) that simulate the flow through the pore space of the segmented image data. We instead perform direct numerical simulation (DNS) by solving the stationary Stokes equation in an efficient and distributed-parallel manner. As such, we circumvent the convergence issues of LBM that frequently are observed on complex pore geometries, and therefore, improve the generality and accuracy of our training data set. Using the DNS-computed permeabilities, a physics-informed CNN (PhyCNN) is trained by additionally providing a tailored characteristic quantity of the pore space. More precisely, by exploiting the connection to flow problems on a graph representation of the pore space, additional information about confined structures is provided to the network in terms of the maximum flow value, which is the key innovative component of our workflow. The robustness of this approach is reflected by very high prediction accuracy, which is observed for a variety of sandstone samples from archetypal rock formations.
Funder
KONWIHR DFG Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Computational Mathematics,Computational Theory and Mathematics,Computers in Earth Sciences,Computer Science Applications
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