Yatin Suri1, Sheikh Zahidul Islam1, *, Mamdud Hossain1
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 297-337, 2020, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2020.08421
Abstract The distribution of proppant injected in hydraulic fractures significantly affects
the fracture conductivity and well performance. The proppant transport in thin fracturing
fluid used during hydraulic fracturing in the unconventional reservoirs is considerably
different from fracturing fluids in the conventional reservoir due to the very low viscosity
and quick deposition of the proppants. This paper presents the development of a threedimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling technique for the prediction
of proppant-fluid multiphase flow in hydraulic fractures. The proposed model also simulates
the fluid leak-off behaviour from the fracture wall. The Euler-Granular and CFD-Discrete
Element Method (CFD-DEM) multiphase modelling approach… More >
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