Finite Element Analysis of Creep Induced Volume Shrinkage of Salt Caverns

Ming Zhang; Shao Xin Zhang; Qiang Yang

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.353-356.1379

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Finite Element Analysis of Creep Induced Volume Shrinkage of Salt Caverns

Abstract:

Salt rock is now being used widely as storage vault of oil and gas. However, the rheological properties of salt rock have significant influence on the stability of salt caverns and, in particular, induce the reduction of storage volumes. Therefore, the classical Nishihara model is used to describe the rheology of salt rock and incorporated into the finite element simulation firstly. Then the volume shrinkage is calculated for two typical simplified models with single cavern and double caverns. The results show that the storage volume of salt cavern decreases with the internal pressure and increases with service time for either single-cavern model or double-cavern model, which remains unchanged though the volume shrinkage of one cavern is influenced by others.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 353-356)

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Ming Zhang*, Shao Xin Zhang, Qiang Yang

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Creep, Finite Element, Nishihara Model, Salt Rock, Volume Shrinkage Ratio

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