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A Review on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logging: Simulation Schemes

자기공명반응 시뮬레이션 해설 및 비교

  • Jang, Jae Hwa (Sejong University, Department of Energy and Mineral Resource Engineering) ;
  • Nam, Myung Jin (Sejong University, Department of Energy and Mineral Resource Engineering)
  • 장재화 (세종대학교 에너지자원공학과) ;
  • 남명진 (세종대학교 에너지자원공학과)
  • Received : 2012.12.13
  • Accepted : 2013.02.20
  • Published : 2013.05.31
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Abstract

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging has become an important technique for formation evaluation, detecting interaction signals between H protons and applied magnetic fields. Measured decay signals called relaxation, contain important information about density of H protons and different decay rate due to its fluid type in the sensitive area. Thus, petrophysical information such as porosity, permeability and wettability can be estimated through the interpretation of the decay signals. Many researches on random walk simulation have been published, since a simulation method based on random walk for solving exponential decays was adapted in the early of 1950. This study first makes a review on NMR simulation researches, explains two most important methods: simulation with or without considering magnetic field gradient. Lastly, the study makes a comparison between NMR simulation responses with and without magnetic field gradient to show the importance to consider magnetic gradient to analyze the effects of magnetic gradients on NMR responses.

자기공명검층은 수소와 자기장의 상호작용을 측정, 분석하는 물리검층 방법으로 이는 저류층 평가를 위한 중요한 물리검층 방법 중 하나이다. 측정된 감쇠 신호 즉, 이완은 측정지역 내 수소의 밀도에 대한 정보와 유체의 종류에 따른 감쇠속도에 대한 정보를 포함하고 있으며, 이를 바탕으로 공극률, 투과도와 습윤도 등을 예측할 수 있다. 1950년대 초반 랜덤워크로 자기공명의 이완감쇠를 시뮬레이션한 것을 시작으로 자기공명반응에 대한 연구가 급격히 발전되었다. 이 논문에서는 자기공명 시뮬레이션의 연구 동향을 먼저 살펴 보고, 자기공명반응인 이완을 발생시키는 이완메커니즘에 대해 간단히 알아본다. 이에 기초하여 자기공명검층에서 주로 측정하는 횡축이완곡선을 자기장구배를 고려하는 경우와 고려하지 않는 시뮬레이션 방법에 대해 비교분석하고 자기장구배가 이완메커니즘 및 횡축이완곡선에 미치는 영향에 대해 분석한다.

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