... ABSTRACT: This paper investigates experimentally proppant flow and transport through intersected slots at angles representing interaction between pre-existing and new fractures. Proppant is small granular material, placed in hydraulic fractures during geothermal and hydrocarbon reservoir...

... ABSTRACT: This paper presents experimental results and analysis of proppant flow and transport in narrow fractures. Proppant is granular material used in hydraulic fracturing for permeability enhancement of geo-reservoirs. Proppant-fluid slurry is pumped into a fracture network to prevent...

... Abstract: This study focuses on micro-mechanical understanding of horizontal proppant flow and transport in a narrow hydraulic fracture. This research is motivated by problems encountered in practice related to proppant placement problems, such as proppant pack formation in shear fractures...