Zhou Bo, Jin Zhijun, Luo Xiaorongi, et al. Changing patterns of hydrocarbon migration pathway in a up-scaling percolation model[J]. 2007, 28(2): 175-180.DOI: 10.11743/ogg20070207.
Under the hypothesis that hydrocarbon migration conforms to the description of percolation theory
the relationship between the saturation of invading fluid(the percentage of the migration pathway to the whole lattice) and the width
length
and dimension of the simulation lattice is studied by means of up-scaling and mathematical simulation.The result indicates that
instead of exerting influence upon the numerically simulated secondary migration pathways of hydrocarbon
the size of the simulation lattice has an impact on the saturation of invading phase
which is found to have an exponential relation with the width of the lattice but no connection with the length of the lattice.The discovery of the rule provides sound theoretical basis for the application of the percolation theory in the study of basins.