TY - CONF A1 - Zhang, Zeyu A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine A1 - Weller, Andreas A1 - Halisch, M. A1 - Prinz, Carsten T1 - Enhanced pore space analysis by use of μ-CT, MIP, T2 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts N2 - We investigate the pore space of rock samples with respect to different petrophysical parameters using various methods, which provide data upon pore size distributions, including micro computed tomography (μ-CT), mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and spectral induced polarization (SIP). The resulting cumulative distributions of pore volume as a function of pore size are compared. Considering that the methods differ with regard to their limits of resolution, a multiple length scale characterization of the pore space geometry is proposed, that is based on a combination of the results from all of these methods. The findings of this approach are compared and discussed by using Bentheimer sandstone. Additionally, we compare the potential of SIP to provide a pore size distribution with other commonly used methods (MIP, NMR). The limits of resolution of SIP depend on the usable frequency range (between 0.002 and 100 Hz). The methods with similar resolution show a similar behavior of the cumulative pore volume distribution in the overlapping pore size range. The methods μ-CT and NMR provide the pore body size while MIP and SIP characterize the pore throat size. Using this difference, the average pore body to throat ratio is determined to be about three for the Bentheimer sandstone. Our study shows that a good agreement between the pore radii distributions can only be achieved if the curves are adjusted considering the resolution and pore volume in the relevant range of pore radii. The MIP curve with the widest range in resolution should be used as reference T2 - Annual Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2017 CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 27.08.2017 KW - Spectral induced polarization KW - Mercury intrusion porosimetry KW - µ-CT KW - Nuclear magnetic resonance KW - Bentheimer Sandstone PY - 2017 SP - 086, 1 EP - 086, 8 AN - OPUS4-43082 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -