Laboratory Study Of Frequency Dependent Streaming Potentials

Abstract

Frequency dependent streaming potentials were measured on a glass capillary, porous filter, and a sample of Boise sandstone. The pore diameters for these three samples range from 1 millimeter to 34 micrometers. The frequencies used in these experiments range from 0-600 Hz with the critical frequencies being 6.8 Hz, 90 Hz, and 400 Hz for the three specimens. The fluid was moved relative to the sample with the pressure measured by hydrophones and the streaming potential measured using silver silverchloride electrodes. Both Packard's (1953) and Pride's (1994) models satisfactorily predict the streaming potential behavior for these frequencies, and the measured critical frequencies are directly related to the sample pore diameters.