The temperature and mechanical damage investigation of shale with various dielectric properties under microwave irradiation

Microwave stimulation technology is a potential effective method to improve shale gas recovery. It is very important to study the influence factors of microwave heating and evaluate the effect of microwave heating on promoting shale microstructure development. Infrared thermal imaging technology was used to study the influence of shale permittivity, saturation and microwave irradiation (MI) parameters on shale heating. The results show that the...