用图神经网络改进孔隙网络模型,提升复杂介质渗透率预测精度。
An End-to-End Differentiable, Graph Neural Network-Embedded Pore Network Model for Permeability Prediction
- 将图神经网络嵌入孔隙网络模型,用学习替代传统几何假设计算导通量。
- 仅需渗透率数据训练,通过反向传播实现端到端优化,准确率更高。
- 兼具物理可解释性与跨尺度泛化能力,适合地质建模等场景。
准确预测多孔介质的渗透率对地下流体模拟至关重要。纯数据驱动模型虽计算高效,但跨尺度泛化能力差且缺乏显式物理约束;而孔隙网络模型(PNM)虽基于物理且高效,却依赖理想化几何假设来估算孔喉导通量,限制了其在复杂结构中的精度。为此,本文提出一种端到端可微分的混合框架,将图神经网络(GNN)嵌入PNM。该框架用GNN根据孔和喉的特征预测导通量,取代传统解析公式。预测结果输入PNM求解器计算渗透率。该方法避免了理想化假设,同时保留物理流体计算。GNN无需标注导通量数据(每网络可达数千个),仅以单一标量渗透率为训练目标,通过自动微分和离散伴随法对GNN与PNM求解器联合反向传播梯度,实现完全耦合的端到端训练。模型在不同尺度上均表现优异,优于纯数据驱动与传统PNM方法。基于梯度的敏感性分析揭示了物理一致的特征影响,提升了可解释性。该方法为复杂多孔介质提供了可扩展、物理可解释的渗透率预测框架,降低不确定性并提高精度。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Accurate prediction of permeability in porous media is essential for modeling subsurface flow. While pure data-driven models offer computational efficiency, they often lack generalization across scales and do not incorporate explicit physical constraints. Pore network models (PNMs), on the other hand, are physics-based and efficient but rely on idealized geometric assumptions to estimate pore-scale hydraulic conductance, limiting their accuracy in complex structures. To overcome these limitations, we present an end-to-end differentiable hybrid framework that embeds a graph neural network (GNN) into a PNM. In this framework, the analytical formulas used for conductance calculations are replaced by GNN-based predictions derived from pore and throat features. The predicted conductances are then passed to the PNM solver for permeability computation. In this way, the model avoids the idealized geometric assumptions of PNM while preserving the physics-based flow calculations. The GNN is trained without requiring labeled conductance data, which can number in the thousands per pore network; instead, it learns conductance values by using a single scalar permeability as the training target. This is made possible by backpropagating gradients through both the GNN (via automatic differentiation) and the PNM solver (via a discrete adjoint method), enabling fully coupled, end-to-end training. The resulting model achieves high accuracy and generalizes well across different scales, outperforming both pure data-driven and traditional PNM approaches. Gradient-based sensitivity analysis further reveals physically consistent feature influences, enhancing model interpretability. This approach offers a scalable and physically informed framework for permeability prediction in complex porous media, reducing model uncertainty and improving accuracy.
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