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The transmissivity of fractured rocks is the essential data of groundwater resource assessment, groundwater pollution prediction, and the seepage controlling underground project in the consolidated rock regions. However, most of the current experimental methods only provide the macroscopic hydraulic conductivity and the cost is very high. In this paper, a new apparatus is developed to detect the anisotropy of hydraulic conductivity in fractured rocks, which is called the Fractured Rocks Slug Testing (FRST) system. The FRST system consists of image orientation recognition equipment, the slug testing equipment, and a computer and data-acquisition console. The inside view of the testing well/borehole can be obtained by the imaging equipment. The occurrence of the fractures can be detected by the electronic compass. The other parameters like the water level displacement and pressure can also be collected during testing. Moreover, an example test was conducted in the fractured consolidated rock region to verify the effectiveness of the FRST apparatus.

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Based on the proposed calculation method for determining the different dip angle fracture permeability coefficients derived from the well flow vibration equation and the self-developed slug test system, research on the slug test in a field in fractured rock mass was carried out based on the underground water sealed cavern project of the National Huangdao Petroleum Reserve. The formation lithology of the test site was granite gneiss, and the fractures were not developed, which is conducive to the research of slug tests on fracture permeability. On the basis of obtaining the geological information of boreholes by using the self-developed slug test system, comparative research on the segmented slug test and conventional water pressure test was carried out. The test results show that the proposed slug test method and self-developed test system has good accuracy and applicability for determining the fracture permeability coefficient, equivalent permeability coefficient and rock mass permeability coefficient tensor, which is more convenient and efficient than other test methods.