METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING PROPERTIES OF ROCK SAMPLES USING THERMAL SENSING AND MACHINE LEARNING

A method may include determining a thermal signal for a thermal analysis of a rock sample. The method may further include transmitting various commands to various thermal sources to produce various heat emissions. A respective command among the commands may cause a respective thermal source among the thermal sources to produce a respective heat emission based on the thermal signal. The method further includes determining distributed temperature data of the rock sample using various distributed temperature sensors in response to producing the heat emissions. The distributed temperature sensors may be coupled to the rock sample on a first rock surface and a second rock surface. The first rock surface may be on an opposite side of the rock sample from the second rock surface. The method may further include determining predicted thermal property data of the rock sample using the distributed temperature data and a machine-learning model.