The transport behaviors of oil in nanopores and nanoporous media of shale

T Zhang, X Li, Y Yin, M He, Q Liu, L Huang, J Shi - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Shale, known as the “tight” rock with abundant nanopores, exhibits extremely low
permeability on the order of micro/nanodarcy. The classic Darcy law, being widely and …

Surrogate permeability modelling of low-permeable rocks using convolutional neural networks

J Tian, C Qi, Y Sun, ZM Yaseen - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Permeability is an important mechanical property of low-permeable rocks, the prediction of
which plays a significant role in forecasting many engineering problems like gas production …

Brinkman double-layer model for flow at a free-porous interface

J Kang, M Wang - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of the Stokes–Darcy flow in coupled systems comprising a clear channel
and a complex 3D porous medium is investigated through both numerical and theoretical …

Simulation of gas flow in micro-porous media with the regularized lattice Boltzmann method

J Wang, Q Kang, Y Wang, R Pawar, SS Rahman - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
One primary challenge for prediction of gas flow in the unconventional gas reservoir at the
pore-scale such as shale and tight gas reservoirs is the geometric complexity of the micro …

Pore-scale simulation of shale gas production considering the adsorption effect

J Zhao, J Yao, L Zhang, H Sui, M Zhang - International Journal of Heat and …, 2016 - Elsevier
A microscale lattice Boltzmann (LB) model considering the adsorption effect was established
and adopted to simulate shale gas production in microscale porous media. The adsorption …

Micro-continuum framework for pore-scale multiphase fluid transport in shale formations

C Soulaine, P Creux, HA Tchelepi - Transport in porous media, 2019 - Springer
A micro-continuum simulation framework is proposed to study the complex pore-scale
dynamics associated with hydrocarbon recovery from shale gas. The model accounts for the …

Image-based micro-continuum model for gas flow in organic-rich shale rock

B Guo, L Ma, HA Tchelepi - Advances in Water Resources, 2018 - Elsevier
The physical mechanisms that control the flow dynamics in organic-rich shale are not well
understood. The challenges include nanometer-scale pores and multiscale heterogeneity in …

Influence mechanism of pore-scale anisotropy and pore distribution heterogeneity on permeability of porous media

LI Tao, LI Min, J Xueqi, X Wenlian… - Petroleum Exploration and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Based on micro-CT scanning experiments, three-dimensional digital cores of tight
sandstones were established to quantitatively evaluate pore-scale anisotropy and pore …

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of liquid flow in nanoporous media

J Zhao, Q Kang, J Yao, L Zhang, Z Li, Y Yang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a multi-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann (LB) model for nanoscale liquid flow is
established to investigate the liquid flow characteristics in nanoporous media. The slip …

Fracture evolution and nonlinear seepage characteristic of gas-bearing coal using X-ray computed tomography and the lattice Boltzmann method

D Wang, T Xiaorui, J Wei, H Zhang, B Yao… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fracture is the primary channel of gas seepage in coal seams and controls the drainage
efficiency of coal bed methane (CBM). However, the seepage characteristics and dynamic …