Porous structures of shales are reconstructed using the markov chain monte carlo (MCMC)
method based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of shale samples from …

Permeability is a key parameter for investigating the flow ability of sedimentary rocks. The
conventional model for calculating permeability is derived from Darcy's law, which is valid …

Shale formations consist of numerous nanoscale pores within a range of 2 nm–50 nm; the
shale gas flow within this size range under typical shale reservoir pressure and temperature …

Fluid mechanics of natural gas in organic-rich shale involves nanoscale phenomena that
could lead to potential non-Darcy effects during gas production. In general, these are low …

Gas flow in a shale reservoir is hard to model and simulate as certain complex mechanisms
should be included, for example, diffusion and sorption. As a mesoscopic approach, Lattice …

A better understanding on the multiscale transport of shale gas will further the advancement
of shale gas extraction. Traditional lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) simulations usually …

Gas flow in shale is associated with both organic matter (OM) and inorganic matter (IOM)
which contain nano-pores ranging in size from a few to hundreds of nano-meters. In addition …

The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) has experienced tremendous advances and been well
accepted as a popular method for simulating various fluid flow problems in porous media …

Nanoscale phenomena in kerogen pores could result in complicated non-Darcy effects in
shale gas production, and so classical simulation approaches based on Darcy's law may not …

To investigate the gas flow characteristics in tight porous media, a microscale lattice
Boltzmann (LB) model with the regularization procedure is firstly adopted to simulate gas …