Imaging and image-based fluid transport modeling at the pore scale in geological materials: A practical introduction to the current state-of-the-art

T Bultreys, W De Boever, V Cnudde - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Fluid flow and mass transport in geological materials are crucial in diverse Earth science
applications. To fully understand the behavior of geological materials in this context, the …

CO2 wettability of seal and reservoir rocks and the implications for carbon geo‐sequestration

S Iglauer, CH Pentland, A Busch - Water Resources Research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We review the literature data published on the topic of CO2 wettability of storage and seal
rocks. We first introduce the concept of wettability and explain why it is important in the …

Reconstruction, optimization, and design of heterogeneous materials and media: Basic principles, computational algorithms, and applications

M Sahimi, P Tahmasebi - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide variety of phenomena with applications to many disciplines, ranging from condensed …

Pore structure characterization, permeability evaluation and enhanced gas recovery techniques of tight gas sandstones

H Gao, HA Li - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
This mini review provides an overview of the recent developments in the pore structure
characterization of tight gas sandstones, permeability measurement techniques, and …

Microbial community dynamics in soil aggregates shape biogeochemical gas fluxes from soil profiles–upscaling an aggregate biophysical model

A Ebrahimi, D Or - Global change biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial communities inhabiting soil aggregates dynamically adjust their activity and
composition in response to variations in hydration and other external conditions. These …

Multi-scale reconstruction of porous media from low-resolution core images using conditional generative adversarial networks

Y Yang, F Liu, J Yao, S Iglauer, M Sajjadi… - Journal of natural gas …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various rocks such as carbonate, coal or shale contain both micro-and macro-pores. To
accurately predict the fluid flow and mechanical properties of these porous media, a multi …

[HTML][HTML] Bottom-up design of porous electrodes by combining a genetic algorithm and a pore network model

R van Gorp, M van der Heijden, MA Sadeghi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The microstructure of porous electrodes determines multiple performance-defining
properties, such as the available reactive surface area, mass transfer rates, and hydraulic …

Accounting for soil architecture and microbial dynamics in microscale models: Current practices in soil science and the path ahead

V Pot, X Portell, W Otten, P Garnier… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Macroscopic models of soil organic matter (SOM) turnover have faced difficulties in
reproducing SOM dynamics or in predicting the spatial distribution of carbon stocks. These …

Deep learning-based pore network generation: Numerical insights into pore geometry effects on microstructural fluid flow behaviors of unconventional resources

BE Guo, N Xiao, D Martyushev, Z Zhao - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Pore-scale transport behaviors and mechanisms of rock reservoirs are still not well
understood to increase unconventional resource production. This work mainly focuses on …

A new method to reconstruct structured mesh model from micro-computed tomography images of porous media and its application

R Song, J Liu, M Cui - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017 - Elsevier
Pore-scale modeling of porous media has been emphasized as a platform to study the
mechanical properties, fluid storage and transport properties in it. A universal and easy-to …