A comprehensive study of fines migration in internally unstable natural gas hydrate reservoirs

Y Song, D Zhang, PG Ranjith, Z Zhou, B Wu, L Kong… - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Evaluating unconsolidated reservoirs' internal stability concerning fine migration is essential
for the commercial development of natural gas hydrate resources. In this pursuit, we use our …

A rigid-flexible coupled dynamic model of a flip-flow vibrating screen considering the effects of processed materials

D Lin, JC Ji, X Wang, Y Wang, N Xu, Q Ni, G Zhao… - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Flip-flow vibrating screens (FFVSs) are the critical screening equipment for classifying and
dewatering wet materials in mining processing industry. During the screening process, the …

CFD–DEM modelling and analysis of proppant transportation inside tortuous hydraulic fractures

J Li, S Kuang, F Huang, P Liu, A Yu - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydraulic fractures in unconventional gas/oil and tight reservoirs generally have tortuous
shapes. This paper presents a numerical study of the proppant transportation and …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling and analysis of particle triboelectrification in pneumatic conveying

F Huang, S Kuang, R Zou, B Chaudhuri, A Yu - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical study of the tribocharging process during pneumatic
conveying using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and the discrete element method …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling and analysis of particle behavior in fluidized bed bioreactors during non-Newtonian sewage treatment

F Huang, S Kuang, NI Ismail, R Zou, A Yu - Journal of Water Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
The stability of biofilms attached to support particles plays a crucial role in fluidized bed
bioreactors (FBBRs) when treating non-Newtonian sewage. Biofilm instability is governed by …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially resolved CFD-DEM model with innovative experimental validation methods to improve understanding of sand retention in oil and gas wells with the …

R Razak, MS Alosail, KI Musa, PA Gago, S Hussain… - Powder Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
Coupling CFD and DEM is commonly used to study particle-fluid flow in sand retention
systems for oil and gas wells, addressing the limitations of laboratory experiments and …

Lattice boltzmann simulation of power-law fluids flow around a forced-oscillation circular cylinder

H Zhang, S Fu, J Dou, W Su, L Wang - Computers & Fluids, 2024 - Elsevier
Direct numerical simulations of power-law non-Newtonian fluids flow around a circular
cylinder are performed by lattice Boltzmann method coupled with immersed moving …

Effects of fluid properties on coarse particles transport in vertical pipe

X Chen, L Yang, L Luo, L Yu, Z Luo - Powder Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
The mineral resources in deep-seabed are attracting extensive attention. A numerical
simulation of particle transport in a vertical pipe for a deep-sea mining system is conducted …

Preparation of Samples for the Study of Rheological Parameters of Digested Pulps in a Bioreactor of an Agricultural Biogas Plant

M Gruszczyński, T Kałuża, J Mazurkiewicz, P Zawadzki… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The studies of the rheology of digested pulp from agricultural biogas plants have often been
fragmentary and non-standardised due to their complexity and time-consuming nature. As a …

CFD-DEM study on the blocking conformation of pre-filled sand control screen by layering method

M Sun, J Deng, Y Feng - Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
Preventing screen blockage due to sand poses a significant challenge. The article combines
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and discrete element method (DEM) to establish a fully …