Hydrogen diffusion in clay slit: Implications for the geological storage

J Liu, S Wang, F Javadpour, Q Feng, L Cha - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
We determined the self-diffusion coefficients of hydrogen in clay (montmorillonite)
nanopores using molecular dynamics under subsurface conditions. We explored the effects …

Study on the mechanism of surfactant flooding: Effect of betaine structure

W Lv, Z Zhou, Q Zhang, X Zhang… - Advances in Geo-Energy …, 2023 - yandy-ager.com
In order to elucidate the oil displacement mechanism of micro-emulsions formed by different
betaines at pore throats, this study selected three betaine surfactants with different …

Fingering crossover and enhanced oil recovery mechanism of water-alternating-CO2 injection

L He, S Ren, H Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Combined with strengths of water and CO 2 flooding, water-alternating-CO 2 (WAG)
injection stabilizes displacement front and suppresses viscous fingering. Optimal injection …

Microfluidic experiments and numerical simulation methods of pore-scale multiphase flow

J Cai, J Zhao, J Zhong, B Bate - Capillarity, 2024 - capi.yandypress.com
Multiphase flow is a common scenario in industrial and environmental applications.
Especially at microscopic scale, accurately describing flow processes is challenging due to …

Hydrodynamics of gas-liquid displacement in porous media: Fingering pattern evolution at the breakthrough moment and the stable state

S Yang, G Kong, Z Cao, Z Wu, H Li - Advances in Water Resources, 2022 - Elsevier
Gas-liquid displacement in porous media widely exists in many terrestrial/extraterrestrial
subsurface resource extraction and utilization applications. The typical fingering …

CH4 transport in micro–nano porous media associated with supercritical CO2 flooding

J Deng, J Li, L Zhang, F Song, D Wang, H Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Injecting supercritical CO 2 into tight gas reservoirs to displace CH 4 is an extremely
promising technology of unconventional gas exploitation. However, Darcy's law cannot …

Examination of Haines jump in microfluidic experiments via evolution graphs and interface tracking

J Sun, Z Li, SA Aryana - Fluids, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work examines a type of rapid pore-filling event in multiphase flow through permeable
media that is better known as Haines Jump. While existing microfluidic experiments on …

[PDF][PDF] Controllable electrome-chanical stability of a torsional micromirror actuator with piezoelectric composite structure under capillary force

M Liu, Y Chen, W Cheng, S Chen, T Yu, W Yang - Capillarity, 2022 - researchgate.net
Various types of micro/nano functional devices are being widely designed as optical
switches, micro scanners, micromirrors and other core optical devices. The continuing …

Open-source high-performance software packages for direct and inverse solving of horizontal capillary flow

GS Gerlero, CLA Berli, PA Kler - Capillarity, 2023 - yandy-ager.com
This work introduces Fronts, a set of open-source numerical software packages for nonlinear
horizontal capillary-driven flow problems in unsaturated porous media governed by the …

Experimental and numerical study of the water-in-oil emulsions in porous media

T Zarin, M Aghajanzadeh, M Riazi, M Ghaedi… - Capillarity, 2024 - capi.yandypress.com
In different industries and environments, water-in-oil emulsions are complicated mixtures of
multiple phases. They are useful for enhanced oil recovery, petroleum refining, and oil spill …