A critical review on pore to continuum scale imaging techniques for enhanced shale gas recovery

D Chandra, V Vishal - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Imaging and image analysis of shale provides insights into the pore and fracture networks,
disposition of compositional elements, and signatures of diagenesis and fluid flow …

A review of many-body dissipative particle dynamics (MDPD): Theoretical models and its applications

J Zhao, S Chen, K Zhang, Y Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Many-body dissipative particle dynamics (MDPD) is a novel coarse-grained numerical
method that originated from dissipative particle dynamics. In the MDPD system, a density …

High-pressure methane adsorption behavior on deep shales: Experiments and modeling

W Shen, X Li, T Ma, J Cai, X Lu, S Zhou - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Understanding methane adsorption behavior on deep shales is crucial for estimating the
original gas in place and enhancing gas recovery in deep shale gas formations. In this …

Confinement effect on porosity and permeability of shales

J Goral, P Panja, M Deo, M Andrew, S Linden… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Porosity and permeability are the key factors in assessing the hydrocarbon productivity of
unconventional (shale) reservoirs, which are complex in nature due to their heterogeneous …

Self-cleaning of hydrophobic rough surfaces by coalescence-induced wetting transition

K Zhang, Z Li, M Maxey, S Chen, GE Karniadakis - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
The superhydrophobic leaves of a lotus plant and other natural surfaces with self-cleaning
function have been studied intensively for the development of artificial biomimetic surfaces …

Pore system characterization of organic-rich shales using nanoscale-resolution 3D imaging

J Goral, I Walton, M Andrew, M Deo - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Vaca Muerta Shale in Argentina is the first major commercial shale oil/gas play
outside of North America. High-resolution 2D/3D imaging of shale rocks for the purpose of …

Correlative core-to pore-scale imaging of shales

J Goral, M Andrew, T Olson, M Deo - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Unconventional reservoirs (eg, shales) remain poorly understood, compared to conventional
reservoirs, due to their complex compositional and structural anisotropy. These …

Multicomponent digital core construction and three-dimensional micro-pore structure characterization of shale

J Liu, R Xie, J Guo, C Xu, H Wei - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The components and pore structure of shale are complex due to the heterogeneous
distribution of organic matter and the complex distributions of the minerals. The digital core …

Machine-learning-assisted segmentation of focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy images with artifacts for improved void-space characterization of tight …

A Kazak, K Simonov, V Kulikov - SPE Journal, 2021 - onepetro.org
The modern focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) allows imaging of
nanoporous tight reservoir-rock samples in 3D at a resolution up to 3 nm/voxel. Correct …

[HTML][HTML] A coarse-grained approach to modeling gas transport in swelling porous media

J Wu, Y Gan, P Huang, L Shen - … Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2024 - Elsevier
In many engineering applications, understanding gas adsorption and its induced swelling in
nanoporous materials is crucial. In this study, we propose a novel coarse-grained molecular …