Cement-based materials, including cement and concrete, are the most widely used
construction materials in the world. In recent years, the investigation and application of …

The shale boom in North America started more than a decade ago, however, the issue of
substantial fracturing fluid loss inside shale did not draw much attention for a decade. In the …

In this paper, a fractal model for capillary flow through a single tortuous capillary with
roughened surfaces in fibrous porous media is derived. The determined imbibition height …

The porous structure of coal directly determines its gas transport property. The fluid flow
behavior of coal is one of the key science questions that will influence the coal energy …

Spontaneous imbibition of wetting liquids in porous media is a ubiquitous natural
phenomenon which has received much attention in a wide variety of fields over several …

We measure spontaneous imbibition of aqueous (deionized water and KCl solutions of
various concentrations) and oleic (kerosene and iso-octane) phases in several dry organic …

Hydraulic fracturing of multi-lateral horizontal wells for shale gas production usually requires
a great amount of water. Field data indicate that only a small fraction of the injected water …

In the past decades, there was considerable controversy over the Lucas–Washburn (LW)
equation widely applied in capillary imbibition kinetics. Many experimental results showed …

Spontaneous imbibition of wetting liquid into porous media is regarded as a crucially
important driving mechanism for enhancing oil recovery from naturally fractured reservoir …

Shales are important components of petroleum systems, and it is necessary to reveal their
petrophysical properties as reservoirs. Low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has …