Review on using pH-sensitive microgels as enhanced oil recovery and water shutoff agents: Concepts, recent developments, and future challenges

A Koochakzadeh, A Teimouri, E Tohidi… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Excessive water production is one of the main problems of mature reservoirs, which reduces
hydrocarbon production and economic reservoir lifetime, and may pose severe …

Understanding the joint impacts of soil architecture and microbial dynamics on soil functions: Insights derived from microscale models

V Pot, X Portell, W Otten, P Garnier… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decades, a new generation of microscale models has been developed to
simulate soil microbial activity. An earlier article (Pot et al., 2021) presented a detailed …

A perspective on applied geochemistry in porous media: Reactive transport modeling of geochemical dynamics and the interplay with flow phenomena and physical …

H Deng, M Gharasoo, L Zhang, Z Dai, A Hajizadeh… - Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
In many practical geochemical systems that are at the center of providing indispensable
energy, resources and service to our society,(bio) geochemical reactions are coupled with …

Relative permeability curve prediction from digital rocks with variable sizes using deep learning

C Xie, J Zhu, H Yang, J Wang, L Liu, H Song - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology have offered new ways to
obtain the relative permeability curve that is crucial for subsurface engineering problems …

Minkowski functional evaluation of representative elementary volume of rock microtomography images at multiple resolutions

S Sadeghnejad, M Reinhardt, F Enzmann… - Advances in Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pore-scale properties can be obtained by building a reliable digital twin of porous media
through the digital rock physics (DRP) workflow. The two prerequisites of DRP are reliable …

Anisotropy of fracture and permeability in high-rank coal analyzed using digital rock physics

X Wang, J Pan, Q Hou, G Li, L Liu, Z Wang, L Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Rock microstructure analysis and physical property simulation by means of digital rock
physics (DRP) can overcome the deficiencies such as poor quantification and visibility in …

Influence of heterogeneity on carbonate permeability upscaling: A renormalization approach coupled with the pore network model

H Zhang, H Ait Abderrahmane, M Arif… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Permeability upscaling in carbonate rocks is challenging due to the heterogeneity at multiple
scales. Although there are several computational methods for permeability upscaling, the …

Pore-scale diffusivity and permeability evaluations in porous geomaterials using multi-types pore-structure analysis and X-μCT imaging

Z Zhao, XP Zhou - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Pore-scale permeability and diffusivity are two paramount parameters to determine the
hydraulic and transport properties in porous geomaterials. To well understand pore-scale …

A hybrid of statistical and conditional generative adversarial neural network approaches for reconstruction of 3D porous media (ST-CGAN)

R Shams, M Masihi, RB Boozarjomehry… - Advances in Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
A coupled statistical and conditional generative adversarial neural network is used for 3D
reconstruction of both homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media from a single two …

Modeling of hydrate dissociation surface area in porous media considering arrangements of sand grains and morphologies of hydrates

Y Liao, Z Wang, X Sun, W Lou, H Liu, B Sun - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The volumetric surface area of hydrates (A h) in porous media is a key factor involved in
hydrate kinetics as it determines the dissociation rate and gas production behavior …