Modeling of multi-scale transport phenomena in shale gas production—a critical review

H Wang, L Chen, Z Qu, Y Yin, Q Kang, B Yu, WQ Tao - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Shale gas, although unconventional, is a prospective clean energy source. Shale gas
production is a complex multi-scale process with its spatial size ranging from the nanoscale …

Comprehensive comparison of pore-scale models for multiphase flow in porous media

B Zhao, CW MacMinn, BK Primkulov… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Multiphase flows in porous media are important in many natural and industrial processes.
Pore-scale models for multiphase flows have seen rapid development in recent years and …

Pore-scale simulation of remaining oil distribution in 3D porous media affected by wettability and capillarity based on volume of fluid method

Y Yang, S Cai, J Yao, J Zhong, K Zhang, W Song… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Characterizing the trapped phase in porous media is essential for many engineering
applications, such as enhanced oil recovery, nuclear storage, and geological sequestration …

A review on the role of microflow parameter measurements for microfluidics applications

S Lingadahalli Kotreshappa, CG Nayak… - Systems, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microfluidics has risen to a new zone of exploration because of its application in numerous
fields. The integration of microfluidics and sensor technology bridges gaps in heat transfer …

The effect of wettability heterogeneity on relative permeability of two‐phase flow in porous media: A lattice Boltzmann study

J Zhao, Q Kang, J Yao, H Viswanathan… - Water Resources …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Relative permeability is a critical parameter characterizing multiphase flow in porous media
and it is strongly dependent on the wettability. In many situations, the porous media are …

Microscopic remaining oil initiation mechanism and formation damage of CO2 injection after waterflooding in deep reservoirs

X Zhang, Y Su, L Li, Y Hao, W Wang, J Liu, X Gao… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Injecting CO 2 into deep reservoirs with high temperature and pressure (HTHP) is a
promising method for enhancing oil recovery (EOR) and CO 2 utilization and storage (CUS) …

Effect of hydrate on permeability in porous media: Pore-scale micro-simulation

J Hou, Y Ji, K Zhou, Y Liu, B Wei - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2018 - Elsevier
The permeability variation caused by hydrate dissociation will affect the further exploitation
of hydrate resources during the development of natural gas hydrate. To study the effect of …

Bridging adsorption behavior of confined CH4-CO2 binary mixtures across scales

L Liu, Y Zhao, M Luo, L Zhang, SA Aryana - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
An accurate understanding of the competitive adsorption of CH 4-CO 2 binary mixtures in
nano-confined systems is critical for engineering CO 2 storage in shale gas reservoirs. Due …

Simulation of gas flow in micro-porous media with the regularized lattice Boltzmann method

J Wang, Q Kang, Y Wang, R Pawar, SS Rahman - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
One primary challenge for prediction of gas flow in the unconventional gas reservoir at the
pore-scale such as shale and tight gas reservoirs is the geometric complexity of the micro …

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of liquid flow in nanoporous media

J Zhao, Q Kang, J Yao, L Zhang, Z Li, Y Yang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a multi-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann (LB) model for nanoscale liquid flow is
established to investigate the liquid flow characteristics in nanoporous media. The slip …