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Selected Publications

Journal Papers

    12. V. S. Suicmez, M. Piri, and M. J. Blunt, Effects of wettability on hydrocarbon trapping, Advances in Water Resources 31 (3): 503-512,(2008).

    11. M. I. J. Van Dijke, M. Piri, Introduction to Special Section on Modeling of Pore-Scale Processes, Water Resources Research 43, W12S01, doi:10.1029/2007WR006332 (2007)

    10. M. I. J. Van Dijke, M. Piri, J. O. Helland, K. S. Sorbie, M. J. Blunt, and S. M. Skjæveland, Criteria for three-fluid configurations including layers in a pore with non-uniform wettability, Water Resources Research 43, W12S05, doi:10.1029/2006WR005761 (2007)

    9. M. Piri and Z. T. Karpyn, Prediction of Fluid Occupancy in Fractures using Network Modeling and X-ray Microtomography. Part 2: Results, Physical Review E 76 016316 doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.76.016316 (2007).

    8. Z. T. Karpyn and M. Piri, Prediction of Fluid Occupancy in Fractures using Network Modeling and X-ray Microtomography. Part 1: Data Conditioning and Model Description, Physical Review E 76 016315 doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.76.016315 (2007).

    7. V. S. Suicmez, M. Piri, and M. J. Blunt, Pore-scale simulation of water alternate gas injection, Transport in Porous Media, 66: 259-286, doi:10.1007/s11242-006-0017-9 (2007).

    6. R. C. Fuller, J. H. Prévost and M. Piri, Three-phase equilibrium and partitioning calculations for CO2 sequestration in saline aquifers, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth 111, B06207, doi:10.1029/2005JB003618 (2006).

    5. M. Piri and M. J. Blunt, Three-dimensional mixed-wet random pore-scale network modeling of two- and three-phase flow in porous media. I. Model description. Physical Review E, 71 026301 doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.026301 (2005).

    4. M. Piri and M. J. Blunt, Three-dimensional mixed-wet random pore-scale network modeling of two- and three-phase flow in porous media. II. Results. PPhysical Review E, 71 026302 doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.026302 (2005).

    3. P. H. Valvatne, M. Piri, X. Lopez, and M. J. Blunt, Predictive pore-scale modeling of single and multiphase flow, Transport in Porous Media, 58 (1-2): 23-41, doi: 10.1007/s11242-004-5468-2 (2005).

    2. M. Piri, and M. J. Blunt, Three-phase threshold capillary pressures in noncircular capillary tubes with different wettabilities including contact angle hysteresis, Physical Review E, 70 061603 doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.70.061603 (2004).

    1. M. J. Blunt, M. D. Jackson, M. Piri, and P. H. Valvatne, Detailed physics, predictive capabilities and macroscopic consequences for pore-network models of multiphase flow, Advances in Water Resources, 25 (8-12) 1069-1089 (2002).

Conference papers, presentations, and posters

    12. A. Zolfaghari Shahrak, M. Piri, and V. S. Suicmez, Thermodynamically Consistent Threshold Cap- illary Pressures for Displacements in Mixed-wet Irregular Capillary Tubes, Computational Methods in Water Resources XVII International Conference (CMWR XVII), San Francisco, USA, July 6-10 (2008).

    11. B. Raeesi and M. Piri, Three-dimensional mixed-wet random pore-scale network modeling of relationships between interfacial area, capillary pressure and saturation, Computational Methods in Water Resources XVII International Conference (CMWR XVII), San Francisco, USA, July 6-10 (2008).

    10. V. S. Suicmez, M. Piri, and M. J. Blunt, Surprising Trends on Trapped Hydrocarbon Saturation with Wettability, Society of Core Analysts, 21st International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, Calgary, Canada, September 10-14, Poster Number SCA2007-51, (2007).

    9. S. Ovaysi and M. Piri, Dynamic pore-level modeling of multi-phase displacement processes in non- circular capillary tubes using a particle-based method, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 18-20, (2007).

    8. B. B. Alamdari, T. LaForce and M. Piri, Impact of Self-Consistent Physically-Based Three-Phase Relative Permeability on Oil Recovery by Secondary Gas-flooding, Paper SPE 110507, Proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California, November 11-14 (2007).

    7. Z. T. Karpyn, and M. Piri, Prediction of fluid occupancy in fractures using network modeling and X-ray microtomography, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15 (2006).

    6. M. I. J. Van Dijke, M. Piri, K. S. Sorbie, and M. J. Blunt, Criterion for three-fluid configurations including layers in a pore with non-uniform wettability, Proceedings of the Computational Methods in Water Resources XVI International Conference (CMWR XVI), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 19- 22 (2006).

    5. V. S. Suicmez, M. Piri, and M. J. Blunt, Pore-scale simulation of water alternate gas injection, Proceedings of the Computational Methods in Water Resources XVI International Conference (CMWR XVI), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 19-22 (2006).

    4. V. S. Suicmez, M. Piri, and M. J. Blunt, Pore-scale simulation of water alternate gas injection, Pore Scale Modeling of Three-Phase WAG Injection: Prediction of Relative Permeabilities and Trapping for Different Displacement Cycles, Paper SPE 95594, Proceedings of the SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery held in Tulsa, OK, USA, April 22-26 (2006).

    3. M. J. Blunt, B. Bijeljic, H. Dong, M. Jackson, X. Lopez, H. Okabe, M. Piri, and P. Valvatne, Predictive pore-scale modeling, Proceedings of DEVEX, Aberdeen, UK, May 18-19 (2005).

    2. M. Piri, J. H. Prévost and R. Fuller, Carbon Dioxide sequestration in saline aquifers: evaporation, precipitation and compressibility effects, Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, WA, May 2-5 (2005).

    1. M. Piri and M. J. Blunt, Pore-scale modeling of three-phase flow in mixed-wet systems, Paper SPE 77726, Proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, September 29-October 2 (2002).