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Research

  1. Three-dimensional Random Pore-Scale Network Modeling of Two- and Three-Phase Flow in Mixed-Wet Porous Media
    • Three-dimensional
    • Wettability alteration, trapping and contact angle hysteresis
    • Saturation tracking
    • New clustering algorithm (trapped clusters)
    • Multiple phase in each pore (pore with angular cross-section)
    • Double displacements

  2. Direct Numerical Modeling of Pore-Level flow in High Resolution X-ray Images of Porous Media
    • Three-dimensional voxel images of porous media generated by x-ray microtomography
    • Parallel (C++/MPI) code
    • Moving particle semi-implicit (MPS)
    • Novel techniques on how to deal with boundaries
    • Dispersion
    • Flow in fractures

  3. Thermodynamically-Consistent Threshold Capillary Pressures for Two- and Three-Phase Displacements
  4. Effects of Saturation History (Trapping and Hysteresis) on Three-Phase Relative Permeability (Experimental Study)
  5. Effects of Wettability on Three-Phase Relative Permeability (Experimental Study)
  6. Hysteresis in Tight Gas Reservoirs
  7. CO2 Sequestration and Leakage (Deep Saline Aquifers)
  8. Self-consistent Dynamic Upscaling of Flow Properties in Porous Media
  9. Phase Change in Porous Media: Solution Gas Drive
  10. Asphaltene Precipitation and Deposition in Porous Media: Experimentation and Modeling