Flow and Transport Properties of Unconventional Reservoirs
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2017) | Viewed by 56534
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Interests: porous media; nanofluids; EOR; fractal; capillary pressure; imbibition; mutlphase flow in porous media
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Interests: flow and transport in porous media; lattice boltzmann method; multiscale modeling; CO2 sequestration; shale gas; energy storage and conversion devices
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National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
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Dear Colleagues,
Unconventional reservoirs have received a great deal of attention in recent years. A better understanding of the nano- and micro-scale structures of these reservoir rocks, and their transport properties, are critical for improving the efficiency of these energy systems. Due to the complexity of unconventional rocks, and the strong interactions between fluids and pore surfaces due to the reduced dimensionality, conventional approaches are typically not applicable to fluid flow in these porous reservoir rocks. Therefore, the accurate characterization of rocks with nano- to micro-scale pores is challenging and of great importance.
We invite investigators to submit original research articles, as well as review articles, which will stimulate the continuous efforts on new and modern methods and techniques for rock characterization and reconstruction, as well as on understanding mechanisms involved in transport physics of tight and ultra-tight porous media and unconventional rocks.
Prof. Dr. Jianchao Cai
Prof. Dr. Qinjun Kang
Dr. Harpreet Singh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nano to micro-scale pores
- rock characterization and reconstruction
- theoretical and numerical models for upscaling
- unconventional rocks
- hydraulic fracturing and fracture dynamic characterization
- capillary flow
- nanofluids
- non-linear porous flow
- multiphase porous flow
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