Experimental Analysis and Numerical Simulations of Porous Media or Fluid Flowing at Nanoscale
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Theory and Simulation of Nanostructures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editor
Interests: unconventional oil/gas reservoirs; transport in porous media; micro- and nanoscale pore structure characterization; CO2 storage and utilization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Unconventional oil and gas resources—for example, shale gas, tight gas, shale oil, tight oil, and coalbed methane—have garnered substantial interest in recent years. These unconventional reservoirs are typically characterized by low or ultra-low permeability, owing to their pore sizes being microscale or even nanoscale in dimension. The fluid accumulation pattern, microscopic fluid distribution, phase behavior, and flow mechanisms in nanoporous media exhibit fundamental differences compared to those observed in conventional formations. Accurate characterization of nanoporous structure and fluid flow modeling are fundamental for efficient exploitation of these complex unconventional oil and gas resources.
This Special Issue focuses on recent advances and novel insights in the fields of nanoscale porous media characterization and fluid flowing dynamics in unconventional oil or gas reservoirs, including laboratory measurements and modeling, mathematical modeling, analytical and numerical solutions, and field applications. We welcome both original research and review articles.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Nanoscale pore structure characterization and modeling;
- Permeability prediction of porous media with nanoscale pores;
- Phase behavior in nanoporous media;
- Gas adsorption behavior in nanoscaled pores;
- Fluid flow in nanoscale porous media;
- Application of nanofluids/nanomaterials in enhanced oil/gas recovery techniques;
- Application of nanofluids/nanomaterials in CCUS.
Dr. Jingjing Guo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- unconventional reservoir
- pore structure characterization
- fluid transport
- mathematical modeling
- experiment
- confined phase bahavior
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