A review on capillary condensation in nanoporous media: Implications for hydrocarbon recovery from tight reservoirs

E Barsotti, SP Tan, S Saraji, M Piri, JH Chen - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
The key to understanding capillary condensation phenomena and employing that
knowledge in a wide range of engineering applications lies in the synergy of theoretical and …

[HTML][HTML] A review of phase behavior simulation of hydrocarbons in confined space: Implications for shale oil and shale gas

X Liu, D Zhang - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
In oil field development, phase behavior would influence fluid components and mobility, thus
affecting production. As a fine-grained sedimentary rock, shale brings difficulties to …

Phase equilibria of confined fluids in nanopores of tight and shale rocks considering the effect of capillary pressure and adsorption film

X Dong, H Liu, J Hou, K Wu, Z Chen - Industrial & Engineering …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Because of the effect of nanoscale confinement, the phase behavior of fluids confined in
nanopores differs significantly from that observed in a PVT cell. In this paper, the cubic Peng …

Adsorption performance of VOCs in ordered mesoporous silicas with different pore structures and surface chemistry

B Dou, Q Hu, J Li, S Qiao, Z Hao - Journal of hazardous materials, 2011 - Elsevier
Ordered mesoporous silicas with different pore structures, including SBA-15, MCM-41, MCM-
48 and KIT-6, were functionalized with phenyltriethoxysilane by a post-synthesis grafting …

Effect of pore structure in mesoporous silicas on VOC dynamic adsorption/desorption performance

K Kosuge, S Kubo, N Kikukawa, M Takemori - Langmuir, 2007 - ACS Publications
The dynamic adsorption/desorption behavior of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as
toluene (C7H8) and benzene (C6H6) was evaluated for three kinds of mesoporous silicas of …

Equation-of-state modeling of confined-fluid phase equilibria in nanopores

SP Tan, M Piri - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2015 - Elsevier
Perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory (PC-SAFT) is coupled with Young–
Laplace equation to investigate and represent fluid-phase equilibria in nanosize pores. The …

Experimental investigation of confinement effect on phase behavior of hexane, heptane and octane using lab-on-a-chip technology

M Alfi, H Nasrabadi, D Banerjee - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2016 - Elsevier
The study of phase behavior of hydrocarbons inside shale rock has garnered significant
attention in contemporary literature. The present work focused on experimental techniques …

Effect of confinement on the bubble points of hydrocarbons in nanoporous media

S Luo, H Nasrabadi, JL Lutkenhaus - AIChE Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The bubble point of reservoir petroleum fluids in nanoporous media is an important
parameter in shale oil production. We present experimental results on the bubble points of …

Abatement of gaseous volatile organic compounds: A material perspective

T Gelles, A Krishnamurthy, B Adebayo, A Rownaghi… - Catalysis today, 2020 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a class of organic liquid compounds with low vapor
pressures, which enables them to vaporize at ambient conditions. VOCs are largely toxic …

Molecular simulation of the pore size distribution effect on phase behavior of methane confined in nanopores

B Jin, R Bi, H Nasrabadi - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2017 - Elsevier
An understanding of the phase behavior of hydrocarbons is important in the petroleum
reservoir simulation. However, fluid phase behavior in a shale reservoir is substantially …