Underground hydrogen storage: Influencing parameters and future outlook

B Pan, X Yin, Y Ju, S Iglauer - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Underground hydrogen storage (UHS) is a promising technology with which large quantities
of H 2 can potentially be stored in the subsurface safely, economically and efficiently. As …

Multiscale storage and transport modeling in unconventional shale gas: A review

C Afagwu, MA Mahmoud, S Alafnan, S Patil - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several studies have been performed to model the storage and transport in organic matter
present in shale gas. However, the unconventional formation does not only contain organic …

Sticky layers affect oil transport through the nanopores of realistic shale kerogen

S Wang, Y Liang, Q Feng, F Javadpour - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the transport mechanism of hydrocarbons through kerogen nanopores is
crucial to shale oil production. However, existing studies primarily focus on single …

The impact of pore structure and adsorption behavior on kerogen tortuosity

C Afagwu, S Al-Afnan, S Patil, J Aljaberi, MA Mahmoud… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Diffusion tortuosity is an important microstructural parameter for computing effective gas
transport coefficients in porous media. In this study, a realistic kerogen structure was built to …

Hydraulic diffusivity estimations for US shale gas reservoirs with Gaussian method: Implications for pore-scale diffusion processes in underground repositories

R Weijermars, C Afagwu - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper first presents so-called unified Gaussian solutions for the spatial advance of
diffusion transients triggered by a sudden change in pressure, molecular mass …

Multiscale and multiphysics production forecasts of shale gas reservoirs: New simulation scheme based on Gaussian pressure transients

C Afagwu, S Alafnan, R Weijermars, M Mahmoud - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Common numerical solutions for production rate forecasting of shale reservoirs have a
limited capability to describe the dynamics of fluid mass transfer during a pressure depletion …

Roughness factor-dependent transport characteristic of shale gas through amorphous kerogen nanopores

H Yu, HY Xu, JC Fan, FC Wang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the past decades, shale gas has been recognized as the promising unconventional
resource for global energy storage, and a clear understanding of the gas-transport …

Long-lasting antifogging mechanism for large-aperture optical surface in low-pressure air plasma in-situ treated

Y Li, Q Bai, C Yao, P Zhang, R Shen, H Liu, L Lu… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this article, the long-lasting antifogging capability of large-aperture optical components
was obtained by the in-situ plasma treatment. Water contact angle and surface free energy …

Modeling of natural gas self-diffusion in the micro-pores of organic-rich shales coupling sorption and geomechanical effects

C Afagwu, S Alafnan, M Mahmoud, IY Akkutlu - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2022 - Elsevier
A significant amount of the natural gas in shale formations is contained in the micro-and
mesopores as dissolved (absorbed) phase and on the surfaces of associated microcracks …

[图书][B] Tortuosity and microstructure effects in porous media: classical theories, empirical data and modern methods

L Holzer, P Marmet, M Fingerle, A Wiegmann… - 2023 - library.oapen.org
This open access book presents a thorough look at tortuosity and microstructure effects in
porous materials. The book delivers a comprehensive review of the subject, summarizing all …