Superior unidirectional water transport and mechanically stable 3D orthogonal woven fabric for human body moisture and thermal management

W Fan, G Zhang, X Zhang, K Dong, X Liang, W Chen… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Unidirectional water transport performance is vital for maintaining human thermal and wet
comfort in the field of garment materials. In this work, a 3D orthogonal woven fabric (3DOWF) …

Pore-scale modeling of solute transport in partially-saturated porous media

A Saeibehrouzi, S Abolfathi, P Denissenko… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solute transport in partially-saturated porous media plays a key role in multiple applications
across scales, from the migration of nutrients and contaminants in soils to geological energy …

CO2 geological sequestration in multiscale heterogeneous aquifers: Effects of heterogeneity, connectivity, impurity, and hysteresis

R Ershadnia, S Hajirezaie, A Amooie… - Advances in Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fundamental understanding of processes controlling geological carbon sequestration
(GCS) requires flow and transport modeling in well-characterized aquifer sedimentary …

Transition from viscous fingering to capillary fingering: Application of GPU‐based fully implicit dynamic pore network modeling

S An, H Erfani, OE Godinez‐Brizuela… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Immiscible two‐phase flow through porous materials exhibits different invasion patterns
controlled by dynamic conditions, competition between the viscous and capillary forces, and …

Impact of rock morphology on the dominating enhanced oil recovery mechanisms by low salinity water flooding in carbonate rocks

H Farhadi, S Ayatollahi, M Fatemi - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Because of the complex nature of carbonate reservoirs, the required conditions for effective
Low Salinity Water Flooding (LSWF) in these reservoirs need further and in depth …

Pore-scale simulation of the interplay between wettability, capillary number, and salt dispersion on the efficiency of oil mobilization by low-salinity waterflooding

A Namaee-Ghasemi, S Ayatollahi, H Mahani - SPE Journal, 2021 - onepetro.org
Nonuniform mixing during low-salinity waterflooding (LSWF) is a function of the pore
geometry and flow patterns within the porous system. Salinity-dependent wettability …

MD-CFD simulation on the miscible displacement process of hydrocarbon gas flooding under deep reservoir conditions

Z Yan, X Li, X Zhu, P Wang, S Yu, H Li, K Wei, Y Li… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the microscopic miscible mechanism and the macroscopic flow characteristics
of hydrocarbon gas and crude oil are investigated by combining molecular dynamic (MD) …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetics of wettability alteration and droplet detachment from a solid surface by low-salinity: A lattice-Boltzmann method

S An, Y Zhan, H Mahani, V Niasar - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamics of droplet detachment from a surface is a fundamental topic studied in coating
engineering, fluid mechanics, and subsurface engineering applications. This topic has direct …

Detecting pH and Ca2+ increase during low salinity waterflooding in carbonate reservoirs: Implications for wettability alteration process

Y Chen, A Ubaidah, Y Elakneswaran, VJ Niasar… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wettability alteration appears to be an important physiochemical process during low salinity
waterflooding (LSWF) in carbonate reservoirs. However, the leading factor (s) behind …

The impact of grain size heterogeneity on the performance of low-salinity waterflooding in carbonate formations

A Toupchian, H Mahani, S Ayatollahi - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Low-salinity waterflooding (LSWF) is a proven enhanced oil recovery method for many
target fields. The efficiency of this technique depends on both operational factors as well as …