Pore-scale modeling of complex transport phenomena in porous media

L Chen, A He, J Zhao, Q Kang, ZY Li… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Porous media play important roles in a wide range of scientific and engineering problems.
Recently, with their increasing application in energy conversion and storage devices, such …

A comprehensive review on micro-and nano-scale gas flow effects: Slip-jump phenomena, Knudsen paradox, thermally-driven flows, and Knudsen pumps

H Akhlaghi, E Roohi, S Stefanov - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The motivation of the current paper is to provide a detailed review of crucial topics in micro-
and nanoscale gas flows, ie, velocity slip and temperature jump phenomena and their …

Ultrafast rectifying counter-directional transport of proton and metal ions in metal-organic framework–based nanochannels

J Lu, H Xu, H Yu, X Hu, J **a, Y Zhu, F Wang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Bioinspired control of ion transport at the subnanoscale has become a major focus in the
fields of nanofluidics and membrane separation. It is fundamentally important to achieve …

Modeling of multi-scale transport phenomena in shale gas production—a critical review

H Wang, L Chen, Z Qu, Y Yin, Q Kang, B Yu, WQ Tao - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Shale gas, although unconventional, is a prospective clean energy source. Shale gas
production is a complex multi-scale process with its spatial size ranging from the nanoscale …

Molecular dynamics of methane flow behavior through realistic organic nanopores under geologic shale condition: pore size and kerogen types

Z Sun, X Li, W Liu, T Zhang, M He… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Up to date, for the purpose of simplicity, graphene-based structures, like nano-porous
carbons or carbon nanotubes, have been widely utilized to investigate methane flow …

Transport of shale gas in microporous/nanoporous media: molecular to pore-scale simulations

H Yu, HY Xu, JC Fan, YB Zhu, FC Wang, HA Wu - Energy & Fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
As the typical unconventional reservoir, shale gas is believed to be the most promising
alternative for the conventional resources in future energy patterns, attracting more and …

Pore-network modeling of flow in shale nanopores: Network structure, flow principles, and computational algorithms

R Cui, SM Hassanizadeh, S Sun - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrocarbons in subsurface nanoporous media, such as shale, are promising energy
resources to compensate for the shortage of conventional reservoirs. Pore-network …

A model for multiple transport mechanisms through nanopores of shale gas reservoirs with real gas effect–adsorption-mechanic coupling

K Wu, Z Chen, X Li, C Guo, M Wei - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2016 - Elsevier
Multiple transport mechanisms coexist in nanopores of shale gas reservoirs with complex
pore size distribution and different gas-storage processes, including continuum flow, slip …

Gas flow in ultra-tight shale strata

H Darabi, A Ettehad, F Javadpour… - Journal of Fluid …, 2012 - cambridge.org
We study the gas flow processes in ultra-tight porous media in which the matrix pore network
is composed of nanometre-to micrometre-size pores. We formulate a pressure-dependent …

Nanoscale simulation of shale transport properties using the lattice Boltzmann method: permeability and diffusivity

L Chen, L Zhang, Q Kang, HS Viswanathan, J Yao… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Porous structures of shales are reconstructed using the markov chain monte carlo (MCMC)
method based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of shale samples from …