Shale reservoirs are extensively exploited using hydraulic fracturing, which forms multiple
cracks that connect with the existing natural fractures to create a continuous path for the gas …

Hydrophobic membranes used in membrane distillation (MD) systems are often subject to
wetting during long-term operation. Thus, it is of great importance to fully understand factors …

During the soaking process of shale gas reservoirs, due to the imbibition of fracturing fluid
and the dissolution of solid substances in the reservoir, the flowback rate is low, and the …

The ant colony optimization (ACO) is one efficient approach for solving the travelling
salesman problem (TSP). Here, we propose a hybrid algorithm based on state-adaptive …

Abstracts Flexible and breathable porous pressure sensors are gaining attention due to their
potential in wearable devices for human motion monitoring. The controllable deposition and …

Hydraulic fracturing technology can improve the geologic structure of unconventional oil and
gas reservoirs, yielding a complex fracture network resulting from the synergistic action of …

Multiphase flow in porous media is relevant to amount of engineering processes, such as
hydrocarbon extraction from reservoir rock, water contamination, CO2 geological storage …

Hydraulic fracturing of multi-lateral horizontal wells for shale gas production usually requires
a great amount of water. Field data indicate that only a small fraction of the injected water …