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 …

A review on shale oil and gas characteristics and molecular dynamics simulation for the fluid behavior in shale pore

S Sun, S Liang, Y Liu, D Liu, M Gao, Y Tian… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Shale oil and gas primarily exist in nanoscale pore-fracture networks. Thus, it is essential to
clarify the flow behavior of hydrocarbon in confined nanopores. This paper summarizes …

Displacement Characteristics of CO2 to CH4 in Heterogeneous Surface Slit Pores

J Sun, Z Chen, X Wang, Y Zhang, Y Qin, C Chen… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Studying the CO2–CH4 displacement process is of great importance to understand the CO2-
enhanced shale gas recovery technology. However, most studies have focused on the gas …

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 …

Methane adsorption of nanocomposite shale in the presence of water: Insights from molecular simulations

S Babaei, H Ghasemzadeh, S Tesson - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurately predicting gas adsorption in shale gas is essential for estimating production
capacity and optimizing extraction processes. However, the complex nature of shale …

Competitive adsorption of methane and ethane in montmorillonite nanopores of shale at supercritical conditions: A grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation study

S Wang, Q Feng, F Javadpour, Q Hu, K Wu - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Because ethane acts apart from methane as a significant component in shale gas,
knowledge of the competitive adsorption behavior of methane and ethane in shales …

Numerical modeling of multiphase flow in porous media considering micro-and nanoscale effects: A comprehensive review

J Cai, X Qin, X **a, X Jiao, H Chen, H Wang… - Gas Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Multiphase flow in porous media involves a variety of natural and industrial processes.
However, the microscopic description of multiphase flow is challenging due to fluid-fluid and …

Competitive adsorption characteristics based on partial pressure and adsorption mechanism of CO2/CH4 mixture in shale pores

J Sun, C Chen, Y Zhang, W Li, Y Song - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
In the context that CS-EGR technology has received more and more attention, molecular
dynamics simulation method was used to analyze the competitive adsorption characteristics …

Recent advances in multiscale digital rock reconstruction, flow simulation, and experiments during shale gas production

Y Yang, F Liu, Q Zhang, Y Li, K Wang, Q Xu… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The complex and multiscale nature of shale gas transport imposes new challenges to the
already well-developed techniques for conventional reservoirs, especially digital core …

Upscaling water flow in composite nanoporous shale matrix using lattice Boltzmann method

T Zhang, F Javadpour, Y Yin, X Li - Water Resources Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Water flow in nanoporous structures in shale strongly depends on water‐pore wall
interactions; specifically, water‐pore wall interactions may influence flow more than water …