Wettability effects on phase behavior and interfacial tension in shale nanopores

D Feng, S Bakhshian, K Wu, Z Song, B Ren, J Li… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoconfinement effects lead to the anomalous phase behavior of hydrocarbons in
nanopores. Besides the capillary pressure, the critical properties' shift and curvature …

The Effect of Wettability on Confinement-Induced Phase Behavior and Storage of Alkane in Nanoporous Media

ATT Nguyen, KV Sharma, M Piri - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
The impact of wettability on the confined phase behavior of fluids is paramount for various
applications, such as gas storage, carbon dioxide sequestration, and water purification …

Experimental Study on the Confined Phase Behavior of n-Butane/n-hexane Binary Mixture: The Effect of the Amount of Nanoporous Material at Varying Pore Sizes …

ATT Nguyen, KV Sharma, M Piri - Industrial & Engineering …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The confinement-induced phase transition of fluids has crucial implications for numerous
industrial and scientific applications, such as enhanced hydrocarbon recovery from …

Phase behavior of n-hexane confined in unconsolidated nanoporous media: an experimental investigation at varying pore sizes and temperatures

KV Sharma, RM Alloush, O Salim, M Piri - … Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigated the effect of confinement on the phase behavior of hexane in nanopores of
mesoporous silica at varying pore diameters and temperatures using a patented gravimetric …

Static and dynamic behavior of CO2 enhanced oil recovery in nanoslits: Effects of mineral type and oil components

T Fang, Y Zhang, B Ding, Y Yan, J Zhang - International Journal of Heat …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present study, the oil miscibility and displacement of CO 2/oil systems in nanoslits
referred to three minerals (eg, quartz, calcite and kaolinite) were characterized by molecular …

Capillary-condensation hysteresis in naturally-occurring nanoporous media

E Barsotti, SP Tan, M Piri, JH Chen - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Persistent uncertainties in understanding fluid phase behavior in natural nanoporous media,
including shale rock, remain a significant challenge to fully utilizing tight geological …

Phase equilibrium modeling for confined fluids in nanopores using an association equation of state

W **ong, YL Zhao, JH Qin, SL Huang… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The conventional cubic‒plus‒association equation of state (CPA EoS) is extended to
describe the phase behavior of non‒associating and associating fluids in nanopores. To …

Vapor-liquid equilibrium and criticality of CO2 and n-heptane in shale organic pores by the Monte Carlo simulation

X **ng, Q Feng, W Zhang, S Wang - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Thanks to the application of CO 2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology in shale oil
production, phase behavior of CO 2 and alkanes in nanopores has received considerable …

Confined phase behavior of subcritical carbon dioxide in nanoporous media: the effects of pore size and temperature

O Salim, KV Sharma, M Piri - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
This study investigates the effect of confinement on the phase behavior of carbon dioxide
(CO2) and its implications for storage in nanometer-scale pores. A patented gravimetric …

Nanoconfined fluid critical properties variation over surface wettability

S Wu, Z Xu, Q Wang, Z Sun - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The characterization of nanoconfined fluid critical properties is critical for nanoconfined fluid
phase behavior and flow capacity evaluation. To date, fluid–surface interaction strength is …