Hydraulic fracturing of shale formations in the United States has led to a domestic energy
boom. Currently, water is the only fracturing fluid regularly used in commercial shale oil and …

Fluid flow and mass transport in geological materials are crucial in diverse Earth science
applications. To fully understand the behavior of geological materials in this context, the …

Over the last two decades, lattice Boltzmann methods have become an increasingly popular
tool to compute the flow in complex geometries such as porous media. In addition to single …

Volcanic eruptions transfer huge amounts of gas to the atmosphere,. In particular, the sulfur
released during large silicic explosive eruptions can induce global cooling. A fundamental …

Carbonate rocks display complex pore textures with heterogeneities that extend over
several length scales. Identifying and capturing their significant pore space properties in a …

Microfluidic investigations of flow and transport in porous and fractured media have the
potential to play a significant role in the development of future subsurface energy resource …

This study characterized and modeled heterogeneous surface wettability in sandstone and
investigated the role of spatial heterogeneity and correlation length of surface wettability on …

The breakthrough of clean and efficient shale gas stimulation technology and reduction of
global carbon emissions is in a critical period. The injection of supercritical carbon dioxide …

Two-phase flow through porous media is important to the development of secondary and
tertiary oil recovery. In the present work, we have simulated oil recovery through a pore …

Based on kinetic theory, the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is a versatile computational tool
extensively applied to simulate diverse problems. It has particularly advanced in addressing …