Recent developments on fractal-based approaches to nanofluids and nanoparticle aggregation

J Cai, X Hu, B **ao, Y Zhou, W Wei - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2017 - Elsevier
The properties of nanoparticles and its aggregation as well as convective heat transfer of
nanofluids have received great attentions over the last few decades. It is well certified that …

The performance and model of porous materials in the indirect evaporative cooling system: A review

J Lv, H Xu, M Zhu, Y Dai, H Liu, Z Li - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Evaporative cooling has been widely used due to its environment-friendly characteristic of
cooling air by water evaporation. Nowadays, there are two common forms of evaporative …

[HTML][HTML] Pore-scale modeling of pore structure properties and wettability effect on permeability of low-rank coal

X Qin, J Cai, G Wang - International Journal of Mining Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Permeability is a key parameter for coalbed methane development. Although the absolute
permeability of coal has been extensively studied, wettability and pore structure properties …

Review of shale gas transport prediction: Basic theory, numerical simulation, application of ai methods, and perspectives

Z Jiang, W Wang, H Zhu, Y Yin, Z Qu - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
The gas transport mechanism in shale reservoirs is extremely complex and is a typical
multiscale and multiphysics coupled transport process, considering the complex shale rock …

Mathematical expressions for estimating equivalent permeability of rock fracture networks

R Liu, B Li, Y Jiang, N Huang - Hydrogeology Journal, 2016 - search.proquest.com
Fracture networks play a more significant role in conducting fluid flow and solute transport in
fractured rock masses, comparing with that of the rock matrix. Accurate estimation of the …

Structural optimization of 3D printed SiC scaffold with gradient pore size distribution as catalyst support for methanol steam reforming

S Qian, H Liu, Y Wang, D Mei - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Porous ceramic catalyst supports can be used for highly efficient methanol steam reforming
(MSR) due to their generally high catalyst loading capacity, large specific surface area, and …

Effect of mesoscale internal structure on effective thermal conductivity of anisotropic geomaterials

KQ Li, Z Miao, DQ Li, Y Liu - Acta Geotechnica, 2022 - Springer
Geomaterials tend to be stratified due to the geological process, and their properties are
often anisotropic. In this study, the quartet structure generation set (QSGS) method is …

A generalized thermal conductivity model for unsaturated porous media with fractal geometry

Y Shen, P Xu, S Qiu, B Rao, B Yu - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of effective thermal conductivity (ETC) of unsaturated porous media is
significant for many engineering applications and thus has received growing attention in …

A novel Monte Carlo simulation on gas flow in fractal shale reservoir

J Yang, M Wang, L Wu, Y Liu, S Qiu, P Xu - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The apparent gas permeability (AGP) is one of the key parameters in shale gas exploitation,
which is difficult to determine due to the mutliscale structure of shale formation. In this paper …

A fractal network model for fractured porous media

P Xu, C Li, S Qiu, AP Sasmito - Fractals, 2016 - World Scientific
The transport properties and mechanisms of fractured porous media are very important for
oil and gas reservoir engineering, hydraulics, environmental science, chemical engineering …