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Author:: Yang, Yun
Title:: MODELING OF GAS SORPTION AND DIFFUSION BEHAVIOR AND IMPLICATIONS ON COALBED METHANE PRODUCTION
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coalbed Methane
Gas Adsorption
Gas Diffusion
Pore Structure
Cryogenic Fracturing
Fractal Dimension
Sorption Models
File:: Download Yun_Yang_PhD_Thesis__Plain_Text__Edited2.pdf
Committee Members:: Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Liu, Ang
Title:: Multi-mechanistic Transport Behavior of Multi-phase Fluids in Unsaturated Reservoir Rocks
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Sorption; Diffusion; Matrix swelling; Permeability; Time-Dependent Rock-Fluid-Geomechanics Model; Gas-water two phase flow
File:: Download Dissertation_draft_Ang_Liu_final_submission.pdf
Committee Members:: Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
William Arthur Groves, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Sang, Guijie
Title:: Experimental Investigation and Modeling of Water Vapor Sorption and Transport in Nano-Porous Shale
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Shale-water interaction
Nanopore structure
Condensation
Diffusion
Relative humidity
File:: Download Dissertation_Sang_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Al Balushi, Faras
Title:: Using Digital Rock Analysis to Estimate Flow Properties of Stress-Sensitive Rocks
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Stress-dependent permeability
Absolute permeability
Digital rock analysis
Finite Element Analysis
Lattice Boltzmann Methods
File:: Download Faras_Al_Balushi_s_M.S._Thesis-Final_version.pdf
Committee Members:: Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Yu, Jiayi
Title:: Conductivity Evolution in Propped Fractures During Reservoir Drawdown
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Proppant; Propped fracture conductivity; Proppant embedment; Proppant crushing
File:: Download Jiayi_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

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