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Author:: Liu, Keru
Title:: Permeability and Capillary Pressure Relationship in Porous Media
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Permeability
Capillary Pressure
Correlation
File:: Download Liu_Elswoth_2019_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Gregory R King, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Jiehao
Title:: Propagation, Proppant Transport, and the Evolution of Transport Properties of Fluid-Driven Fractures
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Hydraulic fracturing
Proppant transport
Fracture conductivity
Natural fracture
Gas fracturing
Dynamic gas fracturing
File:: Download Jiehao_Wang_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member
Li Li, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Zhi, Sheng
Title:: Permeability Evolution in Naturally- and Hydraulically- Fractured Microbially Enhanced CBM Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coalbed methane
Hydraulic fracturing
Natural gas production
Biogasification
Proppant embedment
Gas adsorption
File:: Download Dissertation_Sheng_V3.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Amin Mehrabian, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

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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:: Chen, Guanzhou
Title:: Sand Screen Performance Prediction Using Numerical Analysis
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: sand screen
CFD-DEM
sand screen performance prediction
numerical simulation
permeability change prediction
gravel pack
File:: Download Thesis_Guanzhou_Chen.pdf
Committee Members:: Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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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:: Wang, Zhicheng William
Title:: PORE-SCALE STUDY ON PARTIALLY MISCIBLE MULTIPHASE TRANSPORT IN HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS USING THE LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Multiphase Flow Behaviors
Pseudopotential Lattice Boltzmann Method
Simulation Framwork
Partially Miscible Multi-component Fluids
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Committee Members:: Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Luis Ayala H, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Major Field Member
Mort D Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Orlando M. Ayala, Special Member
Member Committee, Special 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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