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4. Pore-scale imaging and lattice Boltzmann modeling of single- and multi-phase flow in fractured and mixed-wet permeable media

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Author:
Landry, Christopher James
Title:
Pore-scale imaging and lattice Boltzmann modeling of single- and multi-phase flow in fractured and mixed-wet permeable media
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Pore-scale
lattice Boltzmann
fluid flow
porous media
fractured porous media
permeability
fracture-matrix fluid transfer
File:
Download Dissertation_CJLandry.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Li Li, Committee Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member

5. A parametric study on reservoir cooling for enhanced oil recovery from CO2 injection

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Zhenzhen
Title:
A parametric study on reservoir cooling for enhanced oil recovery from CO2 injection
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
reservoir cooling
CO2 flooding
MMP reduction
File:
Download Thesis_-_Zhenzhen_Wang.pdf
Committee Members:
Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Pneumatic Transport Modeling of Air/Gas Drilling Hydraulics in Horizontal and Deviated Wellbores

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Author:
ADELEKE, NAJEEM A.
Title:
Pneumatic Transport Modeling of Air/Gas Drilling Hydraulics in Horizontal and Deviated Wellbores
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Air Drilling
Drilling Hydraulics
Hole Cleaning
Optimum Rate
Circulation Time
Pneumatic Transport
Modeling
Deviated Wells
File:
Download Najeem_Adeleke-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Robello Samuel, Special Member

8. Development Of A Three-dimensional, Three-phase Coupled Model For Simulating Hydraulic Fracture Propagation And Long-term Recovery In Tight Gas Reservoirs

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Author:
Zeinijahromi, Mohamad
Title:
Development Of A Three-dimensional, Three-phase Coupled Model For Simulating Hydraulic Fracture Propagation And Long-term Recovery In Tight Gas Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Numerical Modelilng
Hydraulic Fracturing Modeling
Reservoir Simulation
File:
Download Thesis_5_3_print.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member

9. Reduced Phase Equilibrium Calculations: New Reduced Parameters, Critical Analysis And Fluid Characterization

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Open Access
Author:
Gorucu, Seyhan Emre
Title:
Reduced Phase Equilibrium Calculations: New Reduced Parameters, Critical Analysis And Fluid Characterization
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
flash calculations
phase behavior
stability analysis
phase equilibrium calculations
solution of nonlinear equations
Newton's method
Newton-Raphson
Minimization
fluid characterization
File:
Download Dissertation_Gorucu_2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Christopher Griffin, Committee Member

10. Phase Behavior And Flow Analysis Of Shale Reservoirs Using A Compositionally-extended Black-oil Approach

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Open Access
Author:
Nojabaei, Bahareh
Title:
Phase Behavior And Flow Analysis Of Shale Reservoirs Using A Compositionally-extended Black-oil Approach
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Shale reservoirs
phase behavior
reservoir flow simulation
capillary pressure
File:
Download BNojabaei_thesis_2015.pdf
Committee Members:
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, Special Member

11. GENERAL PURPOSE COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATION FOR MULTIPHASE REACTIVE FLOW WITH A FAST LINEAR SOLVER

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Author:
Qiao, Changhe
Title:
GENERAL PURPOSE COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATION FOR MULTIPHASE REACTIVE FLOW WITH A FAST LINEAR SOLVER
Graduate Program:
Mathematics
Keywords:
PennSim
FASP
compositional simulation
reservoir simulation
reactive transport
File:
Download ChangheQiao-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jinchao Xu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Member
Chun Liu, Committee Member

12. A Novel Equation-of-state To Model Microemulsion Phase Behavior For Enhanced Oil Recovery Applications

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Open Access
Author:
Ghosh, Soumyadeep
Title:
A Novel Equation-of-state To Model Microemulsion Phase Behavior For Enhanced Oil Recovery Applications
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Microemulsion
Phase Behavior
Enhanced oil recovery
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_Soumyadeep_Ghosh_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Committee Member

13. Mathematics of multiphase multiphysics transport in porous media

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Open Access
Author:
Khorsandi Kouhanestant, Saeid
Title:
Mathematics of multiphase multiphysics transport in porous media
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Enhanced oil recovery
MMP
Riemann problem
Hyperbolic equations
Method of Characteristics
File:
Download KhorsandiDissertationFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Wen Shen, Committee Member
Alberto Bressan, Committee Member

14. Development of hydraulic fracture network propagation model in shale gas reservoirs: 2d, single-phase and 3d, multi-phase model development, parametric studies, and verification

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Author:
Ahn, Chong Hyun
Title:
Development of hydraulic fracture network propagation model in shale gas reservoirs: 2d, single-phase and 3d, multi-phase model development, parametric studies, and verification
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Hydraulic fracture
Shale
SRV
fracture complexity
fracture surface area
File:
Download PHD_dissertation_Chong_Hyun_Ahn_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member

15. Development of a Multi-mechanistic Triple-porosity, Triple-permeability Compositional Model for Unconventional Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Siripatrachai, Nithiwat
Title:
Development of a Multi-mechanistic Triple-porosity, Triple-permeability Compositional Model for Unconventional Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Reservoir Simulation
Unconventional Reservoir
Compositional Simulation
Capillary Pressure
Phase Behavior
Shale
Multicontinuum
Discrete Fracture Model
Numerical Simulation
Tight Rock
Hydraulic Fracture
Naturally Fractured Reservoir
File:
Download Siripatrachai_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, Outside Member

16. Viscoelastic Surfactant/Fatty Acid Interfaces: Fluid Dynamics, Rheology, and Structure

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Open Access
Author:
Niroobakhsh, Zahra
Title:
Viscoelastic Surfactant/Fatty Acid Interfaces: Fluid Dynamics, Rheology, and Structure
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Catanionic surfactant systems
Interfacial materials
Interfacial rheology
SAXS
Viscoelastic
Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics
microstructure
Ternary phase diagram
Lamellar
Fatty acid
Cationic surfactant
Microemulsion
File:
Download Zahra-Niroobakhsh-Dissertation-Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Hickey III, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Outside Member

18. INVESTIGATION OF DISPERSION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE SURFACTANT-POLYMER FLOODING PROCESS

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Open Access
Author:
Galimberti, Evan Barsness
Title:
INVESTIGATION OF DISPERSION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE SURFACTANT-POLYMER FLOODING PROCESS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Dispersion
Surfactant-polymer
Upscaling
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Incremental Efficiency
File:
Download Galimberti_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:
Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member

19. CYCLIC SOLVENT INJECTION IN ULTRATIGHT RESERVOIRS BASED ON THE DIFFUSION PROCESS

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Open Access
Author:
Cronin, Michael
Title:
CYCLIC SOLVENT INJECTION IN ULTRATIGHT RESERVOIRS BASED ON THE DIFFUSION PROCESS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
diffusion
shale
unconventional
phase behavior
enhanced oil recovery
EOR
hydrocarbon
ultratight
solvent
huff'n'puff
HnP
Eagle Ford
confinement
ultimate recovery
enhanced gas recovery
EGR
gas injection
cyclic injection
File:
Download Michael_Cronin_PennState_PhD_2020.pdf
Committee Members:
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Amin Mehrabian, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Outside Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

20. Multi-Scale Investigation of Wettability Alteration via Chemically-Tuned Waterflooding in Carbonate Rocks: Understanding the Effect of Oil Chemistry

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Author:
Tawfik, Miral Shereen
Title:
Multi-Scale Investigation of Wettability Alteration via Chemically-Tuned Waterflooding in Carbonate Rocks: Understanding the Effect of Oil Chemistry
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Chemical enhanced oil recovery
Wettability
Carbonates
Low salinity waterflooding
Micro-CT imaging
Image processing
Multiphase flow in porous media
Oil Chemistry
Total acid number
File:
Download Miral_Tawfik_Dissertation_Final4.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Outside Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair