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Author:

Gan, Quan

Title:

Analysis of induced seismicity and heat transfer in geothermal reservoirs by coupled simulation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Geothermal reservoir
thermal front
induced seismicity
permeabiltiy evolution
breakdown pressure

File:

Download Quan_Gan_Analysis_of_induced_seismicity_and_heat_transfer_by_coupled_simulation_in_geothermal_reservoirs.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Special Member

Author:

Fang, Zhicheng

Title:

Summer graduation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability
Pulse-decay experiment
Analytical solution
Numerical simulation
History-matching method
Pressure-dependent gas properties

File:

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Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chaopeng Shen, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Sobhbidari, Farnood

Title:

The Role of Mineral Transformation due to CO2 Sequestration on the Shear Behavior of Reservoir Rock

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Sequestration
DEM Simulation
Mineral Transformation
Shear Behavior

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Farnood_Sobhbidari.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay Srinivasan, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Schwartz, Brandon

Title:

THE EFFECT OF THERMAL CYCLING ON THE PERMEABILITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SHALE

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability
Bulk Modulus
Shale
Thermal Cycling

File:

Download Brandon_Schwartz_MASTERS_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Ziyan

Title:

CO2 and N2 injection to enhance shale gas recovery

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

enhance shale gas recovery

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Ziyan_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
John Yilin Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yi

Title:

Laboratory Estimation and Modeling of Apparent Permeability for Ultra-Tight Anthracite and Shale Matrix: A Multi-Mechanistic Flow Approach

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability Evolution
Analytical Modeling
Geomechanical Deformation
Unconventional Gas Flow
Laboratory Measurement

File:

Download Yi_Wang_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Outside Member

Author:

Fang, Yi

Title:

Induced Microearthquakes and Seismicity-Permeability Relationships in Fractures

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Induced microearthquakes
Frictional parameters
Permeability evolutions
Preexisting fractures
Fracture minerals
Fracture surface roughness
Enhanced Geothermal System
Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide

File:

Download Fang_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Member

Author:

Liu, Wenpeng

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED ALGORITHMS FOR DETECTION OF JOINTS AND ESTIMATION OF ROCK STRENGTH IN ROCK STRUCTURES BY USING DRILLING PARAMETERS OF THE INSTRUMENTED ROOF BOLTER

Graduate Program:

Mining Engineering

Keywords:

Joint Detection
Rock Strength Estimation
Drilling Parameters
Roof Bolter
Pattern Recognition Algorithms
Wavelet Analysis
Ground Support Optimiztion
Ground Control
Composite Parameters
Mining Health and Safety
Roof Bolts

File:

Download PhD_THESIS-Wenpeng_Liu.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Jeremy M. Gernand, Committee Member
Asok Ray, Outside Member
Jamal Rostami, Special Member

Author:

Im, Kyungjae

Title:

FRICTION AND PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION OF FRACUTRES AND FAULTS DURING STATIC REPOSE AND DYNAMIC REACTIVATION

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Fault permeability
Fault Friction
Rate and State Friction
Fault Reactivation

File:

Download Dissertation_KJ_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Madara, Benjamin James

Title:

Laboratory Studies of Permeability Evolution: Roles of Fracture, Shear, Dynamic Stressing, and Reservoir Rock Properties

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

permeability evolution
permeability
dynamic stressing
fracture
shear
permeability enhancement

File:

Download Dissertation_Madara.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Schwartz, Brandon

Title:

THE ROLE OF PORE STRUCTURE IN PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION OBSERVED IN LABORATORY STUDIES OF MARCELLUS AND WOLFCAMP SHALE

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

permeability evolution
shale
pore structure
pore geometry
material stiffness
permeability enhancement

File:

Download Brandon_Schwartz_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Rui

Title:

Investigation of Pore Structure and Sorption Behavior for Unconventional Gas Reservoir Rocks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

pore structure
adsorption
small-angle neutron scattering
coalbed methane
shale gas
unconventional natural gas

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_Rui_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Outside Member
Lilin He, Special Member

Author:

Wang, Chaoyi

Title:

MINERALOGICAL AND TEXTURAL CONTROLS ON SHEAR STRENGTH, SLIP STABILITY AND PERMEABILITY OF FAULTS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Induced Seismicity
Frictional Instability
Mineralogical and Textural Controls
Permeability of Faults and Fractures
Modeling of Mechanical and Rheological Responses of Faults

File:

Download ChaoyiWang-Dissertation-ver5.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

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

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

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

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

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

Author:

Yu, Jiayi

Title:

Shear related reactivation of fractures/faults and the effects on permeability evolution and induced seismicity

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Induced seismicity
Unconventional shale reservoir
Fracture-proppant conductivity evolution

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Chris Marone, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Major Field Member

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