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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

Author:

Magzymov, Daulet

Title:

Thermodynamics of Complex Fluids for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

thermodynamics
enhanced oil recovery
complex fluids
chemical EOR; EOR; phase behavior
microemulsion
flash calculation
characteristic length
solubilization
alkali
soap
viscous layer
emulsion
k-value
partitioning
viscosity
percolation
composition
ternary diagram
lowsal
low salinity
waterflooding
reservoir simulation
kinetics
dispersion
reactive transport
porous media
transport
thermodynamics enhanced oil recovery
EOR
chemical EOR
surfactant
phase behavior
equilibrium
K-value

File:

Download Daulet_Magzymov_PhD_Dissertation_Penn_State.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair