Pore Scale Phenomena: Frontiers In Energy And Environment

by John M Poate, Hossein Kazemi, Tissa Illangasekare, Robert Kee

Overview

The field of pore scale phenomena is now emerging as one of the frontiers of science and many engineering disciplines. Transport phenomena in the subsurface of the earth play key roles in the energy and environmental domains. For example, the shale gas and oil boom is revolutionizing the world's energy portfolio. Pore scale phenomena from the nanoscale to mesoscale dominate the extraction of these resources. Similarly in the environmental domain, pore storage and pore-scale physics affect the availability of water resources and protecting its quality. Water flow and vapor transport in the pores near the land surface is critical to understanding soil water evaporation in the context of local and global hydrologic cycles affecting climate and climate change.Pore scale phenomena similarly play critical roles in the domain of materials science and biology. For example, many energy devices and membrane technologies are controlled by the physical and chemical properties of the pores. Identifying and analyzing the properties of these pores has emerged as a frontier of characterization science.This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the fascinating interrelationship between engineering and science. The authors and contributors are recognized experts from the faculty of the Colorado School of Mines, Northwestern and Stanford. This book will appeal to earth and environmental scientists, materials scientists, physicists and chemists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814623056
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/29/2015
Series:	World Scientific Series In Nanoscience And Nanotechnology , #10
Pages:	492
Product dimensions:	5.99(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Preface 1

1 Overview J. M. Poate 1

Oil & Gas Reservoirs 11

2 Subsurface Pores: Physics of Flow in Petroleum Reservoirs H. Kazemi 13

3 Quantitative Nano and Microscale Rock Characterization M. Prasad S. Zargari M. Saidian 35

4 Impact of Surface Forces on Coupled Flow, Acoustic and Geomechanical Characteristics in Shale Reservoirs A. N. Tutuncu 53

5 Microporosity Characterization of Mud-Rich Carbonate Rocks T. D. Jobe J. F. Sarg 67

6 New Frontiers: Hydrates in Porous Media L. E. Zerpa C. A. Koh 91

7 Pore-Scale Investigations of Hydrate Bearing Sediments M. Schindler M. L. Batzle 115

8 Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Porous Media Analogs for Oil and Gas Applications J. T. Ok K. B. Neeves W. Xu X. Yin 135

9 Direct Numerical Simulation of Pore-Scale Fluid Flow and Transport, M. S. Newman F. Xiao X. Yin 147

Hydrogeology 161

10 From Pore to the Field: Upscaling Challenges and Opportunities in Hydrogeological and Land - Atmospheric Systems T. H. Illangaaekare K. M. Smits R. Fucík H. Davarzani 163

11 Chemical Reactions in Diffusion-Limited Environments at the Pore-Scale D. A. Benson 203

12 Porosity in Reactive Geochemical Systems A. Navarre-Stickler G. Rother J. Kaszuba 223

13 Quantifying Hydrogeological Heterogeneity of Rocks using Core-Floods B. Pint S. Benson 243

14 Coarse-Grained Monte Carlo Simulation of the Distribution and Capillarity of Multiple Fluids in Porous Media B. D. Zeldman N. Lu D. Wu 263

15 Coupled Thermo-Hydrological Processes in Enhanced Geothermal Systems Y.-S. Wu Y. Xiong H. Kazemi 279

Materials Science, Energy, Devices & Biology 299

Preamble R. J. Kee 301

16 Pore-Scale Phenomena and Challenges in Energy Research and Technology R. J. Kee H. Zhu G. M. Goldin S. A. Barnett 305

17 Structural Characterizaiion of Porous Materials B. P. Gorman 339

18 Homogenization Approaches for the Elastic Properties of Porous Materials J. R. Berger S. R. Gear W. J. Parnell 365

19 The Critical Role of Pore Characteristics on the Performance of Novel Membrane Processes for Water Treatment and Desalination T. Y. Cath 389

20 Microporous Crystalline Membranes and Their Application for CO₂ Separations M. A. Carreon T. Q. Gardner 401

21 Chemistry in Confined Pore Domains M. M. Otting Y. Ji R. M. Richards B. G. Trewym 435

22 Fluid and Solute Transport in the Interstitial Space of Blood Clots A. R. Wufsus K. B. Neeves 457

Author Index 475

Subject Index 477