Search Results - "Joachim, Moortgat"

Viscous and gravitational fingering in multiphase compositional and compressible flow by Moortgat, Joachim

“…•Compositional effects on multiphase flow instabilities are investigated numerically.•Composition dependence of densities and viscosities affects…”
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Hydrothermodynamic mixing of fluids across phases in porous media by Amooie, Mohammad Amin, Soltanian, Mohamad Reza, Moortgat, Joachim

“…We investigate the coupled dynamics of fluid mixing and viscously unstable flow under both miscible (single‐phase) and partially miscible (two‐phase)…”
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Dissolution Trapping of Carbon Dioxide in Heterogeneous Aquifers by Soltanian, Mohamad Reza, Amooie, Mohammad Amin, Gershenzon, Naum, Dai, Zhenxue, Ritzi, Robert, Xiong, Fengyang, Cole, David, Moortgat, Joachim

“…The geologic architecture in sedimentary reservoirs affects the behavior of density-driven flow and the dispersion of CO2-rich brine. The spatial organization…”
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Estimating Compressional Velocity and Bulk Density Logs in Marine Gas Hydrates Using Machine Learning by Naim, Fawz, Cook, Ann E., Moortgat, Joachim

“…Compressional velocity (Vp) and bulk density (ρb) logs are essential for characterizing gas hydrates and near-seafloor sediments; however, it is sometimes…”
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Numerical Modeling of Methane Leakage from a Faulty Natural Gas Well into Fractured Tight Formations by Moortgat, Joachim, Schwartz, Franklin W., Darrah, Thomas H.

“…Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have enabled hydrocarbon recovery from unconventional reservoirs, but led to natural gas contamination of shallow…”
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Geographic axes and the persistence of cultural diversity by Laitin, David D, Moortgat, Joachim, Robinson, Amanda Lea

“…Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel [Diamond J, (1997) Guns, Germs, and Steel (WW Norton, NY)] has provided a scientific foundation for answering basic…”
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Impacts of Methane on Carbon Dioxide Storage in Brine Formations by Soltanian, Mohamad R., Amooie, Mohammad A., Cole, David R., Darrah, Thomas H., Graham, David E., Pfiffner, Susan M., Phelps, Tommy J., Moortgat, Joachim

“…In the context of geological carbon sequestration (GCS), carbon dioxide (CO2) is often injected into deep formations saturated with a brine that may contain…”
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Hydrocarbon‐Rich Groundwater above Shale‐Gas Formations: A Karoo Basin Case Study by Eymold, William K., Swana, Kelley, Moore, Myles T., Whyte, Colin J., Harkness, Jennifer S., Talma, Siep, Murray, Ricky, Moortgat, Joachim B., Miller, Jodie, Vengosh, Avner, Darrah, Thomas H.

“…Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have enhanced unconventional hydrocarbon recovery but raised environmental concerns related to water quality…”
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Organic pore heterogeneity and its formation mechanisms: Insights from the Lower Cretaceous lacustrine Shahezi shale in the Songliao Basin, NE China by Fenglin, Gao, Chengxi, Wang, Yan, Song, Qinghong, Hu, Chengxiang, Wan, Fengyang, Xiong, Zhuo, Li, Joachim, Moortgat

“…Pores associated with organic matter are well known to play a significant role in shale gas capacities. However, an extremely high heterogeneity of organic…”
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Quantitative characterization of organic pore structure from gas adsorption in Lower Cretaceous lacustrine shales in the Songliao Basin, NE China by Gao Fenglin, Gao Fenglin, Wang Chengxi, Wang Chengxi, Song Yan, Song Yan, Wan Chengxiang, Wan Chengxiang, Xiong Fengyang, Xiong Fengyang, Li Zhuo, Li Zhuo, Moortgat, Joachim

“…Organic matter (OM) pores are widely considered to be important for gas storage and transportation. In this work, we quantitatively analyze the pore structure…”
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Adaptive implicit finite element methods for multicomponent compressible flow in heterogeneous and fractured porous media by Moortgat, Joachim

“…This work presents adaptive implicit first‐order and second‐order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for the transport of multicomponent compressible fluids…”
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Reservoir simulation with the cubic plus (cross-) association equation of state for water, CO2, hydrocarbons, and tracers by Moortgat, Joachim

“…•Cubic-plus-association equation-of-state accurately predicts phase behavior of water, hydrocarbons, and CO2 mixtures.•Non-linearity of EOS complicates…”
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Viscosification of CO2 to improve subsurface storage — A modeling study by Moortgat, Joachim, Firoozabadi, Abbas

“…In this work, we numerically investigate the potential benefits of a recently proposed functional molecule that can both significantly increase the viscosity…”
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Reservoir simulation with the cubic plus (cross-) association equation of state for water, CO^sub 2^, hydrocarbons, and tracers by Moortgat, Joachim

“…This work presents an efficient reservoir simulation framework for multicomponent, multiphase, compressible flow, based on the cubic-plus-association (CPA)…”
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Fickian Diffusion in Discrete-Fractured Media from Chemical Potential Gradients and Comparison to Experiment by Moortgat, Joachim, Firoozabadi, Abbas

“…Fickian diffusion can be an important oil recovery mechanism from fractured reservoirs by gas injection, especially when gravitational drainage is inefficient…”
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Higher-order compositional modeling of three-phase flow in 3D fractured porous media based on cross-flow equilibrium by Moortgat, Joachim, Firoozabadi, Abbas

“…Numerical simulation of multiphase compositional flow in fractured porous media, when all the species can transfer between the phases, is a real challenge…”
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On the pressure and temperature dependence of adsorption densities and other thermodynamic properties in gas shales by Xiong, Fengyang, Rother, Gernot, Tomasko, David, Pang, Wanying, Moortgat, Joachim

“…•Methane adsorption is analyzed for 12 shale samples up to 15 MPa and from 35 to 120.•Temperature and pressure dependent adsorption layer densities are…”
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New Three-Phase Multicomponent Compositional Model for Asphaltene Precipitation during CO2 Injection Using CPA-EOS by Nasrabadi, Hadi, Moortgat, Joachim, Firoozabadi, Abbas

“…Numerical modeling of asphaltene precipitation in petroleum reservoirs is important in relation to possible precipitation around the wellbore in the producing…”
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Higher-order black-oil and compositional modeling of multiphase compressible flow in porous media by Amooie, Mohammad Amin, Moortgat, Joachim

“…We present continuum-scale modeling of multiphase compressible flow in porous media with applications to hydrocarbon reservoir engineering. A new black-oil…”
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Reexamining supercritical gas adsorption theories in nano-porous shales under geological conditions by Xiong, Fengyang, Rother, Gernot, Gong, Yiwen, Moortgat, Joachim

“…•BET and OK adsorption models are revisited for supercritical conditions.•8 adsorption models with pressure-dependent densities are compared.•Enthalpy of…”
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