Calibration of reservoir model characteristics by integration of well test data remains an important research topic. Traditional approaches to well test interpretation have relied upon simple homogeneous reservoir models, while the industry’s ability to develop more detailed and more heterogeneous static reservoir models has increased significantly. Pressure and rate data recorded at...
Hierarchical porous materials such as hierarchical zeolites, which combine several porosity scales, are widely used in industry (adsorption, separation, catalysis) to overcome slow diffusion in microporous solids (< 2 nm) and enhance access to their large surface area. Available modeling approaches for adsorption and transport in such multiscale porous media are limited to empirical parameters...
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) is a tertiary oil recovery technique that uses the bacteria and the resulting bio-products to increase oil production. Interfacial tension reduction and selective clogging caused by bacterial growth are the two mechanisms that have the dominating influence in MEOR. Due to lack of information about the chemical properties of bacteria and the...
International Space Exploration Coordination Group plans a long-term human space mission on the Moon or near Earth’s asteroids to make a pass to Mars. Food supply as well as recycling atmosphere and water is one of the largest concerns on the long-term human space mission. Growing plants during the mission in a spacecraft or a base may ease those concerns. Water movement in a substrate is an...
Crop production using soil on Moon or Mars will be needed for a long-duration space mission. Water movement in porous media under microgravity must be known for agriculture in space. Water in porous media is mainly moved by a matric potential gradient. According to previous research, water movement in soil is extremely slower under microgravity than under 1G although a capillary force, which...
