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Mass transport within the fracture-matrix systems of unconventional shale reservoirs : application to primary production and EOR in Eagle Ford
The average primary oil recovery factor of Eagle Ford shale is around six percent; thus, a considerable amount of oil will be left behind after primary production. A major technique to enhance oil production in Eagle Ford ... -
Determining osmotic pressure in Niobrara chalk and Codell sandstone using high-speed centrifuge
Low salinity waterflooding is an emerging enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique that has attracted the attention of the oil industry. However, the classical application of waterflooding in unconventional shale reservoirs ... -
Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation model for phase behavior of confined hydrocarbons, A
With the increased interest in primary and improved recovery from unconventional reservoirs, unusual characteristics of PVT behavior in nano-pores have attracted more attention. It has been established that the pore size ... -
Advanced control of converters with multitask functionalities in distribution grid systems based on conservative power theory
Distributed generation (DG) play a very important role in the modernization of electric power systems, it is estimated their increasing share of operation in the near future. In addition, there is growing concern on the ... -
Density Functional Theory Analysis of Solute-Defect Interaction Energies in FCC Fe: Fundamental Origins and Industrial Application, A
This project was initiated to develop an understanding of the origin of solute drag on fcc Fe (austenite) grain boundaries and explain differences in the experimentally observed solute drag effects of different solutes in ... -
Hydrogen Storage in Porous Crystalline Materials: Insights on the Role of Interaction Strength from Simulation and Machine Learning
Hydrogen is a promising renewable fuel due to its carbon-free nature and relatively high energy content by mass. However, a major hurdle for its widespread adoption as a vehicular fuel is its low density at ambient conditions, ... -
Utilization of metal-organic frameworks for gas separations and catalytic oxidation
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their applications have been a rapidly growing area of research in recent years. The seemingly endless combinations of metal ions or clusters with various possible organic linkers, along ... -
Hydraulic fracture modeling of an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) experiment
Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) are analogous to the unconventional reservoirs of the oil and gas industry in size and extent. EGS reservoirs lack the presence of a reservoir fluid and a naturally permeable rock. The ... -
Quantification of timing uncertainty in a correlation based channel sounder
Untethered radio channel sounders use stable frequency standards to synchronize physically separated transmitters and receivers, allowing for practical propagation measurements in complex environments such as cities, ... -
Construction and seismic testing of a resilient two-story mass timber structure with cross laminated rocking walls
With the rising popularity of mass timber building in the United States, there is a need to develop efficient wood-based lateral systems to enable design of mass timber buildings in regions with high seismicity. This thesis ... -
INTEGRATED ANALYSIS, RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION, AND RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE NIOBRARA FORMATION: LOWRY BOMBING RANGE, ARAPAHOE AND ADAMS COUNTY, CO
The Cretaceous Niobrara Formation is a productive, unconventional petroleum exploration target in the Denver Basin, Colorado. It is a self-sourced oil and gas play composed of alternating chalk and marl units. Ductile marls ... -
Release of bioactive agents from mesoporous silica nanoparticles for biological applications
The high surface area, pore volume, and biocompatible/ biodegradable silica matrix of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) has led to extensive investigation into these materials as carriers for bioactive agents. These ... -
Simulation of proppant transport in slickwater with DNS-derived drag correlations
This dissertation is developed to address a need of multiphase flow models for proppant transport: problem-relevant drag correlations. This dissertation consists of small-scale simulations by direct numerical simulations ... -
Solid-state joining of titanium alloy to stainless steel
Titanium has a wide variety of applications in a multitude of industries but can be costly in large quantities. To reduce the amount of titanium alloys needed and therefore the cost of materials, some suggest designing ... -
Characterization of a vector network analyzer based millimeter-wave channel sounder
As the world moves into 5G communications systems, many cellular networks will extend their reach past sub 6GHz bands into millimeter wave (mmWave) bands. The mmWave frequencies provide a greater bandwidth to supply the ... -
Spectrally resolved fluorescence microscopy and its applications for single molecule characterization
Spectrally resolved fluorescence microscopy is an important tool for measuring biological systems at the single molecule level. Spectral resolution provides a means for unambiguous identification and a tool for characterizing ... -
Synthesis of poly(lactide)-based amphiphilic block copolymers and hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for bone tissue engineering applications
Due to the drawbacks associated with traditionally used bone substitutes, such as autografts and allografts, the field of tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and biomaterials science has recently come to the forefront ... -
Numerical modeling and ray tracing of SPatIal Frequency modulation for Imaging
This thesis presents the first full geometric and physical optics characterization of aberrations and the performance of a simple system that implements SPatIal Frequency modulation for Imaging (SPIFI). SPIFI utilizes a ... -
Isotopic analyses of helium from wells located in the Four Corners area, southwestern US
Helium, the lightest noble gas, is a valuable resource located on the Colorado Plateau southwestern US. Helium, a proven, useful noble gas, has many applications in modern technology for its chemical, physical, and ... -
New opportunities in the mature fields of the central Illinois Basin : a case study of the Mode field, Shelby County, IL, USA
Wells that produce less than 10 barrels of oil per day account for up to 96% of the Illinois Basin’s (ILB) total production. Little has been done to study the potential exploitation of unswept mobile or immobile oil through ...
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