Category: Researchers

Research Yaniv Edery Understanding water-oil-solid interaction by visualizing two phase flow in porous media Water-oil-solid interactions are abundant all around us, if it’s oil extraction from rock reservoirs, remediation of solvents from the soil or just percolating coffee. In essence the coffee analogy can serve well to exemplify different interactions; making coffee with a percolator…

Research Yujing Du Fluid expansion-driven hydraulic fracture Fluid-driven fractures occur ubiquitously in subsurface rocks in natural and engineering processes, such as earthquakes and hydraulic fracturing. “Hydraulic fracturing” refers to an engineering operation where pressurized fluids are injected into low-permeable rocks to create fractures that increase the flow capacity of hydrocarbons. Understanding the fracturing dynamics coupled…