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Analyzing the Impacts of Discretization and Meshing in Numerical Simulation of Unconventional Reservoirs
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The discrete fracture network (DFN) model is widely used to simulate and represent the complex fractures occurring over multiple length scales. However, computational constraints often necessitate that these DFN models be upscaled into a dual-porosity dual-permeability (DPDK) model and...
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Fall 2015
In the province of Alberta a huge amount of energy is needed for diverse applications. Specifically, the demand for heat is limited to a few locations such as the oil sands operation regions and metropolitan areas. Oil sands processing facilities near Fort McMurray and direct heat provision for...
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Spring 2017
Electrically induced instability of thin liquid films is a contactless pattern transfer method, often called electrohydrodynamic (EHD) lithography, which has gained extensive attention due to its ability in creation of novel micro- and nano-sized structures. The need for powerful microprocessors...
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Fall 2017
Although evaporation is considered to be a surface phenomenon, the rate of molecular transport across a liquid–vapor boundary is strongly dependent on the coupled fluid dynamics and heat transfer in the bulk fluids. Recent experimental thermocouple measurements of the temperature field near the...
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Inflow and Outflow Rates Control in SAGD Wells: An Integrated Approach of Data-Driven and Physical-Based Analysis
DownloadSpring 2024
The utilization of the Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) method entails significant natural gas consumption and extensive water handling and treatment. The effective inflow and outflow rates control in producer and injector wells holds paramount importance. It serves multiple objectives,...
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Fall 2014
A numerical approach based on a diffuse-interface free energy lattice Boltzmann equation method is developed to gain fundamental insight in liquid-liquid dispersions. The approach relies on detailed resolution of the interaction of the dispersed and continuous phases at the microscopic level,...
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Macro-Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Simulation by Means of the Finite Element Method and Concentrated Solution Theory
DownloadFall 2023
Lithium-ion batteries are the leading contender for high density energy storage for applications such as electric vehicles and personal electronic devices. While they promise well over 4 V of potential per cell, actually realizing such high voltages is quite difficult, given the many modes of...
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Modeling of Recovery and In-situ Distribution of Fracturing Fluid in Shale Gas Reservoirs Due to Fracture Closure, Proppant Distribution and Gravity Segregation
DownloadSpring 2017
Many stimulated shale gas wells experience surprisingly low fracturing fluid recoveries. Fracture closure, gravity segregation, fracture tortuosity, proppant distribution, drawdown pressure and shut-in (soaking) duration have been widely postulated to be the contributing factors. Despite propped...
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Nonlinear Evolution of Localized Internal Gravity Wave Packets: Theory and Simulations with Rotation, Background Flow, and Anelastic Effects
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A series of three studies investigates theoretically and numerically the evolution, stability, and pseudomomentum transport of fully localized three-dimensional internal gravity wave packets, as they self-interact nonlinearly with their induced mean flow. The first study considers a rotating,...
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Fall 2023
As internal tides propagate in the ocean, they carry and dissipate energy over hundreds and even thousands of kilometers. We perform fully nonlinear simulations to examine the evolution of horizontally propagating, vertical mode-1 internal tides in non-uniformly stratified fluids, as it depends...