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Interfacial Science for Geosystems Engineers
1st Edition - February 1, 2024
Authors: Chun Huh, Kishore K. Mohanty, William R. Rossen
Paperback ISBN:
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Interfacial Science for Geosystems Engineers links traditional geosystems engineering with technical advances in emerging energy topics. This text delivers critical research,… Read more
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Interfacial Science for Geosystems Engineers links traditional geosystems engineering with technical advances in emerging energy topics. This text delivers critical research, analysis and application of CO2 sequestration in underground formations. This critical reference also addresses problems related to H2 storage, both timely topics central to the Energy Transition. Specific sections address Carbon Sequestration and Hydrogen Storage through Geosystems Engineering, Surface and Interfacial Tension, Capillarity, Surfactants, Surface Free Energy, Adsorption, Electrokinetics, Colloidal Stability, Equilibrium and Stability of Thin Liquid Films, Wettability, Microemulsions, Emulsions and Foams, and Polymers for Subsurface Applications. Useful as a teaching or training text, this book will prepare today’s energy engineer to tackle two pressing problems in the areas of interface and colloid/nano-dispersion physics and chemistry by introducing rapid developments on how to remove CO2 from our environment and how to wean ourselves off fossil energy while meeting growing energy demands.
- Describes fundamental advances in interface and nanoparticle/colloid dispersion science
- Offers critical analysis of the latest research and developments relevant to extracting energy and minerals and storing or recovering waste from geosystems
- Provides practical exercises that teach energy engineers how to solve problems and develop solution-based approaches to energy extraction and storage using current technologies
Graduate students in petroleum engineering, geosciences, energy engineering and related disciplines. As training material for engineers and geoscientists working in subsurface storage of CO2 and H2; recovery of hydrocarbons and geothermal energy; conventional and unconventional oil production, and enhanced oil recovery using carbon dioxide injection. Researchers working in CO2 and H2 storage
1. Introduction
2. Surface/Interfacial Tension; Capillarity
3. Surface Free Energy; Contact angle; Wetting
4. Surfactants
5. Surfactant Adsorption at Gas/Liquid and Liquid/Liquid Interfaces
6. Adsorption at Gas/Solid Interfaces
7. Adsorption at Liquid/Solid Interfaces
8. Equilibrium and Stability of Thin Liquid Films
9. Electrokinetics
10. Colloidal Stability
11. Wettability Alteration of Reservoir Rock Using Surfactants
12. Microemulsions
13. Emulsions
14. Foams
15. Polymers for Subsurface Applications
- No. of pages: 480
- Language: English
- Published: February 1, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443215063
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Chun Huh
Dr. Chun Huh received his BS from Seoul National University and Ph.D. from University of Minnesota both in chemical engineering. Before joining the UT-Austin faculty in January 2004, Dr. Huh worked as an Engineering Advisor at ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in Houston, Texas. He is one of the leading experts on surfactant- and polymer-based improved oil recovery (IOR) processes. “Chun Huh equation”, which predicts ultralow interfacial tension from microemulsion solubilization, is widely used for the design of surfactant based IOR processes. He is also the formulator of the “Huh-Scriven paradox,” which first demonstrated the singularity generation when fluid-dynamics solutions are attempted for spreading/wetting of fluids on solid. At UT-Austin, Dr. Huh has started research on use of nanoparticles for a wide variety of upstream oil industry applications, co-authoring more than 60 papers and one book on the subject. Dr. Huh received the SPE IOR Pioneer Award in 2012; and is a SPE Distinguished Member and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USAKM
Kishore K. Mohanty
Dr. Kishore K. Mohanty received his BS from IIT, Kanpur and PhD from University of Minnesota, both in chemical engineering. He worked at ARCO Oil & Gas Company R&D from 1981-1991 before joining the faculty at the University of Houston where he worked for 17 years. He joined UT PGE in 2009 and was the director of the Center for Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering, 2013-2019. He has published more than 300 research papers on transport in porous media, wettability alteration, enhanced oil recovery, carbon capture and storage, and nanotechnology. He has won several awards from the Society of Petroleum Engineers including SPE John Franklin Carll Award-2022, SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty-2016, AIME/SPE Anthony F. Lucas Technical Leadership Gold Medal-2013, the SPE IOR Pioneer Award-2008, and SPE Distinguished Member-2007
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, W.A. (Monty) Moncrief Centennial Endowed Chair, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USAWR
William R. Rossen
Dr. William R. Rossen received his BS from MIT and PhD from the University of Minnesota, both in chemical engineering. He worked for 7 years at Chevron Oil Field Research Co., and then joined the faculty in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin in 1989, attaining the rank of full Professor. In 2006 he moved to Delft University of Technology (DUT) in The Netherlands. He has published more than 125 journal articles on flow in porous media and especially foam applications in geological formations. He was named Best Instructor at DUT in 2011 and an SPE IOR Pioneer in 2012. He received the SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty in 2002. He is a Distinguished Member of the SPE. He is a co-author of Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery by L.W. Lake et al., 2014.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus of Reservoir Engineering, Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands