Shanshan Yao, PhD
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Area of Study / Keywords
Unconventional Resources Hydraulic Fracturing Reservoir Characterization Reservoir Engineering Pore-scale Processes in Porous Media Pneumatic Percussion Drilling Pumped Storage Hydropower Systems
Courses
PET E 295 - Fundamental Reservoir Engineering
Rock properties (porosity, permeability): definition, measurement and models. Rock-fluid interaction (wettability, relative permeability, interfacial tension, capillary pressure): definition, measurement and models. Single and multiphase flow through porous media Darcy equation and diffusivity equation: Derivation and solution for different coordinates and boundary conditions. Prerequisite: PET E 275. PET E 295 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained in PET E 373.