Bao-chao Shan

Dr. Bao-chao Shan


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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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17 January 2018 in Energies
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LZLiehui Zhang
Liehui Zhang
BSBao-chao Shan
Bao-chao Shan
Yulong ZhaoYulong Zhao
Yulong Zhao
JDJia Du
Jia Du
JCJun Chen
Jun Chen
XTXiaoping Tao
Xiaoping Tao
Nanopores are extremely developed and randomly distributed in shale gas reservoirs. Due to the rarefied conditions in shale strata, multiple gas transport mechanisms coexist and need further understanding. The commonly used slip models are mostly based on Maxwell slip boundary condition, which assumes elastic collisions between gas molecules and solid surfaces. However, gas molecules do not rebound from solid surfaces elastically, but rather are adsorbed on them and then re-emitted after some time lag. A Langmuir slip permeability model was established by introducing Langmuir slip BC. Knudsen diffusion of bulk phase gas and surface diffusion of adsorbed gas were also coupled into our nanopore transport model. Considering the effects of real gas, stress dependence, thermodynamic phase changes due to pore confinement, surface roughness, gas molecular volume, and pore enlargement due to gas desorption during depressurization, a unified gas transport model in organic shale nanopores was established, which was then upscaled by coupling effective porosity and tortuosity to describe practical SGR properties. The bulk phase transport model, single capillary model, and upscaled porous media model were validated by data from experimental data, lattice Boltzmann method or model comparisons. Based on the new gas transport model, the equivalent permeability of different flow mechanisms as well as the flux proportion of each mechanism to total flow rate was investigated in different pore radius and pressure conditions. The study in this paper revealed special gas transport characteristics in shale nonopores and provided a robust foundation for accurate simulation of shale gas production.

13 November 2017 in Transport in Porous Media
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LZLiehui Zhang
Liehui Zhang
BSBao-chao Shan
Bao-chao Shan
Yulong ZhaoYulong Zhao
Yulong Zhao
HTHongming Tang
Hongming Tang