Kuankuan Wu

CO2 Extraction of Shale Oil from Nanoscale Variable-Diameter Blind Pores from a Molecular Dynamic Perspective

Shale oil, despite its substantial reserves and significant development potential, presents a great extraction challenge. The existence of micro- and nanopores within shale formations renders conventional recovery methods largely ineffective, resulting in a limited recovery facto...

Phase Behavior and Critical Properties of Hydrocarbons in Shale Illite Nanopores

Clay minerals are significant constituents of shale reservoirs, yet the confinement-induced phase behavior of hydrocarbons within clay nanopores has received comparatively less attention than in carbonaceous materials. In this study, Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations...