Peixi Zhu
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Peixi Zhu has a total of 8 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
Chun Huh
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
2 shared publicationsJun Lu
McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 74104, USA
1 shared publicationKe Xu
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
1 shared publication- Ke Xu
Peking University
1 shared publication Matthew Balhoff
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
1 shared publicationMatthew T. Balhoff
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Top Cited Papers
- 3 February 2017
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Lab on a Chip
- Vol. 17 (4) , 640-646
A 2.5-D glass micromodel for investigation of multi-phase flow in porous media
A novel method to fabricate micromodels with varying depth (2.5-D) was developed, which allows more realistic investigation on flow in natural 3-D porous media.
- 3 February 2017
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Lab on a Chip
- Vol. 17 (4) , 640-646
Top Cited PapersA 2.5-D glass micromodel for investigation of multi-phase flow in porous media
A novel method to fabricate micromodels with varying depth (2.5-D) was developed, which allows more realistic investigation on flow in natural 3-D porous media.
- 15 December 2015
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Langmuir
- Vol. 31 (51) , 13673-13679
Microfluidic Investigation of Nanoparticles’ Role in Mobilizing Trapped Oil Droplets in Porous Media
The flow of multiple fluid phases in porous media often results in trapped droplets of the nonwetting phase. Recent experimental and theoretical studies have suggested that nanoparticle aqueous dispersions may be effective at mobilizing trapped droplets of nonwetting fluid (oil) in porous media. Hypotheses to explain the observation include the nanoparticles’ modification of solid wettability, droplet stabilization, and changes in interfacial tension and interface rheology. However, because it is difficult to observe droplet behavior on the pore scale, how those factors contribute to oil droplet mobilization has not been fully understood. In this work, we investigated the nanoparticles’ role in nanoparticle-based improved recovery of the nonwetting phase through the direct observation of the mobilization of trapped oil droplets in microfluidic structures that mimic pore–throat geometries. A microfluidic platform was constructed for this study, on which different displacing liquids including aqueous surfac...
- 15 December 2015
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Langmuir
- Vol. 31 (51) , 13673-13679
Microfluidic Investigation of Nanoparticles’ Role in Mobilizing Trapped Oil Droplets in Porous Media
The flow of multiple fluid phases in porous media often results in trapped droplets of the nonwetting phase. Recent experimental and theoretical studies have suggested that nanoparticle aqueous dispersions may be effective at mobilizing trapped droplets of nonwetting fluid (oil) in porous media. Hypotheses to explain the observation include the nanoparticles’ modification of solid wettability, droplet stabilization, and changes in interfacial tension and interface rheology. However, because it is difficult to observe droplet behavior on the pore scale, how those factors contribute to oil droplet mobilization has not been fully understood. In this work, we investigated the nanoparticles’ role in nanoparticle-based improved recovery of the nonwetting phase through the direct observation of the mobilization of trapped oil droplets in microfluidic structures that mimic pore–throat geometries. A microfluidic platform was constructed for this study, on which different displacing liquids including aqueous surfac...