Article
Water Resources
Hailun Ni, Olav Moyner, Kuncho D. Kurtev, Sally M. Benson
Summary: This study demonstrates the significant potential of capillary heterogeneity trapping in immobilizing CO2 in geologic storage. The macroscopic percolation simulator is used to understand how post-imbibition CO2 capillary heterogeneity trapping varies with mesoscale heterogeneity, showing that the contribution of CO2 heterogeneity trapping increases with the degree of heterogeneity. Additionally, the study highlights that the spatial structure of heterogeneity plays a role in the CO2 residual trapping ability of a domain.
ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Kue-Young Kim, Minji Kim, Junho Oh
Summary: Geologic heterogeneity significantly influences CO2 trapping in target reservoirs for sequestration. This study conducted Darcy-scale multiphase flow experiments to investigate residual trapping and dissolution processes of CO2 under different saturations, revealing the increasing importance of capillary heterogeneity with higher initial saturation. Time-resolved X-ray images provide a detailed understanding of dynamic trapping processes in heterogeneous media, contributing to various applications such as environmental remediation and energy resource enhancement.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Pradeep Reddy Punnam, Balaji Krishnamurthy, Vikranth Kumar Surasani
Summary: The solubility of CO2 in connate water is crucial for the safe disposal of CO2 in geological formations, and this phenomenon is known as solubility trapping in CO2 geological sequestration. A study using a multiphase reactive transport code investigated the influence of geological and sequestration parameters on the solubility trapping mechanism. The simulation results showed that parameters such as caprock morphology, petrophysical properties, and injection location significantly affect solubility trapping.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bulbul Ahmmed, Satish Karra, Velimir V. Vesselinov, Maruti K. Mudunuru
Summary: In this study, machine learning (ML) techniques were applied to analyze reactive-transport simulation data of geological CO2 sequestration (GCS). The NMFk method was found to reveal hidden mechanisms and stage-specific attributes in the data, identifying important properties for mineral trapping. The results showed that calcite plays a significant role in mineral trapping, while the contributions of other minerals are relatively minor.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hailun Ni, T. A. Meckel
Summary: An intermediate-scale beadpack drainage experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of simple layered lamination heterogeneity on CO2 flow. Results showed that capillary barriers can lead to strong pulsation behavior and early breaching through other barriers. It was found that inlet pressure can respond to saturation changes in the domain, highlighting the importance of selecting aquifers with more capillary barriers for CO2 storage sites.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Ya Liu, Yingjie Zhou, Kai Yang, Xin Wang
Summary: Internet of Things (IoT) time-series analysis has been widely used in various fields, but the complexity and high dimensionality of IoT time series make the analysis challenging. Deep learning has provided an effective method for IoT time-series analysis with its powerful feature extraction and representation learning capabilities. However, there are few existing surveys on unsupervised DL-based methods. In this study, we investigate unsupervised DL for IoT time series under a unified framework, including unsupervised anomaly detection and clustering, as well as discussing application scenarios, public data sets, existing challenges, and future research directions.
IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Rasmus Froberg Brondum, Thomas Yssing Michaelsen, Martin Bogsted
Summary: This study addresses the issue of misclassification caused by unsupervised clustering of class labels by proposing regression calibration and misclassification simulation and extrapolation methods. The performance of these methods is demonstrated through simulated data from Gaussian mixture models, showing reduced bias and improved coverage of confidence intervals. Finally, the proposed methods are applied to actual data from a study on overall survival regression based on gene expression data from bone marrow samples of multiple myeloma patients.
BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Szymon Urban, Mikolaj Blaziak, Maksym Jura, Gracjan Iwanek, Agata Zdanowicz, Mateusz Guzik, Artur Borkowski, Piotr Gajewski, Jan Biegus, Agnieszka Siennicka, Maciej Pondel, Petr Berka, Piotr Ponikowski, Robert Zymlinski
Summary: This study used clustering techniques to analyze the natural phenotypic heterogeneity of AHF patients and identified six distinct phenotypes with different clinical characteristics and outcomes. The results are valuable for future trial design and personalized treatment.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Keyla Gonzalez, Siddharth Misra
Summary: This study developed an unsupervised-learning-based visualization method for subsurface CO2 plume that can adapt and scale based on the data without assuming a geophysical model. A multi-level clustering approach was used to accurately differentiate CO2-bearing regions from non-CO2 bearing regions and further classify regions with different levels of CO2 content. The proposed method was validated in a real-world project and demonstrated high quality and reliability.
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Thermodynamics
Jiachao Ge, Xiaozhou Zhang, Furqan Le-Hussain
Summary: This study investigates the role of fines migration and mineral reactions in CO2 residual trapping during sequestration. The experiments showed that fines migration and mineral reactions can increase residual CO2 saturation by causing pore plugging, impeding the displacement of CO2 by imbibing water. Additionally, CO2-saturated water imbibition was found to significantly increase residual CO2 saturation compared to water imbibition, attributed to the CO2 dissolution effect.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Haiyang Zhang, Mohammed Al Kobaisi, Muhammad Arif
Summary: Rock wettability plays a crucial role in the fate of injected CO2, affecting trapping capacity and containment security. Field-scale numerical simulations reveal that wettability and injection rate strongly influence CO2 migration and storage efficiency. Water-wet sandstone exhibits 42% higher residual trapping compared to CO2-wet sandstone, and longer injection durations decrease residual trapping while increasing solubility trapping.
Article
Thermodynamics
Chaolin Zhang, Enyuan Wang, Bobo Li, Xiangguo Kong, Jiang Xu, Shoujian Peng, Yuexia Chen
Summary: CO2-ECBM recovery has the triple benefits of recovering clean resources, ensuring coal mine safety, and achieving CO2 geological sequestration. The study reveals that during CO2-ECBM recovery, the reservoir pressure remains high, methane recovery efficiency increases, but CO2 sequestration efficiency decreases with increasing injection pressure. A displacement index is proposed to reflect the synergistic effect of methane recovery and CO2 sequestration, and a dynamic pressure injection mode is suggested to enhance recovery and sequestration efficiency.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Alimed Celecia, Karla Figueiredo, Carlos Rodriguez, Marley Vellasco, Edwin Maldonado, Marco Aurelio Silva, Anderson Rodrigues, Renata Nascimento, Carla Ourofino
Summary: Seismic interpretation is a crucial process in hydrocarbon exploration. Unsupervised machine learning models offer a novel approach to accurate interpretation without human bias. This study explores multiple methodologies based on unsupervised learning algorithms to interpret seismic data, evaluating two strategies and associating the results with well logs data to produce an interpretation that accurately represents the main seismic facies.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Christian Narvaez-Montoya, Jurgen Mahlknecht, Juan Antonio Torres-Martinez, Abrahan Mora, Guillaume Bertrand
Summary: Seawater intrusion is a major cause of groundwater contamination, affecting water access, food production, and ecosystems. This study conducts a systematic review and bibliometric analysis of 102 coastal hydrogeological studies to explore the techniques used for identifying seawater intrusion. Methods such as principal components analysis (PCA), hierarchical clustering analysis, K-means clustering, and self-organizing maps are explained and applied to a case study. Recommendations are made for data preprocessing, research opportunities, and publishing information to replicate and validate the studies.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Catrin Harris, Samuel J. Jackson, Graham P. Benham, Samuel Krevor, Ann H. Muggeridge
Summary: This study examines the impact of geological heterogeneity on CO2 capillary trapping using numerical simulations, finding that the amount of trapped CO2 can vary significantly depending on geological scenarios and petrophysical uncertainties. Upscaling from core-scale experimental data using the Land trapping parameter may enhance heterogeneity trapping, while including capillary pressure hysteresis in the numerical model could reduce it by up to 70%.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jacques A. de Chalendar, John Taggart, Sally M. Benson
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Carla R. Romano, Christopher Zahasky, Charlotte Garing, James M. Minto, Sally M. Benson, Zoe K. Shipton, Rebecca J. Lunn
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Takeshi Kurotori, Christopher Zahasky, Sally M. Benson, Ronny Pini
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Carla R. Romano, Charlotte Garing, James M. Minto, Sally M. Benson, Zoe K. Shipton, Rebecca J. Lunn
Summary: This study explores the impact of clustered deformation bands on fluid compartmentalization, demonstrating their strong potential to influence fluid saturation in a sandstone reservoir. Prior analysis of the geometry of deformation band structures in a reservoir could significantly reduce the risk of overestimating reservoir capacity, and improve predictions of fluid mobility.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chia-Wei Kuo, Sally M. Benson
Summary: New guidelines and suggestions for taking reliable effective relative permeability measurements in heterogeneous rocks have been presented. The results show that accurate whole-core effective relative permeability measurements can be obtained regardless of the orientation of the core under a range of relevant and practical conditions. The transition from viscous to gravity/capillary dominated flow regimes occurs at much higher flow rates for heterogeneous rocks.
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Samuel Chapman, Jan V. M. Borgomano, Beatriz Quintal, Sally M. Benson, Jerome Fortin
Summary: This study investigates seismic attenuation in partially saturated rocks through experiments and numerical simulations. The results demonstrate significant attenuation and modulus dispersion due to the heterogeneous gas distribution during fluid pressure diffusion. The numerical solutions closely match the experimental data.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Jacques A. de Chalendar, Sally M. Benson
Summary: This study presents a physics-informed framework to accelerate and automate data processing for real-time updates of electrical system data. The method minimizes data adjustments and ensures data consistency.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hailun Ni, T. A. Meckel
Summary: An intermediate-scale beadpack drainage experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of simple layered lamination heterogeneity on CO2 flow. Results showed that capillary barriers can lead to strong pulsation behavior and early breaching through other barriers. It was found that inlet pressure can respond to saturation changes in the domain, highlighting the importance of selecting aquifers with more capillary barriers for CO2 storage sites.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Christopher Zahasky, Sally M. Benson
Summary: This study investigates the multiphase flows and solute transport processes in porous media, and reveals the impact of geologic heterogeneity on capillary-driven transport. By using experiments and numerical models, the researchers observed how capillary-driven flow can carry solutes into low permeability regions, contrary to what is observed under fully saturated solute transport conditions.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eleanor M. Hennessy, Jacques A. de Chalendar, Sally M. Benson, Ines M. L. Azevedo
Summary: The interconnection of the evolving electric grid in response to climate change can lead to pollution-related mortality, as clean regions import electricity from highly polluting regions. A study found that approximately 8% of premature deaths from electricity consumption in the United States are caused by electricity imports, with the Midwest being the most impacted region.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zitong Huang, Takeshi Kurotori, Ronny Pini, Sally M. Benson, Christopher Zahasky
Summary: This article presents a method for quantifying the heterogeneous multiscale permeability in geologic porous media using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. By utilizing a trained convolutional neural network (CNN) based on experimental data, accurate and computationally efficient permeability inversion maps can be generated. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach by comparing the network-predicted permeability maps with experimental data.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hailun Ni, Sahar Bakhshian, T. A. Meckel
Summary: Small-scale heterogeneity significantly affects the migration and trapping of CO2. Simulation experiments show that both grain size and bedform architecture have a strong impact on the effective CO2 saturation. Bedforms with continuous ripple lamination tend to retain higher CO2 saturation, while well sorted grain sorting cases have lower CO2 saturation. Additionally, denser CO2 phase and greater interfacial tension increase CO2 saturation.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jacques A. de Chalendar, Peter W. Glynn, Sally M. Benson
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2019)