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Furqan Hussain

Bio: Furqan Hussain is an academic researcher from University of New South Wales. The author has contributed to research in topics: Relative permeability & Enhanced oil recovery. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 38 publications receiving 756 citations.

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TL;DR: In this paper, two coalbed methane (ECBM) core flooding experiments were conducted to observe the gas displacement process, the competitive adsorption and the effect of coal swelling and shrinkage on coal permeability.

118 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a systematic laboratory study to investigate the underlying physics mechanisms for improved oil recovery as a consequence of injecting low-salinity water, which has been explained by the lifting, migration and subsequent plugging of pores by fine particles.

87 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental study on an anthracite coal sample from a coal seam gas (CSG) field in China to investigate the impact of fines migration on coal permeability was conducted.

64 citations

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20 Mar 2012
TL;DR: In this paper, a key part of the study is the establishment of porosity transforms between high-resolution and low-resolution images to arrive at a calibrated porosity map to constraint permeability estimates for the whole core.
Abstract: bility due to large permeability contrasts. The most accurate upscaling technique is employing Darcy’s law. A key part of the study is the establishment of porosity transforms between highresolution and low-resolution images to arrive at a calibrated porosity map to constraint permeability estimates for the whole core.

62 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a CO2 injection experiment with detailed characterization of the rock and fluids produced, using a Berea sandstone core sample, X-Ray powder diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analyses are performed.

50 citations


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11 Jun 2010
Abstract: The validity of the cubic law for laminar flow of fluids through open fractures consisting of parallel planar plates has been established by others over a wide range of conditions with apertures ranging down to a minimum of 0.2 µm. The law may be given in simplified form by Q/Δh = C(2b)3, where Q is the flow rate, Δh is the difference in hydraulic head, C is a constant that depends on the flow geometry and fluid properties, and 2b is the fracture aperture. The validity of this law for flow in a closed fracture where the surfaces are in contact and the aperture is being decreased under stress has been investigated at room temperature by using homogeneous samples of granite, basalt, and marble. Tension fractures were artificially induced, and the laboratory setup used radial as well as straight flow geometries. Apertures ranged from 250 down to 4µm, which was the minimum size that could be attained under a normal stress of 20 MPa. The cubic law was found to be valid whether the fracture surfaces were held open or were being closed under stress, and the results are not dependent on rock type. Permeability was uniquely defined by fracture aperture and was independent of the stress history used in these investigations. The effects of deviations from the ideal parallel plate concept only cause an apparent reduction in flow and may be incorporated into the cubic law by replacing C by C/ƒ. The factor ƒ varied from 1.04 to 1.65 in these investigations. The model of a fracture that is being closed under normal stress is visualized as being controlled by the strength of the asperities that are in contact. These contact areas are able to withstand significant stresses while maintaining space for fluids to continue to flow as the fracture aperture decreases. The controlling factor is the magnitude of the aperture, and since flow depends on (2b)3, a slight change in aperture evidently can easily dominate any other change in the geometry of the flow field. Thus one does not see any noticeable shift in the correlations of our experimental results in passing from a condition where the fracture surfaces were held open to one where the surfaces were being closed under stress.

1,557 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a review of literature on teams literature from industrial and organizational psychology to engineering education and to identify implications for practice and future directions for research is presented. But this research does not effectively inform engineering education.
Abstract: Background Engineering student team projects are frequently used to meet professional learning outcomes. Industrial and organizational psychologists study teams in the industry settings for which we prepare students, yet this research does not effectively inform engineering education. Purpose This research review sought to demonstrate the relevance of literature on teams literature from industrial and organizational psychology to engineering education and to identify implications for practice and future directions for research. Scope/Method Phase 1 systematically reviewed 104 articles published from 2007 to 2012 describing engineering and computer science student team projects and sought to answer the following questions: What professional learning outcomes have been met by team projects? What negative student team behaviors have faculty sought to minimize? What literature has been used to inform development of teamwork outcomes? Phase 2 reviewed five team effectiveness constructs selected according to the results of Phase 1: social loafing, interdependence, conflict, trust, and shared mental models. Examples from Phase 1 articles and our own work explain how this research informs facilitation and assessment of engineering student teams. Conclusions Engineering faculty sought to achieve a variety of outcomes through team projects, including teamwork, communication, sustainability, and consideration of global/societal design context. They sought to avoid social loafing and conflict while building trust to ensure equal team effort. That few Phase 1 articles engaged the literature about team effectiveness indicates there is great opportunity to apply industrial and organizational psychology research to engineering education.

203 citations

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15 Apr 2019-Energy
TL;DR: In this paper, the fully coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) response of CO2 enhanced CBM recovery (CO2-ECBM) considering the coupling relationships of competitive sorption of binary gas and dissolved gas in water, gas and water transport in two phase flow, thermal expansion and non-isothermal gas sorption (T), and coal deformation (M).

179 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a unique contrast agent technique using X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) was developed for studying micrometer-sized features in coal, which allows for the visualization of coal fractures not visible with conventional imaging methods.

175 citations

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TL;DR: The potential of low-salinity water flooding (LSW) for enhancing oil recovery in both sandstone and carbonate reservoirs has attracted the attention of the oil industry in the past decade as mentioned in this paper.

166 citations