Overview
Background
Dr Zhenjiang You is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Chemical Engineering. He holds a PhD in Fluid Mechanics. He conducts research on mathematical modelling, numerical simulation and experimental study of flows in porous media, and their applications in petroleum/chemical/mechanical/mining/civil engineering, energy, environment and water resources. He develops new theories and models for colloidal/suspension transport in porous media, innovative technologies for enhanced gas/oil production, and applicable tools for reservoir engineering, production engineering and geothermal industry. He has received research funding support from ARC, NERA, DMITRE, ARENA and a range of Australian and international companies. He collaborates with researchers in Australia, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, China, Russia, USA, Brazil and Iran.
His teaching contributions include Reservoir Engineering, Well Test Analysis, Reservoir Simulation, Field Design Project, Mathematical Modelling and Fluid Mechanics for Petroleum Engineers, Formation Damage, Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery, Unconventional Resources and Recovery, etc.
Availability
- Dr Zhenjiang You is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Zhejiang University
Research interests
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Theoretical development and mathematical modelling of flow in porous media
Transport phenomena in porous media: Multiphase flows; Hydraulic fracturing; Population balance models for suspension transport; Stochastic modelling of flow in rocks; Analytical and numerical methods; Exact and asymptotic solutions
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Engineering applications
Proppant injection in unconventional reservoirs; Fines migration induced formation damage in oil/gas/geothermal reservoirs and aquifers; Drilling fluid invasion and external cake formation; Well injectivity/productivity analysis; Low-salinity waterflooding; Unconventional resources and recovery; Propagation of bacteria, viruses and contaminants in groundwater; Underground CO2 and H2 storage
Works
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2016
Conference Publication
Modelling of slow fines migration and formation damage during rate alteration
Yang, Y., You, Z., Siqueira, F. D., Vaz, A. and Bedrikovetsky, P. (2016). Modelling of slow fines migration and formation damage during rate alteration. SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 25-27 October 2016. Richardson, TX United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/182320-MS
2016
Journal Article
Fracture plugging optimization for drill-in fluid loss control and formation damage prevention in fractured tight reservoir
Xu, Chengyuan, Kang, Yili, Chen, Fei and You, Zhenjiang (2016). Fracture plugging optimization for drill-in fluid loss control and formation damage prevention in fractured tight reservoir. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 35 (Part A), 1216-1227. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.09.059
2016
Journal Article
Slow migration of detached fine particles over rock surface in porous media
Yang, Yulong, Siqueira, Fernando D., Vaz, Alexandre S. L., You, Zhenjiang and Bedrikovetsky, Pavel (2016). Slow migration of detached fine particles over rock surface in porous media. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 34, 1159-1173. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.07.056
2016
Conference Publication
An improved grid generation approach for discrete fracture network modelling using line fracture concept for two-phase flow simulation
Wang, Keke, Peng, Xiaolong, Du, Zhimin, Haghighi, Manicher, You, Zhenjiang and Yu, Lu (2016). An improved grid generation approach for discrete fracture network modelling using line fracture concept for two-phase flow simulation. SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2016, Perth, WA Australia, 25-27 October 2016. Houston, TX USA: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/182260-MS
2016
Conference Publication
Injectivity impairment during produced water disposal into low-permeability völkersen aquifer (compressibility and reservoir boundary effects)
You, Z., Kalantariasl, A., Schulze, K., Storz, J., Burmester, C., Künckeler, S. and Bedrikovetsky, P. (2016). Injectivity impairment during produced water disposal into low-permeability völkersen aquifer (compressibility and reservoir boundary effects). SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, LA, United States, 24-26 February 2016. Society of Petroleum Engineers . doi: 10.2118/179026-ms
2016
Conference Publication
Analytical modelling of low-salinity waterflooding with fines migration
Borazjani, S., Behr, A., Genolet, L., Van Der Net, A., You, Z. and Bedrikovetsky, P. (2016). Analytical modelling of low-salinity waterflooding with fines migration. ECMOR 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29 August - 1 September 2016. Red Hook, NY, United States: European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers.
2016
Conference Publication
Laboratory and mathematical modelling of fines production from CSG interburden rocks
Badalyan, A., Beasley, T., Nguyen, D., Keshavarz, A., Schacht, U., Carageorgos, T., You, Z., Bedrikovetsky, P., Hurter, S. and Troth, I. (2016). Laboratory and mathematical modelling of fines production from CSG interburden rocks. SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2016, Perth, Australia, 25-27 October 2016. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/182295-MS
2016
Conference Publication
A new phenomenon of slow fines migration in oil and gas fields (laboratory and mathematical modelling)
Yang, Y., You, Z., Siqueira, F. D., Vaz, A. and Bedrikovetsky, P. (2016). A new phenomenon of slow fines migration in oil and gas fields (laboratory and mathematical modelling). SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, LA, United States, 24-26 February, 2016. Dallas, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). doi: 10.2118/179027-ms
2016
Conference Publication
Identifying the source and magnitude of formation damage from pressure and temperature profiles
You, Z. and Bedrikovetsky, P. (2016). Identifying the source and magnitude of formation damage from pressure and temperature profiles. SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, LA United States, February 2016. Bellingham, WA United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/179025-ms
2016
Conference Publication
Prevention of water-blocking formation damage in gas reservoirs wettability alteration, analytical modelling
Naik, Saurabh, You, Zhenjiang and Bedrikovetsky, Pavel (2016). Prevention of water-blocking formation damage in gas reservoirs wettability alteration, analytical modelling. SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2016, Perth, WA, Australia, 25-27 October 2016. New York, NY, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/182283-ms
2016
Conference Publication
Mathematical model and experimental study on drill-in fluid loss control and formation damage prevention in fractured tight reservoir
Xu, Chengyuan, Kang, Yili, Li, Daqi, You, Zhenjiang and Luo, Yaohua (2016). Mathematical model and experimental study on drill-in fluid loss control and formation damage prevention in fractured tight reservoir. SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2016, Perth, WA, October 25, 2016-October 27, 2016. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/182266-MS
2016
Journal Article
Mathematical modelling of fines migration in geothermal reservoirs
You, Zhenjiang, Yang, Yulong, Badalyan, Alexander, Bedrikovetsky, Pavel and Hand, Martin (2016). Mathematical modelling of fines migration in geothermal reservoirs. Geothermics, 59, 123-133. doi: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2015.05.008
2015
Journal Article
Modeling of aggregation kinetics by a new moment method
Wan, Zhanhong, You, Zhenjiang, Chen, Jiawang and Wang, Minmin (2015). Modeling of aggregation kinetics by a new moment method. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 39 (22), 6915-6924. doi: 10.1016/j.apm.2015.02.041
2015
Journal Article
Rate enhancement in unconventional gas reservoirs by wettability alteration
Naik, Saurabh, You, Zhenjiang and Bedrikovetsky, Pavel (2015). Rate enhancement in unconventional gas reservoirs by wettability alteration. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 26, 1573-1584. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2015.06.016
2015
Journal Article
Nonuniform external filter cake in long injection wells
Kalantariasl, Azim, Farajzadeh, Rouhi, You, Zhenjiang and Bedrikovetsky, Pavel (2015). Nonuniform external filter cake in long injection wells. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 54 (11), 3051-3061. doi: 10.1021/ie504936q
2015
Journal Article
Fines migration in fractured wells: Integrating modeling with field and laboratory data
Marquez, M., Williams, W., Knobles, M., Bedrikovetsky, P. and You, Z. (2015). Fines migration in fractured wells: Integrating modeling with field and laboratory data. JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology, 67 (2), 129-132.
2015
Journal Article
Deep bed and cake filtration of two-size particle suspension in porous media
Sacramento, Rebeca N., Yang, Yulong, You, Zhenjiang, Waldmann, Alex, Martins, Andre L., Vaz, Alexandre S. L., Zitha, Pacelli L. J. and Bedrikovetsky, Pavel (2015). Deep bed and cake filtration of two-size particle suspension in porous media. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 126, 201-210. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2014.12.001
2015
Conference Publication
Mathematical modelling of non-uniform external cake profile in long injection wells
Kalantariasl, Azim, Farajzadeh, Rouhi, You, Zhenjiang and Bedrikovetsky, Pavel (2015). Mathematical modelling of non-uniform external cake profile in long injection wells. SPE European Formation Damage Conference and Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary, 3-5 June 2015. Dallas, TX USA: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). doi: 10.2118/174184-MS
2015
Journal Article
Stability of jets in a shallow water layer
Wan, Zhanhong, Huang, Saihua, Sun, Zhilin and You, Zhenjiang (2015). Stability of jets in a shallow water layer. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 25 (2), 358-374. doi: 10.1108/HFF-04-2013-0137
2015
Conference Publication
Research for the influence of light transmissivity of air humidity in fixed distance
Wu, Y. N., You, Z. J., Ma, J. N. and Chen, L. (2015). Research for the influence of light transmissivity of air humidity in fixed distance. CRC Press/Balkema. doi: 10.1201/b18511-71
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Zhenjiang You is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Graded proppant injection for coal seam gas productivity enhancement
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Modelling of reservoir stimulation for low permeability coals
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Stochastic models on particle transport and retention in fractured media
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Flow modelling coupled with geomechanical models in coals
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Fines generation and migration in coal fracture system
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Improved leak-off modelling in fractured porous media
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Improved relative permeability models for fractured rocks
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Analytical models of gas-water two-phase flow during micro-particle injection in coals
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Two-phase flow in non-circular capillary networks: percolation and effective media models
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Produced water re-injection and disposal in low permeable reservoirs
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Multiscale modelling for characterisation of particle transport and retention in porous media
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Geoff Wang
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