Research Areas

[1] Foam Fluids for Oil and Gas Development


[2] CO2 Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)


[3] Clean Fracturing for Unconventional Reservoirs


[4] Nanofluids for Enhanced Oil Recovery


[5] Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Education

2016-2017, Ph.D., Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada


2012-2018, Ph.D., Oil and Gas Field Development Engineering, China University of Petroleum, China.


2008-2012, B.S., Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum, China.

Introduction of Teacher

Dr. Qichao Lv is a doctoral supervisor and leader of enhanced oil recovery research institute at China University of Petroleum-Beijing (CUPB). He was employed as a top talent of China University of Petroleum-Beijing at 2018. Now he is the director of CUPB innovation lab for carbon sequestration and utilization for oil development, vice chair of national key laboratory for oil and gas testing in petroleum and chemical industry. Recent years, he has been in charge of more than 20 important scientific projects such as the projects supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), National Science Foundation for International Talent Experts, National Science Foundation for Talent Exchange in Belt and Road Initiative, Petrochina Innovation Foundation, et al. He has published more than 60 papers and obtained about 30 China invention patents and 4 US invention patents. He is the evaluation expert of the National Natural Science Foundation, degree center of the Ministry of Education, China.



Professional Employment:

2021-present, Leader of enhanced oil recovery research institute at China University of Petroleum-Beijing

2021-present, Director of CUPB innovation lab for carbon sequestration and utilization for oil development

2021-present, Vice chair of national key laboratory for oil and gas testing in petroleum and chemical industry

2022-present, Editor in Journal of PETROLEUM SCIENCE

Publications

[1]Visualization study of CO2-EOR in carbonate reservoirs using 2.5D heterogeneous micromodels for CCUS. Fuel, 2022, 330: 125533.

[2]Application of group method of data handling and gene expression programming for predicting solubility of CO2-N2 gas mixture in brine. Fuel, 2023, 332: 126025.

[3] CO2 mobility control in porous media by using armored bubbles with silica nanoparticles. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2021 60 (1): 128-139.

[4]Aqueous CO2 foam armored by particulate matter from flue gas for mobility control in porous media. Energy & Fuels, 2020, 34 (11): 14464-14475.

[5]Enhanced oil recovery using aqueous CO2 foam stabilized by particulate matter from coal combustion. Energy & Fuels, 2020, 34(3): 2880-2892.

[6]Dynamic filtration behavior of dry supercritical CO2 foam with nanoparticles in porous media. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58(32): 15014-15025.

[7]Synergistic mechanism of particulate matter (PM) from coal combustion and saponin from camellia seed pomace in stabilizing CO2 foam. Energy & Fuels, 2018, 32(3): 3733-3742.

[8]Experimental study on the dynamic filtration control performance of N2/liquid CO2 foam in porous media. Fuel, 2017, 202: 435-445.

[9]Silica nanoparticles as a high-performance filtrate reducer for foam fluid in porous media. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2017, 45: 171-181.

[10]Study of nanoparticle–surfactant-stabilized foam as a fracturing fluid. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2015, 54(38): 9468-9477.

[11]Wall slipping behavior of foam with nanoparticle-armored bubbles and its flow resistance factor in cracks. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7(1): 5063.

[12]Comprehensive review on surfactant adsorption on mineral surfaces in chemical enhanced oil recovery. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 294: 102467.

[13]Real-time monitoring of electrochemically induced calcium carbonate depositions: Kinetics and mechanisms. Electrochimica Acta, 2021, 370: 137719.

[14]Modeling of methane adsorption capacity in shale gas formations using white-box supervised machine learning techniques. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2022, 208: 109226.

[15]Rheology and Dynamic Filtration of Foam Fracturing Fluid Enhanced by Cellulose Nanofibrils. International Petroleum
Technology Conference, OnePetro, 2021.03.


[16]Storage of CO2 and Coal Fly Ash using Pickering Foam for Enhanced Oil Recovery. SPE International Conference on Oilfield Chemistry, OnePetro, 2021.12.

[17]Ultra-dry three-phase flue gas foam for oil- gas fields and preparation method thereof. US10793763B2, US Patent.

[18]Foam fracturing fluid with double interface layers of a phlogisticated air-liquid CO2 for shale gas production and preparation method thereof. US10934467B2, US Patent.

[19]Waterless foam generator for fracturing shale oil and gas reservoirs and use thereof. US 10,961,830 B1, US Patent.

[20]Novel inorganic fine particle reinforced foam system for oil-gas field and preparation method thereof US9777210B2, US Patent.