Research Areas

High-pressure physical properties and phase state models of reservoir fluids

Numerical simulation of oil and gas reservoirs

Deep Water Flow Guarantee

Research Projects

[1] 2015.11-2018.12，Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum, Beijing (Grant No.2462015YJRC028), Experimental Investigation and Model Development of the Phase Behavior in CO2-Hydrocarbon-Brine System Under Reservoir Pressures and Temperatures, PI: H. Zhao

[2] 2017.1-2019.12，National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (Grant No. 51604284), Multiphase Equilibrium Modeling and Stability Analysis for the CO2-Hydrocarbon-H2O System: The Effects of Water and Carbon Dioxide on Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon System, PI: H. Zhao)

[3] 2016.5-2016.12，SINOPEC East China Oil & Gas Co., Ltd. (Contract No. 34600297-16-ZC0607-0001), Huangqiao Oilfield High CO2 Content Wellstream Processing Technology, Participant) and reservoir geological modeling

Publications

[1] Zhao, H., Fedkin, M., Dilmore, R. and Lvov, S. N. Carbon dioxide solubility in aqueous solutions of sodium chloride at geological conditions: Experimental results at 323.15, 373.15, 423.15K and 150 bar and modeling up to 573.15K and 2000 bar, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015, 149, 165-189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.11.004


[2] Zhao, H., Dilmore, R. D., Allen, E., Hedges, S. W., Soong, Y. and Lvov, S. N. Measurement and modeling of CO2 solubility in natural and synthetic formation brines for CO2 sequestration, Environmental Science & Technology, 2015, 49, 1972-1980. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es505550a

[3] Zhao, H., Dilmore, R. and Lvov, S. N. Experimental studies and modeling of CO2 solubility in high temperature aqueous CaCl2, MgCl2, Na2SO4, and KCl solutions, AIChE Journal, 2015, 61, 2286-2297.http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.14825


[4] Zhao, H. and Lvov, S. N. Phase behavior of the CO2–H2O system at temperatures of 273–623 K and pressures of 0.1–200 MPa using Peng-Robinson-Stryjek-Vera equation of state with a modified Wong-Sandler mixing rule: An extension to the CO2–CH4–H2O system, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2016, 417, 96-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2016.02.027

[5] Zhao, H. Modeling vapor-liquid phase equilibria of methane-water and methane-carbon dioxide-water systems at 274K to 573K and 0.1 to 150 MPa using PRSV equation of state and Wong-Sandler mixing rule, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2017, 447, 12-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2017.05.015

[6] Sengupta, A., Beck, J., Zhao, H., Schatz, R.S., Ziomek-Moroz, M. and Lvov, S.N. Corrosion Behavior of 13Cr Casing in Cement Synthetic Pore Solution, ECS Transactions, 2015, 66(17), 37-50.227th ECS Meeting, 24-28 May 2015, Chicago, Illinois, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/06617.0037ecst

[7] Zhao, H. Flash Calculation and Phase Stability Analysis of Reservoir Gas-Water System—Implication for Extracting Dissolved CH4 by CO2 Injection. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, UAE, 26–28 September 2016 (SPE 181349 Full Presentation) http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/181349-MS