Dr Yihuai Zhang
- Lecturer: Geo-Energy Engineering (Systems Power & Energy)
Biography
Dr. Zhang is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Geo-energy engineering at the University of Glasgow. His research focuses on the fluid dynamics of multiphase flow in porous media from nano/micron to large scales to establish a fundamental and conceptual understanding of flow behaviour in subsurface rock, which has broad applications to carbon geological storage, geo-energy resources recovery, subsurface contaminant control, and flow in fuel cells.
Research interests
- Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
- Hydrogen storage
- Subsurface flow
- Geothermal
- Rock physics and mechanics
- Multiphase flow in porous media
- Pore-scale imaging and modelling
- Multiscale simulation methods
Accept new PhD students, with following full scholarship opportunitis provided, please contact me for details.
EPSRC/College PhD scholarship
James McCune Smith Scholarships
China Scholarship Council (CSC) - Glasgow PhD scholarship (only for Chinese)
Commonwealth PhD Scholarships scheme
Marie Curie PhD Fellowship
PTDF overseas Scholarship Scheme (only for Nigerians)
Bangabandhu Science and Technology Fellowship Trust (only for Bangladesh)
Publications
2025
Rezaeyan, Amirsaman, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Bai, Tao, Arif, Muhammad and Kalam, Shams
(2025)
Unconventional Shale Resources in Energy Transition and Digitalization.
In: Temizel, Cenk, Yegin, Cengiz, Kim, Jihoon, Saputelli, Luigi and Torsæter, Ole (eds.)
Unconventional Resources: Advances in Energy Transition.
Routledge CRC Press: Boca Raton, pp. 627-715.
ISBN 9781032322933
(doi: 10.1201/9781003319955-12)
Zhao, Tingting, Liu, Zhengdong, Hu, Xiaomin, Zhu, Wancheng, Liu, Shuyuan, Si, Leilei, Qu, Bao, Wang, Chaojie and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2025)
Stepwise diffusion characteristics in coal mass under in situ high-stress conditions.
Energy and Fuels, 39(6),
pp. 3110-3118.
(doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c05810)
Taghavinejad, Amin, Rabbani, Arash, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Shang, Junlong
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9983-079X, Arif, Muhammad and Zhang, Yihuai
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2025)
Pore network modelling of CO2-shale interaction for carbon storage: Swelling effect and fracture permeability.
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 141,
104294.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104294)
Zhang, Haiyang, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Arif, Muhammad
(2025)
CO2 geological storage in subsurface aquifers as a function of brine salinity: a field-scale numerical investigation.
Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 245,
213505.
(doi: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213505)
Yan, Tianhao, Xu, Xiaomeng, Liu, Jiafeng, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Arif, Muhammad, Xu, Xiaowei and Wang, Qiang
(2025)
Data-driven predictive model of coal permeability based on microscopic fracture structure characterization.
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,
(doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.11.056)
(Early Online Publication)
Lin, Xiaosong, Liu, Zhengdong, Zhu, Wancheng, Si, Leilei, Qu, Bao, Liu, Shuyuan and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2025)
Mechanism of matrix–fracture equilibrium time lag property inducing coal sub-matrix mass transfer behavior and its effect on the coal seepage characteristics in CO2 sequestration.
Physics of Fluids, 37(1),
016601.
(doi: 10.1063/5.0246415)
2024
Meng, Kun, Yu, Hongyan, Fan, Liyong, Ma, Zhanrong, Luo, Xiaorong, Cao, Binfeng and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2024)
Developing a novel permeability prediction method for tight carbonate reservoirs using borehole electrical image logging.
Geophysics, 89(6),
D287-D299.
(doi: 10.1190/geo2023-0609.1)
Lin, Xiaosong, Liu, Zhengdong, Zhu, Wancheng, Zhao, Tingting, Liu, Shuyuan, Sun, Chen, Bai, Gang and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2024)
Investigation on coal permeability evolution considering the internal differential strain and its effects on CO2 sequestration capacity in deep coal seams.
Energy, 304,
132026.
(doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.132026)
Wang, S. et al. (2024) A nanoparticle contrast agent enables dynamic microscale X-ray computed tomography imaging of the soil aqueous phase. ChemRxiv, (doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-cjnmw)
Zhang, Haiyang, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Arif, Muhammad
(2024)
Impact of formation conditions and well configurations on underground hydrogen storage.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 70,
pp. 288-300.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.05.208)
Zhong, Haiyi, Wang, Zhongzheng, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Suo, Si, Hong, Yi, Wang, Lizhong and Gan, Yixiang
(2024)
Gas storage in geological formations: a comparative review on carbon dioxide and hydrogen storage.
Materials Today Sustainability, 26,
100720.
(doi: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.100720)
Liu, Yubing, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Zhang, Chaolin and Feng, Runhua
(2024)
Editorial: Instability mechanisms and disaster prevention of coal and rock in deep underground space.
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12,
1416038.
(doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1416038)
Liu, Jiafeng, Xu, Xiaomeng, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Wang, Ziheng, Arif, Muhammad and Wang, Qiang
(2024)
Understanding the irreversible evolution of coal permeability under cyclic axial deviatoric stress.
Natural Resources Research, 33(2),
pp. 887-905.
(doi: 10.1007/s11053-024-10318-4)
Zou, Shuangmei, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Ma, Lin
(2024)
Revealing subsurface dynamics: imaging techniques for optimizing underground energy storage.
Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 12(1),
pp. 1-7.
(doi: 10.46690/ager.2024.04.01)
Goodarzi, Sepideh, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Foroughi, Sajjad, Bijeljic, Branko and Blunt, Martin J.
(2024)
Trapping, hysteresis and Ostwald ripening in hydrogen storage: a pore-scale imaging study.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 56,
pp. 1139-1151.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.12.029)
Wang, Chen, Xu, Xiaomeng, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Arif, Muhammad, Zhang, Siyuan, Lan, Meijuan and Yu, Binshan
(2024)
Visualization and analysis of knowledge domains for recent developments in coal mechanical properties studies.
Heliyon, 10(2),
e24788.
(doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24788)
(PMID:38312667)
(PMCID:PMC10835296)
Zhang, Haiyang, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Al Kobaisi, Mohammed, Iglauer, Stefan and Arif, Muhammad
(2024)
Effect of cyclic hysteretic multiphase flow on underground hydrogen storage: A numerical investigation.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 49(D),
pp. 336-350.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.169)
2023
Moghadasi, Ramin, Goodarzi, Sepideh, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Bijeljic, Branko, Blunt, Martin J. and Niemi, Auli
(2023)
Pore-scale characterization of residual gas remobilization in CO2 geological storage.
Advances in Water Resources, 179,
104499.
(doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2023.104499)
Zhang, Yunhui, Zou, Quanle, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Liu, Leilei and Pu, Chengyi
(2023)
Editorial: Advances and applications of artificial intelligence and numerical simulation in risk emergency management and treatment.
Frontiers in Earth Science, 11,
1239559.
(doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1239559)
Dong, Huaimin, Zeng, Xin, Zhou, Dalin, Zhu, Jinjiang, Golsanami, Naser, Sun, Jianmeng and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2023)
Insights into the multiscale conductivity mechanism of marine shales from Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation in the southern Sichuan Basin of China.
Journal of Energy Engineering, 149(3),
04023008.
(doi: 10.1061/jleed9.eyeng-4667)
Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Bijeljic, Branko, Gao, Ying, Goodarzi, Sepideh, Forough, Sajjad and Blunt, Martin J.
(2023)
Pore-scale observations of hydrogen trapping and migration in porous rock: demonstrating the effect of Ostwald ripening.
Geophysical Research Letters, 50(7),
102383.
(doi: 10.1029/2022GL102383)
2022
Jing, Yu, Rabbani, Arash, Armstrong, Ryan T., Wang, Junjian, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Mostaghimi, Peyman
(2022)
An image-based coal network model for simulating hydro-mechanical gas flow in coal: An application to carbon dioxide geo-sequestration.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 379(Part 1),
134647.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134647)
Javad Shojaei, Mohammad, Bijeljic, Branko, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Blunt, Martin J.
(2022)
Minimal surfaces in porous materials: x-ray image-based measurement of the contact angle and curvature in gas diffusion layers to design optimal performance of fuel cells.
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(4),
pp. 4613-4621.
(doi: 10.1021/acsaem.2c00023)
Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Bijeljic, Branko and Blunt, Martin J.
(2022)
Nonlinear multiphase flow in hydrophobic porous media.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 934(R3),
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2021.1148)
2021
Yuan, Yujie, Rezaee, Reza, Yu, Hongyan, Zou, Jie, Liu, Kouqi and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2021)
Compositional controls on nanopore structure in different shale lithofacies: A comparison with pure clays and isolated kerogens.
Fuel, 303,
121079.
(doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121079)
Liu, Xuefeng, Dong, Huaimin, Yan, Weichao, Arif, Muhammad, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Golsanami, Naser
(2021)
Influence of gas hydrate saturation and pore habits on gas relative permeability in gas hydrate-bearing sediments: theory, experiment and case study.
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 95,
104171.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2021.104171)
Al-Yaseri, Ahmed, Abdulelah, Hesham, Yekeen, Nurudeen, Ali, Muhammad, Mamo Negash, Berihun and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2021)
Assessment of CO2/shale interfacial tension.
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 627,
127118.
(doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127118)
Dong, Huaimin, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Lebedev, Maxim, Arif, Muhammad, Yuan, Yujie and Iglauer, Stefan
(2021)
Simulating coal permeability change as a function of effective stress using a microscale digital rock model.
Energy and Fuels, 35(10),
pp. 8756-8762.
(doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00619)
Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Bijeljic, Branko, Gao, Ying, Lin, Qingyang and Blunt, Martin J.
(2021)
Quantification of nonlinear multiphase flow in porous media.
Geophysical Research Letters, 48(5),
e2020GL090.
(doi: 10.1029/2020GL090477)
2020
Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Lebedev, Maxim, Smith, Gregory, Jing, Yu, Busch, Andreas and Iglauer, Stefan
(2020)
Nano-mechanical properties and pore-scale characterization of different rank coals.
Natural Resources Research, 29(3),
pp. 1787-1800.
(doi: 10.1007/s11053-019-09572-8)
Dong, Huaimin, Sun, Jianmeng, Arif, Muhammad, Golsanami, Naser, Yan, Weichao and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2020)
A novel hybrid method for gas hydrate filling modes identification via digital rock.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 115,
104255.
(doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104255)
Arif, Muhammad, Abu-Khamsin, Sidqi A., Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Iglauer, Stefan
(2020)
Experimental investigation of carbonate wettability as a function of mineralogical and thermo-physical conditions.
Fuel, 264,
116846.
(doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116846)
2019
Yu, Hongyan, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Lebedev, Maxim, Wang, Zhenliang, Li, Xiaolong, Squelch, Andrew, Verrall, Michael and Iglauer, Stefan
(2019)
X-ray micro-computed tomography and ultrasonic velocity analysis of fractured shale as a function of effective stress.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 110,
pp. 472-482.
(doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.07.015)
Yu, Hongyan, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Ma, Yao, Lebedev, Maxim, Ahmed, Shakil, Li, Xiaolong, Verrall, Michael, Squelch, Andrew and Iglauer, Stefan
(2019)
CO 2 ‐saturated brine injection Into unconsolidated sandstone: implications for carbon geosequestration.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(11),
pp. 10823-10838.
(doi: 10.1029/2018JB017100)
Articles
Zhao, Tingting, Liu, Zhengdong, Hu, Xiaomin, Zhu, Wancheng, Liu, Shuyuan, Si, Leilei, Qu, Bao, Wang, Chaojie and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2025)
Stepwise diffusion characteristics in coal mass under in situ high-stress conditions.
Energy and Fuels, 39(6),
pp. 3110-3118.
(doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c05810)
Taghavinejad, Amin, Rabbani, Arash, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Shang, Junlong
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9983-079X, Arif, Muhammad and Zhang, Yihuai
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2025)
Pore network modelling of CO2-shale interaction for carbon storage: Swelling effect and fracture permeability.
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 141,
104294.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104294)
Zhang, Haiyang, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Arif, Muhammad
(2025)
CO2 geological storage in subsurface aquifers as a function of brine salinity: a field-scale numerical investigation.
Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 245,
213505.
(doi: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213505)
Yan, Tianhao, Xu, Xiaomeng, Liu, Jiafeng, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Arif, Muhammad, Xu, Xiaowei and Wang, Qiang
(2025)
Data-driven predictive model of coal permeability based on microscopic fracture structure characterization.
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,
(doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.11.056)
(Early Online Publication)
Lin, Xiaosong, Liu, Zhengdong, Zhu, Wancheng, Si, Leilei, Qu, Bao, Liu, Shuyuan and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2025)
Mechanism of matrix–fracture equilibrium time lag property inducing coal sub-matrix mass transfer behavior and its effect on the coal seepage characteristics in CO2 sequestration.
Physics of Fluids, 37(1),
016601.
(doi: 10.1063/5.0246415)
Meng, Kun, Yu, Hongyan, Fan, Liyong, Ma, Zhanrong, Luo, Xiaorong, Cao, Binfeng and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2024)
Developing a novel permeability prediction method for tight carbonate reservoirs using borehole electrical image logging.
Geophysics, 89(6),
D287-D299.
(doi: 10.1190/geo2023-0609.1)
Lin, Xiaosong, Liu, Zhengdong, Zhu, Wancheng, Zhao, Tingting, Liu, Shuyuan, Sun, Chen, Bai, Gang and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2024)
Investigation on coal permeability evolution considering the internal differential strain and its effects on CO2 sequestration capacity in deep coal seams.
Energy, 304,
132026.
(doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.132026)
Wang, S. et al. (2024) A nanoparticle contrast agent enables dynamic microscale X-ray computed tomography imaging of the soil aqueous phase. ChemRxiv, (doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-cjnmw)
Zhang, Haiyang, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Arif, Muhammad
(2024)
Impact of formation conditions and well configurations on underground hydrogen storage.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 70,
pp. 288-300.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.05.208)
Zhong, Haiyi, Wang, Zhongzheng, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Suo, Si, Hong, Yi, Wang, Lizhong and Gan, Yixiang
(2024)
Gas storage in geological formations: a comparative review on carbon dioxide and hydrogen storage.
Materials Today Sustainability, 26,
100720.
(doi: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.100720)
Liu, Yubing, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Zhang, Chaolin and Feng, Runhua
(2024)
Editorial: Instability mechanisms and disaster prevention of coal and rock in deep underground space.
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12,
1416038.
(doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1416038)
Liu, Jiafeng, Xu, Xiaomeng, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Wang, Ziheng, Arif, Muhammad and Wang, Qiang
(2024)
Understanding the irreversible evolution of coal permeability under cyclic axial deviatoric stress.
Natural Resources Research, 33(2),
pp. 887-905.
(doi: 10.1007/s11053-024-10318-4)
Zou, Shuangmei, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Ma, Lin
(2024)
Revealing subsurface dynamics: imaging techniques for optimizing underground energy storage.
Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 12(1),
pp. 1-7.
(doi: 10.46690/ager.2024.04.01)
Goodarzi, Sepideh, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Foroughi, Sajjad, Bijeljic, Branko and Blunt, Martin J.
(2024)
Trapping, hysteresis and Ostwald ripening in hydrogen storage: a pore-scale imaging study.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 56,
pp. 1139-1151.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.12.029)
Wang, Chen, Xu, Xiaomeng, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Arif, Muhammad, Zhang, Siyuan, Lan, Meijuan and Yu, Binshan
(2024)
Visualization and analysis of knowledge domains for recent developments in coal mechanical properties studies.
Heliyon, 10(2),
e24788.
(doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24788)
(PMID:38312667)
(PMCID:PMC10835296)
Zhang, Haiyang, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Al Kobaisi, Mohammed, Iglauer, Stefan and Arif, Muhammad
(2024)
Effect of cyclic hysteretic multiphase flow on underground hydrogen storage: A numerical investigation.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 49(D),
pp. 336-350.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.169)
Moghadasi, Ramin, Goodarzi, Sepideh, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Bijeljic, Branko, Blunt, Martin J. and Niemi, Auli
(2023)
Pore-scale characterization of residual gas remobilization in CO2 geological storage.
Advances in Water Resources, 179,
104499.
(doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2023.104499)
Zhang, Yunhui, Zou, Quanle, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Liu, Leilei and Pu, Chengyi
(2023)
Editorial: Advances and applications of artificial intelligence and numerical simulation in risk emergency management and treatment.
Frontiers in Earth Science, 11,
1239559.
(doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1239559)
Dong, Huaimin, Zeng, Xin, Zhou, Dalin, Zhu, Jinjiang, Golsanami, Naser, Sun, Jianmeng and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2023)
Insights into the multiscale conductivity mechanism of marine shales from Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation in the southern Sichuan Basin of China.
Journal of Energy Engineering, 149(3),
04023008.
(doi: 10.1061/jleed9.eyeng-4667)
Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Bijeljic, Branko, Gao, Ying, Goodarzi, Sepideh, Forough, Sajjad and Blunt, Martin J.
(2023)
Pore-scale observations of hydrogen trapping and migration in porous rock: demonstrating the effect of Ostwald ripening.
Geophysical Research Letters, 50(7),
102383.
(doi: 10.1029/2022GL102383)
Jing, Yu, Rabbani, Arash, Armstrong, Ryan T., Wang, Junjian, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Mostaghimi, Peyman
(2022)
An image-based coal network model for simulating hydro-mechanical gas flow in coal: An application to carbon dioxide geo-sequestration.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 379(Part 1),
134647.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134647)
Javad Shojaei, Mohammad, Bijeljic, Branko, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Blunt, Martin J.
(2022)
Minimal surfaces in porous materials: x-ray image-based measurement of the contact angle and curvature in gas diffusion layers to design optimal performance of fuel cells.
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(4),
pp. 4613-4621.
(doi: 10.1021/acsaem.2c00023)
Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Bijeljic, Branko and Blunt, Martin J.
(2022)
Nonlinear multiphase flow in hydrophobic porous media.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 934(R3),
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2021.1148)
Yuan, Yujie, Rezaee, Reza, Yu, Hongyan, Zou, Jie, Liu, Kouqi and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2021)
Compositional controls on nanopore structure in different shale lithofacies: A comparison with pure clays and isolated kerogens.
Fuel, 303,
121079.
(doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121079)
Liu, Xuefeng, Dong, Huaimin, Yan, Weichao, Arif, Muhammad, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Golsanami, Naser
(2021)
Influence of gas hydrate saturation and pore habits on gas relative permeability in gas hydrate-bearing sediments: theory, experiment and case study.
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 95,
104171.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2021.104171)
Al-Yaseri, Ahmed, Abdulelah, Hesham, Yekeen, Nurudeen, Ali, Muhammad, Mamo Negash, Berihun and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2021)
Assessment of CO2/shale interfacial tension.
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 627,
127118.
(doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127118)
Dong, Huaimin, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Lebedev, Maxim, Arif, Muhammad, Yuan, Yujie and Iglauer, Stefan
(2021)
Simulating coal permeability change as a function of effective stress using a microscale digital rock model.
Energy and Fuels, 35(10),
pp. 8756-8762.
(doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00619)
Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Bijeljic, Branko, Gao, Ying, Lin, Qingyang and Blunt, Martin J.
(2021)
Quantification of nonlinear multiphase flow in porous media.
Geophysical Research Letters, 48(5),
e2020GL090.
(doi: 10.1029/2020GL090477)
Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Lebedev, Maxim, Smith, Gregory, Jing, Yu, Busch, Andreas and Iglauer, Stefan
(2020)
Nano-mechanical properties and pore-scale characterization of different rank coals.
Natural Resources Research, 29(3),
pp. 1787-1800.
(doi: 10.1007/s11053-019-09572-8)
Dong, Huaimin, Sun, Jianmeng, Arif, Muhammad, Golsanami, Naser, Yan, Weichao and Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450
(2020)
A novel hybrid method for gas hydrate filling modes identification via digital rock.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 115,
104255.
(doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104255)
Arif, Muhammad, Abu-Khamsin, Sidqi A., Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450 and Iglauer, Stefan
(2020)
Experimental investigation of carbonate wettability as a function of mineralogical and thermo-physical conditions.
Fuel, 264,
116846.
(doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116846)
Yu, Hongyan, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Lebedev, Maxim, Wang, Zhenliang, Li, Xiaolong, Squelch, Andrew, Verrall, Michael and Iglauer, Stefan
(2019)
X-ray micro-computed tomography and ultrasonic velocity analysis of fractured shale as a function of effective stress.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 110,
pp. 472-482.
(doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.07.015)
Yu, Hongyan, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Ma, Yao, Lebedev, Maxim, Ahmed, Shakil, Li, Xiaolong, Verrall, Michael, Squelch, Andrew and Iglauer, Stefan
(2019)
CO 2 ‐saturated brine injection Into unconsolidated sandstone: implications for carbon geosequestration.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(11),
pp. 10823-10838.
(doi: 10.1029/2018JB017100)
Book Sections
Rezaeyan, Amirsaman, Zhang, Yihuai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-3450, Bai, Tao, Arif, Muhammad and Kalam, Shams
(2025)
Unconventional Shale Resources in Energy Transition and Digitalization.
In: Temizel, Cenk, Yegin, Cengiz, Kim, Jihoon, Saputelli, Luigi and Torsæter, Ole (eds.)
Unconventional Resources: Advances in Energy Transition.
Routledge CRC Press: Boca Raton, pp. 627-715.
ISBN 9781032322933
(doi: 10.1201/9781003319955-12)
Grants
IGNITE Network+ Flexible Funding (PI, 2025 to 2026)
The Royal Society International Exchanges Cost Share (NSFC) (PI, 2024 to 2026)
Radboud-Glasgow Collaboration Fund (PI, 2024 to 2025)
The Royal Society Research Grant (PI, 2023 to 2025)
Research Incentive Grants by the Carnegie Trust (PI, 2023 to 2025)
UKCCSRC Flexible Funding (PI, 2023 to 2024)
Diamond Light Source AP35 Call (PI, 2024)
Supervision
- Amabogha, Azibayam
Dynamic Process in Fluid-Rock Interaction During Deep Carbon Geosequestration - Igboko, Nguevese Rosemary
Multi-scale Modelling of Hydrogen Geological Storage for Sustainable Energy - Taghavinejad, Amin
Multi-Scale Investigation of Gas-Water Dynamics in Underground Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Storage
Teaching
[ENG3030] Fluid Mechanics 3
[ENG4072] Rock Mechanics and Engineering 4
Professional activities & recognition
Editorial boards
- 2022: Journal of Energy Engineering