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    Cracking Patterns and Damage Evolution Characteristics of Coal with Bedding Structures Under Liquid Nitrogen Cooling

    Liquid nitrogen (LN2) fracturing has various advantages, such as low reservoir damage, minimal environmental impact, and excellent permeability. In this study, the cracking pattern and damage evolution characteri...

    Menglin Du, Feng Gao, Wenqi Zheng, Shanjie Su, Peng Li in Natural Resources Research (2024)

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    Influence of Liquid Nitrogen Freeze–Thaw Cycles on Mechanical Behaviors and Permeability Properties of Coal Under Different Confining Pressures

    Liquid nitrogen freeze–thaw (LNFT) cycles can realize the high-volume fracturing of coalbed methane (CBM) reservoirs, because they can effectively improve the distribution of pores and cracks inside coal. To q...

    Peng Hou, Shanjie Su, Feng Gao, **n Liang in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2024)

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    Variations in Stress Thresholds for Heated Granite Subjected to Rapid Cooling under Different Confining Pressures

    Liquid nitrogen has been proposed to promote fracture networks generated by hydraulic fracturing in geothermal reservoirs. To compare the deterioration in mechanical properties due to water and liquid nitrogen...

    Chunbo Zhou, Feng Gao, Chengzheng Cai, Shanjie Su in Natural Resources Research (2022)

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    Influence of Liquid Nitrogen Cooling State on Mechanical Properties and Fracture Characteristics of Coal

    To determine the role of LN2-cooling in the fracturing process of the coal, the LN2-cooling process of the coal samples is divided into three states: initial state, frozen state, and freeze–thaw state. Changes in...

    Peng Hou, Shanjie Su, Feng Gao, **n Liang in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2022)

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    Effect of liquid nitrogen thermal shock on structure damage and brittleness properties of high-temperature marble

    As a new waterless fracturing technology, liquid nitrogen (LN2) fracturing is expected to be applied in the exploitation of geothermal energy. Therefore, understanding the thermomechanical features of hot rock un...

    Peng Hou, Shanjie Su, Yun Zhang, Feng Gao in Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy… (2022)

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    Role of Liquid Nitrogen Cooling State in Physical and Tensile Properties of Sandstone

    The permeability of tight sandstone gas reservoirs can be improved using liquid nitrogen (LN2) cryogenic fracturing. To evaluate the effect of the LN2-cooling state on the tensile failure behaviors of the sandsto...

    Yanan Gao, Peng Hou, Shanjie Su, Shengcheng Wang in International Journal of Thermophysics (2022)

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    Experimental Study on the Damage and Cracking Characteristics of Bedded Coal Subjected to Liquid Nitrogen Cooling

    Liquid nitrogen (LN2) cooling can induce significant cracking damage in coalbed methane (CBM) reservoirs. To investigate the combined effects of LN2 cooling and bedding angles on the mechanical behaviors of bedde...

    Menglin Du, Feng Gao, Chengzheng Cai, Shanjie Su in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2021)