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Overview

Hari S. Viswanathan is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields within engineering and environmental science, focusing notably on hydraulic fracturing, reservoir analysis, and geologic carbon sequestration.

The scientist's publication record includes significant contributions to a variety of journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include arXiv (Cornell University), Scientific Reports, Geophysical Research Letters, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Energies.

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • From Fluid Flow to Coupled Processes in Fractured Rock: Recent Advances and New Frontiers (2022, Reviews of Geophysics)
  • Reactive chemical transport simulations of geologic carbon sequestration: Methods and applications (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • A framework for data-driven solution and parameter estimation of PDEs using conditional generative adversarial networks (2021, Nature Computational Science)
  • Computationally efficient multiscale neural networks applied to fluid flow in complex 3D porous media (2024, OSTI OAI)
  • Role of interaction between hydraulic and natural fractures on production (2020, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering)

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum including:

  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Their main fields of study are identified as engineering and environmental science, with subfields including ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, geophysics, and mechanics of materials.

Frequent collaborators contributing to their body of work include Daniel O'Malley, Jeffrey D. Hyman, Qinjun Kang, Javier E. Santos, and Mohamed Mehana. These coauthor relationships indicate sustained research partnerships in their areas of specialty.

Hari S. Viswanathan has received recognition as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, highlighting their established presence within the geological and geophysical scientific communities.

Best Publications

  • Shale gas and non-aqueous fracturing fluids: Opportunities and challenges for supercritical CO2

    Richard S. Middleton;J. William Carey;Robert P. Currier;Jeffrey D. Hyman

  • dfnWorks: A discrete fracture network framework for modeling subsurface flow and transport

    Jeffrey D. Hyman;Satish Karra;Nataliia Makedonska;Carl W. Gable

  • An Integrated Framework for Optimizing CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery

    Zhenxue Dai;Richard Middleton;Hari Viswanathan;Julianna Fessenden-Rahn

  • Nanoscale simulation of shale transport properties using the lattice Boltzmann method: permeability and diffusivity

    Li Chen;Lei Zhang;Qinjun Kang;Hari S. Viswanathan

  • The shale gas revolution: Barriers, sustainability, and emerging opportunities

    Richard S. Middleton;Rajan Gupta;Jeffrey D. Hyman;Hari S. Viswanathan

  • CO2 Accounting and Risk Analysis for CO2 Sequestration at Enhanced Oil Recovery Sites

    Zhenxue Dai;Hari Viswanathan;Richard Middleton;Feng Pan

  • From Fluid Flow to Coupled Processes in Fractured Rock: Recent Advances and New Frontiers

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  • Pore Scale Modeling of Reactive Transport Involved in Geologic CO2 Sequestration

    Qinjun Kang;Peter C. Lichtner;Hari S. Viswanathan;Amr I. Abdel-Fattah

  • Why Fracking Works

    Zdeněk P. Bažant;Marco Salviato;Viet T. Chau;Hari Viswanathan

  • The cross-scale science of CO2 capture and storage: from pore scale to regional scale

    Richard S. Middleton;Gordon N. Keating;Philip H. Stauffer;Amy B. Jordan

  • Development of a hybrid process and system model for the assessment of wellbore leakage at a geologic CO2 sequestration site.

    Hari S. Viswanathan;Rajesh J. Pawar;Philip H. Stauffer;John P. Kaszuba

  • Pore-scale study of dissolution-induced changes in permeability and porosity of porous media

    Qinjun Kang;Li Chen;Albert J. Valocchi;Hari S. Viswanathan

  • CO2 as a fracturing fluid: Potential for commercial-scale shale gas production and CO2 sequestration☆

    Richard Middleton;Hari Viswanathan;Robert Currier;Rajan Gupta

  • Hydraulic fracturing fluid migration in the subsurface: A review and expanded modeling results

    Daniel T. Birdsell;Harihar Rajaram;David Dempsey;David Dempsey;Hari S. Viswanathan

  • Effectiveness of supercritical-CO2 and N2 huff-and-puff methods of enhanced oil recovery in shale fracture networks using microfluidic experiments

    Phong Nguyen;J. William Carey;Hari S. Viswanathan;Mark Porter

  • Fracture-permeability behavior of shale

    J. William Carey;Zhou Lei;Esteban Rougier;Hiroko Mori

  • A system model for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide.

    Philip H. Stauffer;Hari S. Viswanathan;Rajesh J. Pawar;George D. Guthrie

  • The Effect of Wettability Heterogeneity on Relative Permeability of Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media: A Lattice Boltzmann Study

    Jianlin Zhao;Qinjun Kang;Jun Yao;Hari Viswanathan

  • Understanding hydraulic fracturing: a multi-scale problem.

    J. D. Hyman;J. Jiménez-Martínez;H. S. Viswanathan;J. W. Carey

  • Reactive chemical transport simulations of geologic carbon sequestration: Methods and applications

    Zhenxue Dai;Lulu Xu;Ting Xiao;Brian McPherson

  • Generalized lattice Boltzmann model for flow through tight porous media with Klinkenberg's effect.

    Li Chen;Li Chen;Wenzhen Fang;Qinjun Kang;Jeffrey De'Haven Hyman

  • Greening coal: breakthroughs and challenges in carbon capture and storage.

    Philip H. Stauffer;Gordon N. Keating;Richard S. Middleton;Hari S. Viswanathan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey D. Hyman
Jeffrey D. Hyman Los Alamos National Laboratory
Qinjun Kang
Qinjun Kang Los Alamos National Laboratory
Rajesh J. Pawar
Rajesh J. Pawar United States Department of Energy
Philip H. Stauffer
Philip H. Stauffer Los Alamos National Laboratory
Zhenxue Dai
Zhenxue Dai Los Alamos National Laboratory
J. William Carey
J. William Carey Los Alamos National Laboratory
Li Chen
Li Chen Xi'an Jiaotong University
Brian McPherson
Brian McPherson University of Utah
Harihar Rajaram
Harihar Rajaram Johns Hopkins University
Scott L. Painter
Scott L. Painter Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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