What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Quantum mechanics
- Organic chemistry
- Thermodynamics
His main research concerns Porous medium, Mineralogy, Mechanics, Capillary action and Wetting.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Saturation, Relative permeability and Thermodynamics in addition to Porous medium.
His work in Mineralogy covers topics such as Fluid dynamics which are related to areas like Multiphase flow.
As part of one scientific family, Kenneth Stuart Sorbie deals mainly with the area of Capillary action, narrowing it down to issues related to the Capillary pressure, and often Displacement and Data mining.
His studies in Wetting integrate themes in fields like Contact angle and Pore scale.
Kenneth Stuart Sorbie has researched Pore scale in several fields, including Fragmentation, Chemical engineering and Petroleum engineering.
His most cited work include:
- Low salinity oil recovery - an experimental investigation (574 citations)
- Polymer-improved oil recovery (567 citations)
- New analytic form for the potential energy curves of stable diatomic states (182 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Kenneth Stuart Sorbie mainly investigates Scale, Mechanics, Porous medium, Chemical engineering and Petroleum engineering.
His Scale research includes themes of Field, Soil science, Carbonate and Process engineering.
His Mechanics study incorporates themes from Displacement, Capillary action and Capillary pressure.
His study looks at the relationship between Capillary action and topics such as Wetting, which overlap with Contact angle, Saturation and Geotechnical engineering.
The Porous medium study combines topics in areas such as Rheology, Thermodynamics, Relative permeability, Network model and Mineralogy.
His work deals with themes such as Phosphonate, Precipitation, Adsorption and Polymer, which intersect with Chemical engineering.
He most often published in these fields:
- Scale (29.12%)
- Mechanics (18.20%)
- Porous medium (17.56%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?
- Scale (29.12%)
- Carbonate (7.49%)
- Chemical engineering (14.99%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary scientific interests are in Scale, Carbonate, Chemical engineering, Precipitation and Mechanics.
His research in Scale intersects with topics in Metallurgy, Carbonate rock and Petroleum engineering.
His Carbonate research also works with subjects such as
- Mineralogy and related Residual oil and Fluid dynamics,
- Sulfide which connect with Thermodynamics.
His Chemical engineering research incorporates elements of Chromatography, Molar mass distribution, Polymer and Scaling.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Viscous fingering, Porous medium, Relative permeability and Surface tension.
His studies deal with areas such as Wetting, Rheology and Capillary action as well as Porous medium.
Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Droplet fragmentation: 3D imaging of a previously unidentified pore-scale process during multiphase flow in porous media (91 citations)
- Status of Fluid Flow Mechanisms for Miscible and Immiscible WAG (24 citations)
- Dynamic pore-scale network model (PNM) of water imbibition in porous media (22 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Quantum mechanics
- Organic chemistry
- Geometry
His scientific interests lie mostly in Scale, Precipitation, Chemical engineering, Wetting and Inorganic chemistry.
His Scale study combines topics in areas such as Geochemistry, Metallurgy, Carbonate and Phosphate.
While the research belongs to areas of Precipitation, Kenneth Stuart Sorbie spends his time largely on the problem of Solubility, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Soil science.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Chromatography and Polymer flooding in addition to Chemical engineering.
Kenneth Stuart Sorbie has researched Wetting in several fields, including Multiphase flow, Microporous material, Porous medium, Residual oil and Capillary action.
He focuses mostly in the field of Porous medium, narrowing it down to matters related to Mechanics and, in some cases, Capillary number.
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