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Quanlin Zhou is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study, primarily focusing on engineering and environmental science. Within these broad areas, Zhou has contributed to subfields such as ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, geophysics, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, drilling and well engineering, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, rock mechanics and modeling, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Quanlin Zhou has published in several notable academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • International journal of greenhouse gas control
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhou demonstrate their engagement with key issues in geoscience and engineering disciplines. These publications include:

  • "Constraining maximum event magnitude during injection-triggered seismicity," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Advanced monitoring and simulation for underground gas storage risk management," 2021, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • "Time-lapse gravity monitoring of CO2 migration based on numerical modeling of a faulted storage complex," 2020, International journal of greenhouse gas control
  • "Scaling Behavior of Thermally Driven Fractures in Deep Low-Permeability Formations: A Plane Strain Model With 1-D Heat Conduction," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "CO2 rock physics modeling for reliable monitoring of geologic carbon storage," 2024, Communications Earth & Environment

Collaboration has been a part of Zhou's research activity, with frequent coauthors including Bin Chen, Erika Gasperikova, Timothy J. Kneafsey, Verónica Rodríguez Tribaldos, and Neala Creasy. Bin Chen has coauthored six papers with Zhou, followed by Erika Gasperikova with three, and others with two papers each.

Best Publications

  • Large-scale impact of CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers: A sensitivity study on pressure response in stratified systems

    Jens T. Birkholzer;Quanlin Zhou;Chin-Fu Tsang

  • A method for quick assessment of CO2 storage capacity in closed and semi-closed saline formations

    Quanlin Zhou;Jens T. Birkholzer;Chin-Fu Tsang;Jonny Rutqvist

  • Basin-scale hydrogeologic impacts of CO2 storage: Capacity and regulatory implications

    Jens T. Birkholzer;Quanlin Zhou

  • Modeling basin- and plume-scale processes of CO2 storage for full-scale deployment

    Quanlin Zhou;Jens T. Birkholzer;Edward Mehnert;Yu Feng Lin

  • Making sense of global sensitivity analyses

    Haruko M. Wainwright;Stefan Finsterle;Yoojin Jung;Quanlin Zhou

  • CO2 migration and pressure evolution in deep saline aquifers

    Jens T. Birkholzer;Curtis M. Oldenburg;Quanlin Zhou

  • Experimental study on effects of geologic heterogeneity in enhancing dissolution trapping of supercritical CO2

    Elif Agartan;Luca Trevisan;Abdullah Cihan;Jens Birkholzer

  • Impact-driven pressure management via targeted brine extraction Conceptual studies of CO2 storage in saline formations

    Jens T. Birkholzer;Abdullah Cihan;Quanlin Zhou

  • Field-Scale Effective Matrix Diffusion Coefficient for Fractured Rock: Results From Literature Survey

    Quanlin Zhou;Hui Hai Liu;Fred J. Molz;Yingqi Zhang

  • Analytical solutions for pressure perturbation and fluid leakage through aquitards and wells in multilayered aquifer systems

    Abdullah Cihan;Quanlin Zhou;Jens T. Birkholzer

  • Brine flow up a well caused by pressure perturbation from geologic carbon sequestration: Static and dynamic evaluations

    Jens T. Birkholzer;Jean Philippe Nicot;Curtis M. Oldenburg;Quanlin Zhou

  • On scale and magnitude of pressure build-up induced by large-scale geologic storage of CO2

    Quanlin Zhou;Jens T. Birkholzer

  • Pressure Buildup and Brine Migration During CO2 Storage in Multilayered Aquifers

    Abdullah Cihan;Jens T. Birkholzer;Quanlin Zhou

  • Modeling the performance of large-scale CO2 storage systems: A comparison of different sensitivity analysis methods

    Haruko M. Wainwright;Stefan Finsterle;Quanlin Zhou;Jens T. Birkholzer

  • Saltwater Upconing and Decay Beneath a Well Pumping Above an Interface Zone

    Quanlin Zhou;Jacob Bear;Jacob Bensabat

  • Early detection of brine and CO2 leakage through abandoned wells using pressure and surface-deformation monitoring data: Concept and demonstration

    Yoojin Jung;Quanlin Zhou;Jens T. Birkholzer

  • Dynamic displacement and non-equilibrium dissolution of supercritical CO2 in low-permeability sandstone: An experimental study

    Chun Chang;Quanlin Zhou;Lu Xia;Xiaoyuan Li

  • Field evidence of biodegradation of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in groundwater with incidental and active recycled water recharge.

    Quanlin Zhou;Sally McCraven;Julio Garcia;Monica Gasca

  • Imaging and quantification of spreading and trapping of carbon dioxide in saline aquifers using meter-scale laboratory experiments

    Luca Trevisan;Luca Trevisan;Ronny Pini;Ronny Pini;Abdullah Cihan;Jens T. Birkholzer

  • Pore-scale supercritical CO2 dissolution and mass transfer under imbibition conditions

    Chun Chang;Chun Chang;Quanlin Zhou;Timothy J. Kneafsey;Mart Oostrom

  • A Semi-Analytical Solution for Large-Scale Injection-Induced Pressure Perturbation and Leakage in a Laterally Bounded Aquifer–Aquitard System

    Quanlin Zhou;Jens T. Birkholzer;Chin-Fu Tsang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Birkholzer
Jens Birkholzer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hui-Hai Liu
Hui-Hai Liu Saudi Aramco (United States)
Curtis M. Oldenburg
Curtis M. Oldenburg Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jonny Rutqvist
Jonny Rutqvist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tissa H. Illangasekare
Tissa H. Illangasekare Colorado School of Mines
Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson
Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Stefan Finsterle
Stefan Finsterle Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Timothy J. Kneafsey
Timothy J. Kneafsey Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Fred J. Molz
Fred J. Molz Clemson University
Mart Oostrom
Mart Oostrom Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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