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Yanbin Yao is affiliated with China University of Geosciences in China and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The key areas of Yanbin Yao's research include:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Coal Properties and Utilization
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • NMR spectroscopy and applications
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling

Yanbin Yao has published numerous papers, primarily in the following venues:

  • Energy & Fuels
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Fuel
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Yanbin Yao are:

  • Measurement of adsorption phase densities with respect to different pressure: Potential application for determination of free and adsorbed methane in coalbed methane reservoir, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Effect of water occurrences on methane adsorption capacity of coal: A comparison between bituminous coal and anthracite coal, 2020, Fuel
  • Dynamic fluid interactions during CO2-ECBM and CO2 sequestration in coal seams. Part 2: CO2-H2O wettability, 2020, Fuel
  • Memory effect of CO2-hydrate formation in porous media, 2021, Fuel
  • Behavior and mechanism of water imbibition and its influence on gas permeability during hydro-fracturing of a coalbed methane reservoir, 2021, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Frequent collaborators in Yanbin Yao's research include Dameng Liu, Xiaoxiao Sun, Hao Wu, Yidong Cai, and Sijian Zheng, with several co-authored works contributing to the core topics of their research.

Best Publications

  • Petrophysical characterization of coals by low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

    Yanbin Yao;Dameng Liu;Yao Che;Dazhen Tang

  • Fractal characterization of adsorption-pores of coals from North China: An investigation on CH4 adsorption capacity of coals

    Yanbin Yao;Dameng Liu;Dazhen Tang;Shuheng Tang

  • Pore structure and its impact on CH4 adsorption capacity and flow capability of bituminous and subbituminous coals from Northeast China

    Yidong Cai;Yidong Cai;Dameng Liu;Zhejun Pan;Yanbin Yao

  • Comparison of low-field NMR and mercury intrusion porosimetry in characterizing pore size distributions of coals

    Yanbin Yao;Dameng Liu

  • Fractal characterization of seepage-pores of coals from China: An investigation on permeability of coals

    Yanbin Yao;Dameng Liu;Dazhen Tang;Shuheng Tang

  • Geological controls on prediction of coalbed methane of No. 3 coal seam in Southern Qinshui Basin, North China

    Yidong Cai;Dameng Liu;Yanbin Yao;Junqian Li

  • Non-destructive characterization of coal samples from China using microfocus X-ray computed tomography

    Yanbin Yao;Dameng Liu;Yao Che;Dazhen Tang

  • Fractal characterization of pore–fracture in low-rank coals using a low-field NMR relaxation method

    Sandong Zhou;Dameng Liu;Yidong Cai;Yanbin Yao

  • Characterizations of full-scale pore size distribution, porosity and permeability of coals: A novel methodology by nuclear magnetic resonance and fractal analysis theory

    Sijian Zheng;Yanbin Yao;Dameng Liu;Yidong Cai

  • Application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in coalbed methane and shale reservoirs: A review

    Zhengshuai Liu;Dameng Liu;Yidong Cai;Yanbin Yao

  • Quantitative characterization of methane adsorption on coal using a low-field NMR relaxation method

    Yanbin Yao;Dameng Liu;Songbin Xie

  • Advanced characterization of pores and fractures in coals by nuclear magnetic resonance and X-ray computed tomography

    YanBin Yao;DaMeng Liu;YiDong Cai;JunQian Li

  • Preliminary evaluation of the coalbed methane production potential and its geological controls in the Weibei Coalfield, Southeastern Ordos Basin, China

    Yanbin Yao;Dameng Liu;Dazhen Tang;Shuheng Tang

  • Permeability evolution in fractured coal — Combining triaxial confinement with X-ray computed tomography, acoustic emission and ultrasonic techniques

    Yidong Cai;Dameng Liu;Jonathan P. Mathews;Zhejun Pan

  • Coal reservoir characteristics and coalbed methane resource assessment in Huainan and Huaibei coalfields, Southern North China

    Dameng Liu;Yanbin Yao;Dazhen Tang;Shuheng Tang

  • Petrophysical characterization of Chinese coal cores with heat treatment by nuclear magnetic resonance

    Yidong Cai;Yidong Cai;Dameng Liu;Zhejun Pan;Yanbin Yao

  • Shale pore size classification: An NMR fluid typing method

    Yong Liu;Yanbin Yao;Dameng Liu;Sijian Zheng

  • Multi-scale quantitative characterization of 3-D pore-fracture networks in bituminous and anthracite coals using FIB-SEM tomography and X-ray μ-CT

    Zhentao Li;Zhentao Li;Dameng Liu;Yidong Cai;P.G. Ranjith

  • Fractal Analysis on Heterogeneity of Pore–Fractures in Middle–High Rank Coals with NMR

    Zhongqiu Ouyang;Dameng Liu;Yidong Cai;Yanbin Yao

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance T2 cutoffs of coals: A novel method by multifractal analysis theory

    Sijian Zheng;Yanbin Yao;Dameng Liu;Yidong Cai

  • Experimental evaluation of CO2 enhanced recovery of adsorbed-gas from shale

    Jun Liu;Jun Liu;Yanbin Yao;Dameng Liu;Derek Elsworth

  • Review of exploration and production technology of natural gas hydrate

    Yudong Cui;Cheng Lu;Mingtao Wu;Yue Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Dameng Liu
Dameng Liu China University of Geosciences
Yidong Cai
Yidong Cai China University of Geosciences
Zhejun Pan
Zhejun Pan Northeast Petroleum University
Derek Elsworth
Derek Elsworth Pennsylvania State University
Dazhen Tang
Dazhen Tang China University of Geosciences
Jianchao Cai
Jianchao Cai China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Jonathan P. Mathews
Jonathan P. Mathews Pennsylvania State University
Pathegama Gamage Ranjith
Pathegama Gamage Ranjith Monash University
Luke D. Connell
Luke D. Connell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Shuangfang Lu
Shuangfang Lu Northeast Petroleum University

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