Han, Weon Shik
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Dr. Weon Shik Han is a Research Assistant Professor at The University of Utah’s Energy and Geoscience Institute where he works with the SWP geologic CO2 storage field demonstration projects Phase I, II, and III at SACROC in Texas, Aneth in Utah and the Gordon Creek in Utah. Specifically for SWP, Dr. Han worked to quantify the variation of trapped CO2 (mobile CO2, residually trapped CO2, dissolved CO2 in both brine and oil, mineral CO2) in the SACROC reservoir. The resulting outcome is published in the Journal, “American Journal of Science”, as shown below.
Education:
PhD, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (2008)
MS, Hydrogeochemistry, Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea (2003)
B.S., Earth System Science, Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea (2000)
Selected Publications:
Han, Weon Shik, Lee, S.-Y., Lu, C. McPherson B.J., 2010 Effect of permeability on CO2 trapping mechanisms and buoyancy-driven CO2 migration in saline formations. Water Resources Research, 46, W07510, doi:10.1029/2009WR007850
Han, Weon Shik, Greg, A.S., Lu, M., Lu, C., McPherson, B., Park, E., 2010 Evaluation of potential non-isothermal effect and heat transport during CO2 sequestration Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, doi:10.1029/2009jb006745
Han, Weon Shik, McPherson, B.J., P.C. Lichtner, Wang, F.P., 2010 Evaluation of CO2 trapping mechanisms at the SACROC northern platform, Permian basin, Texas, site of 35 years of CO2 injection, American Journal of Science 310, 282-234, doi:10.2745/04.2010.03
Kim K.-Y., Kim T., Kim J.-C., Han, Weon Shik, 2009, Numerical study on pressure variation due to subsurface CO2 injection. Geologic Society of Korea, 45(5), 435-448.
Han, Weon Shik, McPherson, B.J., 2009, On using numerical simulation to evaluate CO2 flow and transport in the subsurface: Uncertainty due to choice of Equations of State algorithms, in Carbon Sequestration and Its Role in the Global Carbon Cycle. B. McPherson, and E. Sundquist, Eds., Geophysical Monograph Series 183, American Geophysical Union, p.261-278, Washington, D.C., doi:10.1029/2009gm01308
Lu, C., Han, Weon Shik, Lee, S.-Y., McPherson, B. J. Lichtner, P.C. 2009, Effects of density and mutual solubility of CO2-brine system on CO2 storage in geologic formations: “Warm” vs. “Cold” Formations. Advances in Water Resources, 32 (12), 1685-1702, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.07.008.
Han, Weon Shik, McPherson, B.J., 2009, Optimizing geologic CO2 sequestration by injection in deep saline formations below oil reservoirs. Energy Conversion and Management, 50 (10), 2570-2582, doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2009.06.008.
Lu, C., Lee, S.-Y., Han, Weon Shik, McPherson, B.J., Lichtner, P.C., 2009, Comments on “Abrupt-interface solution for carbon dioxide injection into porous media” by M. Dentz and D. Tartakovsky. Transport in Porous Media, 79 (1), 29-37 doi:10.1007/s11242-009-9362-9.
Han, Weon Shik, McPherson, B.J., 2008. Comparison of Two Different Equations of State for Application of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration. Advances in Water Resources, 31(6), 877-890.
McPherson, B.J., Han, Weon Shik, Cole, B., 2008. Two Equations-of-State assembled for basic analysis of multiphase CO2 flow in deep sedimentary basin conditions. Computers & Geosciences, 34(5), 427-444.