Dr.-Ing. Calvin Lumban Gaol

Department

Reservoir Engineering

Vita

Dr.-Ing.

Fields of Responsibility

  • Microfluidics applications for enchanced oil recovery (EOR)
  • Digital rock physics
  • Numerical Simulation

Projects

  • Investigation of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) using microfluidics application

Fields of Research

  • Enhanced oil recovery
  • Microbial transport in porous media

Teaching

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery

Publications

  •  Gaol, C. L., Ganzer, L., Mukherjee, S., & Alkan, H. (2021). Parameters govern microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) performance in real-structure micromodels. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 205, 108814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108814
  • Gaol, C. L., Ganzer, L., Mukherjee, S., & Alkan, H. (2021). Investigation of clogging in porous media induced by microorganisms using a microfluidic application. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 7(2), 441–454. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ew00766h
  • Gaol, C.L., 2020. Experimental and numerical investigation of pore-scale mechanisms of microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) using a microfluidics approach. Universitätsbibliothek der TU Clausthal. https://doi.org/10.21268/20200930-0
  • Gaol, C. L., Wegner, J., & Ganzer, L. (2020). Real structure micromodels based on reservoir rocks for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications. Lab on a Chip, 20(12), 2197–2208. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0lc00257g
  • Tahir, M., Hincapie, R. E., Gaol, C. L., Säfken, S., & Ganzer, L. (2020). Flow Dynamics of Sulfate-Modified Water/Polymer Flooding in Micromodels with Modified Wettability. Applied Sciences, 10(9), 3239. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10093239
  • Tahir, M., Hincapie, R. E., Gaol, C., Säfken, S., & Ganzer, L. (2020, July 20). Describing the Flow Behavior of Smart Water in Micromodels with Wettability Modified Pore Structures. Day 2 Tue, July 28, 2020. SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference. https://doi.org/10.2118/198948-ms
  • Gaol, C., Wegner, J., Ganzer, L., Dopffel, N., Koegler, F., Borovina, A., & Alkan, H. (2019, June 3). Investigation of Pore-Scale Mechanisms of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery MEOR Using Microfluidics Application. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/195553-MS
  • Gaol, C., Wegner, J., Ganzer, L., Dopffel, N., Koegler, F., Borovina, A., & Alkan, H.: “Investigation of Pore-Scale Mechanisms of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery MEOR Using Microfluidics Application.” DGMK-Tagungsbericht 2019, German Society for Petroleum and Coal Science and Technology,  Hamburg, 2019
  • C.L. Gaol, J. Wegner, Ganzer, L.: “A New Approach of Micromodels Construction Based on X-ray Micro-computed Tomography (µCT) from Core Plug” DGMK-Tagungsbericht 2017, German Society for Petroleum and Coal Science and Technology,  Hamburg, 2017.
  • M. Be, R. E. Hincapie, A. Rock, C. L. Gaol, M. Tahir, L. Ganzer. Comprehensive Evaluation of the EOR Polymer Viscoelastic Phenomenon at Low Reynolds Number. SPE Europec featured at 79th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition held in Paris, France, 12-15 June 2017. SPE-185827-MS.
  • Raharja, D.C., Hincapie, R., Be, M., Gaol, C.L., Ganzer, L.: „Pressure Drop Separation during Aqueous Polymer Flow in Porous Media“ COMSOL Conference 2016, Munich Germany.
  • C.L.Gaol, O.I.Ajala and L. Ganzer: “Numerical Simulation of a Pore-Scale Model Water Flooding Process” 77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2015-Student Programme, 1-4 June 2015, Madrid Spain.