Wan

Weon Shik Han

 

 

 

instructional research staff

phone 801.587.8356
faX 801.585.3540

EMAIL
wshan@egi.utah.edu

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Languages

  • Korean
  • English

 

Education –

  • 1995 B.S. in Earth System Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2003 M.S. in Hydrogeochemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2007 Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM

Professional Research Interests and Expertise –

  • Physical and chemical processes associated with CO2 sequistration
  • Multiphase and multi-species reactive transport modeling
  • Equations of state
  • Composistional simulation
  • Coupled process simulation associated with groudwater flow(heat, reaction, and flow)
  • Single and two-phase upscaling

regional and basin Experience –

  • SACROC resevoir in Western Texas, U.S.A.
  • Great Aneth Field, Utah
  • Farnham Dome, Utah

Memberships –

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Honors and Awards –

  • 2007 Travel Grants from New Mexico Tech
  • 2003 Graduate study abroad scholarship by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation(KOSEF)
  • Brain Korea 21, Yonsei University

 

Publications –

Han, Weon Shik, McPherson, B.J., Raines, M. Principal Resevoir Description Associated with Geology and Oil Production History in SACROC, Site of 35 Years of CO2 Injection. (Preparation to be submitted)

Han, Weon Shik, McPherson, B.J. CO2 Injection Into Brine Formation Below Oil Resevoir (preparation to be submitted)

Han, Weon Shik, Lee, S-Y., Lu, C., Mcpherson, B.J. Correlation Structure of Heterogeneity Field Maximizing Residual Trapping and MInimizing Bouyancy Driven CO2 Migration (preperation to be submitted)

Han, Weon Shik, McPherson, B.J., Evaluation of CO2 trapping mechanisms at the SACROC northern platform, Permian basin, Texas, site of 35 years of CO2 injection: Model Development. (In review)

Han, Weon Shik, McPherson, B.J., Wang, F.P., Evaluation of CO2 trapping mechanisms at the SACROC northern platform, Permian basin, Texas, site of 35 years of CO2 injection:Frame-Model Development Using Analyses of Masssive Field Data.(In review)

Han, Weon Shik, McPherson, B.J., On using numerical simulation to evaluate CO2 storage capacity of the subsurface:  Uncertainty due to choice of equations of state. B. McPherson, and E. Sundquist, Eds., American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., (Accepted).

Han, Weon Shik, McPherson, B.J., 2008 Comparison of Two Different Equations of State for Application of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration. Advances in Water Resources. Vol 31, No. 6 877-890

McPherson, B.J., Weon Shik Han, Cole, B., 2008 Two Equations-of-State assembled for basic analysis of multiphase CO2 flow and in deep sedimentary basin conditions. Computers & Geosciences. Vol. 34, no. 5, 427-444

< Han, Weon Shik, Nam-Chil Woo, Kwang-Sik Lee, Ki-Chul Lee, 2003, Temporal and Spatial Variation of Stable Isotopic Compositions of Surface water and Ground Water in a Samll Catchment, Muju, Korea. Econ. Environ. Geol., Vol.36, No.5, 329-338.

Han, Weon Shik, Nam-Chil Woo, Ki-Chul Lee, Kwang-Sik Lee, 2002, Watershed Classification using Statistical Analysis of Water Quality Data in MuJu area., Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Vol.7, No.3, p.3-17.

Han, Weon Shik, Byung-Sun Lee, Youn-Tae Kim, Sang-Ki Moon, 2002, NGWA Conference: Fractured-Rock Aquifer 2002 Report, Korean. Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Vol.7, No.2, p.83-85