
Tae Wook Kim
Sr Res Scientist-Physical
Energy Resources Engineering
Administrative Appointments
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Senior Research Scientist, Dept. of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University (2019 - Present)
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Physical Science Research Scientist, Dept. of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University (2016 - 2019)
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Physical Science Research Associate, Dept of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University (2012 - 2016)
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2010 - 2012)
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Postdoctoral Scholar, Dept of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University (2009 - 2010)
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Research Assistant, University of Southern California (2003 - 2008)
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Senior researcher and assistant manager, Samchully city gas corporation (1996 - 2003)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (2010 - Present)
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Member, American Geophysical Union (2010 - Present)
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Journal reviewer, Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, RSC Advances, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Chemical Communications, Journal of Nanomaterials (2012 - Present)
Professional Education
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BS, Inha University, Chemical Engineering (1994)
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MS, Inha University, Chemical Engineering (1996)
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Ph.D, University of Southern California, Chemical Engineering (2008)
Patents
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Tae Wook Kim, Yur-hwal Yun, Hae-joong Kim. "South Korea Patent 2003-0045957 Method of making a plastic pipe used by a magnetic substance", Samchully gas corporation and Cosmos Corporation, Nov 6, 0178
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Current research in Stanford University
I am conducting the improved/enhanced oil recovery process for conventional and unconventional reservoirs. My main interested topicof my research is to maintain oil supply with proper methods depend on the status of oil reservoirs.
Also, geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in oil and gas reservoirs is one option to reduce the amount of CO2 released to the atmosphere. In addition, carbon dioxide injection has been used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes since the 1970s; the traditional approach is to reduce the amount of CO2 injected per barrel of oil produced. This minimizes the purchase cost of CO2. For a sequestration process, however, the aim is to maximize both the amount of oil produced and the amount of CO2 stored.
Finally, my continous interested topic are the following;
(1) Visualization for In situ 3 phase fluid flow on porous media
The 3 phase fluid flow on porous media such as rock is a critical topic to investigate the transport phenomena including relative permeabilities. The in situ visualization 3 phase with X-ray CT-scanner through a dual energy technique can provide proper information to conduct this topic.
(2) CO2 separation/sequestration
As a continuing project from my Ph.D research on hydrotalcite (HT) membrane, my aim is to identify the optimal conditions of the synthesis for improving the properties of these membranes and hybrid membranes. Also, I am using LDH (layer double hydroxide) materials to investigate and prepare for the CO2 adsorption process at an elevated temperature. In particular, my research focus is on the CO2 removal from flue gases of power-plants. Regarding as CO2 sequestration in the oil and gas field, the continuous efforts are carried out in the field of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects.
(3) Game-changing reverse osmosis membrane for water purification
(4) New conductive membranes for fuel cell system
The continuous efforts for the development of conductive membranes will be accomplished with different inorganic fillers and sulfonated polymers. A candidate for inorganic filler is phosphotungstic acid (PWA) due to its acidity. The cell performance of a fuelcell will test with the selective hybrid conductive membranes at high temperatures around 80 OC.
All Publications
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Recovery efficiency of a 28 degrees API crude-oil system as a function of voidage replacement ratio
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
2019; 175: 1063–87
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.petrol.2019.01.028
View details for Web of Science ID 000458153000084
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The Effect of Voidage-Displacement Ratio on Critical Gas Saturation
SPE JOURNAL
2019; 24 (1): 178–99
View details for DOI 10.2118/191383-PA
View details for Web of Science ID 000458509000012
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An Experimental Investigation of Viscous-Oil Recovery Efficiency as a Function of Voidage-Replacement Ratio
SPE JOURNAL
2016; 21 (4): 1236-1253
View details for Web of Science ID 000393300000013
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Characterization of scalar mixing in dense gaseous jets using X-ray computed tomography
EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS
2015; 56 (10)
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00348-015-2057-9
View details for Web of Science ID 000363486500009
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The Role of Boundary Conditions And Characteristic Length On Imbibition in Both Sandstones And Limestones
SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Meeting
2014
View details for DOI 10.2118/169540-MS
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Brine film thicknesses on mica surfaces under geologic CO2 sequestration conditions and controlled capillary pressures
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
2013; 49 (8): 5071-5076
View details for DOI 10.1002/wrcr.20404
View details for Web of Science ID 000324838300041
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Capillary pressure and saturation relations for supercritical CO2 and brine in sand: High-pressure P-c(S-w) controller/meter measurements and capillary scaling predictions
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
2013; 49 (8): 4566-4579
View details for DOI 10.1002/wrcr.20316
View details for Web of Science ID 000324838300003
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Wettability Alteration of a Heavy Oil/Brine/Carbonate System with Temperature
ENERGY & FUELS
2013; 27 (6): 2984-2998
View details for DOI 10.1021/ef400204k
View details for Web of Science ID 000320911200014
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Thickness measurements of nanoscale brine films on silica surfaces under geologic CO2 sequestration conditions using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
2012; 48
View details for DOI 10.1029/2012WR012200
View details for Web of Science ID 000309420500004
- Transport Phenomena in Functional Hydrotalcite Membranes: Carbon Dioxide Selective and Proton Conductive Membranes LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. 2012
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Hybrid Hydrotalcite-Sulfonated Poly(ether ether ketone) Cation-Exchange Membranes Prepared by in situ Sulfonation
INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
2011; 50 (7): 3880-3888
View details for DOI 10.1021/ie1019563
View details for Web of Science ID 000288833700024
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Effect of polystyrene on the morphology and physical properties of silicon carbide nanofibers
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
2009; 118 (1): 259-263
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2009.07.052
View details for Web of Science ID 000271556000046
- INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH The Preparation and Characterization of Hydrotalcite Thin Films 2009; 48 (12): 5794
- The preparation and characterization of hydrotalcite micromembranes CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE 2009; 64 (7): 1585
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Preparation and Characterization of Hybrid Hydrotalcite-Sulfonated Polyetheretherketone (SPEEK) Cation-Exchange Membranes 2009
- INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH Study of CO2 diffusion and adsorption on calcined layered double hydroxides: The effect of particle size 2008; 47 (16): 6150
- Preparation of Hydrotalcite Thin Films Using an Electrophoretic Technique INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH 2008; 47 (23): 9127