Dr Yiran Zhu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Journal Articles
Zhang, Tiancheng, Li, Jimmy Xuekai, Zhu, Yiran, Rudolph, Victor and Chen, Zhongwei (2025). Impact of gas adsorption on coal relative permeability: a laboratory study. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 194 106191, 106191-194. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2025.106191
Wu, Saisai, Cao, Xinting, Zhu, Yiran, Skrzypkowski, Krzysztof and Zagórski, Krzysztof (2025). Examination of Stress Corrosion Cracking of Rock Bolts in Simulated Underground Environments. Materials, 18 (6) 1275, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/ma18061275
Jiang, Changbao, Huang, Chunyao, Wu, Jiayao, Wang, Deyong, Nie, Baisheng, Wang, Aiwen and Zhu, Yiran (2025). Optimization effects of ionic solutions on coal fracturing using high-voltage electric pulse. Energy & Fuels, 39 (7), 3528-3539. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c06076
Wang, Tonghui, Hu, Guozhong, Yang, Nan, Zhu, Yiran, Zhu, Jian, Duan, Haoran and Zhu, Jiaxin (2025). Evolution Characteristics and Mechanism of Microwave-Induced Fracture Structure in Loaded Coal for Enhancing Coalbed Methane Extraction. Energy & Fuels, 39 (5), 2584-2601. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c05545
Li, Jimmy Xuekai, Zhang, Tiancheng, Zhu, Yiran and Chen, Zhongwei (2024). Artificial general intelligence for the upstream geoenergy industry: a review. Gas Science and Engineering, 131 205469, 205469. doi: 10.1016/j.jgsce.2024.205469
Saber, Erfan, Qu, Qingdong, Aminossadati, Saiied M., Zhu, Yiran and Chen, Zhongwei (2024). Horizontal borehole azimuth optimization for enhanced stability and coal seam gas production. Rock Mechanics Bulletin, 3 (1) 100100, 100100. doi: 10.1016/j.rockmb.2023.100100
Li, Zhu, Qi, Chengen, Gao, Rui, Yu, Bin, Zhu, Yiran, Zhang, Hong and Zhang, Jingyu (2024). Simulation study and engineering application of weakening mine pressure behavior in stope through ground fracturing thick and hard rock strata. Applied Sciences, 14 (1) 415, 415. doi: 10.3390/app14010415
Zhu, Yiran, Shi, Zhang, Zuo, Shengjie, Qu, Qingdong, Yan, Xinlu, Kuznetsov, Dan, Nehring, Micah and Chen, Zhongwei (2022). Dewatering optimization of coal seam gas production wells: a review and future perspectives. Energy and Fuels, 36 (17), 9785-9820. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c01575
Khanal, Manoj, Qu, Qingdong, Zhu, Yiran, Xie, Jianlin, Zhu, Weibing, Hou, Tao and Song, Shikang (2022). Characterization of Overburden Deformation and Subsidence Behavior in a Kilometer Deep Longwall Mine. Minerals, 12 (5) 543, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/min12050543
Zhu, Yiran, Shi, Zhang, Xing, Huilin and Chen, Zhongwei (2022). An improved capillary pressure model for coal seam gas reservoirs. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 102 104551, 104551. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2022.104551
Zhu, Yiran, Xing, Huilin, Rudolph, Victor and Chen, Zhongwei (2020). Quantifying the impact of capillary trapping on coal seam gas recovery. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 83 103588, 103588. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103588
Zhu, Yiran, Chen, Zhongwei, Xing, Huilin and Rudolph, Victor (2019). Impact of capillary trapping on CSG recovery: an overlooked phenomenon. The APPEA Journal, 59 (1), 343-356. doi: 10.1071/aj18228
Hu, Guozhong, Zhu, Yiran, Xu, Jialin and Qin, Wei (2017). Mechanism of the controlled microwave field enhancing gas desorption and diffusion in coal. Journal of China University of Mining and Technology, 46 (3), 480-484.
Hu, Guozhong, Xu, Jialin, Zhang, Fuxi, Zhao, Changchun, Qin, Wei and Zhu, Yiran (2015). Coal and coalbed methane co-extraction technology based on the ground movement in the Yangquan coalfield, China. Energies, 8 (7), 6881-6897. doi: 10.3390/en8076881
Conference Papers
Zhu, Y. and Onederra, I. (2025). Modelling the impact of rock mass structure on confined blast preconditioning damage. 14th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting (FRAGBLAST14), Antalya, Türkiye, 7-10 April 2025. Antalya, Türkiye: Everest Basim Reklam ve Matbaa Hiz, TMMOB Chamber of Mining Engineers of Türkiye.
Zhu, Yiran and Onederra, Italo (2024). Evolution of blast induced rock mass damage prediction techniques in underground mining. Eurock 2024, Alicante, Spain, 15-19 July 2024. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: CRC Press/Balkema. doi: 10.1201/9781003429234
Qian, Sijin, Zhu, Yiran, Shi, Zhang, Lu, Mingyuan, Shen, Luming, Li, Jimmy Xuekai and Chen, Zhongwei (2023). Impact of Surface Roughness and Liquid Salinity on Shale Wettability. Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Symposium APUR 2023, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 14–15 November 2023. Richardson, TX United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/217315-MS
Zhu, Y., Chen, Z., Onederra, I. and Chacon, F. (2023). Understanding the impact of floor disruption blasting on low wall slope stability. 12th EFEE World Conference on Explosives and Blasting, Dublin, Ireland, 10-12 September 2023. Wien, Austria: European Federation of Explosives Engineers.
Zhu, Yiran, Shi, Zhang, Xing, Huilin, Gao, Shuai and Chen, Zhongwei (2021). Quantifying capillary trapping on ultimate coal seam gas recovery: a laboratory study. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, 16-18 November 2021. Tulsa, OK, United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2021-208336
Shi, Zhang, Huang, Yixiao, Zhu, Yiran, Gan, Yixiang and Chen, Zhongwei (2021). Stress-dependent two-phase flow in coal cleats. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference,, Virtual, 16-18 November 2021. Tulsa, OK, United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2021-208331
Thesis
Zhu, Yiran (2022). Characterization of capillary trapping and gas-water two-phase flow in coal seam gas reservoirs. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/56c6d3b