Microfluidic Analysis of Porosity Occlusion Due to Microbial Biofilm and Mineral Growth Within Shale Fractures

Charles J Werth1, Lang Zhou2, Ananda Bhattacharjee3, Glenn Fried4, Mayandi Sivaguru4, Robert A. Sanford5, Lauren Todorov6, Bruce W Fouke7, Ken Wunch8, Amber Stephenson9 and Joseph Ferrar9, (1)Univ Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, TX, United States, (3)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, IL, United States, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, IL, United States, (5)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Geology, Urbana, IL, United States, (6)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, United States, (7)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Geology, Champaign, IL, United States, (8)DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences, DuPont Microbial Control, Wilmington, DE, United States, (9)DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences, DuPont Microbial Control, Wilmington, United States