Publications
2025
- Chavez-Miyauchi, T.E., Kar, T., Ayirala, S., Yousef, A., and Firoozabadi, A. (2025). “Does Interfacial Viscoelasticity Increase Oil Recovery at Very High Temperature and Salinity in Carbonates?” SPE Journal, to appear.
2024
- Solovský, J., and Firoozabadi, A. (2024). “Dynamic Adaptive and Fully Unstructured Tetrahedral Gridding: Application to CO2 Sequestration with Consideration of Full Fluid Compressibility” Journal of Computational Physics, to appear.
- Ding, B., Apostolos, K., and Firoozabadi, A. (2024). “CO2 Trapping in Layered Porous Media by Effective Viscosification” Water Resources Research, to appear.
- Ding, B., Apostolos, K., and Firoozabadi, A. (2024). “Spatiotemporal X-Ray Imaging of Neat and Viscosified CO2 in Displacement of Brine-Saturated Porous Media” SPE Journal, 1-16.
- Sato, K., and Firoozabadi, A. (2024). “Prediction of thermal front movement in geothermal reservoirs containing distributed natural fractures” Elsevier; Geoenergy Science and Engineering (236), 212763.
- Jex, M., Mikyška J., and Firoozabadi, A. (2024).”Robust Multiphase-split Calculations Based on Improved Successive Substitution Schemes“ SPE Journal, 1-16.
- Kobayashi, K., and Firoozabadi, A. (2024). “Water Film Structure and Wettability of Different Quartz Surfaces: Hydrogen Bonding Across Various Cutting Planes” Langmuire, to appear, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03165
2023
- Coelho, F.M., Franco, L.M. and Firoozabadi, A. (2023). “Computation of Shear Viscosity by a Consistent Method in Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Applications to 1‑Decene Oligomers“ The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Nov 23;127(46):10043-10051. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04994.
- Kobayashi, K., and Firoozabadi, A. (2023). “Branching in molecular structure enhancement of solubility in CO2“ PNAS Nexus, Volume 2, Issue 11, November 2023, pgad393, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad393
- Coelho, F.M., Franco, L.M. and Firoozabadi, A. (2023). “Effect of Salinity on CO2 Thermodiffusion in Aqueous Mixtures by Molecular Dynamics Simulations“ ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 11, 48, 17086–17097. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c05269
- Moortgat J., and Firoozabadi, A. (2023). “Viscosification of CO2 to Improve Subsurface Storage — A Modeling Study“. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 129: 103984
- Feng, Y., and Firoozabadi, A. (2023). “Phase field Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing by CO2 and Water with Consideration of Thermoporoelasticity.” Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. DOI: 10.1007/s00603-023-03355-7
- Afra, S., Alhosani, M., and Firoozabadi, A. (2023). “Improvement in CO2 geo-sequestration in saline aquifers by viscosification: From molecular scale to core scale.” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 125.
- Coelho, F.M., Franco, L.M. and Firoozabadi, A. (2023). Thermodiffusion of CO2 in Water by Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 127(12): 2749-2760
2022
- Kar, T. and Firoozabadi, A. (2022). Effective viscosification of supercritical carbon dioxide by oligomers of 1-decene. iScience, 25 (5), 104266.
- Wu, T. and Firoozabadi, A. (2022). Reply to “Comment on ‘Calculation of Solid–Fluid Interfacial Free Energy with Consideration of Solid Deformation by Molecular Dynamics Simulations’”. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 126. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c07474
- Kobayashi, K., and Firoozabadi, A. (2022). “Effect of Branching on Mutual Solubility of Alkane–CO2 Systems by Molecular Simulations.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 126, no. 41 : 8300-8308.
- Sun, M., Rezaei, N., and Firoozabadi, A. (2022). “Mitigating paraffin wax deposition by dispersants and crystal modifiers in flow testing.” Fuel 324 : 124687.
- Wu, T., and Firoozabadi, A. (2022). “Effect of fluids on the critical energy release rate of typical components in shale and andesite by molecular simulations.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 157.4 : 044701
- Zidane, A., and Firoozabadi, A. (2022). “Higher-order compositional simulation of asphaltene damage and removal in the wellbore by the CPA-EOS.” Fuel 307 : 121776
- Kar, T., Cho, H., Firoozabadi, A. (2022). “Assessment of Low Salinity Waterflooding in Carbonate Cores: Interfacial Viscoelasticity and Tuning Process Efficiency by Use of Non-Ionic Surfactant,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 607, 125-133.
2021
- Feng, Y., Haugen, K., Firoozabadi, A. (2021). Phase-field Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing by CO2, Water and Nitrogen in 2D and Comparison with Laboratory Data.” Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, 126(11), e2021JB022509.
- Smejkal, T., Firoozabadi, A., Mikyska, J. (2021). “Unified Thermodynamic Stability Analysis in Fluids and Elastic Materials.” Fluid Phase Equilibria, 549, 113219.
- Zidane, A., Firoozabadi, A. (2021) “Higher-order Compositional Simulation of Asphaltene Damage and Removal in the Wellbore by the CPA-EOS,” Fuel, 307, 121776
- Zidane, A., Firoozabadi, A. (2021). “Fickian Diffusion in CO2 injection: A Two-Phase Compositional Flow Model with Fully 3D Unstructured Gridding,” Fuel, ,
- Wu, T. and Firoozabadi, A. (2021). “Calculation of solid-fluid interfacial free energy with consideration of solid deformation by molecular dynamics simulations,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 125(26), 5841-5848
- Wu, T., Firoozabadi, A. (2021). “Surfactant-Enhanced Spontaneous Emulsification Near the Crude Oil–Water Interface,” Langmuir, ,
- Li, Z., Yao, J., Firoozabadi, A. (2021) “Kerogen Swelling in Light Hydrocarbon Gases and Liquids and Validity of Schroeder’s Paradox,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C , ,
2020
- Kar, T., Chavez-Miyauchi, T.E., Firoozabadi, A. and Pal, M. “Improved Oil Recovery in Carbonates by Ultra-Low Concentration of Functional Molecules in Injection Water through Increase in Interfacial Viscoelasticity,” Langmuir (2020),36, 12160−12167
- Bi, R., Firoozabadi, A and Myint, P.C.: “Efficient and robust phase-split computations in the internal energy, volume, and moles (UVN) space” Fluid Phase Equilibria (2020), 526, 112729
- Li, S., Firoozabadi, A., Zhang, D.: “Hydromechanical Modeling of Nonplanar Three-Dimensional Fracture Propagation Using and Iteratively Coupled Approach,” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth (2020) 125(8), e2020JB020115
- Wu, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Fracture Toughness and Surface Energy Density of Kerogen by Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Tensile Failure,” Journal of Phys. Chem. C (2020) 124(29), 15895-15901
- Cho, H., Kar, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of interface elasticity on improved oil recovery in a carbonate rock from low salinity and ultra-low concentration demulsifier.” Fuel (2020) 270, 117504
- Kar, T., Naderi, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Asphaltene Deposition and Removal in Flowlines and Mitigation by Effective Functional Molecules,” SPE Journal (2020),771-787
- Huang, L., Khoshnood, A., Firoozabadi, A.: “Swelling of Kimmeridge Kerogen by Normal-alkanes, Naphthenes and Aromatics,” Fuel (2020) 267, 117155.
- Bi, R., Zidane, A., Firoozabadi, A.: “Efficient and Robust Stability Analysis in the Internal Energy, Volume, and Moles (UVN) Space,”Fluid Phase Equilibria (2020) 512, 112468.
- Wu, T., Firoozabadi, A.: “Mechanical Properties and Failure Envelope of Kerogen Matrix by Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2020), 124, 2289−2294.
- Chavez-Miyauchi, T.E., Lu, Y., Firoozabadi, A.: “Low Salinity Water Injection in Berea Sandstone: Effect of Wettability, Interface Elasticity, and Acid and Base Functionalities,” Fuel (2020) 263, 116572.
- Zidane, A., Firoozabadi, A.: “Higher-Order Simulation of Two-Phase Compositional Flow in 3D with Non-Planar Fractures,” Journal Of Computational Physics (2020) 402, 108896.
2019
- Goicochea, A.G., Firoozabadi, A.,: “Viscosification of Carbon Dioxide by Mesoscale Simulations,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (2019) (48), 29461-29467
- Tesson, S., Firoozabadi, A.: “Deformation and Swelling of Kerogen Matrix in Light Hydrocarbons and Carbon Dioxide,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2019) 123 (48), 29173-29183.
- Zidane, A., Firoozabadi, A.: “Two-Phase Compositional Flow Simulation in Complex Fractured Media by 3D Unstructured Gridding with Horizontal and Deviated Wells,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, SPE (2019)-191405-PA.
- Wu, T., Zhao, H., Tesson, S., Firoozabadi, A.: “Absolute adsorption of light hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide in shale rock and isolated kerogen,” Fuel (2019), 235, 855–867.
- Sun, M., Naderi, K., Firoozabadi, A. “Effect of Crystal Modifiers and Dispersants on Paraffin-Wax Particles in Petroleum Fluids,” SPE J. (2019), 191365, 32-43
- Lu, Y., Najafabadi, N., Firoozabadi, A. “Effect of Low-Concentration of 1‑Pentanol on the Wettability of Petroleum Fluid−Brine−Rock Systems,” Langmuir (2019), 35, 4263−4269.
- Wu, T., Firoozabadi, A. “Effect of Microstructural Flexibility on Methane Flow in Kerogen Matrix by Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” J. Phys. Chem. C (2019), 123, 10874−10880.
- Goicochea, A., Firoozabadi, A. “Atomistic and Mesoscopic Simulations of the Structure of CO2 with Fluorinated and Nonfluorinated Copolymers,” J. Phys. Chem. C (2019), 123, 17010−17018.
- Furtado, F., Firoozabadi, A. “Fickian and thermal diffusion coefficients of binary mixtures of isobutylbenzene and n-alkanes at different concentrations from the optical beam deflection technique,” J. Chem. Phys. (2019), 151, 1-17.
2018
- Zidane, A., Firoozabadi. A.,: “Reservoir simulation of fractured media in compressible single-phase flow in 2D, 2.5D and 3D unstructured gridding,” Advances in Water Resources (2018), 121,68–96.
- Tesson, S., Firoozabadi, A.: “Methane Adsorption and Self-Diffusion in Shale Kerogen and Slit Nanopores by Molecular Simulations,” J. Phys. Chem. C (2018), 122, 23528−23542.
- Wu, T., Firoozabadi, A.: “Molecular Simulations of Binary Gas Mixture Transport and Separation in Slit Nanopores,” J. Phys. Chem. C (2018), 122, 20727−20735.
- Zhao, H., Wu, T., Firoozabadi, A.: “High pressure sorption of various hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide in Kimmeridge Blackstone and isolated kerogen,” Fuel (2018), 224, 412–423.
- Dong, S., Firoozabadi, A. “Hydrate anti-agglomeration and synergy effect in normal octane at varying water cuts and salt concentrations,” J. Chem. Thermodynamics (2018), 117, 214–222.
- Jiménez-Ángeles, F., Firoozabadi, A. “Hydrophobic Hydration and the Effect of NaCl Salt in the Adsorption of Hydrocarbons and Surfactants on Clathrate Hydrates,” ACS Central Sci. (2018), 4, 820−831.
- Hoteit, H., Firoozabadi, A. “Modeling of multicomponent diffusions and natural convection in unfractured and fractured media by discontinuous Galerkin and mixed methods,” Int J. Numer Methods Eng. (2018), 114, 535–556.
2017
- Zidane, A., Firoozabadi, A.: “Fracture-Cross-Flow Equilibrium in Compositional Two-Phase Reservoir Simulation,” SPE J., (2017), 950-970.
- Moortgat, J., Firoozabadi, A.: “Water Coning, Water, and CO2 Injection in Heavy-Oil Fractured Reservoirs,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering (2016), 20, 168-183.
- Lu, Y., Najafabadi, N, Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of Temperature on Wettability of Oil/Brine/Rock Systems,” Energy and Fuels (2017), 31, 4989−4995.
- Subramanian, D., May, N., Firoozabadi, A.: “Functional Molecules and the Stability of Water-in-Crude Oil Emulsions,” Energy and Fuels (2017), 31, 8967−8977.
- Zhao, H., Lai, Z ., Firoozabadi, A.: “Sorption Hysteresis of Light Hydrocarbons and Carbon Dioxide in Shale and Kerogen,” Scientific Reports (2017),16209, 1-10.
- Jiménez, F., Khoshnood, A., Firoozabadi, A.: “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Adsorption and Aggregation of Ionic Surfactants at Liquid−Solid Interfaces,” J. Phys. Chem. C (2017), 121, 25908-25920.
- Dong, S., Li, M., Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of salt and water cuts on hydrate anti-agglomeration in a gas condensate system at high pressure,” J. Chem. Thermodyn, (2017), 210, 713-720
2016
- Jin, Z. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Phase Behavior and Flow in Shale Nanopores from Molecular Simulations,” Fluid Phase Equilibria (2016), 430, 156-168.
- Hashmi, Sara M., Senthilnathan, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Thermodiffusion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in binary mixtures,” Journal of Chemical Physics (2016), 145, 18450301, 18450311.
- Jiménez-Ángeles, F., Firoozabadi, A.: “Tunable Substrate Wettability by Thin Water Layer,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2016), 120, 24688−24696.
- Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Mixed-Hybrid and Vertex-Discontinuous-Galerkin Finite Element Modeling of Multiphase Compositional Flow on 3D Unstructured Grids,” Journal of Computational Physics (2016), 315, 476-500.
- Jin, Z., and Firoozabadi, A: “Thermodynamic Modeling of Phase Behavior in Shale Media,” SPE J. (2016) 21, 190-207.
- Jindrová, T., Mikyŝka, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Phase Behavior Modeling of Bitumen and Light Normal Alkanes and CO2 by PR-EOS and CPA-EOS,” Energy and Fuels (2016) 30, 515-525.
- Aslan, S., Fathi Najafabadi, N., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Non-monotonicity of Contact Angle from NaCl and MgCl2 Concentrations in two Petroleum Fluids on Atomistically Smooth Surfaces,” Energy and Fuels (2016), 30, 2858-2864.
- Chávez-Miyauchi, T. E., Firoozabadi, A., and Fuller, G. G.: “Non-monotonic elasticity of the crude oil – brine interface in relation to improved oil recovery,” Langmuir (2016), 32, 2192-2198.
- Hashmi, S. M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effective Removal of Asphaltene Deposition in Metal Capillary Tubes,” SPE J. (2016), 1747-1754.
- Khoshnood, A., Lukanov, B., and Firoozabadi, A.:”Temperature Effect on Micelle Formation: Molecular Thermodynamic Model Revisited,” Langmuir (2016), 32, 2175-2183.
- Lukanov, B., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Molecular Thermodynamic Modeling of Reverse Micelles and W/O Microemulsions,” Langmuir (2016), 32, 3100-3109.
- Nasrabadi, H., Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “A New Three-Phase Multicomponent Compositional Model for Asphaltene Precipitation during CO2 Injection Using CPA-EOS,” Energy and Fuels (2016), 30, 3306-3319.
- Sun, M., Mogensen, K., Bennetzen, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Demulsifier in Injected Water for Improved Recovery of Crudes which Form W/O Emulsions,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (2016), 664-672.
- Zhao, H., Sun, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Anti-agglomeration of Natural Gas Hydrates in Liquid Condensate and Crude Oil at Constant Pressure Conditions,” Fuel (2016), 180, 187-193.
- Jiménez-Ángeles, F., Firoozabadi, A.: “Contact Angle, Liquid Film, Liquid-Liquid and Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Model Oil-Brine-Substrate Systems,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2016), 120, 11910−11917.
2015
- Firoozabadi, A.:”Thermodynamics and Applications in Hydrocarbon Energy Production,”McGraw-Hill, New York (2015) 1 Edition, 496 pp.
- Hashmi, S. M., Loewenberg, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Colloidal Asphaltene Deposition in Laminar Pipe Flow: Flow Rate and Parametric Effects,” Physics of Fluids (2015) 27, 083302.
- Jiménez-Ángeles, F., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Enhanced Hydrate Nucleation near the Limit of Stability,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2015) 119, 8798-8804.
- Jin, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Flow of Methane in Shale Nanopores at Low and High Pressure by Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” Journal of Chemical Physics (2015) 143, 104315.
- Khoshnood, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Polar solvents trigger formation of reverse micelles,” Langmuir (2015) 31, 5982-5991.
- Myint, P. C., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Thermodynamics of Flat Thin Liquid Films,” AIChE Journal (2015) 61, 3104-3115.
- Myint, P. C., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Thin Liquid Films in Improved Oil Recovery from Low-salinity Brine,” Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science (2015) 20, 105-114.
- Myint, P. C., Hao, Y., and Firoozabadi, A.: “The CPA Equation of State and an Activity Coefficient Model for Accurate Molar Enthalpy Calculations of Mixtures with Carbon Dioxide and Water/Brine,” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Technical Report (2015), LLNL-TR-672077, 43 pp.
- Shahraeeni, E., Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “High Resolution Finite Element Methods for 3D Simulation of Compositionally Triggered Instabilities in Porous Media,” Computational Geosciences (2015) 19, 899-920.
- Subramanian, D., Wu, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Ionic Liquids as Viscosity Modifiers for Heavy and Extra-heavy Crude Oils,” Fuel (2015) 143, 519-526.
- Sun, M., Firoozabadi, A., Chen, G.-J., and Sun, C.-Y.: “Hydrate Size Measurements in Anti-agglomeration at High Watercut by New Chemical Formulation,” Energy and Fuels (2015) 29, 2901-2905.
- Sun, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Gas Hydrate Powder Formation – Ultimate Solution in Natural Gas Flow Assurance,” Fuel (2015) 146, 1-5.
- Zidane, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: “An Implicit Numerical Model for Multicomponent Compressible Two-phase Flow in Porous Media,” Advances in Water Resources (2015) 85, 64-78.
2014
- Aslan, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of Water on Aggregate Size, Viscosity, and Deposition of Asphaltenes in Flow-lines,” Langmuir (2014) 30, 3658-3664.
- Bolton, E. W., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Numerical Modeling of Temperature and Species Distributions in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs,” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth (2014) 119, 18-31.
- Jiménez-Ángeles, F., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Nucleation of Methane Hydrates at Moderate Subcooling by Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2014) 118, 11310-11318.
- Jiménez-Ángeles, F., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Induced Charge Density and Thin Liquid Film at Hydrate/Methane Gas Interfaces,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2014) 118, 26041-26048.
- Jin, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of Water on Methane and Carbon Dioxide Sorption in Clay Minerals by Monte Carlo Simulations,” Fluid Phase Equilibria (2014) 382, 10-20.
- Li, Z., Jin, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Phase Behavior and Adsorption of Pure Substances and Mixtures and Characterization in Nanopore Structures by Density Functional Theory,” SPE Journal (2014) 19, 1096-1109.
- Lukanov, B., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Specific Ion Effects on the Self-Assembly of Ionic Surfactants: A Molecular Thermodynamic Theory of Micellization with Dispersion Forces,” Langmuir (2014) 30, 6373-6383.
- Rezaei, N., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Macro- and Microscale Waterflooding Performances of Crudes which form w/o Emulsions upon Mixing with Brines,” Energy and Fuels (2014) 28, 2092-2103.
- Rezaei, N., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Pressure Evolution and Production Performance of Waterflooding in n-Heptane Saturated Fired Berea Cores,” SPE Journal (2014) 19, 674-686.
- Sun, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Natural Gas Hydrate Particles in Oil-Free Systems with Kinetic Inhibition and Slurry Viscosity Reduction,” Energy and Fuels (2014) 28, 1890-1895.
- Zidane, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: “An Efficient Numerical Model for Multicomponent Compressible Flow in Fractured Porous Media,” Advances in Water Resources (2014) 74, 127-147.
2013
- Hashmi, S. M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Self-assembly of Resins and Asphaltenes Facilitates Asphaltene Dissolution by an Organic Acid,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2013) 394, 115-123.
- Jin, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Methane and Carbon Dioxide Adsorption in Clay-like Slit Pores by Monte Carlo Simulations,” Fluid Phase Equilibria (2013), 360, 456-465.
- Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Fickian Diffusion in Discrete-Fractured Media from Chemical Potential Gradients and Comparison to Experiment,” Energy and Fuels (2013), 27, 5793-5805.
- Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Higher-Order Compositional Modeling of Three-phase Flow in Fractured Porous Media Based on Cross-flow Equilibrium,” Journal of Computational Physics (2013), 250, 425-445.
- Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Three-Phase Compositional Modeling with Capillarity in Heterogeneous and Fractured Media,” SPE Journal (2013), 18, 1150-1168.
- Moortgat, J., Firoozabadi, A., Li, Z. and Esposito, R.: “CO2 Injection in Vertical and Horizontal Cores: Measurements and Numerical Simulation,” SPE Journal (2013) 18(2), 331-344.
- Mutoru, J. W., Smith, W., O’Hern, C. S., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Diffusion and Clustering along Critical Isotherms of Medium-chain n-Alkanes,” Journal of Chemical Physics (2013) 138, 024317.
- Myint, P. C., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Onset of Buoyancy-driven Convection in Cartesian and Cylindrical Geometries,” Physics of Fluids (2013), 25, 044105.
- Myint, P. C., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Onset of Convection with Fluid Compressibility and Interface Movement,” Physics of Fluids (2013), 25, 094105.
- Sun, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “New Surfactant for Hydrate Anti-agglomeration in Hydrocarbon Flowlines and Seabed Oil Capture,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2013), 402, 312-319.
2012
- Ahmed, T., Nasrabadi, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Complex Flow and Composition Path in CO2 Injection Schemes from Density Effects,” Energy and Fuels (2012) 26, 4590‚ 4598.
- Bestehorn, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of Fluctuations on the Onset of Density-driven Convection in Porous Media,” Physics of Fluids (2012) 24, 114102.
- Myint, P.C., Bestehorn, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of Permeability Anisotropy on Buoyancy-driven Flow for CO2 Sequestration in Saline Aquifers,” Water Resources Research (2012) 48, W09539.
- Hashmi, S. M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Controlling Nonpolar Colloidal Asphaltene Aggregation by Electrostatic Repulsion,” Energy and Fuels (2012) 26, 4438‚ 4444.
- Hashmi, S. M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Field- and Concentration-Dependence of Electrostatics in Non-polar Colloidal Asphaltene Suspensions,” Soft Matter (2012) 8, 1878-1883.
- Hashmi, S. M., Zhong, K. X., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Acid-Base Chemistry Enables Reversible Colloid-to-Solution Transition of Asphaltenes in Non-Polar Systems,” Soft Matter (2012) 8, 8778-8785.
- Mikyŝka, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Investigation of Mixture Stability at Given Volume, Temperature, and Number of Moles,” Fluid Phase Equilibria (2012) 321, 1-9.
- Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Initialization of Phase Fractions in Rachford-Rice Equations for Robust and Efficient Three-Phase Split Calculation,” Fluid Phase Equilibria (2012) 332, 21‚27.
- Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: “General Strategy for Stability Testing and Phase-split Calculation in Two and Three Phases,” SPE Journal (December 2012), 1096-1107.
- Moortgat, J., Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Three-Phase Compositional Modeling of CO2 Injection by Higher-Order Finite Element Methods with CPA Equation of State for Aqueous Phase,” Water Resources Research (2012) 48, W12511.
- Moreira, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Molecular Thermodynamic Modeling of Droplet-type Microemulsions,” Langmuir (2012) 28,1738-1752.
- Rongy, L., Haugen, K. B., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Mixing from Fickian diffusion and natural convection in binary non-equilibrium fluid phases,” AIChE Journal (2012) 58(5), 1336-1345.
- Sun, S., Firoozabadi, A., and Kou, J.: “Numerical Modeling of Two-Phase Binary Fluid Mixing using Mixed Finite Elements,” Computational Geosciences (2012) 16, 1101-1124.
- Sun, M., Wang, Y., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effectiveness of Alcohol Cosurfactants in Hydrate Antiagglomeration,” Energy and Fuels (2012) 26, 5626-5232.
2011
- Wu, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of Treatment Chemical Composition on Wettability Alteration from Oil-Wetting to Intermediate-Wetting,” Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (2011) 50, 17-23.
- Wu, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effects of Firing and Chemical Treatments on Berea Permeability and Wettability,” Energy and Fuels (2011) 25, 197- 207.
- Mikyŝka, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “A New Thermodynamic Function for Phase-Splitting at Constant Temperature, Moles, and Volume,” AIChE Journal (2011) 57(7), 1897-1904.
- Hashmi, S. M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Tuning Size and Electrostatics in Non-Polar Colloidal Asphaltene Suspensions by Polymeric Adsorption,” Soft Matter (2011) 7, 8384-8391.
- Haugen, K.B., Sun, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Efficient and Robust Three-Phase Split Computations,” AIChE Journal (2011) 57(9), 2555-2565.
- Mustapha, H., Dimitrakopoulos, R., Graf, T., and Firoozabadi, A.: “An Efficient Method for Discretizing 3D Fractured Media for Subsurface Flow and Transport Simulations,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids (2011) 67, 651-670.
- Moortgat, J., Sun, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Compositional Modeling of Three-Phase Flow with Gravity using Higher-Order Finite Element Methods,” Water Resources Research (2011) 47, W05511.
- Mutoru, J. W., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Form of Multicomponent Fickian Diffusion Coefficients Matrix,” Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (2011) 43, 1192-1203.
- Mutoru, J. W., Leahy-Dios, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Modeling Infinite Dilution and Fickian Diffusion Coefficients of Carbon Dioxide in Water,” AIChE Journal (2011) 57(6), 1617-1627.
2010
- Moreira, L. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Molecular Thermodynamic Modeling of Specific Ion Effects on Micellization of Ionic Surfactants,” Langmuir (2010) 26 (19), 15177–15191.
- Hashmi, S. M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of Dispersant on Asphaltene Suspension Dynamics: Aggregation and Sedimentation,” Journal Physical Chemistry B (2010) 114, 15780-15788.
- Li, X., Negadi, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Anti-agglomeration in Cyclopentane Hydrates from Biosurfactant and Cosurfactant,” Energy & Fuels (2010) 24, 4937-4943.
- Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Modeling asphaltene precipitation by n-alkanes from heavy oils and bitumens using cubic-plus-association equation of state,” Energy&Fuels (2010) 24, 1106-1113.
- Mikyŝka, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Implementation of higher-order methods for robust and efficient compositional simulation,” Journal of Computational Physics (2010) 229, 2898-2913.
- Firoozabadi, A., and Myint, P.C.: “Prospects for subsurface CO2 sequestration,” AIChE Journal, Invited Perspective paper, (2010) 56(6), 1398-1405.
- Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Higher-Order Compositional Modeling with Fickian Diffusion in Unstructured and Anisotropic Media,” Advances in Water Resources (2010) 33, 951-968.
- Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Cubic-plus-association equation of state for asphaltene precipitation in live oils,” Energy & Fuels (2010) 24, 2956-2963.
- Wu, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of Salinity on Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas Wetting,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation Engineering (2010) 13(2), 228-245.
- Wu, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Permanent Alteration of Porous Media Wettability from Liquid Wetting to Intermediate Gas Wetting,” Journal of Transport in Porous Media (2010) 85, 189-213.
- Hashmi, S. M., Quintiliano, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Polymeric Dispersants Delay Sedimentation in Colloidal Asphaltene Suspensions,” Langmuir (2010) 26(11), 8021-8029.
2009
- Haugen, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Composition at the Interface between Multicomponent Non-equilibrium Fluid Phases,” Journal of Chemical Physics (2009) 130, 064707, 1-9.
- Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Interfacial Tension of Non-associating Pure Substances and Binary Mixtures by Density Functional Theory Combined with Peng–Robinson Equation of State,”Journal of Chemical Physics (2009) 130, 154108.
- York, J. D., and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Effect of Brine on Hydrate Anti-agglomeration,” Energy & Fuels (2009) 23, 2937–2946.
- Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Numerical Modeling of Diffusion in Fractured Media for Gas-Injection and -Recycling Schemes,” SPE Journal (June, 2009) 323-337.
- Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Cubic-plus-association (CPA) Equation of State for Water-containing Mixtures: Is ‘Cross association’ Necessary?” AIChE Journal ( 2009) 55 (7), 1803-1813.
- Haugen, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Mixing of Two Binary Non-equilibrium Phases in One Dimension,” AIChE Journal (2009) 55(8), 1903-1936.
- Moreira, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Thermodynamic modeling of the duality of linear 1-alcohols as co-surfactants and co-solvents in self-assembly of surfactant molecules,” Langmuir (2009), 25(20), 12101-12113.
2008
- Hoteit, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Numerical Modeling of Two-Phase Flow in Heterogenous Permeable Media with Different Capillarity Pressures,” Advances in Water Resources (Jan. 2008) 31, 56-73.
- Anklam, M.R., York, J.D., and Firoozabadi, A.: ” The Effects of Anti-Agglomerants on the Interactions between Hydrate Particles,” AIChE Journal (Feb. 2008) 54 (2), 565-574.
- York, J.D. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Comparing Effectiveness of Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant with a Quaternary Ammonium Salt Surfactant for Hydrate Anti-agglomeration,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2008) 112, No. 3, 845-851.
- Leahy-Dios, A., Zhou, L. and Firoozabadi, A.: “ New Thermal Diffusion Coefficient Measurements for Binary Hydrocarbon Mixtures: Viscosity and Composition Dependency,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2008) 112, 6442-6447.
- Hoteit, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: “ An Efficient Numerical Model for Incompressible Two-Phase Flow in Fractured Media,” Advances in Water Resources (2008) 31, 891-905.
- Banki, R., Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: “ Mathematical Formulation and Numerical Modeling of Wax Deposition in Pipelines from Enthalpy-Porosity Approach and Irreversible Thermodynamics,” International. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2008) 51, 3387-3398.
- Hoteit, H., Banki, R. and Firoozabadi, A.: “ Deposition and Aging in Flowlines from Irreversible Thermodynamics,” Energy & Fuels (2008) 22 (4), 2693-2706.
- Noh, M. and Firoozabadi A.: ” Wettability Alteration in Gas-Condensate Reservoirs to Mitigate Well Deliverability Loss by Water Blocking,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (Aug., 2008) 676-685.
- York, J.D, and Firoozabadi, A.: “ Alcohol Co-surfactants in Hydrate Anti-agglomeration,” Journal Physical Chemistry B 2008 (112), 10455-10465.
- Noh, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: “ Effect of Wettability Alteration on High-Velocity Flow in Water and Hydrocarbon Blocking in Gas Reservoirs,” SPE Journal (Sep., 2008), 298-304.
2007
- Leahy-Dios, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: “ Molecular and Thermal Diffusion Coefficients of Alkane-Alkane and Alkane-Aromatic Binary Mixtures: Effect of Shape and Size of Molecules,” Physical Chemistry B (2007) 111(1), 191-198.
- Monteagudo, J. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Comparison of Fully-Implicit and IMPES Formulations for Simulation of Water Injection in Fractured and Unfractured Media,” International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering (2007) 69, 698-728.
- Nasrabadi, H., Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: ” An Analysis of Species Separation in Thermogravitational Column Filled with Porous Media,” Transport in Porous Media (2007) 67 (3), 473-486.
- Monteagudo, J. and Firoozabadi, A.: “ Control-Volume Model for Simulation of Water Injection in Fractured Media: Incorporating Matrix Heterogeneity and Reservoir Wettability Effects,” SPE Journal (Sept. 2007) 355-366.
- Haugen, K. and Froozabadi, A.: ” Transient Separation of Multicomponent Liquid Mixtures in Thermogravitational Columns,” Journal of Chemical Physics (Oct. 2007) 127, 154507.
- Leahy-Dios, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” A Unified Model for Non-Ideal Multicomponent Molecular Diffusion Coefficients,” AIChE Journal (Nov. 2007) 53 (11), 2032-2939.
- Fahes, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas-Wetting in Gas-Condensate Reservoirs at High Temperatures,” SPE Journal (Dec. 2007) 397-407.
2006
- Santiso, E. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Curvature Dependence of Surface Tension in Multicomponent Systems,” AIChE Journal (2006) 52, No. 1, 311-322.
- Haugen, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: “ On the unsteady state species separation of a binary liquid mixture in a rectangular thermogravitational column,” Journal of Chemical Physics (Feb. 2006) 124(5) 1-10.
- Hoteit, H., Santiso, E., and Firoozabadi, A.: ” An Efficient and Robust Algorithm for the Calculation of Gas-Liquid Critical Point of Multicomponent Petroleum Fluids,” Fluid Phase Equilibria (2006) 241, 186-195.
- Hoteit, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Compositional Modeling by the Combined Discontinuous Galerkin and Mixed Methods,” SPE Journal (March 2006) 19-34.
- Hoteit H. and Firoozabadi, A.: “ Compositional Modeling of Fractured Reservoirs without Transfer Functions by the Discontinuous Galerkin and Mixed Methods,” SPE Journal (Sept. 2006)341-352.
- Hoteit, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Simple Phase Stability-Testing Algorithm in the Reduction Method,” AIChE Journal (August 2006) 52 (8), 2909-2920.
- Hoteit, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Compositional Modeling of Fractured Reservoirs Without Transfer Functions by the Discontinuous Galerkin and Mixed Methods,” SPE Journal (Sept. 2006) 341-352.
- Haugen, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” On Measurement of Molecular and Thermal Diffusion Coefficients in Multicomponent Mixtures“, Physical Chemistry B (2006) 110 (35), 17678-17682.
- Nasrabadi, H., Ghorayeb, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: “ Two-Phase Multicomponent Diffusion and Convection in Porous Media for Reservoir Initialization,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (Oct. 2006) 530-542.
2005
- Haugen, K.B., and Firoozabadi, A.; “On Measurement of Thermal Diffusion Coefficients in Multicomponent Mixtures,” Journal of Chemical Physics (Jan. 1, 2005) 122, 0145165, 1-7.
- Tang, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of GOR, Temperature, and Initial Water Saturation on Solution Gas Drive in Heavy Oil Reservoirs,” SPE Journal (March 2005) 34-43.
- Leahy-Dios, A., Bou-Ali, M., Platten, J.K., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Measurements of Molecular and Thermal Diffusion Coefficient in Ternary Mixtures,” Journal of Chemical Physics (2005) 122, 254502, 1-12.
- Anklam, M. R., and Firoozabadi, A.: “An interfacial energy mechanism for the complete inhibition of crystal growth by inhibition adsorption,” Journal of Chemical Physics (2005) 123,144708.
- Hoteit, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Multicomponent fluid flow by discontinuous Galerkin and mixed methods in unfractured and fractured media,” Water Resources Research (2005) 41, W11412, doi:10.1029, 1-15.
2004
- Goual, L. and Firoozabdi, A.: “Experimental Study of the Effect of Petroleum Resins and DBSA Amphiphile on Precipitation from Petroleum Fluids,” AIChE Journal (Feb. 2004) 470-479.
- Monteagudo, J.E.P. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Control-volume method for numerical simulation of two-phase immiscible flow in 2D and 3D discrete-fracture media,” Water Resources Research (July 2004) W07405, Vol. 40, 1-20.
- Anklam, M.R., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Driving force and composition for multicomponent gas hydrate nucleation from supersaturated aqueous solutions,” Journal of Chemical Physics (Dec. 15, 2004) 121, No. 23, 11867-11874.
2003
- Kashchiev, D. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Induction Time in Gas Hydrates,” Journal of Crystal Growth 250 (2003) 499-515.
- Karimi-Fard, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Numerical Simulation of Water Injection in Fractured Media Using Discrete Fracture Model and the Galerkin Method,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (April 2003) 117-126.
- Tang, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Gas and Oil Relative Permeabilities for Solution Gas-Drive in Heavy Oil Reservoirs,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering (April 2003) 70-80.
- Ghorayeb, K., Firoozabadi, A. and Anraku, T.: “Interpretation of the Unusual Fluid Distribution in the Yufutsu Gas-Condensate Field,” SPE Journal (June 2003)114-123.
- Tang, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas-wetting in Porous Media at Elevated Temperatures,” Journal Transport in Porous Media (Aug. 2003) 52(2)185-211.
- Pan, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Fast and Robust Algorithm for Compositional Modeling: Part II – Flash Computations,” SPE Journal (Dec. 2003) 380-391.
- Kashchiev, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Analytical Solutions for 1D Countercurrent Imbibition in Water-Wet Systems,” SPE Journal (Dec. 2003) 401-408.
2002
- Firoozabadi, A. and Pan, H.: “Fast and Robust Algorithm for Compositional Simulation: Part I-Stability Analysis Testing,” SPE Journal (March 2002) 78-89.
- Kashchiev, D. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Driving Force for Crystallization of Gas Hydrates,” Journal of Crystal Growth 241 (2002) 220-230.
- Kashchiev, D. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Nucleation of Gas Hydrates,” Journal of Crystal Growth 243 (2002) 476-489.
- Goual, L. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Measurement of Asphaltenes and Resins, and their Dipole Moment in Petroleum Fluids,” AIChE Journal (Nov., 2002) 2646-2266.
- Tang, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Relative Permeability Modification in Gas-Liquid Systems Through Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas-Wetting,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering (Dec. 2002) 427-436.
2001
- Ghorayeb K., and Firoozabadi, A., “Features of Convection and Diffusion in Porous Media for Binary Systems,” Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (Feb. 2001) 21-28.
- Firoozabadi,A.: “Mechanisms of Solution Gas Drive in Heavy-Oil Reservoirs,” Distinguished Author Paper, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (March 2001) 15-20.
- Hamoodi, A., Abed, A.F., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Compositional Modeling of Two-Phase Hydrocarbon Reservoirs,” Canadian Journal of Petroleum Technology (March 2001) 49-60.
- Nichita, D., Goual, L, and Firoozabadi, A.: “Wax Precipitation in Gas Condensate Systems,” SPE Production and Facilities (Nov. 2001) 250-259.
- Tang, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of Pressure Gradient and Initial Water Saturation on Water Injection in Water-wet and Weakly Water-wet Fractured Porous Media,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (Dec. 2001) 516-524.
2000
- Wu, J., Prausnitz, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Molecular Thermodynamics of Asphaltene Precipitation in Reservoir Fluids,” AIChE Journal (Jan. 2000) 197-209.
- Pan, H. and Firoozabadi, A: “Thermodynamic Modeling of Asphaltene Precipitation Inhibition ” AIChE Journal (Feb. 2000) 416-426.
- Pan, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Thermodynamics Micellization Model for Asphaltene Precipitation from Reservoir Crudes at High Pressures and Temperatures” SPE Production and Facilities Journal (Feb. 2000) 56-65.
- Pooladi-Darvish, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Co-current and Counter-Current Imbibition in a Water-Wet Matrix Block,” SPE Journal (March 2000) 3-11.
- Ghorayeb, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Natural Convection and Diffusion in Fractured Porous Media,” SPE Journal (March 2000) 11-20.
- Li, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Wettability Alteration to Preferential Gas-Wetness in Porous Media and Its Effects” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (March 2000) 139-149.
- Pooladi-Darvish, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Experiments and Modeling of Water Injection in Water-Wet Fractured Porous Media,” Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (March 2000) 31-42.
- Ghorayeb, K., and Firoozabadi A.: “Pressure, Molecular and Thermal Diffusion Flux in Non-Ideal Multicomponent Mixtures,” AIChE Journal (May 2000) 883-891.
- Firoozabadi, A., Ghorayeb, K., and Shukla, K.:” Theoretical Model of Thermal Diffusion Factors in Multicomponent Mixtures,” AIChE Journal (May 2000) 892-900.
- Ghorayeb, K., and Firoozabadi, A., “Modeling Multicomponent Diffusions and Convection in Porous Media,” SPE Journal (June 2000) 157-171.
- Li, K., and Firoozabadi, A., “Phenomenological Modeling of Critical Condensate Saturation and Relative Permeabilities in Gas Condensate Systems,” SPE Journal (June 2000) 137-147.
- Firoozabadi, A. and Pan, H.: “Two-Phase Isentropic Compressibility and Sonic Velocity for Multicomponent Hydrocarbon Systems,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (Aug. 2000) 335-341.
- Firoozabadi,A.:” Recovery Mechanisms in Fractured Reservoirs and Field Performance,” Distinguished Author Paper, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (Nov. 2000) 13-17.
- Chang, E. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Gravitational Potential Variations of the Sun and Moon for the Estimation of Reservoir Compressibility,” SPE Journal (Dec. 2000) 456-465.
1999
- Pooladi-Darvish, M. and Firoozabadi, A: “Solution-Gas Drive in Heavy Oil Reservoirs,” Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (April 1999) 54-61.
- Terez, I. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Water Injection in Water-Wet Fractured Porous Media: Experiments and a New Model Using Modified Buckley-Leverett Theory,” SPE Journal (June 1999) 134-141.
- Firoozabadi, A. and Aronson, A.: “Visualization and Measurement of Gas Evolution and Flow of Heavy and Light Oils in Porous Media,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (Dec. 1999) 550-557.
1998
- Pan, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Complex Multiphase Equilibrium Calculations by Direct Minimization of Gibbs Free Energy Using Simulated Annealing,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (Feb. 1998) 36-42.
- Riley, M. F. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Compositional Variation in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs with Natural Convection and Diffusion: Two-Component Single-Phase Fluid,” AIChE Journal (Feb.1998) 452-464.
- Pan, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Thermodynamic Micellization Model for Asphaltene Precipitation: Micellar Growth and Precipitation,” SPE Production and Facilities Journal (May 1998) 118-127.
- Wu, J., Prausnitz, J., M., and Firoozabadi, A.:”A Molecular-Thermodynamic Framework for Asphaltene-Oil Equilibria,” AIChE Journal (May 1998) 1188-1199.
- Shukla, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: “A New Model of Thermal Diffusion Coefficients in Binary Hydrocarbon Mixtures,” I& EC Research Journal (Aug. 1998) 3331-3342.
1997
- Shinta A.A. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Predicting Phase Behavior of Water/Reservoir Crude Systems Using the Association Concept,” SPE Reservoir Engineering Journal (May 1997) 131-137.
- Firoozabadi, A., and Prausnitz, J.M.: “Thermodynamics of Wax Precipitation in Petroleum Mixtures,” Reply to the Letter to the Editor, AIChE Journal (May 1997).
- Dindoruk, B., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Crossflow in Fractured/Layered Media Incorporating Gravity, Viscous, and Phase Behavior Effects,” SPE Journal (June 1997) 120-135.
- Firoozabadi, A.: “Author’s Reply to the Discussion of Pressure and Volume Evolution in Solution Gas Drive Process,” SPE Journal (June 1997) 219-229.
- Firoozabadi, A., Markeset, T., Dindorul B.: “Viscous Crossflow in Fractured Porous Media,” Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (Oct. 1997) 50-62.
- Pan. H., Firoozabadi, A., and Fotland, P.: “Pressure and Composition Effect on Wax Precipitation: Experimental Data and Model Results,” SPE Production and Facilities Journal (Nov. 1997) 250-256.
1996
- Lira-Galeana, C., Firoozabadi, A. and Prausnitz, J.M.: ” Thermodynamics of Wax Precipitation in Petroleum Mixtures,” AIChE Journal (January 1996) 239-248.
- Correa, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Concept of Gravity Drainage in Layered Porous Media,” SPE Journal (March 1996) 101-111.
- Victorov, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: “ Thermodynamics of Asphaltene Deposition Using a Micellization Model,” AIChE Journal (June 1996) 1753-1764.
- Firoozabadi, A. and Kashchiev, D.: “Evolution of Gas Phase in Solution Gas-Drive Process,” SPE Journal (Sept. 1996) 219-227.
1995
- Tan, C.T. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Theoretical Analysis of Miscible Displacement in Fractured Porous Media – Part I – Theory,” Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (Feb. 1995) 17-27.
- Tan, C.T. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Theoretical Analysis of Miscible Displacement in Fractured Porous Media – Part II – Features,” Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (Feb. 1995) 28-35.
- Firoozabadi, A. and Markeset, T.: ” Laboratory Studies in Fractured Porous Media, Part I – Reinfiltration for Gas-Liquid Systems,” In Situ (Feb. 1995) 1-21.
- Firoozabadi, A. and Markeset, T.: “Laboratory Studies in Fractured Porous Media,Part II- Capillary Crossflow,” In Situ (Feb. 1995) 23-39.
- Arbabi, S. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Phase Behavior Prediction of Reservoir Fluids in the Critical Region,” SPE Advanced Technology (March 1995) 139-145.
- Shinta, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Equation of State Representation of Aqueous Mixtures Using an Association Model,” Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (June 1995) 367-379.
- Firoozabadi, A., Thomas, L.K. and Todd, B.J.: ” High Velocity Gas Flow in Porous Media,” SPE Reservoir Engineering Journal (May 1995) 149-152.
- Dindoruk, B. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Computation of Gas-Liquid Drainage in Fractured Porous Media Recognizing Fracture Liquid Flow,” Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (Dec.1995) 39-49.
1994
- Firoozabadi, A., Arbabi, S. and Dindoruk, B.: “Near-Critical Phase Behavior of Mixtures Using Variable Interaction Coefficients,” Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (Feb.1994) 134-141.
- Firoozabadi, A. and Ishimoto, K.: “Reinfiltration in Fractured Porous Media – Part 1- One Dimensional Model,” SPE Advanced Technology (April 1994) 35-44.
- Firoozabadi, A., Ishimoto, K. and Dindoruk, B.: ” Reinfiltration in Fractured Porous Media – Part 2 – Two Dimensional Model,” SPE Advanced Technology (April 1994) 45-51.
- Firoozabadi, A., Ishimoto and Dindoruk, B.: “Reinfiltration in Fractured Porous Media – Part 2 – Two Dimensional Model,” SPE 28516, supplement to SPE 21798, paper available fromSPE, Richardson, TX.
- Firoozabadi, A.: ” Author’s Reply to Discussion of Measurement of Supersaturation and Critical Gas Saturation,” SPE Formation Evaluation Journal (June 1994) 159-160.
- Firoozabadi, A. and Markeset, T.: ” Fracture-Liquid Transmissibility in Fractured Porous Media,” SPE Reservoir Engineering Journal (Aug. 1994) 201-207.
- Dindoruk, B. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Liquid Film Flow in a Fracture between Two Porous Blocks,” Physics of Fluids (Dec. 1994) 3861-3869.
- Lira-Galeana, C., Firoozabadi, A. and Prausnitz, J.M.: “Computation of Compositional Grading in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs,” Fluid Phase Equilibria (Dec. 1994) 143-158.
1993
- Kashchiev, D. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Kinetics of the Initial Stage of Isothermal Gas Formation,” Journal of Chemical Physics (March 15, 1993) 98, 6, 4690-4699.
1992
- Skuse, B., Firoozabadi, A. and Ramey, H.J., Jr.: ” Computation and Interpretation of the Capillary Pressure from a Centrifuge,” SPE Formation Evaluation Journal (March 1992) 17-24,also AIME Transactions (1992) 293.
- Bjorlykke, O.P. and Firoozabadi, A.: ” Measurements and Computation of Retrograde Condensation and Near-Critical Phase Behavior,” SPE Reservoir Engineering Journal (May 1992) 271-277.
- Firoozabadi, A.: ” Author’s Reply to Discussion of Computation and Interpretation of the Capillary Pressure from a Centrifuge,” SPE Formation Evaluation Journal (Sept. 1992).
- Firoozabadi, A., Ottesen, B. and Mikklesen, M.: ” Measurements of Supersaturation and Critical Gas Saturation,” SPE Formation Evaluation Journal (Dec. 1992) 337-344.
1991
- Firoozabadi, A. and Aziz, K.: “Relative Permeability from Centrifuge Data,” Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (Sept.-Oct. 1991) 33-42.
- Firoozabadi, A.: “Author’s Reply to Discussion of Capillary Pressure in Fractured Porous Media,” Journal of Petroleum Technology (Feb. 1991) 236-238.
1990
- Firoozabadi, A. and Hauge, J., “Capillary Pressure in Fractured Porous Media,” Journal of Petroleum Technology (June 1990) 784-791, also AIME Transactions, 289 (1990).
- Firoozabadi, A. and Thomas, L.K.: “Sixth SPE Comparative Solution Project: Comparison of Dual-Porosity Reservoir Simulators,” Journal of Petroleum Technology (June 1990) 710-763.
- Horie, T., Firoozabadi, A. and Ishimoto, K.: “Laboratory Studies of Capillary Interaction in Fractured/Matrix Systems,” SPE Reservoir Engineering Journal (Aug. 1990) 353-360.
- Wong, T., Firoozabadi, A. and Aziz, K.: “The Relationship of the Volume Balance Method of Compositional Simulation to the Newton-Raphson Method,” SPE Reservoir Engineering Journal (Aug. 1990) 415-422, also AIME Transactions, Vol. 289 (1990).
- Wong, T., Firoozabadi, A. and Aziz, K.: “The Relationship of the Volume Balance Method of Compositional Simulation to the Newton-Raphson Method,” SPE 21462 (1990), supplement to SPE 18424, available from SPE, Richardson, TX.