Chemical Engineering: Recent submissions
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A sustainable approach to synthesize phosphonated chitosan using ball milling and its application for oilfield scale management
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2022 , Article)For many years, the oil and gas industry has strived to develop environmentally friendly organophosphorus-based scale inhibitors. The natural polymer chitosan has recently gained significant importance for various upstream ... -
Synthesis of Nanosilica for the Removal of Multicomponent Cd2+ and Cu2+ from Synthetic Water: An Experimental and Theoretical Study
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Copper and cadmium ions are among the top 120 hazardous chemicals listed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) that can bind to organic and inorganic chemicals. Silica is one of the most abundant ... -
Introduction to reservoir fluids and rock properties
( Elsevier , 2023 , Book chapter)Hydrocarbon reservoirs contain gas, oil, water, and brine within the pores. The interactions between these fluids and the reservoir rocks have a considerable role in distributing the phases in the porous media. Understanding ... -
Rheology of upstream complex fluids
( Elsevier , 2023 , Book chapter)Rheology is an important characterizing technique as it affects all types of fluids. While oil and gas recovery is an operation that depends mainly on the interaction between different fluids, it is therefore important to ... -
Theoretical Studies of a Silica Functionalized Acrylamide for Calcium Scale Inhibition
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)The calcium carbonate (CaCO3 ) scale is one of the most common oilfield scales and oil and gas production bane. CaCO3 scale can lead to a sudden halt in production or, worst-case scenario, accidents; therefore, CaCO3 scale ... -
An Accurate Reservoir's Bubble Point Pressure Correlation
( American Chemical Society , 2022 , Article)Bubble point pressure (Pb) is essential for determining petroleum production, simulation, and reservoir characterization calculations. The Pbcan be measured from the pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) experiments. Nonetheless, ... -
Pilot-scale study on the suspension of drill cuttings: Effect of fiber and fluid characteristics
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Drilling operation smoothness is essential to minimize drilling non-productive time (NPT). Inadequate cuttings transport can result in cuttings bed build-up in the wellbore low side, jeopardizing the whole drilling operation. ... -
Phosphonated Lower-Molecular-Weight Polyethyleneimines as Oilfield Scale Inhibitors: An Experimental and Theoretical Study
( American Chemical Society , 2022 , Article)For many years, amino methylenephosphonate (-CH2-N-PO3H2)-based scale inhibitors (SIs) have been deployed for preventing various scales in the oil and gas industry, particularly for squeeze treatment applications. However, ... -
Fluid-rock interactions in tight gas reservoirs: Wettability, pore structural alteration, and associated multiphysics transport
( Elsevier , 2023 , Book chapter)Tight and unconventional reservoirs such as shales are rich in clay minerals that give rise to several fluid-rock interactions. The effect of such fluid-rock interactions is manifested at multiscales. The fluid-rock ... -
Molecular simulations in upstream applications
( Elsevier , 2023 , Book chapter)The development of powerful computers and molecular simulation has allowed researchers to use them to get useful information about electronic properties related to chemical and physical interactions at the molecular level. ... -
Biodegradable Preformed Particle Gel (PPG) Made of Natural Chitosan Material for Water Shut-Off Application
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)Oil and gas extraction frequently produces substantial volumes of produced water, leading to several mechanical and environmental issues. Several methods have been applied over decades, including chemical processes such ... -
Prediction of critical total drawdown in sand production from gas wells: Machine learning approach
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2023 , Article)Sand production is a critical issue in petroleum wells. The critical total drawdown (CTD) is an essential indicator of the onset of sand production. Although some models are available for CTD prediction, most of them are ... -
Effect of Fluid Viscosity and Fiber Length on the Performance of Fibrous Fluid in Horizontal Well Cleanout
( Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) , 2023 , Article)During drilling, completion, and intervention operations, solids can deposit in the wellbore. Innovative cleanout fluids reduce the problems associated with inadequate hole cleaning. Various methods have been developed to ... -
Synthesis and performance evaluation of poly (acrylamide-co-malonic acid) as FeS scale inhibitor: experimental and theoretical investigations
( Institute for Ionics , 2023 , Article)This article reports on poly (acrylamide-co-malonic acid) and poly(AM-co-MAc) copolymers that inhibit the iron sulfide scale. The iron sulfide scale is considered as one of the most challenging oilfield scales to dissolve ... -
A robust Gaussian process regression-based model for the determination of static Young's modulus for sandstone rocks
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)Static Young's modulus (Es) is one of the leading mechanical rock properties. The Es can be measured from experimental lab methods. However, these methods are costly, time-consuming, and challenging to collect samples. ... -
Hydrogen storage in gas reservoirs: A molecular modeling and experimental investigation
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Hydrogen is one of the clean energy sources that can be used instead of fossil fuel sources to reduce greenhouse emissions. However, hydrogen supply intermittency significantly reduces the deployment and reliability of ... -
Applications of Machine Learning Methods to Predict Hole Cleaning in Horizontal and Highly Deviated Wells
( Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) , 2023 , Conference)Machine learning (ML) has become a robust method for modeling field operations based on measurements. For example, wellbore cleanout is a critical operation that needs to be optimized to enhance the removal of solids to ... -
Treatment technologies for cooling water blowdown: A critical review
( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)Cooling water blowdown (CWBD) generated from different industries and district cooling facilities contains high concentrations of various chemicals (e.g., scale and corrosion inhibitors) and pollutants. These contaminants ... -
Photovoltaic Solar Cells and Panels Waste in Jordan: Figures, Facts, and Concerns
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Even though the Kingdom of Jordan is moving in the right direction and adopting clean energy sources such as PV plants, the waste problem will eventually emerge within a few decades and will be an overwhelming issue if not ... -
Integration of solar chimney power plant with photovoltaic for co-cooling, power production, and water desalination
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)This work explores the technical possibilities of increasing the efficiency of a standard solar chimney power plant (SCPP) by integrating it with photovoltaic (PV) panels. The integration is possible by using the collector ...
