Prof. Abbas Firoozabadi, Reservoir Engineering Award 2000, Lucas Gold Medal 2002, John Franklin Carll 2004
phone: 650 326 9259
Abbas Firoozabadi has research interests in a wide range of problems in petroelum engineering sciences, including: 1) thermodynamics of hydrocarbon reservoirs and production, and 2) multiphase flow in porous media. His current focus in thermodynamics covers interfacial thermodynamics, thermodynamics of irreversible processes, and bulk-phase thermodynamics (including thermodynamics of micellization). Both theoretical and computational aspects are attacked. The research interests in porous media flow cover multiphase/multicomponent flows in fractured porous media with emphasis on capillarity.
Selected Recent Publications:
Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamics of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs," McGraw-Hill, New York, 1999.
Firoozabadi, A., Ghorayeb, K., and Shukla, K.: “Theoretical Model of Thermal Diffusion Factors in Multicomponent Mixtures," AIChE Journal (May 2000) 892-900.
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.
Tang, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of Presure 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.
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,” J. Crystal Growth 241 (2002) 220-230.