Publications

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The publications are available in their entirety at the Members section

2010

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.

Mikyška, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Implementation of Higher-Order Methods for Robust and Efficient Compositional Simulation," J Comput Phys (2010) 229, 2898–2913.

Firoozabadi, A., and Cheng, P.: "Prospects for Subsurface CO2 Sequestration," AIChE J, Invited Perspective paper, (2010) 56(6), 1398-1405.

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 Eval Eng (2010) 13(2), 228-245.

Hashmi, S., Quintiliano, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Polymeric Dispersants Delay Sedimentation in Colloidal Asphaltene Suspensions," Langmuir (2010) 26(11), 8021–8029.

Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Higher-Order Compositional Modeling with Fickian Diffusion in Unstructured and Anisotropic Media," Adv Water Resour (to appear, 2010).

Wu, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Permanent Alteration of Porous Media Wettability from Liquid Wetting to Intermediate Gas Wetting," Transport Porous Media (to appear, 2010).

Mikyška, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "A New Thermodynamic Function for Phase-Splitting at Constant Temperature, Moles, and Volume," AIChE J (to appear, 2010).

Mutoru, J., Leahy-Dios, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Modeling Infinite Dilution and Fickian Diffusion Coefficients of Carbon Dioxide in Water," AIChE J (to appear, 2010).

Li, X., Negadi, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Anti-agglomeration in Cyclopentane Hydrates from Biosurfactant and Cosurfactant," Energy Fuels (to appear, 2010).

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2009

Haugen, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Composition at the Interface Between Multicomponent Non-Equilibrium Phases," J Chem Phys (2009) 130, 064707-1.

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," J Chem Phys (2009) 130, 154108.

York, 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 J (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 J (July 2009) 55(7), 1803-1813.

Haugen, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Mixing of Two Binary Non-Equilibrium Phases in One Dimension," AIChE J (2009) 55(8), 1903-1936.

Moreira, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamic Modeling of the Duality of Linear 1-Alcohols as Cosurfactants and Cosolvents in Self-Assembly of Surfactant Molecules," Langmuir (2009) 25(20), 12101-12113.

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2008

Hoteit, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Numerical Modeling of Two-Phase Flow in Heterogenous Permeable Media with Different Capillarity Pressures," Adv Water Resour (January 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 J (February 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," J Phys Chem B (2008) 112(3), 845-851.

Leahy-Dios, A., Zhou, L. and Firoozabadi, A.: "New Thermal Diffusion Coefficient Measurements for Binary Hydrocarbon Mixtures: Viscosity and Composition Dependency, " J Phys Chem B (2008) 112, 6442-6447.

Hoteit, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: "An Efficient Numerical Model for Incompressible Two-Phase Flow in Fractured Media," Adv Water Resour (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," Int J Heat Mass Tran (2008) 51, 3387-3398.

Hoteit, H., Banki, R. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Wax 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 Eval Eng (August 2008) 676-685.

York, J.D., Firoozabadi, A.: "Alcohol Co-surfactants in Hydrate Anti-agglomeration," J Phys Chem B (2008) 112, 10455-10465.

Noh, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Wettability on High-Velocity Coefficientin Two-Phase Gas/Liquid Flow," SPE J (September 2008) 298-304.

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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," J Phys Chem 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," Int J Numer Meth Eng (2007) 69, 698-728.

Nasrabadi, H., Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "An Analysis of Species Separation in Thermogravitational Column Filled with Porous Media," Transport 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 J (September 2007), 355-366.

Haugen, K. and Froozabadi, A.: "Transient Separation of Multicomponent Liquid Mixtures in Thermogravitational Columns," J Chem Phys (October 2007) 127, 154507.

Leahy-Dios, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: "A Unified Model for Non-Ideal Multicomponent Molecular Diffusion Coefficients," AIChE J (November 2007) 53(11), 2032-2939.

Fahes, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas-Wetting in Gas-Condensate Reservoirs at High Temperatures," SPE J (December 2007) 397-407.

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2006

Santiso, E. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Curvature Dependence of Surface Tension in Multicomponent Systems," AIChE J (2006) 52(1), 311-322.

Haugen, K. and Firoozabadi, A. : "On the Unsteady State Species Separation of a Binary Liquid Mixture in a Rectangular Thermogravitational Column," J Chem Phys (February 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 Equil (2006) 241, 186-195.

Hoteit, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Compositional Modeling by the Combined Discontinuous Galerkin and Mixed Methods," SPE J (March 2006) 19-34.

Hoteit, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Simple Phase Stability-Testing Algorithm in the Reduction Method," AIChE J (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 J (September 2006) 341-352.

Haugen, K. and Firoozabadi, A. : "On Measurement of Molecular and Thermal Diffusion Coefficients in Multicomponent Mixtures", J Phys Chem 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 Eval Eng (October 2006) 530-542.

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2005

Haugen, K.B. and Firoozabadi, A.: "On Measurement of Thermal Diffusion Coefficients in Multicomponent Mixtures," J Chem Phys (January 1, 2005) 122, 0145165, 1-7.

Anklam, M.R. and Firoozabadi, A.: "An Interfacial Energy Mechanism for the Complete Inhibition of Crystal Growth by Inhibitor Adsorption," J Chem Phys (2005) 123, 144708, 1-12.

Hoteit, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Multicomponent Fluid Flow by Discontinuous Galerkin and Mixed Methods in Unfractured and Fractured Media," Water Resour Res (2005) 41, W11412, doi:10.1029, 1-15.

Leahy-Dios, A., Bou-Ali, M., Platten, J.K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Measurements of Molecular and Thermal Diffusion Coefficient in Ternary Mixtures," J Chem Phys (2005) 122, 254502, 1-12.

Tang, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of GOR, Temperature, and Initial Water Saturation on Solution Gas Drive in Heavy Oil Reservoirs," SPE J (March 2005) 34-43.

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2004

Goual, L. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Experimental Study of the Effect of Petroleum Resins and DBSA Amphiphile on Precipitation from Petroleum Fluids," AIChE J (February 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 Resour Res (July 2004) 1-20.

Anklam, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Driving Force and Composition for Multicomponent Gas Hydrate Nucleation from Supersaturated Aqueous Solutions", J Chem Phys (2004), 121(23), 11867-75.

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2003

Kaschiev, D. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Induction Time in Gas Hydrates," J Cryst 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 Eval Eng (April 2003) 117-126.

Tang, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Gas and Oil Relative Permeabilities for Solution Gas-Drive in Heavy Oil Reservoirs," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (April 2003) 70-80.

Ghorayeb, K., Firoozabadi, A., and Anraku, T.: "Interpretation of the Unusual Fluid Distribution in the Yufutsu Gas-Condensate Field," SPE J (June 2003) 114-123.

Tang, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas-wetting in Porous Media at Elevated Temperatures," Transport Porous Media (August 2003) 52(2) 185-211.

Pan, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Fast and Robust Algorithm for Compositional Modeling: Part II - Flash Computations," SPE J (December 2003) 380-391.

Kashchiev, D. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Analytical Solutions for 1D Countercurrent Imbibition in Water-Wet Systems," SPE J (December 2003) 401-408.

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2002

Firoozabadi, A. and Pan, H.: "Fast and Robust Algorithm for Compositional Simulation: Part I – Stability Analysis Testing," SPE J (March 2002) 78-89.

Kashchiev, D. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Driving Force for Crystallization of Gas Hydrates," J Cryst Growth 241 (2002) 220-230.

Kashchiev, D. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Nucleation of Gas Hydrates," J Cryst Growth 243 (2002) 476-489.

Goual, L. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Measurement of Asphaltenes and Resins, and their Dipole Moment in Petroleum Fluids," AIChE J (November 2002) 2646-2266.

Tang, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Relative Permeability Modification in Gas-Liquid Systems Through Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas-Wetting," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (December2002) 427-436.

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2001

Ghorayeb, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Features of Convection and Diffusion in Porous Media for Binary Systems," J Can Petrol Tech (February 2001) 21-28.

Firoozabadi, A.: "Mechanisms of Solution Gas Drive in Heavy Oil Reservoirs," Distinguished Author Paper, J Can Petrol Tech (March 2001) 15-20.

Hamoodi, A., Abed, A.F., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Compositional Modeling of Two-Phase Hydrocarbon Reservoirs," J Can Petrol Tech (April 2001) 49-60.

Nichita, D., Goual, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Wax Precipitation in Gas Condensate Systems," SPE 56488, SPE Prod Facil (November 2001) 250-259.

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 59291, SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (December 2001) 516-524.

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2000

Wu, J., Prausnitz, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Molecular Thermodynamics of Asphaltene Precipitation in Reservoir Fluids," AIChE J (January 2000) 197-209.

Pan, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamic Modeling of Asphaltene Precipitation Inhibition from Crudes," AIChE J (February 2000 ) 1-11.

Pan, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamics Micellization Model for Asphaltene Precipitation from Reservoir Crudes at High Pressures and Temperatures," SPE Prod Facil (February 2000) 56-65.

Pooladi-Darvish, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Co-Current and Counter-Current Imbibition in a Water-Wet Matrix Block," SPE J (March 2000) 3-11.

Ghorayeb, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Numerical Study of Natural Convection and Diffusion in Fractured Porous Media," SPE J (March 2000) 11-20.

Li, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Wettability Alteration to Preferential Gas-Wetness in Porous Media and Its Effects" SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (March 2000) 139-149.

Pooladi-Darvish, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Experiments and Modeling of Water Injection in Water-Wet Fractured Porous Media," J Can Petrol Tech (March 2000) 31-42.

Ghorayeb, K. and Firoozabadi A.: "Pressure, Molecular and Thermal Diffusion Flux in Non-Ideal Multicomponent Mixtures," AIChE J (May 2000) 883-891.

Firoozabadi, A., Ghorayeb, K., and Shukla, K.: "Theoretical Model of Thermal Diffusion Factors in Multicomponent Mixtures," AIChE J (May 2000) 892-900.

Ghorayeb, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Modeling Multicomponent Diffusions and Convection in Porous Media," SPE J (June 2000) 157-171.

Li, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Phenomenological Modeling of Critical Condensate Saturation and Relative Permeabilities in Gas Condensate Systems," SPE J (June 2000) 137-147.

Firoozabadi, A. and Pan, H.: "Two-Phase Isentropic Compressibility and Sonic Velocity for Multicomponent Hydrocarbon Systems," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (August 2000) 335-341.

Firoozabadi, A.: "Recovery Mechanisms in Fractured Reservoirs and Field Performance," Distinguished Author Paper, J Can Petrol Tech (November 2000).

Chang, E. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Gravitational Potential Variations of the Sun and Moon for the Estimation of Reservoir Compressibility," SPE J (December 2000) 456-465.

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1999

Pooladi-Darvish, M. and Firoozabadi, A: "Solution-Gas Drive in Heavy Oil Reservoirs," J Can Petrol Tech (April 1999) 54-60.

Terez, I. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Water Injection in Water-Wet Fractured Porous Media: Experiments and a New Model Using Modified Buckley-Leverett Theory," SPE J (June 1999).

Firoozabadi, A. and Aronson, A.: "Visualization and Measurement of Gas Evolution and Flow of Heavy and Light Oils in Porous Media," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (December1999) 550-557.

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1998

Pan, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Complex Multiphase Equilibrium Calculations by Direct Minimization of Gibbs Free Energy Using Simulated Annealing," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (February 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 J (February 1998) 452-464.

Pan, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamic Micellization Model for Asphaltene Aggregation and Precipitation in Petroleum Fluids," SPE Prod Facil (May 1998) 118-127.

Shukla, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: "A New Model of Thermal Diffusion Coefficients in Binary Hydrocarbon Mixtures," Ind Eng Chem Res (May 1998) 3331-3341.

Wu, J., Prausnitz, J.M., and Firoozabadi, A.: " A Molecular-Thermodynamic Framework for Asphaltene-Oil Equilibria" AIChE J (May 1998) 1188-1199.

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1997

Shinta A.A. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Predicting Phase Behavior of Water/Reservoir Crude Systems Using the Association Concept," SPE Reservoir Eng (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 J (May 1997).

Dindoruk, B., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Crossflow in Fractured/Layered Media Incorporating Gravity, Viscous, and Phase Behavior Effects," SPE J (June 1997) 120-135.

Firoozabadi, A.: "Author's Reply to the Discussion of Pressure and Volume Evolution in Solution Gas Drive Process," SPE J (June 1997).

Firoozabadi, A., Markeset, T., Dindoruk, B.: "Viscous Crossflow in Fractured Porous Media," J Can Petrol Tech (October 1997) 50-62.

Pan. H., Firoozabadi, A., and Fotland, P.: "Pressure and Composition Effect on Wax Precipitation: Experimental Data and Model Results," SPE Prod Facil (November 1997) 250-256.

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1996

Lira-Galeana, C., Firoozabadi, A. and Prausnitz, J.M.: "Thermodynamics of Wax Precipitation in Petroleum Mixtures," AIChE J (January 1996) 239-248.

Correa, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Concept of Gravity Drainage in Layered Porous Media," SPE J (March 1996) 101-111.

Victorov, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamics of Asphaltene Deposition Using a Micellization Model," AIChE J (June 1996) 1753-1764.

Firoozabadi, A. and Kashchiev, D.: "Evolution of Gas Phase in Solution Gas-Drive Process," SPE J (September 1996) 219-227.

Firoozabadi, A. Dindoruk, B., and Chang, E.: "Areal and Vertical Composition Variation in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Formulation and One-D Binary Results," ENTROPIE (December 1996) Vol. 189/199, 102-103.

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1995

Tan, C.T. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Theoretical Analysis of Miscible Displacement in Fractured Porous Media - Part I - Theory," J Can Petrol Tech (February 1995) 17-27.

Tan, C.T. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Theoretical Analysis of Miscible Displacement in Fractured Porous Media - Part II - Features," J Can Petrol Tech (February 1995) 28-35.

Firoozabadi, A. and Markeset, T.: "Laboratory Studies in Fractured Porous Media, Part I - Reinfiltration for Gas-Liquid Systems," In Situ (February 1995) 1-21.

Firoozabadi, A., and Markeset, T.: "Laboratory Studies in Fractured Porous Media, Part II - Capillary Crossflow," In Situ (February 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.

Firoozabadi, A., Thomas, L.K. and Todd, B.J.: "High Velocity Gas Flow in Porous Media," SPE Reservoir Eng (May 1995) 149-152.

Shinta, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Equation of State Representation of Aqueous Mixtures Using an Association Model," Can J Chem Eng (June 1995) 367-379.

Dindoruk, B. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Computation of Gas-Liquid Drainage in Fractured Porous Media Recognizing Fracture Liquid Flow," J Can Petrol Tech (December 1995) 39-49.

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1994

Firoozabadi, A., Arbabi, S. and Dindoruk, B.: "Near-Critical Phase Behavior of Mixtures Using Variable Interaction Coefficients," Can J Chem Eng (February 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 from SPE, Richardson, TX.

Firoozabadi, A.: "Author's Reply to Discussion of Measurement of Supersaturation and Critical Gas Saturation," SPE Formation Eval (June 1994) 159-160.

Firoozabadi, A. and Markeset, T.: "Fracture-Liquid Transmissibility in Fractured Porous Media," SPE Reservoir Eng (August 1994) 201-207.

Dindoruk, B. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Liquid Film Flow in a Fracture between Two Porous Blocks," Phys Fluid (December 1994) 3861-3869.

Lira-Galeana, C., Firoozabadi, A. and Prausnitz, J.M.: "Computation of Compositional Grading in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs," Fluid Phase Equil (December 1994) 143-158.

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1993

Kashchiev, D. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Kinetics of the Initial Stage of Isothermal Gas Formation," J Chem Phys (March 15, 1993) 98(6), 4690-4699.

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PhD Theses

  • John Dalton York, 2008

Experimental and Theoretical Developments in Hydrate Anti-Agglomeration

  • Alana-Leahy-Dios, 2008

Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Fickian and Thermal Diffusion Coefficients in Hydrocarbon Mixtures

  • Kjetil Haugen, 2007

Theoretical Analysis of Separation of Multicomponent Liquid Mixtures in Thermogravitational Columns and Thermal Diffusion Cells (abstract)

  • Hadi Nasrabadi, 2007

Compositional Variation in Two-Phase Hydrocarbon Reservoirs from Diffusion and Natural Convection

  • Lamia Goual, 2007

Measurement and Modelling of Asphaltene Precipitation from Petroleum Fluids and the Effect of Resins and Amphiphiles

  • Mashhad Fahes

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Abbas Firoozabadi

McGraw-Hill, NY, 1998