Bubble Nucleation in Porous Media (Cold Production From Heavy Oil Reservoirs)
Evolution of gas phase in a heavy crude

 
 
Thermodynamics of Micellization (Asphaltene Precipitation From Live Oils)

 
 
 
 
Multicomponent Diffusion and Natural Convection in Porous Media (Numerical Simulation of Compositional Variation in Fractured Porous Media)

 
 
 
Thermodynamic Stability Analysis in Multicomponent Mixtures (Efficient Phase Behavior Computations)

from Firoozabadi & Pan (SPE J., March 2002)

 
 
 
 
 

Interfacial Thermodynamics
a.  Kinetics of Gas Hydrates

(a)
(b)
(c)

 
 

b. Lowering of Surface Energy (Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas-Wetting in Gas Condensate Reservoirs)

water on chalk without chemical treatment water on chalk with treatment of 2.0% (wt)
FC-722 (q = 120o)
from Li and Firoozabadi (SPE Res. Eval. & Eng., Mar. 2000)


c. Work of Hydrate Formation

from Kaschiev and Firoozabadi (J. Crystal Growth, 2002)