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- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Dehghanpour, Hassan (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Huazhou Li (Petroleum Engineering)
- 1Li, Huazhou; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 1Murray, Gray R. (Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta)
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Effect of Volume Translation on Two-Phase Equilibrium Calculations for Hydrocarbon Mixtures in a Confined Space
DownloadSpring 2020
Oil production from tight/shale reservoirs has drawn an increasing attention over the past decades. One of the essential mechanisms affecting the oil/gas production is the phase behavior of the reservoir fluids in the confined nanopores inside the tight/shale reservoirs. Many theoretical works...
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Fall 2011
In this work, the phase behavior of Athabasca bitumen + CO2 and Maya crude oil + CO2 is briefed. A literature review is presented on the previous research works (mostly experimental studies) done on CO2 + heavy oil and similar mixtures. Important aspects of phase behavior such as type of phase...
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Fall 2022
Natural gas hydrates are solid crystalline mixtures of water and small gas molecules that typically form at relatively low temperatures and moderate pressures. As a promising energy resource, the natural gas hydrates are discovered in many offshore and permafrost geological formations. Besides,...
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Investigating Light Solvent Aided Process in Cold Lake Oil-Sand Reservoir Using Experimental and Numerical Approaches
DownloadSpring 2019
Steam assisted- gravity drainage (SAGD) is the main in-situ bitumen recovery process in which saturated steam is injected into the bitumen zone. However, it has some drawbacks, which include high-energy consumption and significant environmental concerns. Solvent Aided Process (SAP) is a method...
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Phase Behavior and Thermophysical Properties of Athabasca Bitumen and Athabasca Bitumen + Toluene Mixtures in Near-critical Water
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The phase behavior and thermophysical properties of heavy hydrocarbons + water at elevated temperatures underpins development and implementation of coordinated production and refining processes, where for example, bitumen is produced by a SAGD method (steam assisted gravity drainage) and the...
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Fall 2021
Accurately predicting CO2 solubility in saline aquifers is very important for CO2 capture and storage. A reliable and accurate thermodynamic model is needed to accurately predict the phase behavior of the CO2+brine systems over a wide range of temperature, pressure, and molality. This study aims...
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Phase Behavior, Adsorption Behavior and Interfacial Properties of Fluids in Shale Reservoirs
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Shale oil/gas resources are becoming an increasingly important energy resource. Compared to conventional reservoirs, shale generally consists of a large proportion of organic matters. Organic matter is mainly comprised of kerogen, within which a significant amount of nanopores may reside. Due to...
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Spring 2021
This thesis experimentally investigates the phase-change behavior of hydrocarbons in various categories of the porous system. The experimental journey was initiated by studying the boiling behavior of single-component hydrocarbon liquids (heptane and decane) and water in silica-glass Hele-Shaw...
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Towards Accurate Density and Interfacial Tension Modeling for Carbon Dioxide/Water Mixtures
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Phase behavior of carbon dioxide/water (CO2/H2O) binary mixtures plays an important role in various CO2-based industry processes, including CO2 injection for enhanced oil recovery and CO2 storage in saline aquifers. Engineering design of such processes requires an appropriate thermodynamic model...