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Gong, J. (author), Flores Martinez, Wendy (author), Vincent-Bonnieu, S.Y.F. (author), Kamarul Bahrim, Ridhwan Zhafri (author), Che Mamat, Che A Nasser Bakri (author), Tewari, Raj Deo (author), Mahamad Amir, Mohammad Iqbal (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Rossen, W.R. (author)Surfactant-alternating-gas (SAG) is a favored method of foam injection, which has been proved as an efficient way for enhancing oil recovery. However, foam flow is extremely complicated, and there are still unsolved problems for foam application. One is liquid injectivity. Our previous studies suggest that the injectivity in a SAG process is...journal article 2020
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Gong, J. (author), Vincent-Bonnieu, S.Y.F. (author), Kamarul Bahrim, Ridhwan Z. (author), Mamat, Che A.N.B. (author), Tewari, Raj D. (author), Mahamad Amir, Mohammad I. (author), Groenenboom, Jeroen (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Rossen, W.R. (author)A surfactant alternating gas (SAG) process is often the injection method for foam, on the basis of its improved injectivity over direct foam injection. In a previous study, we reported coreflood experiments on liquid injectivity after foam flooding and liquid injectivity after injection of a gas slug following steady-state foam. Results...journal article 2020
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Meulenbroek, B.J. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Bruining, J. (author)Recently, there is an increased interest in reactive flow in porous media, in groundwater, agricultural and fuel recovery applications. Reactive flow modeling involves vastly different reaction rates, i.e., differing by many orders of magnitude. Solving the ensuing model equations can be computationally intensive. Categorizing reactions...journal article 2020
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Farajzadeh, R. (author)To mitigate the negative impacts of hydrocarbon fuels on climate change complementary decision tools should be considered when selecting or evaluating the performance of a certain production scheme. The exergy analysis can give valuable information on the management of the oil and gas reservoirs. It can also be used to calculate the CO<sub>2<...journal article 2019
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Kahrobaei, S.S. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author)A potential solution to mitigate the adverse effects of viscous fingering, gravity override, and reservoir heterogeneity on the efficiency of gas injection in porous media is to inject the gas with a solution containing surface-active agents such as surfactants or nanoparticles. The efficiency of these processes largely depends on the generation...conference paper 2019
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Gong, J. (author), Vincent-Bonnieu, S.Y.F. (author), Kamarul Bahrim, Ridhwan Zhafri (author), Che Mamat, Che Abdul Nasser Bakri (author), Tewari, Raj Deo (author), Groenenboom, Jeroen (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Rossen, W.R. (author)Surfactant alternating gas (SAG) is often the injection strategy used for injecting foam into a reservoir. However, liquid injectivity can be very poor in SAG, and fracturing of the well can occur. Coreflood studies of liquid injectivity directly following foam injection have been reported. We conducted a series of coreflood experiments to study...journal article 2019
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Zaal, CAE (author), van den Hoek, P. (author), Bruining, J. (author)Water injection into hydrocarbon reservoirs has been studied in great detail both from the subsurface and from surface perspectives, usually aiming at maximizing the production of low-cost oil. Here, the exergy concept is used to examine the potential life-cycle impact of injecting water into hydrocarbon reservoirs by considering the energy...journal article 2019
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Wassing, B. L. (author), Lake, L. W. (author)This study compares two methods of mobility-control design for chemical enhanced oil recovery processes. Method 1 matches the total relative fluid mobility upstream and downstream of the shock front. In method 2 the viscosity of the displacing agent is selected such that the total mobility at the shock water saturation is equal to or less...journal article 2019
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Kahrobaei, S.S. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author)A potential solution to mitigate the adverse effects of viscous fingering, gravity override, and reservoir heterogeneity on the efficiency of gas injection in porous media is to inject the gas with a solution containing surface-active agents such as surfactants or nanoparticles. The efficiency of these processes largely depends on the generation...journal article 2019
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Gong, J. (author), Vincent-Bonnieu, S. (author), Kamarul Bahrim, R. Z. (author), Che Mamat, C.A.N.B. (author), Tewari, R.D. (author), Mahamad Amir, M.I. (author), Groenenboom, J. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Rossen, W.R. (author)Surfactant-alternating-gas (SAG) is often the injection method for foam enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in order to improve injectivity. However, liquid injectivity can be very poor once foam is created in the near-wellbore region. In a previous study, we reported core-flood experiments on liquid injectivity after foam flooding and liquid...conference paper 2019
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Hassan, A.M. (author), Ayoub, M. (author), Eissa, M. (author), Musa, T. (author), Bruining, J. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author)It has been estimated that 17% of the recovered hydrocarbon exergy in oil fields [1]is spent on fluid handling and recovery costs. Therefore, improving the efficiency of oil production can give an some contribution to more efficient energy usage and therefore minimizing to some extent the carbon footprint. By way of example we present in this...journal article 2019
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Erfani, Hamidreza (author), Joekar-Niasar, Vahid (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author)Reaction rates for different minerals are usually measured in ideal conditions in batch experiments, where the impact of pore morphology and hydrodynamics have been fully neglected. Such reaction rates are used at continuum-scale (Darcy-scale) models without the impact of pore structure on upscaled reaction rates under flow conditions. Therefore...journal article 2019
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Bertin, Henri (author), Rossen, W.R. (author)Editorialcontribution to periodical 2019
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Kahrobaei, S.S. (author), De Zwart, A. H. (author), Boersma, D. M. (author)We suggest alternative objective functions based on the concept of thermoeconomics (or exergoeconomics) that could be used for simultaneous maximization of economics and energy efficiency of oil-production systems. The suggested functions are evaluated for an oil reservoir, where water is injected to improve its recovery factor. We find that...journal article 2019
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Gong, J. (author), Vincent-Bonnieu, S.Y.F. (author), Kamarul Bahrim, R. Z. (author), Che Mamat, C. A.N.B. (author), Groenenboom, J. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Rossen, W.R. (author)Surfactant-alternating-gas (SAG) is a favored method of foam injection, in part because of excellent gas injectivity. However, liquid injectivity is usually very poor in SAG. We report a core-flood study of liquid injectivity under conditions like those near an injection well in SAG application in the field, i.e., after a prolonged period of gas...journal article 2019
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Zeng, Yongchao (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Biswal, Sibani L. (author), Hirasaki, George J. (author)This paper probes the transport of CO2 soluble surfactant for foaming in porous media. We numerically investigate the effect of surfactant partitioning between the aqueous phase and the gaseous phase on foam transport for subsurface applications when the surfactant is injected in the CO2 phase. A 2-D reservoir simulation is developed to quantify...journal article 2019
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Eftekhari, A.A. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Bruining, J. (author)We study the enhanced mass transfer of CO2 in water for a CO2 saturated layer on top of a water saturated porous medium, experimentally and theoretically. A relatively large experimental set-up with a length of 0.5 m and a diameter of 0.15 m is used in pressure decay experiments to minimize the error of pressure measurement due to temperature...conference paper 2018
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van der Meer, J.M. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Rossen, W.R. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)Accurate field-scale simulations of foam enhanced oil recovery are challenging, due to the sharp transition between gas and foam. Hence, unpredictable numerical and physical behavior is often observed, casting doubt on the validity of the simulation results. In this paper, a thorough stability analysis of the foam model is presented to validate...journal article 2018
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Kahrobaei, S.S. (author), Vincent-Bonnieu, S.Y.F. (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author)Foam can be used for gas mobility control in different subsurface applications. The success of foam-injection process depends on foam-generation and propagation rate inside the porous medium. In some cases, foam properties depend on the history of the flow or concentration of the surfactant, i.e., the hysteresis effect. Foam may show...journal article 2017
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Farajzadeh, R. (author), Guo, H. (author), van Winden, J.L. (author), Bruining, J. (author)Cation exchange is an interfacial process during which cations on a clay surface are replaced by other cations. This study investigates the effect of oil type and composition on cation exchange on rock surfaces, relevant for a variety of oil-recovery processes. We perform experiments in which brine with a different composition than that of the...journal article 2017