Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review (2023)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Nourian, A., Babaie, M., & Nasr, G. (in press). Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 226, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.211767

The rapid increase in the use of engineered nanoparticles in different industrial applications makes risk assessment on human health, ecosystem and the environment necessary. Health, safety and environmental (HSE) risks of a technology are an insep... Read More about Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review.

Rheological properties of the water-based muds composed of silica nanoparticle under high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) (2022)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Babaie, M., Nourian, A., & Nasr, G. (2022). Rheological properties of the water-based muds composed of silica nanoparticle under high pressure and high temperature (HPHT). SPE Journal, 27(5), 2563-2576. https://doi.org/10.2118/209786-PA

Research currently has shown two contradicting conclusions about silica nanoparticle (SNP) application in mud fluid. While different studies have concluded that adding SNPs reduces the rheological properties, others have found that this is not the ca... Read More about Rheological properties of the water-based muds composed of silica nanoparticle under high pressure and high temperature (HPHT).

Experimental study on the interplay between different brine types/concentrations and CO2 injectivity for effective CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers (2022)
Journal Article
Edem, D., Abba, M., Nourian, A., Babaie, M., & Naeem, Z. (in press). Experimental study on the interplay between different brine types/concentrations and CO2 injectivity for effective CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers. Sustainability, 14(2), e986. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14020986

Salt precipitation during CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers can have severe consequences on injectivity during carbon storage. Extensive studies have been carried out on CO2 solubility with individual or mixed salt solutions; however, to the best o... Read More about Experimental study on the interplay between different brine types/concentrations and CO2 injectivity for effective CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers.

Effects of pressure decay on Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) species distribution in domestic aerosol sprays with LPG propellants (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Abba, M., Naeem, Z., Nourian, A., & Nasr, G. (2021, August). Effects of pressure decay on Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) species distribution in domestic aerosol sprays with LPG propellants. Presented at ICLASS 2021, 15th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Edinburgh, UK

Conventional aerosols sprays contain different Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). These organic compounds have different properties and can have detrimental impact on air quality. This study investigated the spray performance and variation of the type... Read More about Effects of pressure decay on Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) species distribution in domestic aerosol sprays with LPG propellants.

Qualitative investigating on the effect of fine water spray and its orientation in mitigating vapour cloud explosions (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Johnson, A., Nasr, G., Nourian, A., & Abba, M. (2021, August). Qualitative investigating on the effect of fine water spray and its orientation in mitigating vapour cloud explosions. Presented at ICLASS 2021, 15th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Edinburgh, UK

For past decades, various industries, such as oil and gas, have come to realisation that using water-based spraying systems, with fine very fine droplets should be the preferred option in mitigating and suppressing the thermal explosions. Previous st... Read More about Qualitative investigating on the effect of fine water spray and its orientation in mitigating vapour cloud explosions.

Qualitative analysis of spray characteristics of impinging jets using a gelled non-Newtonian propellant simulant (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Darvan, A., Kebriaee, A., Nouri-Borujerdi, A., & Nourian, A. (2021, August). Qualitative analysis of spray characteristics of impinging jets using a gelled non-Newtonian propellant simulant. Presented at ICLASS 2021, 15th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Edinburgh, UK

The utilization of liquid and solid fuels for propulsion and combustion processes with Newtonian characteristics are widely known. However, recent studies are considering the application of shear-thinning non-Newtonian fuels as alternative simulant s... Read More about Qualitative analysis of spray characteristics of impinging jets using a gelled non-Newtonian propellant simulant.

Performance enhancement of a thermoelectric harvester with a PCM/metal foam composite (2021)
Journal Article
Borhani, S., Hosseini, M., Pakrouh, R., Ranjabr, A., & Nourian, A. (2021). Performance enhancement of a thermoelectric harvester with a PCM/metal foam composite. Renewable Energy, 168, 1122-1140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.01.020

The present numerical investigation examines the performance improvement of thermoelectric generators (TEGs) by using phase change materials (PCM) and porous medium. Due to the high latent heat of PCMs, both sides of the TEG were filled with paraffin... Read More about Performance enhancement of a thermoelectric harvester with a PCM/metal foam composite.

Measurements and analysis of Non-Methane VOC (NMVOC) emissions from major domestic aerosol sprays at “source” (2020)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Abba, M., & Nasr, G. (2021). Measurements and analysis of Non-Methane VOC (NMVOC) emissions from major domestic aerosol sprays at “source”. Environment International, 146, 106152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106152

Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOCs) from domestic aerosol sprays are emerging pollutants and have substantial negative effects on human health and the environment. This study, for the first time, carried out quantification of the NMVOC... Read More about Measurements and analysis of Non-Methane VOC (NMVOC) emissions from major domestic aerosol sprays at “source”.

Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial (2020)
Journal Article
Johnston, S., Nasr, G., & Nourian, A. (2020). Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial. Atomization and Sprays, 30(6), 431-450. https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.2020034356

For the past fifty years, there has been a great deal of interest using water-based explosion suppression systems in mitigating/reducing the impact of thermal explosions and their consequential overpressures. Previous research focused on the suppress... Read More about Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial.

Particle emissions of a diesel car during real world urban driving (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Babaie, M., Deka, E., Ameri, R., Siteisamtinieri, S., Bodisco, T., Nourian, A., & Nasr, G. (2017, June). Particle emissions of a diesel car during real world urban driving. Poster presented at 2017 Cambridge Particle Meeting, Cambridge

Diesel engines are known to have good fuel economy that makes them to be the ideal source of power when it comes to mining, transportation, excavation, drilling and even for domestic use. The increase use of diesel engines has however introduced the... Read More about Particle emissions of a diesel car during real world urban driving.

Gas lift optimization to improve well performance (2016)
Journal Article
Abdalsadig, M., Nourian, A., Nasr, G., & Babaie, M. (2016). Gas lift optimization to improve well performance

Gas lift optimization is becoming more important now a day in petroleum industry. A proper lift optimization can reduce the operating cost, increase the net present value (NPV) and maximize the recovery from the asset. A widely accepted definition of... Read More about Gas lift optimization to improve well performance.

The effects of dissolved Sodium Chloride (NaCl) on well injectivity during CO2 storage into saline aquifers (2016)
Journal Article
Beinashor, R., Nourian, A., Nasr, G., & Enyi, G. (2016). The effects of dissolved Sodium Chloride (NaCl) on well injectivity during CO2 storage into saline aquifers. Journal of petroleum engineering & technology (Online), 6(2),

Saline aquifer formations seem to be promising candidates for carbon dioxide (CO2) storage due to their wide availability as well they have large storage capacity. Once CO2 is injected into saline aquifer variety of processes will take place, among o... Read More about The effects of dissolved Sodium Chloride (NaCl) on well injectivity during CO2 storage into saline aquifers.

Real-time gas lift valve to enhance well performance (2016)
Journal Article
Abdalsadig, M., Nourian, A., Nasr, G., & Babaie, M. (2016). Real-time gas lift valve to enhance well performance. Journal of petroleum engineering & technology (Online), 6(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.37591/jopet.v6i2.1898

Optimum production from a gas lift well mainly depends on proper injection gas quantity; injection pressure and depth of injection and gas lift valve performance. The quality of down hole gas lift valves plays a crucial role in achieving maximum effi... Read More about Real-time gas lift valve to enhance well performance.

Well injectivity management during geological carbon sequestration activity (2016)
Journal Article
Beinashor, R., Nourian, A., Nasr, G., & Abbas, A. (2016). Well injectivity management during geological carbon sequestration activity. Journal of petroleum engineering & technology (Online), 6(3), 32-43. https://doi.org/10.37591/jopet.v6i3.1924

It is well known that the saline aquifer formations are considered very reliable candidates for carbon sequestration because of their wide availability and they have good storage capacity. Due to high formation salinity, there a big concern about bor... Read More about Well injectivity management during geological carbon sequestration activity.

Impact pressure distribution in flat fan nozzles for descaling oil wells (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Abbas, A., Nasr, G., Nourian, A., & Enyi, G. (2015, August). Impact pressure distribution in flat fan nozzles for descaling oil wells. Presented at 13th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Tainan, Taiwan

The suitability of High pressure nozzles in terms of impact upon targeted surfaces has indicated its effectiveness for the cleaning of oil production tubing scale, which has recently attract wider industrial applications considering its efficiency,... Read More about Impact pressure distribution in flat fan nozzles for descaling oil wells.

Novel metered aerosol valve (2015)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Nasr, G., Yule, A., Hawthorne, G., & Goldberg, T. (2016). Novel metered aerosol valve. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 230(10), 1557-1568. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406215572839

The design and performance of a new valving mechanism for portable pressurized spraying devices is described, where the propellant in the device is a safe gas (so-called compressed gas) propellant rather than the current liquefied gases all of whic... Read More about Novel metered aerosol valve.

Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product (2014)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Nasr, G., Pillai, D., & Waters, M. (2014). Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product. International Journal of Multiphysics, 8(4), 437-460. https://doi.org/10.1260/1750-9548.8.4.437

Most of the current universal consumer aerosol products using high viscous product such as cooking oil, antiperspirants, hair removal cream are primarily used LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) propellant which is unfriendly environmental. The advantag... Read More about Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product.

Next generation of consumer aerosol valve design using inert gases (2014)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Nasr, G., Yule, A., Goldberg, T., & Tulloch, G. (2015). Next generation of consumer aerosol valve design using inert gases. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 229(16), 2952-5976. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406214559998

The current global consumer aerosol products such as deodorants, hairsprays, air-fresheners, polish, insecticide, disinfectant are primarily utilised unfriendly environmental propellant of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for over three decades. The a... Read More about Next generation of consumer aerosol valve design using inert gases.

Experimental investigation of the extent of the impact of Halite precipitation on CO2 injection in deep saline aquifers
Presentation / Conference
Edem, D., Abba, M., Nourian, A., Babaie, M., & Naeem, Z. Experimental investigation of the extent of the impact of Halite precipitation on CO2 injection in deep saline aquifers. Presented at SPE Europec 2020 (20EURO), Virtual

A laboratory investigation was carried out to experimentally determine the extent of the salt precipitation effects on the petrophysical properties of deep saline aquifer during CO2 storage. This was performed on selected core samples using laborator... Read More about Experimental investigation of the extent of the impact of Halite precipitation on CO2 injection in deep saline aquifers.

The effects of different salt types and concentration on CO2 injectivity during CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers
Presentation / Conference
Edem, D., Abba, M., Nourian, A., Babaie, M., & Mohammed, N. The effects of different salt types and concentration on CO2 injectivity during CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers. Presented at SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition 2020, Online

Salting-out effect during CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers can have severe consequences during carbon capture and storage operations in terms of CO2 injectivity. The impact and physical mechanisms of salt precipitation in the vicinity of injection... Read More about The effects of different salt types and concentration on CO2 injectivity during CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers.