School of Science, Engineering & Environment

Innovative drilling fluid containing sand grafted with a cationic surfactant capable of drilling high pressure and high temperature geothermal and petroleum wells (2024)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Nourian, A., Babaie, M., & Nasr, G. (in press). Innovative drilling fluid containing sand grafted with a cationic surfactant capable of drilling high pressure and high temperature geothermal and petroleum wells. #Journal not on list, 237, 212767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2024.212767

Maintaining the rheology and filtration properties of a drilling fluid plays a vital role during a drilling operation. With the current challenges of high pressure and high temperature environments, there is an urgent need to design... Read More about Innovative drilling fluid containing sand grafted with a cationic surfactant capable of drilling high pressure and high temperature geothermal and petroleum wells.

Enhancement of an Air-Cooled Battery Thermal Management System Using Liquid Cooling with CuO and Al2O3 Nanofluids under Steady-State and Transient Conditions (2023)
Journal Article
Soleymani, P., Saffarifard, E., Jahanpanah, J., Babaie, M., Nourian, A., Mohebbi, R., …Ma, Y. (in press). Enhancement of an Air-Cooled Battery Thermal Management System Using Liquid Cooling with CuO and Al2O3 Nanofluids under Steady-State and Transient Conditions. Fluids, 8(10), 261. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids8100261

Lithium-ion batteries are a crucial part of transportation electrification. Various battery thermal management systems (BTMS) are employed in electric vehicles for safe and optimum battery operation. With the advancement in power demand and battery t... Read More about Enhancement of an Air-Cooled Battery Thermal Management System Using Liquid Cooling with CuO and Al2O3 Nanofluids under Steady-State and Transient Conditions.

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.

Designing smart drilling fluids using modified nano silica to improve drilling operations in geothermal wells (2022)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Babaie, M., Nourian, A., & Nasr, G. (2022). Designing smart drilling fluids using modified nano silica to improve drilling operations in geothermal wells. Geothermics, 107(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102600

High pressure and high temperature (HPHT) conditions in geothermal wells have necessitated the need to develop thermally stable geothermal drilling mud systems to combat potential drilling complications. This is because mud fluids degrade under HPHT... Read More about Designing smart drilling fluids using modified nano silica to improve drilling operations in geothermal wells.

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.

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.

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.

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