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An investigation into the volumetric flow rate requirement of hydrogen transportation in existing natural gas pipelines and its safety implications (2021)
Journal Article
Abbas, A., Hossein, H., Burby, M., & Idoko, J. (2021). An investigation into the volumetric flow rate requirement of hydrogen transportation in existing natural gas pipelines and its safety implications. Gases, 1(4), 156-179. https://doi.org/10.3390/gases1040013

As an alternative to the construction of new infrastructure, repurposing existing natural gas pipelines for hydrogen transportation has been identified as a low-cost strategy for substituting natural gas with hydrogen in the wake of the energy transi... Read More about An investigation into the volumetric flow rate requirement of hydrogen transportation in existing natural gas pipelines and its safety implications.

Computational fluid dynamic simulation of thermal convection in green fuel cells with finite volume and lattice Boltzmann methods (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Beg, O., Javaid, H., Beg, T., Prasad, V., Kuharat, S., Kadir, A., …Ozturk, Z. (2021, January). Computational fluid dynamic simulation of thermal convection in green fuel cells with finite volume and lattice Boltzmann methods. Presented at ICETP 2021: 15TH Int. Conference on Energy and Thermal Physics, Rome, Italy

The modern thrust for green energy technologies has witnessed considerable efforts in developing efficient, environmentally friendly fuel cells. This has been particularly so in the automotive sector which is the dominant mode of personal... Read More about Computational fluid dynamic simulation of thermal convection in green fuel cells with finite volume and lattice Boltzmann methods.

The effects of port water injection on spark ignition engine performance and emissions fueled by pure gasoline, E5 and E10 (2020)
Journal Article
Salek, F., Babaie, M., Redel-Macias, M., Ghodsi, A., Hosseini, S., Nourian, A., …Zare, A. (2020). The effects of port water injection on spark ignition engine performance and emissions fueled by pure gasoline, E5 and E10. Processes, 8(10), e1214. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8101214

It has been proven that vehicle emissions such as oxides of nitrogen (NOx) are negatively affecting the health of human beings as well as the environment. In addition, it was recently highlighted that air pollution may result in people being more vul... Read More about The effects of port water injection on spark ignition engine performance and emissions fueled by pure gasoline, E5 and E10.

Solubility trapping as a potential secondary mechanism for CO2 sequestration during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection in conventional natural gas reservoirs : an experimental approach (2019)
Journal Article
Abba, M., Abbas, A., Nasr, G., Athari, A., Burby, M., Saidu, B., & Suleiman, S. (2019). Solubility trapping as a potential secondary mechanism for CO2 sequestration during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection in conventional natural gas reservoirs : an experimental approach. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 71(103002), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2019.103002

This study aims to experimentally investigate the potential of solubility trapping mechanism in increasing CO2 storage during EGR by CO2 injection and sequestration in conventional natural gas reservoirs. A laboratory core flooding process was carrie... Read More about Solubility trapping as a potential secondary mechanism for CO2 sequestration during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection in conventional natural gas reservoirs : an experimental approach.

Influence of permeability and injection orientation variations on dispersion coefficient during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection (2019)
Journal Article
Abba, M., Al-Otaibi, A., Abbas, A., Nasr, G., & Burby, M. (2019). Influence of permeability and injection orientation variations on dispersion coefficient during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection. Energies, 12(12), 2328. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12122328

This investigation was carried out to highlight the influence of the variation of permeability of the porous media with respect to the injection orientations during enhanced gas recovery (EGR) by CO2 injection using different core samples of differen... Read More about Influence of permeability and injection orientation variations on dispersion coefficient during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection.

Water/oil cresting in horizontal wells : a sensitivity study (2019)
Journal Article
Akangbou, H., Burby, M., & Nasr, G. (2019). Water/oil cresting in horizontal wells : a sensitivity study. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 21(1), 57-75. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJOGCT.2019.099522

This work presents a rigorous sensitivity analysis on cresting using a physical model, to investigate the effects of varying inclined section of horizontal well, lateral length in reservoir and oil viscosity on oil recovered, cumulative of water pr... Read More about Water/oil cresting in horizontal wells : a sensitivity study.

Effect of impermeable barrier orientation on bottom water cresting (2017)
Journal Article
Akangbou, H., Burby, M., Nasr, G., & Babaie, M. (2017). Effect of impermeable barrier orientation on bottom water cresting. Journal of Engineering Technology, 6(2), 853-869

The use of either a permeable or semi-permeable barriers has been proven to be effective in minimizing cresting effects in oil reservoirs characterized by strong bottom aquifer, with the latter known to be more effective. Most research has been focus... Read More about Effect of impermeable barrier orientation on bottom water cresting.

Economic evaluation of environmentally friendly vegetable oil-based invert emulsion (2017)
Journal Article
Ihenacho, P., Burby, M., Nasr, G., & Enyi, G. (2017). Economic evaluation of environmentally friendly vegetable oil-based invert emulsion. Journal of Engineering Technology, 6(2), 776-783

Stringent environmental regulations and technical requirements of difficult formations such as shale demand the use of functional mud system to complete a well safely and economically. The economic viability of 50/50 oil-water ratio invert emulsion... Read More about Economic evaluation of environmentally friendly vegetable oil-based invert emulsion.

Proactive control of cresting in homogeneous oil reservoirs : an experimental study (2017)
Journal Article
Akangbou, H., Burby, M., & Nasr, G. (2017). Proactive control of cresting in homogeneous oil reservoirs : an experimental study. Petroleum Science, 14(4), 755-764. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-017-0167-0

This paper sets out to experimentally investigate the use of electromagnetic valve in controlling production of water during cresting from homogeneous non-fractured thick and thin-oil reservoirs, based on the principle of capillarity and breakthrou... Read More about Proactive control of cresting in homogeneous oil reservoirs : an experimental study.

Proactive control of cresting in homogeneous oil reservoirs : an experimental study (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Akangbou, H., & Burby, M. (2017, June). Proactive control of cresting in homogeneous oil reservoirs : an experimental study. Poster presented at SPARC 2017 Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference, University of Salford, UK

Cresting in horizontal wells is a well-known reservoir problem usually described as the insurgence of effluent(s) (unwanted water and or gas) through the perforation of the well, which is produced together with oil. Cresting is majorly affected by pr... Read More about Proactive control of cresting in homogeneous oil reservoirs : an experimental study.