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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.

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.

Entrained air around a high pressure flat jet water spray (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Abbas, A., Nasr, G., Burby, M., & Nourian, A. (2013, May). Entrained air around a high pressure flat jet water spray. Presented at ILASS Americas 2013 - 25th annual conference on liquid atomization and spray systems, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

An investigation was conducted to analyse the pattern of entrained air around a high pressure flat spray water jet with emphasis on the determining inter-depency on droplet velocities, droplet size, and the air velocities around a flat jet atomiser.... Read More about Entrained air around a high pressure flat jet water spray.

High pressure overlapping flat sprays nozzles (2010)
Presentation / Conference
El Kamkhi, M., Nasr, G., Burby, M., & Nourian, A. (2010, September). High pressure overlapping flat sprays nozzles. Presented at ILASS - Europe 2010 23rd Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Brno, Czech Republic

Descaling of oil and gas well pipes has proved to be a major problem to oil and gas companies, as scale formation significantly reduces well productivity and costs the industry millions of pounds a year. Current scale removal methods involve the us... Read More about High pressure overlapping flat sprays nozzles.

Radial analysis of fine sprays using Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA) (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Stewart, J., Nasr, G., Burby, M., & Nourian, A. (2010, September). Radial analysis of fine sprays using Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA). Presented at ILASS - Europe 2010 23rd Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Brno, Czech Republic

A mobile fine spray unit, utilising a Spill Return Atomiser (SRA) has been developed for the purpose of decontamination within healthcare environments. The unit must be able to spray uniformly onto any given surface, providing ‘mist like’ coverage.... Read More about Radial analysis of fine sprays using Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA).

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.

Fine spray behaviour upon impaction of varied material surfaces
Presentation / Conference
Stewart, J., Nasr, G., Burby, M., & Nourian, A. Fine spray behaviour upon impaction of varied material surfaces. Presented at ILASS Americas 2010 - 22nd annual conference on liquid atomization and spray systems, Cincinnati, Ohio

A mobile fine spray unit, utilising a spill-return atomiser has been developed for the purpose of decontamination within healthcare environments. The unit must be able to spray uniformly onto any given surface, providing ‘mist like’ coverage. Any s... Read More about Fine spray behaviour upon impaction of varied material surfaces.

Fine sprays for coating and decontamination in the healthcare environments
Presentation / Conference
Nasr, G., Burby, M., Nourian, A., & Nagib, M. Fine sprays for coating and decontamination in the healthcare environments. Presented at ILASS 2011 - the 24th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Estoril, Portugal

A spray unit has been developed for the purpose of coating and decontamination within healthcare environments. The unit provides uniform spray coverage onto a given surface, in absence of streaking patternations. This investigation used four exempla... Read More about Fine sprays for coating and decontamination in the healthcare environments.

Effect of swirl chamber on uniform spray coating of surfaces using Spill-Return Atomiser (SRA)
Presentation / Conference
Burby, M., Nasr, G., Nourian, A., & Stewart, J. Effect of swirl chamber on uniform spray coating of surfaces using Spill-Return Atomiser (SRA). Presented at ILASS Americas 2011 - 23rd annual conference on liquid atomization and spray systems, Ventura, California, United States of America

The atomisation of liquid disinfectants is an efficient means of delivering disinfectant agents within the healthcare environment; a Spill-Return Swirl Atomiser (SRA) with a long swirl chamber was designed for this purpose. The control of spray chara... Read More about Effect of swirl chamber on uniform spray coating of surfaces using Spill-Return Atomiser (SRA).

Characterising high pressure overlapping sprays using Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA)
Presentation / Conference
Nourian, A., Burby, M., El Kamkhi, M., & Nasr, G. Characterising high pressure overlapping sprays using Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA). Presented at ILASS Americas 2011 - 23rd annual conference on liquid atomization and spray systems, Ventura, California, United States of America

The high pressure overlapping flat spray atomiser are used for removing scale deposition and the blockage that normally experienced in the well bore of oil and gas production tubing. This method provides significant advantages over current scale remo... Read More about Characterising high pressure overlapping sprays using Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA).

Spray coating in health environment
Presentation / Conference
Burby, M., Nasr, G., Nourian, A., & Stewart, J. Spray coating in health environment. Presented at ILASS Americas 2012 - 24th annual conference on liquid atomization and spray systems, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

The effective use of disinfectants on surfaces, therefore, within the health care environment constitutes an important factor in preventing Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). For surface disinfection processes in hospitals the open bucket and close... Read More about Spray coating in health environment.

Removal of scales in petroleum production tubing utilising high pressure atomisers
Presentation / Conference
Enyi, G., Nasr, G., Nourian, A., El Kamkhi, M., & Burby, M. Removal of scales in petroleum production tubing utilising high pressure atomisers. Presented at ICLASS 2012, 12th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Heidelberg, Germany

Scale is a mineral deposit usually formed on surfaces in contact with water. Scale deposition in petroleum production wells can be attributed to mixing of incompatible waters, changes in thermodynamic, kinetic and hydrodynamic conditions in oilfiel... Read More about Removal of scales in petroleum production tubing utilising high pressure atomisers.

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.

Flame propagation through different sizes of metal mesh and mitigation using fine water sprays
Thesis
Ahmadu, A. (in press). Flame propagation through different sizes of metal mesh and mitigation using fine water sprays. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Explosion is one of the major problems faced in dealing with flammable hydrocarbon gases. Following the recent tragic incident resulting from gas and vapour cloud explosion around the globe, there has been a great interest in the use of fine water... Read More about Flame propagation through different sizes of metal mesh and mitigation using fine water sprays.