Publications

Publications

Book

  1. F.M. Vargas, M. Tavakkoli. “Asphaltene Deposition: Fundamentals, Prediction, Prevention and Remediation”. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis. ISBN-10: 1138035238, ISBN-13: 978-1138035232

Book Chapters

  1. Tavakkoli, M. Boggara, M. Garcia and F.M. Vargas “Advances in understanding, predicting and mitigating asphaltene deposition during oil production” in “Exploration and Production of Petroleum and Natural Gas.” Editor: M.R. Riazi, ASTM. ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-7069-8
  2. Punnapala, F.M. Vargas and A. Elkamel. “Parameter Estimation in Phase Equilibria Calculations using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms” in “Multi-Objective Optimization in Chemical Engineering: Developments and Applications”. Editors: G. Rangaiah and A. Bonilla-Petriciolet. Wiley. ISBN10: 111834166X, ISBN13: 978-1118341667

Journal Publications

 
  1. M.I.L. Abutaqiya, C.J. Sisco, F.M. Vargas. “A Predictive Thermodynamic Framework for Modeling Density and Phase Behavior of Petroleum Fluids”.Energy & Fuels, 2020, 34, 4, 4497-4507.
  2. A.T. Khaleel, M.I.L. Abutaqiya, C.J. Sisco, F.M. Vargas. “Mitigation of Asphaltene Deposition by Re-injection of Dead Oil”.Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2020, 112552.
  3. M.I.L. Abutaqiya, C.J. Sisco, Y. Khemka, M.A. Safa, E.F. Ghloum, A.M. Rashed, R. Gharbi, S. Santhanagopalan, M. Al-Qahtani, E. Al-Kandari, F.M. Vargas. “Accurate Modeling of Asphaltene Onset Pressure in Crude Oils Under Gas Injection Using Peng–Robinson Equation of State”.Energy & Fuels, 2020, 34 (4), 4055-4070.
  4. S. Enayat, M.K. Tran, D. Salpekar, M.A. Kabbani, G. Babu, P.M. Ajayan, F.M. Vargas. “From Crude Oil Production Nuisance to Promising Energy Storage Material: Development of High-Performance Asphaltene-Derived Supercapacitors”. Fuel, 2020, 263, 11664.
  5. J. Song, S. Rezaee, W. Guo, B. Hernandez, M. Puerto, F.M. Vargas, G.J. Hirasaki, S.L. Biswal. “Evaluating PhysicochemicalProperties of Crude Oil as Indicators of Low-Salinity–Induced Wettability Alteration in Carbonate Minerals”. Scientific Reports, 2020, 10 (1), 1-16.
  6. S. Enayat, N.Rajan Babu, J.Kuang, S.Rezaee, H. Lu, M. Tavakkoli, J. Wang, F.M. Vargas. “On the Development of Experimental Methods to Determine the Rates of Asphaltene Precipitation, Aggregation, and Deposition”.Fuel, 2020, 260, 116250.
  7. M.I.L. Abutaqiya, C.J. Sisco, F.M. Vargas. “PC-SAFT Parameter Correlations from Simple Measurements at Ambient Conditions for Predictive Modeling of Nonpolar Hydrocarbons”.Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 59, (2), 930-941.
  8. J. Swaminathan, S. Enayat, A. Meiyazhagan, F.C. Robles Hernandez, X. Zhang, R. Vajtai, F.M. Vargas, P.M. Ajayan. “Asphaltene-Derived Metal-Free Carbons for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution”. ACS Applied Materials &Interfaces, 2019, 11 (31), 27697-27705.
  9. C.J. Sisco, M.I.L. Abutaqiya, F.M. Vargas, W.G. Chapman. “Cubic-Plus-Chain (CPC). II: Function Behavior of the Chain-Modified Cubic Equation of State”.Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58 (20), 8810-8816.
  10. J. Zhang, Y. Khemka, F.M. Vargas. “Predicting Viscosity of Nonpolar Mixtures as a Function of Temperature and Pressure from Volumetric and Optical Measurements Performed at Ambient Conditions”.Fluid Phase Equilibria 2019, 487, 16-23.
  11. J. Kuang, J. Yarbrough, S. Enayat, N. Edward, J. Wang, F.M. Vargas. “Evaluation of Solvents for In-Situ Asphaltene Deposition Remediation”.Fuel, 2019, 241, 1076-1084.
  12. J. Kuang, A.A. Melendez-Alvarez, J. Yarbrough, M. Garcia-Bermudes, M. Tavakkoli, D.S. Abdallah, S. Punnapala, F.M. Vargas. “Assessment of the Performance of Asphaltene Inhibitors Using a Multi-Section Packed Bed Column”.Fuel, 2019, 241, 247-254.
  13. C.J. Sisco, M.I.L. Abutaqiya, F.M. Vargas, W.G. Chapman. “Cubic-Plus-Chain (CPC). I: A Statistical Associating Fluid Theory-Based Chain Modification to the Cubic Equation of State for Large Nonpolar Molecules”.Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58 (17), 7341-7351.
  14. M.I.L Abutaqiya, C.J. Sisco, F.M. Vargas. “A Linear Extrapolation of Normalized Cohesive Energy (LENCE) for fast and accurate prediction of the asphaltene onset pressure”.Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2019, 483, 52-69.
  15. C.J. Sisco, M.I.L.Abutaqiya, H. S. Saade, F. M. Vargas. “Predicting Phase Behavior of Nonpolar Mixtures from Refractive Index at Ambient Conditions”.Fuel, 2019, 237, 637-647.
  16. S. Rezaee, R. Doherty, M. Tavakkoli, F.M. Vargas. “Improved Chromatographic Technique for Crude Oil Maltene Fractionation”.Energy &Fuels, 2019, 33 (2), 708-713.
  17. J.   Zhang, F.M. Vargas. “A Novel Approach for the Prediction of Viscosity of Water+ AlkanediolsMixtures”.  Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2019, 479, 63-68.
  18. J. Song, S. Rezaee, L. Zhang, Z. Zhang, M. Puerto, O. B. Wani, F.M. Vargas, S. Alhassan, S.L. Biswal, G.J. Hirasaki. “Characterizing the Influence of Organic Carboxylic Acids and Inorganic Silica Impurities on the Surface Charge of Natural Carbonates Using an Extended Surface Complexation Model”. Energy &Fuels, 2019, 33 (2), 957-967.
  19. M.I.L. Abutaqiya, C.J. Sisco, J. Wang, F.M. Vargas. “Systematic Investigation of Asphaltene Deposition in the Wellbore and Near-Wellbore Region of a Deepwater Oil Reservoir under Gas Injection. Part 1: Thermodynamic Modeling of the Phase Behavior of Polydisperse Asphaltenes”.Energy & Fuels, 2019, 33, (5), 3632-3644.
  20. N. Rajan Babu, F.M. Vargas. “Modeling of Asphaltene Deposition in a Packed Bed Column”.Energy & Fuels, 2019, 33, (6), 5011-5023.
  21. M.I.L. Abutaqiya, J. Zhang, F.M. Vargas. “Viscosity Modeling of Reservoir Fluids Using the Friction Theory with PC-SAFT Crude Oil Characterization”.Fuel, 2019, 235, 113-129.
  22. M. Tavakkoli, C.A. Sung, J. Kuang, A. Chen, J. Hu, F.M. Vargas. “Effect of Carbon Steel Corrosion on Asphaltene Deposition”.Energy & Fuels, 2018, 33, (5), 3808-3815.
  23. N. Rajan Babu, P.H. Lin, M.I.L. Abutaqiya, C.J. Sisco, J. Wang, F.M. Vargas.” Systematic Investigation of Asphaltene Deposition in the Wellbore and Near-Wellbore Region of a Deepwater Oil Reservoir under Gas Injection. Part 2: Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Asphaltene Deposition”.Energy & Fuels, 2018, 33 (5), 3645-3661.
  24. J. Kuang, M. Tavakkoli, J. Yarbrough, J. Wang, S. Jain, S. Ashtekar, D.S. Abdallah, S. Punnapala, F.M. Vargas.“Investigation of Asphaltene Deposition at High Temperature and under Dynamic Conditions”.Energy & Fuels, 2018, 32 (12), 12405-12415.
  25. Q. Guan, A. Goharzadeh, J.C. Chai, F.M. Vargas, S.L. Biswal, W.G. Chapman, M. Zhang, Y.F. Yap. “An Integrated Model for Asphaltene Deposition in Wellbores/Pipelines above Bubble Pressures”.Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018, 169, 353-373.
  26. R.F. Evangelista, F.M. Vargas. “Prediction of the Temperature Dependence of Densities and Vapor Pressures of Nonpolar Hydrocarbons Based on their Molecular Structure and Refractive Index Data at 20° C”.Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2018, 468, 29-37.
  27. W.A. Fouad, M.I.L. Abutaqiya, K. Mogensen, Y. F. Yap, A.Goharzadeh, F. M. Vargas, L.F. Vega. “Predictive Model for Pressure–Volume–Temperature Properties and Asphaltene Instability of Crude Oils under Gas Injection”.Energy & Fuels, 2018, 32 (8), 8318-8328.
  28. Q. Guan, J.C. Chai, A. Goharzadeh, F.M. Vargas, S.L. Biswal, W.G. Chapman, M. Zhang, Y.F. Yap. “A Unidirectional One-Dimensional Approach for Asphaltene Deposition in Large Length-to-Diameter Ratios Scenarios”.Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018, 166, 857-870.
  29. Y. Zhuang, A. Goharzadeh, Y.J. Lin, Y. F. Yap, J.C. Chai, N. Mathew, F.M. Vargas, S.L. Biswal. “Experimental Study of Asphaltene Deposition in Transparent Microchannels Using the Light Absorption Method”.Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 2018, 39 (5), 744-753.
  30. P.K. Kundu, A. Elkamel, F.M. Vargas, M.U. Farooq. “Genetic Algorithm for Multi-Parameter Estimation in Sorption and Phase EquilibriaProblems”.Chemical Engineering Communications, 2018, 205 (3), 338-349.
  31. J. Zhang, M. Moosavi, A.A. Rostami, F.M. Vargas. “Viscosity Modeling of Water+ AlkanediolsMixtures”.Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018, 249, 326-333.
  32. Y.J. Lin, P. He, M. Tavakkoli, N.T. Mathew, Y.Y.Fatt, J.C. Chai, A.Goharzadeh, F. M. Vargas, S.L. Biswal. “Characterizing Asphaltene Deposition in the Presence of Chemical Dispersants in Porous Media Micromodels”.Energy & Fuels, 2017, 31 (11), 11660-11668.
  33. M. Moosavi, C. Sisco, A.A. Rostami, F.M. Vargas “Thermodynamic Properties and CO2 Solubility of Monoethanolamine + Diethylenetriamine / Aminoethylethanolamine Mixtures: Experimental Measurements and Thermodynamic Modeling”.Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2017, 449, 175-185.
  34. Z. Chen, P.M. Singer, J. Kuang, F.M. Vargas, G.J. Hirasaki. “Effects of Bitumen Extraction on the 2D NMR Response of Saturated Kerogen Isolates”.Petrophysics, 2017, 58 (05), 470-484.
  35. M. Ozturk, S.R. Panuganti, K. Gong, K.R. Cox, F.M. Vargas, W.G. Chapman. “Modeling natural gas-carbon dioxide system for solid-liquid-vapor phase behavior”.Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2017, 45, 738-746.
  36. R.F. Evangelista, F.M. Vargas. “Prediction of the Phase Behavior and Properties of Hydrocarbons with a One-Parameter PC-SAFT Approach Assisted by a Group Contribution Method”.Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2017, 56 (32), 9227-9236.
  37. M. Abutaqiya, S. Panuganti, F.M. Vargas. “Efficient Algorithm for the Prediction of Pressure–Volume–Temperature Properties of Crude Oils Using the Perturbed-Chain Statistical Associating Fluid Theory Equation of State”.Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2017, 56 (20), 6088-6102
  38. A.A. AlHammadi, Y. Chen, A. Yen, J. Wang, J.L. Creek, F.M. Vargas, W.G. Chapman.“Effect of the gas composition and gas/oil ratio on asphaltene deposition”.Energy & Fuels, 2017, 31 (4), 3610-3619.
  39. F. Wang, R. Evangelista, T. Threatt, M. Tavakkoli, F.M. Vargas. “Determination of Volumetric Properties Using Refractive Index Measurements for Non-polar Hydrocarbons and Crude Oils”.Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2017, 56 (11), 3107-3115.
  40. Y.J. Lin, P. He, M. Tavakkoli, N.T. Mathew, Y.Y. Fatt, J.C. Chai, A. Goharzadeh, F.M. Vargas, S.L. Biswal. “Examining Asphaltene Solubility on Deposition in Model Porous Media”. Langmuir, 2016, 32 (34), 8729-8734.
  41. Y. Zhuang, A. Goharzadeh, Y.J. Lin, Y.F. Yap, J.C. Chai, N. Mathew, F.M. Vargas, S.L. Biswal. “Three-Dimensional Measurements of Asphaltene Deposition in a Transparent Microchannel”.Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2016, 145, 77-82.
  42. F. Wang, T. J. Threatt, F.M. Vargas. “Determination of Solubility Parameters from Density Measurements for Non-polar Hydrocarbons at Temperatures from (298 to 433) K and Pressures up to 137 MPa”. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2016, 430, 19-32.
  43. A.A. Melendez-Alvarez, M. Garcia-Bermudes, M. Tavakkoli, R. H. Doherty, S. Meng, D. S. Abdallah, F.M. Vargas. “On the Evaluation of the Performance of Asphaltene Dispersants”.Fuel, 2016, 179, 210-220.
  44. Y.J. Lin, P. He, M. Tavakkoli, N.T. Mathew, Y.Y. Fatt, J.C. Chai, A. Goharzadeh, F.M. Vargas, S.L. Biswal. “Examining Asphaltene Solubility on Deposition in Model Porous Media”.Langmuir 32 (34), 8729-8734.
  45. A. Hosseini, E. Zare, Sh. Ayatollahi, F.M. Vargas, W.G. Chapman, K. Kostarelos, V. Taghikhani.“ElectrokineticBehavior of Asphaltene Particles”.Fuel, 2016,178, 234-242.
  46. M. Elsholkami, A. Elkamel and F.M. Vargas. “Optimized Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies into Alberta’s Oil Sands Industry”.Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2016, 90, 1-22.
  47. S. Panuganti, F. Wang, F.M. Vargas and W.G. Chapman. “A Simple Method for Estimation of Dielectric Constants and Polarizabilities of Nonpolar and Slightly Polar Hydrocarbons.” International Journal of Thermophysics, 2016, 37 (7), 1-24.
  48. M. Tavakkoli, A. Chen, F.M. Vargas. “Rethinking the Modeling Approach for Asphaltene Precipitation Using the PC-SAFT Equation of State”. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2016, 416, 120-129.
  49. M. Tavakkoli, A. Chen, C.A. Sung, K.M. Kidder, J.J. Lee, S.M. Alhassan and F.M. Vargas. “Effect of Emulsified Water on Asphaltene Instability in Crude Oils”. Energy & Fuels, 2016, 30 (5), 3676–3686.
  50. A.A. Al Hammadi, F.M. Vargas and W.G. Chapman. “Comparison of CPA and PC-SAFT Methods for Modeling Asphaltene Phase Behavior and PVT Properties”. Energy & Fuels, 2015, 29 (5), pp 2864–2875.
  51. M. Tavakkoli, M.R. Grimes, X. Liu, C.K. Garcia, S.C. Correa, Q.J. Cox and F.M. Vargas. “Indirect Method: A Novel Technique for Experimental Determination of Asphaltene Precipitation”. Energy & Fuels, 2015, 29 (5), pp 2890–2900
  52. R. Miri, S. Zendehboudi, S. Kord, F.M. Vargas, A. Lohi, A. Elkamel and I. Chatzis. “Experimental and Numerical Modeling Study of Gravity Drainage Considering Asphaltene Deposition”.Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2014, 53 (28), 11512–11526.
  53. F.M. Vargas. “A Simple Method to Calculate the Temperature Dependence of the Gibbs Free Energy and Chemical Equilibrium Constants”.Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91 (3), 396-401.
  54. R. Pal and F.M. Vargas. “On the Interpretation of Viscosity Data of Suspensions of Asphaltene Nano-Aggregates.” Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2014, 92 (3), 573-577.
  55. S.R. Panuganti, M. Tavakkoli, F.M. Vargas, D.L. Gonzalez and W.G. Chapman. “SAFT Model for Upstream Asphaltene Applications”. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2013, 359, 2-16.
  56. M. Tavakkoli, S.R. Panuganti, F.M. Vargas, V. Taghikhani, M.R. Pishvaie, W.G. Chapman. “Asphaltene Deposition in Different Depositing Environments: Part 1. Model Oil”.Energy & Fuels, 2013, 28, 1617-1628.
  57. S.R. Panuganti, F.M. Vargas and W.G. Chapman. “Property Scaling Relations for Nonpolar Hydrocarbons”.Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013, 52 (23), 8009–8020.
  58. Q. Ge, Y.F. Yap, F.M. Vargas, M. Zhang and J.C. Chai. “Numerical Modeling of Asphaltene Deposition”.Computational Thermal Sciences, 2013, 5 (2), 153-163.
  59. S. Punnapala, F.M. Vargas. “Revisiting the PC-SAFT Characterization Procedure for an Improved Asphaltene Precipitation Prediction.” Fuel, 2013,108, 417-429.
  60. Y.F. Yap, F.M. Vargas, J.C. Chai. “A Level-Set Method for Convective-Diffusive Particle Deposition”.Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2013, 37 (7), 5245-5259.
  61. D.L. Gonzalez, F.M. Vargas, E. Mahmoodaghdam, F. Lim and N. Johsi. “Asphaltene Stability Prediction Based on Dead Oil Properties: Experimental Evaluation”. Energy & Fuels, 2012, 26 (10), 6218-6227.
  62. Q. Ge, Y.F. Yap, F.M. Vargas, M. Zhang and J.C. Chai. “A Total Concentration Method for Modeling of Deposition”.Journal of Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 2012, 61 (4), 311-328.
  63. S.R. Panuganti, F.M. Vargas and W.G. Chapman.“Modeling Reservoir Connectivity and Tar Mat Using Gravity-Induced Asphaltene Compositional Grading”. Energy & Fuels, 2012, 26 (5), 2548-2557.
  64. S.R Panuganti, F.M Vargas, D.L. Gonzalez, W.G Chapman. “PC-SAFT Characterization of Crude Oils and Modeling of Asphaltene Phase Behavior”.Fuel, 93, 2012, 658–669.
  65. A.S. Kurup, F.M. Vargas, J. Wang, J. Buckley, J.L. Creek, H.J. Subramani, and W.G. Chapman. “Development and Application of an Asphaltene Deposition Tool (ADEPT) for Well Bores”. Energy & Fuels, 2011, 25 (10), 4506–4516.
  66. B. Breure, E.J.M. Straver, L. Florusse, M. Rijkers, I.G. Economou, F.M. Vargas and C.J. Peters. “Phase Equilibria in Binary Mixtures of Propane and Phenanthrene: Experimental Data and Modeling with the GC-EoS”.Journal of Chemical& Engineering Data, 2011, 56, 1407-1413.
  67. F.M. Vargas, J.L. Creek and W.G. Chapman.“On the Development of an Asphaltene Deposition Simulator”. Energy & Fuels, 2010, 24 (4), 2294-2299
  68. F.M. Vargas and W.G. Chapman.“Application of the One-Third rule in Hydrocarbon and Crude Oil Systems”. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2010, 290, 103-108
  69. F.M. Vargas, D.L. Gonzalez, J.L. Creek, J. Wang, J. Buckley, G.J. Hirasaki and W.G. Chapman.“Development of a General Method for Modeling Asphaltene Stability”. Energy & Fuels, 2009, 23 (3), 1147–1154.
  70. F.M. Vargas, D.L. Gonzalez, G.J. Hirasaki, and W.G. Chapman. “Modeling Asphaltene Phase Behavior in Crude Oil Systems Using the Perturbed Chain Form of the Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (PC-SAFT) Equation of State”. Energy & Fuels, 2009, 23 (3), 1140–1146.
  71. D.L. Gonzalez, F.M. Vargas, G.J. Hirasaki and W.G. Chapman. “Modeling Study of CO2-Induced Asphaltene Precipitation”. Energy & Fuels, 2008, 22 (2), 757–762.

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