CO2 capture,

Flow assurance & hydrate research.

Gas processing & separation processes.

LNG.

MEG regeneration ,recovery and inhibition effects

Zhang, Y., M. Lebedev, M. Sarmadivaleh, A. Barifcani, T. Rahman, and S. Iglauer. 2016.“Swelling effect on coal micro structure and associated permeability reduction.”Fuel 182. In press. Al-Yaseri, A., H. Al Mukainah, M. Lebedev, A. Barifcani, and S. Iglauer. 2016.“Impact of fines and rock wettability on reservoir formation damage.”Geophysical Prospecting 64 (4): 860-874. Al-Yaseri, A., H. Roshan, M. Lebedev, A. Barifcani, and S. Iglauer. 2016.“Dependence of quartz wettability on fluid density.”Geophysical Research Letters 43 (8): 3771-3776. Zhang, Y., X. Xu, M. Lebedev, M. Sarmadivaleh, A. Barifcani, and S. Iglauer. 2016.“Multi-scale x-ray computed tomography analysis of coal microstructure and permeability changes as a function of effective stress.”International Journal of Coal Geology 165: 149-156. Arif, M., A. Barifcani, M. Lebedev, and S. Iglauer. 2016.“Structural trapping capacity of oil-wet caprock as a function of pressure, temperature and salinity.”International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 50: 112-120. Arif, M., A. Al-Yaseri, A. Barifcani, M. Lebedev, and S. Iglauer. 2016.“Impact of pressure and temperature on CO2-brine-mica contact angles and CO2-brine interfacial tension: Implications for carbon geo-sequestration.”Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 462: 208-215. Rahman, T., M. Lebedev, A. Barifcani, and S. Iglauer. 2016.“Residual trapping of supercritical CO2 in oil-wet sandstone.”Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 469: 63-68. Al-Anssari, S., A. Barifcani, S. Wang, M. Lebedev, and S. Iglauer. 2016.“Wettability alteration of oil-wet carbonate by silica nanofluid.”Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 461: 435-442. Najibullah Khan, N., A. Barifcani, M. O. Tade, and V. K. Pareek. 2016.“A case study: Application of energy and exergy analysis for enhancing the process efficiency of a three stage propane pre-cooling cycle of the cascade LNG process.”Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering 29: 125-133. Al-Yaseri, A., M. Lebedev, A. Barifcani, and S. Iglauer. 2016.“Receding and advancing (CO2 + brine + quartz) contact angles as a function of pressure, temperature, surface roughness, salt type and salinity.”The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 93: 416-423. Al-Khdheeawi, ., S. Vialle, A. Barifcani, . Sarmadivaleh, and . Iglauer. 2016.“Influence of Rock Wettability on CO2 Migration and Storage Capacity in Deep Saline Aquifers.” In Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-13). Teh, C., A. Barifcani, D. J. Pack, and M. O. Tade. 2015.“The importance of ground temperature to a liquid carbon dioxide pipeline.”International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 39: 463-469. Smith, C., A. Barifcani, and D. J. Pack. 2015.“Gas hydrate formation and dissociation numerical modelling with nitrogen and carbon dioxide.”Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering 27: 1118-1128. Al Harooni, K., A. Barifcani, D. J. Pack, R. Gubner, and V. Ghodkay. 2015.“Inhibition effects of thermally degraded MEG on hydrate formation for gas systems.”Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 135: 608-617. Al-Yaseri, A., M. Lebedev, S. Vogt, M. Johns, A. Barifcani, and S. Iglauer. 2015.“Pore-scale analysis of formation damage in Bentheimer sandstone with in-situ NMR and micro-computed tomography experiments.”Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 129: 48-57. Obanijesu, E., A. Barifcani, V. K. Pareek, and M. O. Tade. 2014.“Experimental Study on Feasibility of H2 and N2 as Hydrate Inhibitors in Natural Gas Pipelines.”Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 59: 3756-3766. Obanijesu, E., R. Gubner, A. Barifcani, V. K. Pareek, and M. O. Tade. 2014.“The influence of corrosion inhibitors on hydrate formation temperature along the subsea natural gas pipelines.”Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 120: 239-252. Surovtseva, D., R. Amin, and A. Barifcani. 2011.“Design and operation of pilot plant for CO2 capture from IGCC flue gases by combined cryogenic and hydrate method.”Chemical Engineering Research and Design 89: 1752-1757. Iglauer, S., M. Arif, A. Barifcani, M. Lebedev, and S. Iglauer. 2016.“CO2-wettability of low to high rank coal seams: Implications for carbon sequestration and enhanced methane recovery.”Fuel 181: 680-689. Amin, R., and A. Barifcani. 2010. Separation of Light Hydrocarbons and Sour Species from a Sour Gas . United States: WIPO IP Services