A systematic and critical review of asphaltene adsorption from macroscopic to microscopic scale: Theoretical, experimental, statistical, intelligent, and molecular …

S Tazikeh, A Shafiei, T Yerkenov, A Abenov… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Adsorption of asphaltene onto mineral or metal surface is an undesirable process with
several adverse effects such as wettability alteration, fouling pipelines/equipment …

Aggregation behavior of asphalt on the natural gas hydrate surface with different surfactant coverages

Z Chen, Y Li, C Chen, X Sun, W Liu - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The aggregation behaviors of asphalt on the hydrate surface with different surfactant
coverages were studied by molecular simulations. The molecular polarity index of asphalt …

Alternation of asphaltene binding arrangement in the presence of chemical inhibitors: Molecular dynamics simulation strategy

A Ghamartale, N Rezaei, S Zendehboudi - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Asphaltene deposition is one of the challenging issues in petroleum production and
transportation. Chemical inhibitors are commonly employed to mitigate the asphaltene …

Effect of solvent on the adsorption behavior of asphaltene on silica surface: A molecular dynamic simulation study

N Lu, X Dong, Z Chen, H Liu, W Zheng… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the hybrid thermal-solvent process has been widely applied to improve the
recovery performance of steam injection processes in heavy oil reservoirs. In this paper, the …

Research Status and Challenges of Mechanism, Characterization, Performance Evaluation, and Type of Nano-Pour Point Depressants in Waxy Crude Oil

E Shi, J Li, M Yang, S Ma, J Han, B Li, C Yang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nano-Pour point depressants have great potential to improve the low-temperature fluidity of
waxy crude oil. This Review reviews the recent research progress of nano-pour point …

Assessment of CO2-Oil swelling behavior using molecular dynamics simulation: CO2 utilization and storage implication

M Seyyedattar, A Ghamartale, S Zendehboudi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2 injection into petroleum reservoirs is an effective enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method
that can increase the recovery of oil while reducing CO 2 emissions into the atmosphere. To …

Control of asphaltene deposition by chemical inhibitors in calcite pore: molecular dynamics approach

A Ghamartale, S Zendehboudi… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Asphaltene deposition is a major problem during oil production and transportation that
imposes extra treatment costs and reduces oil production. Historically, various chemical …

Molecular dynamics simulations of asphaltene aggregation in heavy oil system for the application to solvent deasphalting

JW Park, KB Lee - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the application of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to solvent
deasphalting (SDA) by comparing the extent of asphaltene aggregation with the …

A molecular dynamics approach to investigate effect of pressure on asphaltene self-aggregation

A Eftekhari, JS Amin, S Zendehboudi - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Asphaltene aggregation is a serious issue in the oil industry that negatively affects the
production, transportation, and exploitation of oil, causing considerable costs. In the past few …

High Throughput Prescreening of Asphaltene Chemical Inhibitors Using Molecular Dynamics Approach

A Ghamartale, S Zendehboudi - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Choosing an effective chemical inhibitor to prevent asphaltene precipitation and deposition
in oil reservoirs is crucial for flow assurance management in the oil industry. Traditional …