Research Summary
Natural gas engineering, numerical modeling of unconventional gas reservoirs, performance prediction of gas shale reservoirs and tight sands with retrograde gases, compositional reservoir simulation and thermodynamics of hydrocarbon fluids, multiphase flow in pipelines and gas network analysis, and artificial intelligence applications.
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Recent Publications
Green's function-based type curves for multi-fractured horizontal gas wells in unconventional reservoirs
Garcez, J. & Ayala, L. F., Jul 15 2022, In: Fuel. 320, 123713.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Two pressure boundary conditions for multi-component multiphase flow simulations using the pseudo-potential lattice Boltzmann model
Wang, Z., Soomro, M., Peng, C., Ayala, L. F. & Ayala, O. M., Nov 15 2022, In: Computers and Fluids. 248, 105672.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Dual-Reciprocity Boundary Element Analysis for Hydraulically Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs Considering Diffusion and Sorption Kinetics
Zhang, M. & Ayala, L. F., Apr 2022, In: Transport in Porous Media. 142, 3, p. 531-557 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Experimental study of gas/liquid diffusion in porous rocks and bulk fluids to investigate the effect of rock-matrix hindrance
Lou, X., Chakraborty, N., Karpyn, Z. T., Ayala, L. F., Nagarajan, N. & Wijaya, Z., Jun 2021, In: SPE Journal. 26, 3, p. 1174-1188 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A thermodynamically consistent pseudo-potential lattice Boltzmann model for multi-component, multiphase, partially miscible mixtures
Peng, C., Ayala, L. F. & Ayala, O. M., Mar 15 2021, In: Journal of Computational Physics. 429, 110018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fluid-wall interactions in pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann models
Peng, C., Ayala, L. F. & Ayala, O. M., Sep 2021, In: Physical Review E. 104, 3, 035301.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Experimental and numerical study of gas diffusion and sorption kinetics in ultratight rocks
Zhang, M., Chakraborty, N., Karpyn, Z. T., Emami-Meybodi, H. & Ayala, L. F., Feb 15 2021, In: Fuel. 286, 119300.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The linear-analog method: A more efficient and effective linearization method for natural gas transportation optimization
Chen, Z., Kleit, A. N., Lei, Z., An, H., Ayala, L. F. & Pruvot, A. J. C. J., Aug 2020, In: Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 80, 103305.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A robust semi-analytical method based on integral formulations for modeling unconventional gas wells with variable production constraints
Garcez, J., Zhang, M. & Ayala, L. F., Nov 2020, In: Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 83, 103522.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transient pressure behavior for unconventional gas wells with finite-conductivity fractures
Nguyen, K. H., Zhang, M. & Ayala, L. F., Apr 15 2020, In: Fuel. 266, 117119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Attainment of rigorous thermodynamic consistency and surface tension in single-component pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann models via a customized equation of state
Peng, C., Ayala, L. F., Wang, Z. & Ayala, O. M., Jun 2020, In: Physical Review E. 101, 6, 063309.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Use of a new thermodynamics-based saturation/pressure relationship in two-phase rate-transient analysis of boundary-dominated gas/condensate reservoirs
Sun, Q. & Ayala, L. F., 2020, In: SPE Journal. 25, 4, p. 1636-1656 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Explicit Determination of Reserves for Variable-Bottomhole-Pressure Conditions in Gas Rate-Transient Analysis
Wang, Y. & Ayala, L. F., Feb 2020, In: SPE Journal. 25, 1, p. 369-390 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A similarity-based semianalytical solution for recovery performance assessment of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs with interfacial-tension-dependent capillary pressure effects
Zhang, M. & Ayala, L. F., Apr 2020, In: Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME. 142, 4, 042905.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The dual-reciprocity boundary element method solution for gas recovery from unconventional reservoirs with discrete fracture networks
Zhang, M. & Ayala, L. F., Dec 1 2020, In: SPE Journal. 25, 6, p. 2898-2914 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review