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
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