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William A. Fustos Family Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
FCMG Chair in Fluid Behavior and Rock Interactions, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
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.Research Keywords
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Recent Publications
Experimental and numerical study of gas diffusion and sorption kinetics in ultratight rocks
Zhang, M., Chakraborty, N., Karpyn, Z., 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
A thermodynamically consistent pseudo-potential lattice Boltzmann model for multi-component, multiphase, partially miscible mixtures
Peng, C., Ayala, L. F. & Ayala, O. M., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Computational Physics. 110018.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