Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which is mainly composed of hydrocarbons, such as propane and butane, is a flammable gas that is considered a clean source of energy. Currently, the overwhelming use of LPG as fuel in vehicles, domestic settings, and…
Development and the required availability of energy resources, especially oil, drew attention to developing methods for transporting high-viscosity and high-pour-point petroleum crude efficiently at a reasonable cost. For this purpose, graphite was…
Graphene oxide (GO) is considered as a new type of self‐assembly membrane material. However, it suffering from a low steady state filtration flux as well as unstable performance, resulting in restriction of its practical applications. For this…
Wax deposition in pipelines transporting crude oil is a serious problem as wax tends to precipitate under low temperature conditions observed during pipeline flow. The current research work embarks on the development of novel nanocomposite pour point…
The key idea is to reduce the Iraqi crude oil viscosity, and enhance its rheological properties during its pipeline transportation at low temperatures. To achieve this objective, four different graphene supercapacitor designs are tested, by the…
Wax deposition is a serious issue during the pipeline transportation of crude oil. This research work has investigated the effects of some important parameters on the flow characteristic of crude oil during the pipeline transportation in offshore and…
Accidental crude oil spills over a large water surface can wreck environmental and economic havoc. To mitigate such disasters, timely intervention to contain and recover oil before it spreads is critical. Standard lipophilic sorbents do not work…
Conversion/alloying anode materials exhibiting high K storage capacities suffer from large volume variations and unstable electrode/electrolyte interfaces upon cycling. Herein, taking SnS/reduced graphene oxide (SnS/rGO) anodes as an example, the…
A green, clean, and rapid process employing sunlight for converting a large quantity of graphene oxide (GO) into reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is presented herein. In this protocol, the sunlight is concentrated using a Fresnel lens and focused on GO,…
Rational construction of multidimensional composites with abundant heterointerfaces is still a persistent challenge, especially dual interface structure. Herein, a facile interface engineering strategy has been put forward to construct…
Energy storage materials are researchers interest in recent times due to latest innovations in transportation, communication and electronics. Li-ion batteries, supercapacitors and hydrogen storage systems are the three primary energy storage systems…
Organic phase change materials (PCMs) are the most common heat storage components in latent heat based thermal energy storage (TES) systems. Among the different organic PCMs, fatty acids (FAs) have shown a real potential in important areas, such as,…
The exploitation of solid hydrogen storage materials is an essential part of the large-scale utilization of hydrogen energy. However, existing hydrogen storage materials cannot have both high hydrogen density and great stability at ambient…
Either CoxSy transition metal sulfide or reduced graphene oxide (RGO) has become major electrode material for supercapacitor. Herein, nanostructured RGO@CoxSy composites were optimized by different sulfur sources and a one-step solvothermal method.…
Polybutadiene (PB) waste recycling helps to reduce the ever-growing fossil energy demands because it is usually made from petroleum and natural gas. However, designing and developing a facile and low-cost way to achieve the efficient recycling of PB…
N-doped TiO2/ reduced graphene oxide (N/TiO2/rGO) composite was prepared and used together with the commercial TiO2 for comparative research on photocatalytic degradation of crude oil in seawater. Five test conditions were designed including a…
Graphene is being suggested as a replacement for activated carbon in energy storage devices ranging from supercapacitors to batteries. The generation of multi-heteroatom self-doped graphene structure from waste materials will be an efficient way to…
Performance of the nanoparticle-modified asphalt binder is greatly influenced by adhesion properties between asphalt binder and nanoparticle. In this work, the adhesion properties of crude oil fractions (e.g., Saturate, Asphaltene, Resin and Aromatic…
In the present work, the novel technique of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) humid air plasma has been presented for processing and functionalization of nanoparticles and enhancing the rate of methane hydrate production. It is shown that the rate…
Implementation of nanotechnology in oil and gas industries, particularly for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has recently gained interest. In this work, graphene oxide (GO) has been synthesized and used as nano-demulsifier for crude oil in water (O/W)…
In this paper we focus on the design and testing of a graphene based sensor for applications in oil industry. The sensor is designed to target the specific need of the oil industry related to monitoring and preventing scale formation in oil…
Graphene oxide (GO) is considered as a new type of self‐assembly membrane material. However, it suffering from a low steady state filtration flux as well as unstable performance, resulting in restriction of its practical applications. For this…
Wax deposition in pipelines transporting crude oil is a serious problem as wax tends to precipitate under low temperature conditions observed during pipeline flow. The current research work embarks on the development of novel nanocomposite pour point…
In the present work, the novel technique of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) humid air plasma has been presented for processing and functionalization of nanoparticles and enhancing the rate of methane hydrate production. It is shown that the rate…
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a new kind of porous crystalline material synthesized by the assembly of metal ions and organic ligands, which have the advantages of a large specific surface area, high porosity, and tunable pore structures and…
Graphene, which has good electrical/thermal conductivity, excellent mechanical properties and large specific surface area, is promising in various fields. However, the easy aggregation of graphene limits its application. Silica, including mesoporous…
Due to the surge in requirement for reliable energy storage, search for materials capable of rendering perfect electrochemical performances is going on at a great rate. Even though supercapacitors have higher power density than batteries, they are…
Graphene and its derivatives have been a promising material in all area of science and technology for many decades. In the recent years, its outlooks and applications in oil and gas upstream industry are of a major importance. As a result of its…
Graphene is one of the most versatile conducting filler particles being used in the polymer matrix composites field. Recent patents in the polymer-graphene nanocomposites field are discussed in this chapter. Being a conducting filler, the majority of…
Graphene, a two-dimensional (2D) layered nanomaterial, which has attracted great attention in the environmental field due to its excellent physical and chemical properties, including easily modified surface characteristics, tunable structure, and…
Wax deposition in pipelines transporting crude oil is a serious problem as wax tends to precipitate under low temperature conditions observed during pipeline flow. The current research work embarks on the development of novel nanocomposite pour point…
The key idea is to reduce the Iraqi crude oil viscosity, and enhance its rheological properties during its pipeline transportation at low temperatures. To achieve this objective, four different graphene supercapacitor designs are tested, by the…
The fast development of petroleum industry causes the production of oily wastewater and water shortages, which have brought global challenges to oil-water separation technologies. Due to their excellent chemical and physical properties, graphene and…
Accidental crude oil spills over a large water surface can wreck environmental and economic havoc. To mitigate such disasters, timely intervention to contain and recover oil before it spreads is critical. Standard lipophilic sorbents do not work…
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is the recovery of oil trapped in the reservoir after primary and secondary recovery processes through novel techniques. Viscosity is primarily a major cause of the high proportion of hydrocarbon fluid entrapped. Recently,…