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Overview

Ajay Mandal is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad in India. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Chemistry, with a strong focus on applied topics related to petroleum and reservoir engineering.

Their work covers several specialized subfields, including:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Materials Chemistry

Key research topics associated with Ajay Mandal include:

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Petroleum Processing and Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Pickering Emulsions and Particle Stabilization
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Ajay Mandal has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Fuel
  • ACS Omega

Selected recent publications include:

  • "A review of oily wastewater treatment using ultrafiltration membrane: A parametric study to enhance the membrane performance" (2020) - Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • "Fundamental aspects, mechanisms and emerging possibilities of CO2 miscible flooding in enhanced oil recovery: A review" (2022) - Fuel
  • "Formation, characteristics and oil industry applications of nanoemulsions: A review" (2021) - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • "Experimental investigation of silica nanoparticle assisted Surfactant and polymer systems for enhanced oil recovery" (2022) - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • "Nanoparticle-modified gemini surfactant foams as efficient displacing fluids for enhanced oil recovery" (2020) - Journal of Molecular Liquids

Ajay Mandal has collaborated frequently with researchers including:

  • Dinesh Joshi
  • Neha Saxena
  • Rohit Kumar Saw
  • Nilanjan Pal
  • Jitendar Kumar Tiwari

Mandal's book contributions include publications with Springer International Publishing and Springer Nature, covering topics related to enhanced oil recovery and surfactants:

  • "Nano Emulsions in Enhanced Oil Recovery" (2022)
  • "Natural Surfactants" (2021)

Best Publications

  • Adsorption of surfactants on sand surface in enhanced oil recovery: Isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamic studies

    Achinta Bera;T. Kumar;Keka Ojha;Ajay Mandal

  • Studies on interfacial behavior and wettability change phenomena by ionic and nonionic surfactants in presence of alkalis and salt for enhanced oil recovery

    Sunil Kumar;Ajay Mandal

  • Microemulsions: a novel approach to enhanced oil recovery: a review

    Achinta Bera;Ajay Mandal

  • Fundamental aspects, mechanisms and emerging possibilities of CO2 miscible flooding in enhanced oil recovery: A review

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  • Surfactant Stabilized Oil-in-Water Nanoemulsion: Stability, Interfacial Tension, and Rheology Study for Enhanced Oil Recovery Application

    Narendra Kumar;Ajay Mandal

  • Effects of Alkali, Salts, and Surfactant on Rheological Behavior of Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide Solutions †

    Abhijit Samanta;Achinta Bera;Keka Ojha;Ajay Mandal

  • Performance Evaluation of Alumina-graphene Hybrid Nano-cutting Fluid in Hard Turning

    Rabesh Kumar Singh;Anuj Kumar Sharma;Amit Rai Dixit;Arun Kumar Tiwari

  • A review of oily wastewater treatment using ultrafiltration membrane: A parametric study to enhance the membrane performance

    Tausif Ahmad;Chandan Guria;Ajay Mandal

  • Adsorption analysis of natural anionic surfactant for enhanced oil recovery: The role of mineralogy, salinity, alkalinity and nanoparticles

    Neha Saxena;Amit Kumar;Ajay Mandal

  • Synergistic Effect of Surfactant and Salt Mixture on Interfacial Tension Reduction between Crude Oil and Water in Enhanced Oil Recovery

    Achinta Bera;Ajay Mandal;B. B. Guha

  • Synergistic Effect of Mixed Surfactant Systems on Foam Behavior and Surface Tension

    Achinta Bera;Keka Ojha;Ajay Mandal

  • Screening of microemulsion properties for application in enhanced oil recovery

    Achinta Bera;T. Kumar;Keka Ojha;Ajay Mandal

  • Chemical flood enhanced oil recovery: a review

    Ajay Mandal

  • Characterization of Oil-Water Emulsion and Its Use in Enhanced Oil Recovery

    Ajay Mandal;Abhijit Samanta;Achinta Bera;Keka Ojha

  • Mechanistic studies of enhanced oil recovery by imidazolium-based ionic liquids as novel surfactants

    Prathibha Pillai;Amit Kumar;Ajay Mandal

  • Interfacial behaviour, wettability alteration and emulsification characteristics of a novel surfactant: Implications for enhanced oil recovery

    Nilanjan Pal;Neha Saxena;K.V. Divya Laxmi;Ajay Mandal

  • Studies on interfacial tension and contact angle of synthesized surfactant and polymeric from castor oil for enhanced oil recovery

    Keshak Babu;Nilanjan Pal;Achinta Bera;V.K. Saxena

  • Interfacial tension and phase behavior of surfactant-brine–oil system

    Achinta Bera;Keka Ojha;Ajay Mandal;T. Kumar

  • Investigation on stabilization of CO 2 foam by ionic and nonionic surfactants in presence of different additives for application in enhanced oil recovery

    Sunil Kumar;Ajay Mandal

  • Interfacial Interaction of Cationic Surfactants and Its Effect on Wettability Alteration of Oil-Wet Carbonate Rock

    Sunil Kumar;Priyanka Panigrahi;Rohit Kumar Saw;Ajay Mandal

  • Stabilization of Dispersed Oil Droplets in Nanoemulsions by Synergistic Effects of the Gemini Surfactant, PHPA Polymer, and Silica Nanoparticle.

    Nilanjan Pal;Narendra Kumar;Ajay Mandal

  • Studies on behavior of suspension of silica nanoparticle in aqueous polyacrylamide solution for application in enhanced oil recovery

    Neetish Kumar Maurya;Ajay Mandal

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Kamaraj
M. Kamaraj Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Amit Rai Dixit
Amit Rai Dixit Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad

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