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Tayfun Babadagli

Tayfun Babadagli

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
61
Citations
12730
World Ranking
2059
National Ranking
82

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
60
Citations
12238
World Ranking
2948
National Ranking
126

Overview

Tayfun Babadagli is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with substantial contributions in several subfields including Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Analytical Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of topics, particularly within the energy and resource engineering domains. The main topics covered are:

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Petroleum Processing and Analysis
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics

Tayfun Babadagli has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Comprehensive review on heavy-oil emulsions: Colloid science and practical applications" (2020) published in Chemical Engineering Science
  • "A review of the mechanics of heavy-oil recovery by steam injection with chemical additives" (2021) published in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • "A visual experimental study on proppants transport in rough vertical fractures" (2020) published in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • "Philosophy of EOR" (2020) published in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • "Effect of roughness on fluid flow and solute transport in a single fracture: A review of recent developments, current trends, and future research" (2021) published in Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Huazhou Li
  • Randy Agra Pratama
  • Hai Huang
  • Lixing Lin
  • Jungin Lee

The venues where Tayfun Babadagli frequently publishes reflect the focus on petroleum and energy engineering, including:

  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • SPE Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering
  • Fuel

Best Publications

  • Status of electromagnetic heating for enhanced heavy oil/bitumen recovery and future prospects: A review

    Achinta Bera;Tayfun Babadagli

  • Wettability alteration: A comprehensive review of materials/methods and testing the selected ones on heavy-oil containing oil-wet systems.

    Mohammedalmojtaba Mohammed;Tayfun Babadagli

  • Development of mature oil fields — A review

    Tayfun Babadagli

  • SAGD laboratory experimental and numerical simulation studies: A review of current status and future issues

    Al-Muatasim Al-Bahlani;Tayfun Babadagli

  • Viscosity reduction of heavy oil/bitumen using micro- and nano-metal particles during aqueous and non-aqueous thermal applications

    Yousef Hamedi Shokrlu;Tayfun Babadagli

  • A grain based modeling study of mineralogical factors affecting strength, elastic behavior and micro fracture development during compression tests in granites

    Hannes Hofmann;Tayfun Babadagli;Jeoung Seok Yoon;Arno Zang

  • Fractal characteristics of rocks fractured under tension

    T Babadagli;K Develi

  • Experimental and visual analysis of single-phase flow through rough fracture replicas

    K. Develi;K. Develi;T. Babadagli

  • Hot water generation for oil sands processing from enhanced geothermal systems: Process simulation for different hydraulic fracturing scenarios

    Hannes Hofmann;Tayfun Babadagli;Günter Zimmermann

  • Effects of fractal surface roughness and lithology on single and multiphase flow in a single fracture: An experimental investigation

    Tayfun Babadagli;Xiaojuan Ren;Kayhan Develi

  • Scaling of Co-Current and Counter-Current Capillary Imbibition for Surfactant and Polymer Injection in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

    T. Babadagli

  • A Review of Permeability-Prediction Methods for Carbonate Reservoirs Using Well-Log Data

    T. Babadagli;S. Al-Salmi

  • Analysis of Oil Recovery by Spontaneous Imbibition of Surfactant Solution

    T. Babadagli

  • Estimation of equivalent fracture network permeability using fractal and statistical network properties

    Alireza Jafari;Tayfun Babadagli

  • Evaluation of EOR methods for heavy-oil recovery in naturally fractured reservoirs

    Tayfun Babadagli

  • Quantification of Natural Fracture Surfaces Using Fractal Geometry

    Kayhan Develi;Tayfun Babadagli

  • Effects of Nano-Sized Metals on Viscosity Reduction of Heavy Oil/Bitumen During Thermal Applications

    Yousef Hamedi Shokrlu;Tayfun Babadagli

  • In-Situ Upgrading of Heavy Oil/Bitumen During Steam Injection by Use of Metal Nanoparticles: A Study on In-Situ Catalysis and Catalyst Transportation

    Yousef Hamedi Shokrlu;Tayfun Babadagli

  • A Critical Review of the Status of SAGD: Where Are We and What Is Next?

    As Muatasim Mohammad Al Bahlani;Tayfun Babadagli

  • Dynamics of capillary imbibition when surfactant, polymer, and hot water are used as aqueous phase for oil recovery.

    Tayfun Babadagli

  • Pore-scale studies of spontaneous imbibition into oil-saturated porous media

    Can Ulas Hatiboglu;Tayfun Babadagli

Frequent Co-Authors

Günter Zimmermann
Günter Zimmermann Technical University of Berlin
Jacek Majorowicz
Jacek Majorowicz University of Alberta
Martyn Unsworth
Martyn Unsworth University of Alberta
Sushanta K. Mitra
Sushanta K. Mitra University of Waterloo
Arno Zang
Arno Zang University of Potsdam
Larry M. Heaman
Larry M. Heaman University of Alberta
Sohrab Zendehboudi
Sohrab Zendehboudi Memorial University of Newfoundland
Thomas Chacko
Thomas Chacko University of Alberta
Alireza Bahadori
Alireza Bahadori Southern Cross University
Douglas R. Schmitt
Douglas R. Schmitt Purdue University West Lafayette

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