2025 (+Co-first authors, *Corresponding authors)

#45. D Kim+, K Kim+, JW Lee*, JH Sa*. Ultra-high purity CO2 capture in sI clathrate hydrates expedited by using sII hydrates seeds. In preparation.

#44. SG Cho+, J Seo+, S Park, JH Sa*. Flow risk management for the transport of hydrogen-natural gas blends through pipelines. In preparation.

#43. H Han, J Seo, S Jeong, JH Sa*, S Jeon*. Effects of steel slag, starfish bone, and mesoporous silica as environment-friendly additives for CO2 hydrate formation toward deep ocean storage. Submitted.

#42. J Lee+, Y Cho+, H Kang*, JH Sa*. Magnetic and thermo-responsive imidazolium-based ionic liquids as recoverable and reusable kinetic promoters for clathrate hydrate formation. Submitted.

#41. S Son+, S Park+, J Seo, JH Sa*. Computational fluid dynamics analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer in multi-stage hydrogen compression process for hydrogen charging station. Submitted.

#40. S Park, JH Sa*. Optimizing surfactant blends via hydrophilic-lipophilic balance control to enhance gas hydrate anti-agglomeration for flow assurance. Fuel,  In press.

#39. K Kim+, D Kim+, J Lee, JW Lee*, JH Sa*. Boosting energy efficiency of CH4 storage and transport via clathrate hydrate formation in a water-oversaturated system at ambient temperature. Fuel,  402, 135960, (2025). [doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2025.135960]

#38. J Seo+, S Jeong+, H Han+, S Jeon*, JH Sa*. Stability conditions of clathrate hydrates formed with liquid or gas CO2 using deep seawater collected from the East Sea of Korea toward ocean storage. J. Environ. Chem. Eng.,  13, 115807, (2025). [doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.115807]

2024

#37. J Seo+, SG Cho+, G Yang, JH Sa*. Evaluating potential risk of clathrate hydrate formation for the transport of hydrogen-natural gas blends through pipelines. Renew. Energy, 237, 121753, (2024). [doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.121753]

#36. D Kim, JH Sa*. Promoting CH4 hydrate formation kinetics by utilizing synergistic promotion effects of graphite particles with sodium dodecyl sulfate. Energy Fuels, 38, 9683-9691, (2024). [doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c01206]

#35. SG Cho, K Kim, JH Sa*. Promotion effects of hydrophobic amino acids on CO2 hydrate formation kinetics under isochoric/isobaric and stirred/non-stirred conditions. Energy Fuels, 38, 526-535, (2024). [doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c03852]

2023

#34. K Kim, HS Truong-Lam, JD Lee, JH Sa*. Facilitating clathrate hydrates with extremely rapid and high gas uptake for chemical-free carbon capture and methane storage. Energy 270, 126902,(2023). [doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.126902]

#33. K Kim, JH Sa*. Advanced pre-combustion CO2  capture by clathrate hydrate formation with water-to-gas molar ratio optimization. Sep. Purif. Technol. 310, 123135, (2023). [doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123135]

2021 

#32. K Kim+, SG Cho+, JH Sa*. Natural hydrophilic amino acids as environment-friendly gas hydrate inhibitors for carbon capture and sequestration. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 9, 17413-17419, (2021). [doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c07278]

#31. JH Sa, AK Sum*. Universal correlation for gas hydrate suppression temperature of inhibited systems: IV. Water activity. AIChE J., 67, e17293 (2021). [doi: 10.1002/aic.17293]
Selected as the Editor's Choice Article, (Press)

#30. JH Sa, AK Sum*. Advancing laboratory characterization and qualification of additives for hydrate slurry flow in multiphase systems. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 60, 719-728 (2021). [doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c04756]

2020

#29. JH Sa, X Zhang, AK Sum*. Hydrate management in deadlegs: Effect of driving force on hydrate deposition. Fuel, 279, 118481 (2020). [doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118481]

#28.  A Melchuna, X Zhang, JH Sa, E Abadie, P Glenat, AK Sum*. Flow risk index: A new metric for solid precipitation assessment in flow assurance management applied to gas hydrate transportability. Energy Fuels, 34, 9371-9378 (2020). [doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01203]
Selected as the Supplementary Cover

#27. X Zhang, A Melchuna, JH Sa, AK Sum*. Gas hydrates porosity and effective volume under multiphase flow conditions. J. Nat. Gas Sci. Eng., 79, 103340 (2020). [doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103340]

#26. X Zhang, JH Sa, AK Sum*. Hydrate management in deadlegs: Effect of water vapor content on hydrate deposition. Fuel, 273, 117714 (2020). [doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117714]

#25. JH Sa, X Zhang, X Li, T Austvik, KM Askvik*, AK Sum*. Hydrate management in deadlegs: Limiting hydrate deposition with physical restriction. Fuel, 270, 117506 (2020). [doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117506]

#24. JH Sa+, X Zhang+, AK Sum*. Hydrate management in deadlegs: Hydrate deposition in pipes with complex geometry. Fuel, 269, 117440 (2020). [doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117440]

#23. X Zhang, BR Lee, JH Sa, KM Askvik*, X Li, T Austvik, AK Sum*. Hydrate management in deadlegs: Effect of pipe size on hydrate deposition. Energy Fuels, 34, 1422-1431 (2020). [doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b03373]

2019

#22. JH Sa+, A Melchuna+, X Zhang, M Rivero, P Glenat, AK Sum*. Investigating the effectiveness of anti-agglomerants in gas hydrates and ice formation. Fuel, 255, 115841 (2019). [doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.115841]

#21. JH Sa, AK Sum*, Promoting gas hydrate formation with ice-nucleating additives for hydrate-based applications. Appl. Energy, 251, 113352 (2019). [doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113352]

#20. JH Sa, A Melchuna, X Zhang, R Morales, A Cameirao, JM Herri, AK Sum*. Rock-flow cell: An innovative benchtop testing tool for flow assurance studies. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 58, 8544-8552 (2019). [doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01029]
Selected as the Supplementary Cover

#19. BR Lee+, JH Sa+, SY Hong, JD Lee, KH Lee*, Y Seo*, AK Sum*. Guest-guest interactions and co-occupation by distinct guests in metastable state of clathrate hydrates. J. Phys. Chem. C, 123, 3811-3816 (2019). [doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08629]
Selected as the Front Cover

2018

#18. Y Hu, JH Sa, BR Lee, AK Sum*. Universal correlation for gas hydrate suppression temperature of inhibited systems: III. Salts and organic inhibitors. AIChE J., 64, 4097-4109 (2018). [doi: 10.1002/aic.16369]
Selected as the Editor's Choice Article

#17. JH Sa, Y Hu, AK Sum*. Assessing thermodynamic consistency of gas hydrates phase equilibrium data for inhibited systems. Fluid Phase Equilib., 473, 294-299 (2018). [doi: 10.1016/j.fluid.2018.06.012]

#16. X Zhang, BR Lee, JH Sa, KJ Kinnari, KM Askvik*, X Li, AK Sum*. Hydrate management in deadlegs: Effect of wall temperature on hydrate deposition. Energy Fuels, 32, 3254-3262 (2018). [doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03962]

#15. JH Sa, BR Lee, X Zhang, K Folgerø, K Haukalid, J Kocbach, KJ Kinnari, X Li, KM Askvik*, AK Sum*. Hydrate management in deadlegs: Detection of hydrate deposition using permittivity probe. Energy Fuels, 32, 1693-1702 (2018). [doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03963]

2017

#14. JH Sa, BR Lee, X Zhang, KJ Kinnari, X Li, KM Askvik*, AK Sum*. Hydrate management in deadlegs: Hydrate deposition characterization in a 1-in. vertical pipe system. Energy Fuels, 31, 13536-13544 (2017). [doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b02901]

#13. X Zhang, BR Lee, JH Sa, KJ Kinnari, KM Askvik*, X Li, AK Sum*. Hydrate management in deadlegs: Effect of header temperature on hydrate deposition. Energy Fuels, 31, 11802-11810 (2017). [doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b02095]

#12. KJ Kinnari, KM Askvik*, X Li, T Austvik, X Zhang, JH Sa, BR Lee, AK Sum*. Hydrate management of deadlegs in oil and gas production systems – Background and development of experimental systems. Energy Fuels, 31, 11783-11792 (2017). [doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b02051]

#11. JH Sa*, GH Kwak, K Han, SJ Cho, JD Lee, KH Lee*. Phase equilibria and characterization of CO2 and SF6 binary hydrates for CO2 storage and sequestration. Energy, 126, 306-311 (2017). [doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.03.039]

2011-2016

#10. JH Sa*, GH Kwak, K Han, D Ahn, SJ Cho, JD Lee, KH Lee*. Inhibition of methane and natural gas hydrate formation by altering the structure of water with amino acids. Sci. Rep., 6, 31582 (2016). [doi: 10.1038/srep31582]

#9. H Kim, J Lee, B Park, JH Sa, A Jung, T Kim, J Park, W Hwang, KH Lee*. Improving the tensile strength of carbon nanotube yarn via one-step double [2+1] cycloadditions. Korean J. Chem. Eng., 33, 299-304 (2016). [doi: 10.1007/s11814-015-0140-9]

#8. JH Sa, GH Kwak, K Han, D Ahn, KH Lee*. Gas hydrate inhibition by perturbation of liquid water structure. Sci. Rep., 5, 11526 (2015). [doi: doi.org/10.1038/srep11526]

#7. J Lee, E Oh, T Kim, JH Sa, SH Lee, J Park, D Moon, IS Kang, MJ Kim, SM Kim, KH Lee*. The influence of boundary layer on the growth kinetics of carbon nanotube forests. Carbon, 93, 217-225 (2015). [doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.05.080]

#6. GH Kwak, JH Sa, SH Kim, BR Lee, KH Lee*. Effects of promoter on the formation of gas hydrate from blast furnace gas. Korean Chem. Eng. Res., 53, 103-110 (2015). [doi: 10.9713/kcer.2015.53.1.103]

#5. JH Sa, GH Kwak, BR Lee, D Ahn, KH Lee*. Abnormal incorporation of amino acids into the gas hydrate crystal lattice. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 26730-26734 (2014). [doi: 10.1039/C4CP05056H]

#4. JH Sa, GH Kwak, BR Lee, DH Park, K Han, KH Lee*. Hydrophobic amino acids as a new class of kinetic inhibitors for gas hydrate formation. Sci. Rep., 3, 2428 (2013). [doi: 10.1038/srep02428]

#3. DH Park, BR Lee, JH Sa, KH Lee*. Gas-hydrate phase equilibrium for mixtures of sulfur hexafluoride and hydrogen. J. Chem. Eng. Data, 57, 1433-1436 (2012). [doi: 10.1021/je201273b]

#2. BR Lee, JH Sa, DH Park, S Cho, J Lee, HJ Kim, E Oh, S Jeon, JD Lee, KH Lee*, "Continuous" method for the fast screening of thermodynamic promoters of gas hydrates using quartz crystal microbalance. Energy Fuels, 26, 767-772 (2012). [doi: 10.1021/ef201414u]

#1. JH Sa, BR Lee, DH Park, K Han, HD Chun, KH Lee*. Amino acids as natural inhibitors for hydrate formation in CO2 sequestration. Environ. Sci. & Technol., 45, 5885-5891 (2011). [doi: 10.1021/es200552c]