Publications

Chen, X., Lu, Y.* A perspective review on degradable polylactic acid diverters for well stimulations. Fuel, 348, 128557, 2023.

 Burmaster, D., Lu, Y.* Surface Material Effects on Wax Deposition in Noncoated Pipelines. Energy & Fuels, 37(12), 8250–8257, 2023.

Ma, Q., Wang, C., Lu, Y., Lei, Y., Liu, Y., Lv, X.; Zhou, S.; Gong, J. Water droplets tailored as wax crystals carriers to mitigate wax deposition of emulsion. ACS Omega, 8(8), 7546–7554, 2023

 Ma, Q., Wang, C., Lu, Y., Lei, Y., Liu, Y., Lv, X.; Zhou, S.; Gong, J. Experimental Study on the Effect of Wax Crystal-Water Droplet Aggregations on Wax Deposition of Water-in-Oil Emulsions. Energy & Fuels, 37(3), 1940–1948, 2023.

Li, Y., Zhu, J., Zeng, H., Zhang, Y., Lu, Y., Fan, Y., Zhu, H. An indirect approach for flow pattern transition identification inside a low-specific-speed centrifugal pump with experimental verification and theoretical modeling. SPE Journal, 28(01):184-200, 2023

Jia, H., Zhu, J., Cao, G., Lu, Y.; Lu, B., Zhu, H. A model ranking approach for liquid loading onset prediction. SPE Production & Operation, 37 (03), 370-382, 2022.

Ma, Q., Liu, Y., Lv, X., Zhou, S., Lu, Y., Wang, C., Gong, J. In situ record of the dynamic process of wax deposition in water-in-oil emulsion: Evolution of two types of deposition structure. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 214, 110560, 2022.

J. Sun; L. Guo; J. Jing; C. Tang; Y. Lu; J. Fu; A. Ullmann; N. Brauner; Investigation on laminar pipe flow of a non-Newtonian Carreau-Extended fluid Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 2021, 205, 108915 

J. Sun; L. Guo; J. Jing; L. Duan; Y. Lu; A. Ullmann; N. Brauner; A comparison of numerical simulations with experimental and theoretical investigations of highly-viscous oil-aqueous foam horizontal flow Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 2021, 201, 108507

B. Yao; J. Chen; C. Li; F. Yang; G. Sun; Y. Lu; Prediction of Wax Deposits for Crude Pipelines Using Time-Dependent Data Mining SPE Journal 2021, 26(4), 1980-2001

Bell, E.; Lu, Y.; Daraboina, N.; Sarica, C.; Experimental Investigation of Active Heating in Removal of Wax Deposit Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 2021, 200, 108346 

Bell, E.; Lu, Y.; Daraboina, N.; Sarica, C.; Thermal methods in flow assurance: A review Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 2021, 88, 103798 

Yang, J.; Lu, Y.; Daraboina, N.; Sarica, C.; Wax deposition mechanisms: Is the current description sufficient? Fuel 2020, 275, 117937

Chávez-Miyauchi, T.; Lu, Y.; Firoozabadi, A. Low Salinity Water Injection in Berea Sandstone: Effect of Wettability, Interface Elasticity, and Acid and Base Functionalities. Fuel 2020, 263, 116572  

Lu, Y.; Najafabadi, N. F.; Firoozabadi, A. Effect of Low-Concentration of 1-Pentanol on the Wettability of Petroleum Fluid–Brine–Rock Systems. Langmuir 2019, 35(12), 4263–4269 

Janamatti A.; Lu, Y.; Ravichandran S.; Sarica, C.; Daraboina, N. Influence of Operating Temperatures on Long-duration Wax Deposition in Flow Lines. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 2019, 183, 106373

Li, H.; Wang, X.; Ma, C.; Lu, Y.; Han, S.; Chen, C. Zhang, J. Effect of Electrical Treatment on Structural Behaviors of Gelled Waxy Crude Oil. Fuel 2019, 253, 647-661 

Ma, C.; Zhang, J.; Feng, K.; Li, Z.; Chen, C.; Huang, Q.; Lu, Y. Influence of asphaltenes on the performance of electrical treatment of waxy oils. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 2019, 180, 31-40 

Liu, H.; Zhang, J. and Lu, Y.* Yielding characterization of waxy gels by energy dissipation. Rheologica Acta 2018, 57(6), 473-480

Liu, H.; Lu, Y.* and Zhang, J. A Comprehensive Investigation of the Viscoelasticity and Time-dependent Yielding Transition of Waxy Crude Oils. Journal of Rheology 2018, 62(2), 527-541

Li, Y.; Han, S.; Lu, Y.* and Zhang, J. Influence of Asphaltene Polarity on Crystallization and Gelation of Waxy Oils. Energy & Fuels 2018, 32, 1491-1497

Li, M.; Sun, M.; Lu, Y. and Zhang, J. Experimental Study on the Strength of Original Samples of Wax deposits from Pipelines in the Field. Energy & Fuels 2017, 31 (11), 11977-11986

Ma, C.; Lu, Y.*; Chen, C.; Feng, K.; Li, Z.; Wang, X. and Zhang, J. Electrical Treatment of Waxy Crude Oil to Improve Its Cold Flowability. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2017, 56 (38), 10920-10928

Lu, Y.; Nariman Fathi Najafabadi and Abbas Firoozabadi. Effect of Temperature on Wettability of Oil/Brine/Rock Systems. Energy & Fuels 2017, 31 (5), 4989-4995

Lu, Y. and Savage, P. E. Supercritical Water Gasification of Lipid-extracted Hydrochar to Recover Energy and Nutrients. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids 2015, 99, 88-94

Lu, Y.; Levine, R. B. and Savage, P. E. Fatty Acids for Nutraceuticals and Biofuels from Hydrothermal Carbonization of Microalgae. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2015, 54, 4066-4071

Lu, Y.; Huang, Z.; Hoffmann, R.; Amundsen, L. and Fogler, H. S. The Counterintuitive Effects of Oil Flow Rate on Wax Deposition. Energy & Fuels 2012, 26, 4091-4097

Huang, Z.; Lu, Y.; Hoffmann, R.; Amundsen, L. and Fogler, H. S. The Effect of Operating Temperatures on Wax Deposition. Energy & Fuels 2011, 25, 5180-5188