Publications

Chen, X., Ziauddin, M., Wu, C., Lu, Y.* Effects of Geometry and Degradation Conditions on the Aqueous Hydrolysis of Polylactic Acid Diverters. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 258, 214324, December 2025.

 Rego Barros Rebello, L., Nicolini, J. V., Conceição Ferraz, H., Balhoff, M. T., Lu, Y. A Perspective Review on Nanoparticles as Mitigating Agents for Surfactant Retention in Enhanced Oil Recovery. Energy & Fuels, 39 (42), 113079, October 2025

 Sun, J., Liu, S., Liao, G., Wang, S., Lu, Y., Wu, C., He, Y., Sun, N., Li, W. Influencing Factors and Predictive Models of Oil–Water Emulsions: A Comprehensive Review and Future Outlook. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1552: 94-116, September 2025

Wang, H., Chen, X., Lu, Y. A Minireview and Perspective on Electrical Methods for Enhancing the Flow of Waxy Crude Oils. Energy & Fuels, 39, 17692−17709, September 2025

Sun, J., Meng, F., Wang, Z., Zeng, X., Wen, Y., Wang, S., Lu, Y., Sun, N., Li, W. Drag reduction performance in transportation of thermally produced heavy oil by self-generating foam injection. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 193, 105389, December 2025

 Bai, F., Chen, X., Lu, Y.* CO2 hydrate slurry rheology, flow, and modeling: A comprehensive review. Gas Science and Engineering, 143, 205748, November 2025

Sun, J., Shi, G., Zhen, Y., Deng, S., Meng, F., Wang, S., Lu, Y., Sun, N., Li, W. Investigation of wax deposition in horizontal two-phase oil–water flow with high water content: a combined experimental and numerical approach. Applied Thermal Engineering, 279, 127521, November 2025

 Sun, J., Li, D., Shi, G., Zeng, X., Yang, Z., Wen, Y., Lu, Y., Sun, N., Li, W. Predictive model for wall sticking onset temperature in high water cut crude oil pipes based on dynamic equilibrium of droplet distribution. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 725, 137638, November 2025

Wang, H., Lu, Y. Significant reduction of the viscosity of waxy model oils by DC electric field. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 251, 213905, August 2025.

Zhao, Y., Dordzie, G., Huh, C., Balhoff, M., Lu, Y.* Rheology, Phase Stability, and Microstructure of Nanosilica-Assisted Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide. Energy & Fuels, 38, 22775−22786, November 2024

Chen, X., Vidma, K., Ziauddin, M., Tardy, P., Lu, Y.* Hydrolysis kinetics of self-degradable diverters for well stimulation. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 242, 213246, November 2024.

Li, W., Feng, K., Ma, H., Jiang, W., Li, J., Lu, Y. Microscopic mechanism analysis of temperature influence on rock salt and thermal damage evolution of surrounding wall in underground salt cavern. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 83:412, September 2024

Bai, F., Lu, Y.*, Sharma, M. A unified fractional flow framework for predicting the liquid holdup in two-phase pipe flows. Petroleum Science, 21, 2614-2624, May 2024.

Burmaster, D., Chaudhry, I., Lu, Y.* Experimental investigation of wax deposition on multiple steel alloys. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 239, 212966, August 2024.

Bai, F., Lu, Y.* Effects of Impurities on Anthropogenic CO2 Pipeline Transport. Energy & Fuels, 38, 9958-9966, May 2024.

 Zhu, H., Lei, Y., Yu, P., Li C., Yao B., Yang, S., Lu, Y., Peng, H. Novel high-precision wax molecular diffusion coefficient correlation based on the diffusion laboratory apparatus coupled with differential scanning calorimeter. Fuel, 355, 129452, January 2024.

 Bai, F., Jia, C., Hu, J., Alsousy, A., Lu, Y., Sepehrnoori, K. Storage capacity comparison of hydrogen and carbon dioxide in heterogeneous aquifers. Gas Science and Engineering, 121, 205182, January 2024.

Burmaster, D., Kainer, A., Lu, Y.* Effects of surface roughness on wax deposition. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 231, 212383, December 2023.

Bai, F., Lou, W., Lu, Y.* A robust drift-flux model for two-phase CO2 pipe flow. Gas Science and Engineering, 119, 205140, November 2023.

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