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Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Upscaling and multiscale modelling of flow and transport in porous media
- Reactive transport of acidic solutions in porous media
- Geo-engineering of hydrocarbon recovery and carbon sequesteration
- Geothermal heat recovery
- Shale gas flow modelling
- Aquifer remediation and contaminant transport
- Thermodynamics of hyrdrocarbon fluids integrated with simulation
- Optimisation and uncertainty quantification
Biography
2020−Present: Senior Lecturer in Petroleum Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester
2014−2020: Lecturer in Petroleum Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester
2013−2014: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College London
- Member of Minerals, Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Group
- Participated in NERC Project NE/H01392X/1 “Multiscale whole systems modelling and analysis for CO2 capture, transport and storage”
- Participated in EPSRC Project EP/K035967/1 “CO2 injection and storage: short and long-term behaviour at different spatial scales”
2012−Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College London (funded by EPSRC-Shell Dorothy-Hodgkin Postgraduate Award)
Opportunities
PhD positions are open:
- Numerical modelling and design of geothermal heat recovery from subsurface systems (details)
- Coupled flow-geomechanics for prediction of propagation and collapse of wormholes in matrix acidizing (details)
Please contact me for further topics for PhD projects at masoud.babaei@manchester.ac.uk or +44 (0)161 306 4554 .
Units taught
MSc Subsurface energy Engineering courses:
CHEN60482 Advanced Modelling of Subsurface Processes
CHEN60492 Subsurface Fluid Properties for CCS and Geothermal Fluids
Undergrad Petroleum Engineering course (until 2020):
CHEN20132 Reservoir Fluids and Lab
CHEN30232 Petroleum Engineering Design Project
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, The Higher Education Academy
1 Sep 2014 → 1 Feb 2018
Award Date: 21 Feb 2018
Doctor of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College London
1 Feb 2009 → 1 Jan 2013
Award Date: 1 Jan 2013
Master in Science, Reservoir Simulation/Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
1 Sep 2005 → 1 Jun 2007
Award Date: 1 Jun 2007
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Energy
- Dalton Nuclear Institute
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Analytical solution for predicting salt precipitation during CO2 injection into saline aquifers in presence of capillary pressure
Norouzi, A. M., Niasar, V., Gluyas, J. & Babaei, M., 15 May 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Water Resources Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Boron in geothermal energy: Sources, environmental impacts, and management in geothermal fluid
Mott, A., Baba, A., Hadi Mosleh, M., Ökten, H. E., Babaei, M., Gören, A. Y., Feng, C., Recepoğlu, Y. K., Uzelli, T., Uytun, H., Morata, D., Yüksel, A. & Sedighi, M., 1 Oct 2022, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 167, 112825.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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CO2-plume geothermal: Power net generation from 3D fluvial aquifers
Norouzi, A. M., Pouranian, F., Rabbani, A., Fowler, N., Gluyas, J., Niasar, V., Ezekiel, J. & Babaei, M., 18 Dec 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Applied Energy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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CO2-plume geothermal in fluvial formations: A 2D numerical performance study using subsurface metrics and upscaling
Norouzi, A. M., Gluyas, J. & Babaei, M., 1 Feb 2022, In: Geothermics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhanced thermal fingering in a shear-thinning fluid flow through porous media: dynamic pore network modelling
An, S., Sahimi, M., Shende, T., Babaei, M. & Niasar, V., 3 Feb 2022, In: Physics of Fluids.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
- 5 Finished
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Gas transport behaviour in multiple formations of tight sandstone, shale and coal during gas co-production
31/03/18 → 30/03/20
Project: Research
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Multiscale modelling of miscible interfaces: Application on surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation
1/01/18 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
Activities
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Newton Fund Project with Turkey, UK Visit
Masoud Babaei (Chair) & Majid Sedighi (Chair)
3 Mar 2020 → 4 Mar 2020Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
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American Chemical Society (ACS) (External organisation)
Masoud Babaei (Invited member)
2020Activity: Membership › Membership of grants peer review panel
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Geoenvironmental sustainability in South East Asia – tackling water and soil contamination problems.
Majid Sedighi (Organiser), Masoud Babaei (Organiser), Mojgan Hadi Mosleh (Organiser) & Seth Schindler (Organiser)
29 Jul 2019 → 30 Jul 2019Activity: Other
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Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) (External organisation)
Masoud Babaei (Invited member)
2019Activity: Membership › Membership of grants peer review panel
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