Advances in Petroleum Thermodynamics
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 33
Special Issue Editors
Interests: petroleum thermodynamics; PVT analysis; EOS modeling; CCUS fluids; experimental and theoretical studies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is aiming at publishing research on petroleum's phase behavior, including the thermodynamic properties and phase equilibria of CCUS-related fluids. Both experimental and theoretical contributions will be welcome. There's still a number of unresolved issues in the study of mixtures related to petroleum production and processing, from the primary depletion-to-the enhanced oil recovery stages of both conventional /unconventional reservoirs; and in the modeling of fluid properties and phase equilibria of fluids encountered in carbon capture and storage systems. Some (but not all) of the topics to be covered are: Multiphase equilibrium in reservoir fluids, Miscibility, Fluid Characterization, Gas Condensates, Asphaltene and Wax Precipitation and Deposition, Hydrate and Sulfur Deposition, Microfluidic measurements, Downhole Fluid Analysis, Hydrocarbons-Water/Brine Systems, Compositional Grading in Reservoirs, Fluid Sampling, Emulsions, Physical and Transport Properties, Non-Equilibrium Systems, EOS, Multiphase Flash Calculations, Density, Phase Equilibria and Caloric Properties of CCUS-related mixtures, and scale precipitation from reactive CO2-brine systems, and Machine Learning and AI prediction of Properties and Phase Equilibria in Hydrocarbon and CCUS Mixtures.
Dr. Carlos Lira-Galeana
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. David Reyes-Gonzalez
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- petroleum thermodynamics
- CCUS fluids
- properties and phase behavior
- experimental and theoretical studies
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