Dr. Taraneh Jafari Behbahani | Flow Assurance and Paraffin Control | Women Researcher Award

Dr. Taraneh Jafari Behbahani | Research Institute of Petroleum Industry | Iran

Dr. Taraneh Jafari Behbahani is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering with extensive expertise in chemical process design and flow assurance challenges in the petroleum industry. Her research focuses on understanding, reducing, and preventing wax and asphaltene deposition, as well as gas hydrate formation in oil and gas systems. She has led and contributed to numerous academic and industrial research projects, integrating experimental investigations with advanced theoretical modeling. Her doctoral work introduced a novel multilayer adsorption kinetic model to describe asphaltene deposition in porous media, validated through laboratory data and literature comparisons, resulting in high-impact scientific publications.

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Featured Publications

A Novel Investigation Based on Tree-Based Machine Learning Methods on the Rheological Behaviour of Waxy Crude Oils – Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2025

Experimental Study of Polymeric Composite Reinforced with Carbon Fiber for Mud Lost-Control Applications – Scientific Reports, 2024

Experimental and Theoretical Study of Asphaltene Deposition Mechanisms in Porous Media

– Fuel / Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering

Modeling and Prevention of Wax Deposition in Crude Oil Pipelines under Dynamic Conditions

– Energy & Fuels / Petroleum Science

Mr. Zewen Zhuo | Fluid Properties of Petroleum | Research Excellence Award

Mr. Zewen Zhuo | Shandong Gangyuan Pipeline Logistics Co., Ltd. | China

Mr. Zewen Zhuo is an engineer specializing in oil and gas storage and transportation, with a focus on the rheology of crude oil. His research investigates efficient pipeline transportation technologies, safety assurance methods, and the optimization of crude oil transport equipment. He has led studies on the coupling mechanism of wax crystal microbehavior and heat transfer in waxy crude oil storage, as well as the nonlinear random growth of wax crystal aggregates in shear flow fields. Zhuo has authored key publications on gel structure destruction, rheo-microscopy measurements, and waxy crude oil microstructure observation, contributing significantly to petroleum engineering research.

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