SHORT COURSES OFFERED ON FOULING AND RELATED SUBJECTS

UIC/TRL's
ARTERIAL BLOCKAGE in the PETROLEUM and NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES Project

Course #1:
Molecular-Base Study of Arterial Blockage/ Fouling Due to Heavy Organic Deposition from Petroleum Fluids:

i. Formation Damage Control and Remedial / Mitigation Techniques of Arterial Blockage in the Oil and Gas Industries
ii. Applied Mathematical Modeling in Petroleum and Natural Gas, and Heavy Oil Production and Processing Systems (Statistics, Kinetics, Transport Equations, Continuous Mixtures, Macromolecular Dynamics, FRACTALS, Perculation, Aggregation Theories)
iii. Experimental Methods in Characterizing Petroleum Fluids and Heavy Organics - Field and Laboratory Techniques
iv. Hydrocarbons, Asphaltene, Resin, Wax their Interactions, Behaviors and Applications
v. Applied Phase Behavior and Equations of State, C7+ Fraction and Petroleum Fluids Characterization - Polydispersivity and its Applications
vi. Wax and Its behavior, applications and its role in reservoir fluid management

Course #2:
Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics - Corresponding States, Conformal Solutions, Colloidal Mixtures, Solubility Phenomena, and Fluctuation Theory:

Applications in Supercritical Fluid Extraction, Retrograde Condensation, Bioseparatons, Nanotechnology, Petroleum Fluids Characterization and Phase Behavior.

Course #3:
Natural Gas Purification and Technology (An AIChE Continuing Education Course): Instructors: Chen-Hwa Chiu, Howard Meyer and G.A. Mansoori

Information about course descriptions, course materials, and the times and p laces of their offerings will be provided upon request

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