Tayfun Babadagli, University of Alberta

Latest papers

Pore-Scale Investigation of Boundary and Gravity Effects on Chemical-Assisted Spontaneous Imbibition Using Microfluidics.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026
Phase behavior of single and multi-component liquid hydrocarbons in real reservoir rocks.
Scientific reports · 2023 · senior author
Propagation and Entrapment of Hydrocarbons in Porous Media under Capillarity Controlled Phase-Alteration Conditions: A Visual Microfluidics Analysis.
ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2021 · senior author

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Next Generation In-Situ Techniques for Eco-Friendly and High Efficiency Recovery of Heavy Oil/Bitumen
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$84,000
Improvement of Heavy-Oil/Bitumen Recovery Efficiency by New Generation Chemicals and Optimization Models
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$198,000
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Unconventional Oil Recovery
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$857,850

All 11 grants and awards

13 publications.

01

Pore-Scale Investigation of Boundary and Gravity Effects on Chemical-Assisted Spontaneous Imbibition Using Microfluidics.

Lin L, Babadagli T, Li H

Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids2026

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6c01981 PMID: 42304971

02

Phase behavior of single and multi-component liquid hydrocarbons in real reservoir rocks.

Al-Kindi I, Babadagli T

Scientific reports2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31651-3 PMID: 36934151

03

Propagation and Entrapment of Hydrocarbons in Porous Media under Capillarity Controlled Phase-Alteration Conditions: A Visual Microfluidics Analysis.

Al-Kindi I, Babadagli T

ACS applied materials & interfaces2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c05503 PMID: 34096264

04

Revisiting Kelvin equation and Peng-Robinson equation of state for accurate modeling of hydrocarbon phase behavior in nano capillaries.

Al-Kindi I, Babadagli T

Scientific reports2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86075-8 PMID: 33753822

05

Wettability alteration: A comprehensive review of materials/methods and testing the selected ones on heavy-oil containing oil-wet systems.

Mohammed M, Babadagli T

Advances in colloid and interface science2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2015.02.006 PMID: 25798909

06

Visual analysis of immiscible displacement processes in porous media under ultrasound effect.

Naderi K, Babadagli T

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.83.056323 PMID: 21728663

07

Influence of intensity and frequency of ultrasonic waves on capillary interaction and oil recovery from different rock types.

Naderi K, Babadagli T

Ultrasonics sonochemistry2010Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2009.10.022 PMID: 19932981

08

Efficiency analysis of greenhouse gas sequestration during miscible CO2 injection in fractured oil reservoirs.

Trivedi J, Babadagli T

Environmental science & technology2008Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/es703264r PMID: 18754463

09

Pore-scale studies of spontaneous imbibition into oil-saturated porous media.

Hatiboglu CU, Babadagli T

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics2008Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.77.066311 PMID: 18643375

10

Effects of ultrasonic waves on the interfacial forces between oil and water.

Hamida T, Babadagli T

Ultrasonics sonochemistry2008Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2007.09.012 PMID: 17981069

Next Generation In-Situ Techniques for Eco-Friendly and High Efficiency Recovery of Heavy Oil/Bitumen

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Babadagli, Tayfun

Keywords: in-situ recovery of heavy--oil and bitumen; efficiency and optimization of heavy--oil recovery; reduction of ghg in thermal methods; hydrocarbon solvents and co2 injection for post-sagd; pore scale modeling through microfluidics and micromodels; matrix transfer in carbonates and tight rocks; nano-metal particles and nano-fluids as steam additives; cold and hot-water injection with novel chemicals; solvent retrieval; wettability and surface interaction

$84,000

Improvement of Heavy-Oil/Bitumen Recovery Efficiency by New Generation Chemicals and Optimization Models

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Babadagli, Tayfun

$198,000

NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Unconventional Oil Recovery

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Industrial Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Babadagli, Tayfun

$857,850

An IR Microscope to An Existing FTIR Spectrometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Liu, Qi

$106,071

Optimal Use of Solvents and Nanomaterials in Thermal Recovery of Heavy-Oil/Bitumen in Oilsands and Carbonates

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Babadagli, Tayfun

$170,000

NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Unconventional Oil Recovery

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Industrial Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Babadagli, Tayfun

$1,374,998

Recovery of bitumen from sandstone and carbonate reservoirs by hot solvent injection

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Babadagli, Tayfun

$155,500

Bitumen recovery from grosmont carbonates by low pressure solvent and hot water injection

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Babadagli, Tayfun

$37,750

Increasing the efficiency pf heavy-oil / bitumen recovery

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Babadagli, Tayfun

$115,000

Investigations on the Greenhouse Gas storage capacity of oil reservoirs

Principal investigatorNSERC2005NSERC/Energy Sector, Natural Resources Canada

Principal investigators: Babadagli, Tayfun

$188,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Yaman Boluk

Civil and Environmental Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2005

Japan Trivedi

Civil and Environmental Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2008

Huazhou Li

Civil and Environmental Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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