Dr Mahshid Firouzi
Gas and Energy Transition Research Centre
Honorary Senior Fellow
UQ Centre for Natural Gas
Publications
Book Chapter
Nguyen, Anh V. and Firouzi, Mahshid (2013). Collision and attachment interactions of single air bubbles with flat surfaces in aqueous solutions. Drops and bubbles in contact with solid surfaces. (pp. 211-240) edited by M. Ferrari, L. Liggerie and R. Miller. Boca Raton, FL, U.S.A.: CRC Press.
Journal Articles
Amani, Pouria, Salehi, Ali, Wang, Jinjie and Firouzi, Mahshid (2024). Enhancing CO2 Foam Stability with Hexane Vapours: Mitigating Coarsening and Drainage Rates. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 707 135867, 135867. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.135867
Amani, Pouria, Hsia, Tina, Thang, San H. and Firouzi, Mahshid (2024). Assessment of a bio-inspired frothing agent derived from Vitamin E in mineral processing. Minerals Engineering, 218 108974, 108974. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2024.108974
Khakbaz, Hadis, Basnayake, Asanka Pradeep, Harikumar, Akshay Krishna Ambika, Firouzi, Mahshid, Martin, Darren and Heitzmann, Michael (2024). Tribological and mechanical characterization of glass fiber polyamide composites under hydrothermal aging. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 227 110870, 110870. doi: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2024.110870
Parkes, S., Wright, B., Wang, P., Stiller, E., Firouzi, M. and Galvin, K.P. (2024). Hydrophobic-hydrophilic bubble-particle kinetics in a downcomer. Minerals Engineering, 210 108646, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2024.108646
Amani, Pouria, Amiralian, Nasim, Athukoralalage, Sandya S. A. and Firouzi, Mahshid (2023). Eco-efficient pickering foams: leveraging sugarcane waste-derived cellulose nanofibres. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11 (44), 24379-24389. doi: 10.1039/d3ta04917e
Khojier, K., Goudarzi, S. and Firouzi, M. (2023). Enhanced, selective, and room temperature detection of ethanol vapor by RF-sputtered TiO2 thin films. Applied Physics A-Materials Science and Processing, 129 (12) 835, 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s00339-023-07089-9
Buckley, Thomas, Vuong, Thinh, Karanam, Kavitha, Vo, Phong Hoang Nhat, Shukla, Pradeep, Firouzi, Mahshid and Rudolph, Victor (2023). Response to ‘Comment on "Using foam fractionation to estimate PFAS air-water interface adsorption behaviour at ng/L and µg/L" by T. Buckley, T. Vuong, K. Karanam, P.H.N. Vo, P. Shukla, M. Firouzi & V. Rudolph, Water Research 239, 120028’. Water Research, 249 120811, 120811. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120811
Buckley, Thomas, Vuong, Thinh, Karanam, Kavitha, Vo, Phong H.N., Shukla, Pradeep, Firouzi, Mahshid and Rudolph, Victor (2023). Using foam fractionation to estimate PFAS air-water interface adsorption behaviour at ng/L and µg/L concentrations. Water Research, 239 120028, 120028. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120028
Amani, Pouria and Firouzi, Mahshid (2023). Uninterrupted lift of gas, water, and fines in unconventional gas wells using foam-assisted artificial lift. Gas Science and Engineering, 114 204977, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jgsce.2023.204977
Buckley, Thomas, Karanam, Kavitha, Han, Han, Vo, Hoang Nhat Phong, Shukla, Pradeep, Firouzi, Mahshid and Rudolph, Victor (2023). Effect of different co-foaming agents on PFAS removal from the environment by foam fractionation. Water Research, 230 119532, 119532. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119532
Amani, Pouria, Rudolph, Victor, Hurter, Suzanne and Firouzi, Mahshid (2022). Sustainable dewatering of unconventional gas wells using engineered multiphase flow dynamics. Fuel, 324 (Part B) 124675, 124675. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124675
Amani, Pouria and Firouzi, Mahshid (2022). Effect of divalent and monovalent salts on interfacial dilational rheology of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate solutions. Colloids and Interfaces, 6 (3) 41, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/colloids6030041
Amani, Pouria and Firouzi, Mahshid (2022). Effect of salt and particles on the hydrodynamics of foam flows in relation to foam static characteristics. Chemical Engineering Science, 254 117611, 117611. doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117611
Buckley, Thomas, Karanam, Kavitha, Xu, Xiaoyong, Shukla, Pradeep, Firouzi, Mahshid and Rudolph, Victor (2022). Effect of mono- and di-valent cations on PFAS removal from water using foam fractionation – a modelling and experimental study. Separation and Purification Technology, 286 120508, 120508. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.120508
Amani, Pouria, Miller, Reinhard, Javadi, Aliyar and Firouzi, Mahshid (2022). Pickering foams and parameters influencing their characteristics. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 301 102606, 102606. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2022.102606
Firouzi, Mahshid, Kovalchuk, Volodymyr I., Loglio, Giuseppe and Miller, Reinhard (2022). Salt effects on the dilational viscoelasticity of surfactant adsorption layers. Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 57 101538, 101538. doi: 10.1016/j.cocis.2021.101538
Amani, Pouria, Karakashev, Stoyan I., Grozev, Nikolay A., Simeonova, Silviya S., Miller, Reinhard, Rudolph, Victor and Firouzi, Mahshid (2021). Effect of selected monovalent salts on surfactant stabilized foams. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 295 102490, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102490
Abdul-Majeed, Ghassan H. and Firouzi, Mahshid (2021). Prediction of slug/churn transition for viscous upward two-phase flows in vertical pipes. SPE Production and Operations, 36 (3), 637-658. doi: 10.2118/203832-PA
Buckley, Thomas, Xu, Xiaoyong, Rudolph, Victor, Firouzi, Mahshid and Shukla, Pradeep (2021). Review of foam fractionation as a water treatment technology. Separation Science and Technology, 57 (6), 1-30. doi: 10.1080/01496395.2021.1946698
Amani, Pouria, Miller, Reinhard, Ata, Seher, Hurter, Suzanne, Rudolph, Victor and Firouzi, Mahshid (2020). Dynamics of interfacial layers for sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate solutions at different salinities. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 92, 174-183. doi: 10.1016/j.jiec.2020.09.002
Abdul-Majeed, Ghassan H., Firouzi, Mahshid and Soto-Cortes, Gabriel (2020). Prediction of slug frequency for medium liquid viscosity two-phase flow in vertical, horizontal, and inclined pipes. SPE Production and Operations, 35 (4), 885-894. doi: 10.2118/202473-PA
Amani, Pouria, Hurter, Suzanne, Rudolph, Victor and Firouzi, Mahshid (2020). Comparison of flow dynamics of air-water flows with foam flows in vertical pipes. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 119 110216, 110216. doi: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2020.110216
Towler, Brian, Hywel-Evans, Duncan and Firouzi, Mahshid (2020). Failure modes for hydrated bentonite plugs used in well decommissioning operations. Applied Clay Science, 184 105385, 105385. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2019.105385
Wu, Benjamin, Ribeiro, Ayrton Soares, Firouzi, Mahshid, Rufford, Thomas E. and Towler, Brian (2020). Use of pressure signal analysis to characterise counter-current two-phase flow regimes in annuli. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 153, 547-561. doi: 10.1016/j.cherd.2019.11.009
Wu, Benjamin, Firouzi, Mahshid, Rufford, Thomas E. and Towler, Brian (2019). Characteristics of counter-current gas-liquid two-phase flow and its limitations in vertical annuli. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 109 109899, 109899. doi: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2019.109899
Towler, Brian, Firouzi, Mahshid and Wilkinson, Rick (2019). Australia’s gas resources and its new approaches. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 72 102970, 102970. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2019.102970
Abdul-Majeed, Ghassan H. and Firouzi, Mahshid (2019). The suitability of the dimensionless terms used in correlating slug liquid holdup with flow parameters in viscous two-phase flows. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 108 104323, 104323. doi: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2019.104323
Karakashev, Stoyan I., Firouzi, Mahshid, Wang, Jianlong, Alexandrova, Lidia and Nguyen, Anh V. (2019). On the stability of thin films of pure water. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 268, 82-90. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2019.03.005
Hassanzadeh, Ahmad, Firouzi, Mahshid, Albijanic, Boris and Celik, Mehmet S. (2018). A review on determination of particle–bubble encounter using analytical, experimental and numerical methods. Minerals Engineering, 122, 296-311. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2018.04.014
Peng, Hong and Firouzi, Mahshid (2017). Evaluation of interfacial properties of concentrated KCl solutions by molecular dynamics simulation. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 538, 703-710. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.11.063
Wu, Benjamin, Firouzi, Mahshid, Mitchell, Travis, Rufford, Thomas E., Leonardi, Christopher and Towler, Brian (2017). A critical review of flow maps for gas-liquid flows in vertical pipes and annuli. Chemical Engineering Journal, 326, 350-377. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.05.135
Firouzi, Mahshid and Nguyen, Anh V. (2017). The Gibbs-Marangoni stress and nonDLVO forces are equally important for modeling bubble coalescence in salt solutions. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 515, 62-68. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.12.004
Towler, Brian F., Lehr, Heidi L., Austin, Scott W., Bowthorpe, Brooks, Feldman, Jacob H., Forbis, Sabrina K., Germack, David and Firouzi, Mahshid (2017). Spontaneous imbibition experiments of enhanced oil recovery with surfactants and complex nano-fluids. Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 20 (2), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11743-017-1924-1
Towler, Brian, Firouzi, Mahshid, Underschultz, James, Rifkin, Will, Garnett, Andrew, Schultz, Helen, Esterle, Joan, Tyson, Stephen and Witt, Katherine (2016). An overview of the coal seam gas developments in Queensland. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 31, 249-271. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.02.040
Firouzi, Mahshid, Towler, Brian and Rufford, Thomas (2016). Developing new mechanistic models for predicting pressure gradient in coal bed methane wells. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 33, 961-972. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.04.035
Firouzi, Mahshid, Howes, Tony and Nguyen, Anh V. (2015). A quantitative review of the transition salt concentration for inhibiting bubble coalescence. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 222, 305-318. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.07.005
Peng, Tiefeng, Firouzi, Mahshid, Li, Qibin and Peng, Kang (2015). Surface force at the nano-scale: Observation of non-monotonic surface tension and disjoining pressure. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17 (32), 20502-20507. doi: 10.1039/c5cp03050a
Firouzi, Mahshid and Nguyen, Anh V. (2014). Effects of monovalent anions and cations on drainage and lifetime of foam films at different interface approach speeds. Advanced Powder Technology, 25 (4), 1212-1219. doi: 10.1016/j.apt.2014.06.004
Firouzi, Mahshid and Nguyen, Anh V. (2014). Novel methodology for predicting the critical salt concentration of bubble coalescence inhibition. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118 (2), 1021-1026. doi: 10.1021/jp409473g
Firouzi, Mahshid and Nguyen, Anh V. (2014). On the effect of van der Waals attractions on the critical salt concentration for inhibiting bubble coalescence. Minerals Engineering, 58, 108-112. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2014.01.014
Firouzi, Mahshid, Nguyen, Anh V. and Hashemabadi, Seyyed Hassan (2011). The effect of microhydrodynamics on bubble-particle collision interaction. Minerals Engineering, 24 (9), 973-986. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.04.005
Firouzi, M. and Hashemabadi, S.H. (2009). Analytical Solution for Newtonian Laminar Flow Through the Concave and Convex Ducts. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 131 (9), 094501-1-094501-6. doi: 10.1115/1.3184026
Firouzi, M. and Hashemabadi, S. H. (2009). Exact solution of two phase stratified flow through the pipes for non-Newtonian Herschel–Bulkley fluids. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 36 (7), 768-775. doi: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.03.018
Firouzi, M. and Hashemabadi, S. H. (2008). Analytical solution for Newtonian–Bingham plastic two-phase pressure driven stratified flow through the circular ducts. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 35 (5), 666-673. doi: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2007.12.003
Conference Papers
Dashti, Hossein, Sedaghat, Mohammad, Firouzi, Mahshid and Hurter, Suzanne (2021). A modelling study on the application of the bentonites in plugging carbon dioxide injection wells. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, 16-18 November 2021. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC). doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2021-208366
Pearce, Julie K., Raza, Syed S., Baublys, Kim A., Hayes, Phil J., Firouzi, Mahshid and Rudolph, Victor (2021). Unconventional CO2 storage. Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Online, 16-18 November 2021. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2021-208295
Rathnayake, Suren Indrajith and Firouzi, Mahshid (2021). Statistical process control for early detection of progressive cavity pump failures in vertical unconventional gas wells. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, 16-18 November 2021. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC). doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2021-208406
Amani, Pouria and Firouzi, Mahshid (2021). Foam flow characterisation in a vertical annulus. Chemeca 2021: Advance, Disrupt and Sustain, Virtual, 27-28 September 2021. Barton, ACT, Australia: Engineers Australia. doi: 10.3316/informit.105494215700246
Amani, Pouria , Hurter, Suzanne , Firouzi, Mahshid and Rudolph, Victor (2019). Enhancing CSG well production via foam assisted lift method. Energi Simulation Summit 2019, Calgary, AB, Canada, 3-4 October 2019. Energi Simulation.
Firouzi, Mahshid and Rathnayake, Suren (2019). Prediction of the flowing bottom-hole pressure using advanced data analytics. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2019, APUR 2019, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 18-19 November 2019. Tulsa, OK, United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2019-198240
Wu, Benjamin, Firouzi, Mahshid, Ribeiro, Ayrton S., Rufford, Thomas E. and Towler, Brian (2019). Investigating the Effect of Salinity on Counter-Current Two-Phase Flow Regimes in Annuli. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18 - 19 November 2019. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2019-198228
Mitchell, Travis, Hill, Bryce, Firouzi, Mahshid and Leonardi, Christopher (2019). Development and Evaluation of Multiphase Closure Models used in the Simulation of Unconventional Wellbore Dynamics. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18 - 19 November 2019. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2019-198239
Towler, Brian, Firouzi, Mahshid and Wilkinson, Rick (2018). Australia's world scale gas resources, its markets and why new approaches are required. SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 23 - 25 October 2018. Richardson, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/191895-ms
Mitchell, Travis, Leonardi, Chris, Firouzi, Mahshid and Towler, Brian (2018). Towards closure relations for the rise velocity of Taylor bubbles in annular piping using phase-field lattice Boltzmann techniques. 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 10 - 13 December 2018. Hawthorn, VIC, Australia: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
Wu, Benjamin, Firouzi, Mahshid, Rufford, Thomas E. and Towler, Brian (2018). Mitigating the failure of downhole pumps due to gas interference in coal seam gas wells. SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia, 23-25 October 2018. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/191910-ms
Towler, Brian F., Firouzi, Mahshid, Holl, Heinz-Gerd, Gandhi, Randeep and Thomas, Anthony (2016). Field trials of plugging oil and gas wells with hydrated bentonite. SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 25-27 October 2016. Richardson, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/182199-MS
Firouzi,Mahshid, Towler, Brian and Rufford, Thomas (2015). Mechanistic modelling of counter-current slug flows in vertical annuli. SPE Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 9-11 November 2015. Richardson, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). doi: 10.2118/176885-MS
Towler, Brian F., Firouzi, Mahshid, Mortezapour, Amin and Hywel-Evans, Paul D. (2015). Plugging CSG Wells with Bentonite: Review and Preliminary Lab Results. SPE Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia, 9-11 November 2015. SPE Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition,: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/176987-MS
Firouzi, Mahshid and Nguyen, Anh V. (2013). Different Effects of Monovalent Anions and Cations on the Bubble Coalescence and Lifetime of Aqueous Films between Air Bubbles. CHEMECA, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 29 September - 2 October 2013. Barton, ACT Australia: Engineers Australia.
Firouzi, M. and Hashemabadi, S . H (2009). Non uniform sedimentation effects on fluid flow through the pipes. 6th International Congress on Chemical Engineering, Kish Island, Iran, 17-19 November 2009.
Firouzi, M. and Hashemabadi, S . H (2008). Analytical solution for influence of yield stress on two phase stratified flow through the pipe. 5th International Chemical Engineering Congress (IChEC 2008), Kish Island, Iran, 2-5 January 2008.
Firouzi, M. and Hashemabadi, S . H (2008). Analytical solution for rheological properties effects on two-phase stratified flow through the pipes. 3rd IASME / WSEAS International Conference on CONTINUUM MECHANICS (CM'08), Cambridge, United Kingdom, 23-25 February 2008.
Patent
Firouzi, Mahshid, Rudolph, Victor and Greenway, Brent (2018). Method for dewatering and operating coal seam gas wells. International (PCT) Patent Application No. PCT/AU2017/051355.
Thesis
Firouzi, Mahshid (2014). Drainage and stability of foam films during bubble coalescence in aqueous salt solutions. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.53
Newspaper Articles
Firouzi, Mahshid (2018, 12 01). Combining maths and bubbles to boost gas production Queensland Government Mining Journal 1-1.
Firouzi, Mahshid (2018, 09 27). Combining maths and bubbles to boost gas production The Australian Energy Review 1-1.
Mahshid Firouzi, Towler, Brian and Wu, Benjamin (2018, 09 04). Combining maths and bubbles to boost gas production Australian Mining Review 1-1.
Research Reports
Wu, Benjamin and Firouzi, Mahshid (2018). Enhancing CSG well production through well bottom-hole pressure control. Stage 3 Report: laboratory work and mathematical modelling. Qld, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Stenlake, Alex and Firouzi, Mahshid (2018). Data collation, preparation, and initial analysis. Improving run-time of PC-Pumps through torque data analytics
Du Plessis, Jaco and Firouzi, Mahshid (2017). Candidate models/algorithms for determination of hole in tubing-data analytics. Improving run-time of PC-Pumps through torque data analytics Industry report submitted to Santos: