Recent Publications

  • Jaho, S., Sygouni, V., Rokidi, S., Parthenios, J., Koutsoukos, P.G., Paraskeva, C.A. “Precipitation of Calcium Carbonate in Porous Media in the Presence of n-Dodecane”, Crystal Growth and Design, September (2016)  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01048
  • Jaho S., Athanasakou G. D., Sygouni V., Lioliou M. G., Koutsoukos P. G. and C. A. Paraskeva, “Experimental Investigation of Calcium Carbonate precipitation and Crystal Growth in 1-D and 2-D porous media”, Crystal Growth and Design, 16 (1),pp. 359-370, (2016) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01321
  • Pavlakou, E.I., Sygouni, V., Lioliou, M.G. ,  Koutsoukos, P.G., Paraskeva, C.A. “Precipitation of sparingly soluble salts in packed sandbeds in the presence of miscible and immiscible organic substances”, Crystal Research and Technology, 51 (2), pp. 167-177, (2016) https://doi.org/10.1002/crat.201500267
  • Skouras, E.D., Sygouni, V., Constantinides, G.N., Paraskeva, C.A., “Flow, Transport and Controlled Sedimentation of Salt Solutions in Porous Formations with Enhanced Structural Properties, Crystal Growth and Design, 16 (11), pp 6230–6238, (2016)  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00731

Relevant Selected Previous Publications of the members of the research team

  • Robin, M., Behot, J., and V. Sygouni, “CO2 Injection in porous media: Observations in glass micromodels under reservoir conditions”, SPE-DOE 2: 1025-1039 (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/154165-MS  
  • Duquerroix, J.P., Sygouni, V., Bekri, S., Vizika, O., Fernandez Righi, E., “Modeling WAG experiments with three-phase hysteretic fractal model”, Society of Petroleum Engineers - 72nd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2010 Barcelona - Incorporating SPE EUROPEC, Vol. 5 pp. 3894 - 3898 (2010).
  • Arvaniti, E.C., Lioliou, M.G., Paraskeva, C.A., Payatakes, A.C., Østvold, T., Koutsoukos, P.G “Calcium oxalate crystallization on concrete heterogeneities” Chemical Engineering Research and Design 88 (11), pp 1455-1460 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2009.09.013
  • Kofina, A.N., Lioliou, M.G., Paraskeva, C.A., Klepetsanis, P.G, Østvold, T., Koutsoukos, P.G. “Controlled precipitation of sparingly soluble phosphate salts using enzymes. II. precipitation of struvite”, Crystal Growth and Design 9 (11), 4, pp. 4642-4652 (2009)  https://doi.org/10.1021/cg900090e
  • Lioliou, M.G., Kofina, A.N., Paraskeva, C.A., Klepetsanis, P.G., Østvold, T., Payatakes, A.C., Koutsoukos, P.G. “Controlled precipitation of sparingly soluble phosphate salts using enzymes. I. Controlled development of solution supersaturation in situ”, Crystal Growth and Design 8 (4),  pp 1390-1398 (2008)  https://doi.org/10.1021/cg700754s
  • Sygouni, V., C.D. Tsakiroglou, and A.C. Payatakes, “Using wavelets to characterize the wettability of porous materials”, Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 76 (5), 056304 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.76.056304.
  • Lioliou, M.G., Paraskeva, C.A. Koutsoukos, P.G., “Heterogeneous nucleation and growth of calcium carbonate on calcite and quartz” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 308, pp. 421-428 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2006.12.045
  • Sygouni, V., C.D. Tsakiroglou, and A.C. Payatakes, “Capillary pressure spectrometry: toward a new method for the measurement of the fractional wettability of porous media”, Phys. Fluids, 18, 053302 (2006) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2203667.
  • Sygouni V., Tsakiroglou C.D., and A.C. Payatakes, “Effects of fractional wettability and its spatial heterogeneity on the capillary pressure and relative permeability functions”, Paper SCA2005-52, Society of Core Analysts (2005) http://jgmaas.com/SCA/2005/SCA2005-52.pdf.
  • Sygouni V., Tsakiroglou C.D., and A.C. Payatakes, “Correlation of the dynamic immiscible displacement patterns with the fractional wettability of porous media”, Society of Core Analysts, Paper SCA2003-07 pp.75-86 (2003) http://jgmaas.com/SCA/2003/SCA2003-07.pdf.
  • C.A. Paraskeva, P.C. Charalambous, L.-E. Stokka, P.G. Klepetsanis, P.G. Koutsoukos, P. Read, T. Ostvold, and A.C. Payatakes “Sandbed Consolidation with Mineral Precipitation”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 232, pp 326–339 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1006/jcis.2000.7161