Professor
Office: E6 2018
Phone: 519-888-4567 ext.33306
Email: ichatzis@uwaterloo.ca
Degrees: BASc, MASc, PhD, University
of Waterloo
Research Interests:
Characterization of pore structure and modelling of capillary and transport phenomena in porous media using network models of pore structure
Flow visualizations in porous media and 3-D computer reconstruction of pore structure of reservoir samples using stochastic modelling of pore space and petrographic image analysis
EOR technologies associated with oil recovery by gravity drainage; heavy oil recovery using the vapour extraction (VAPEX) process and solvent-aided steam assisted gravity drainage (SA-SAGD) with utilization of horizontal well technologies;
Sweep efficiency studies of horizontal wells
Environmental engineering technologies and in-situ remediation of contaminated soils using soil vapour extraction techniques and injection of supersaturated water with CO2
Flow properties of paper, membranes, filtration and drying phenomena in fibrous materials
Micro-fluidics and heat transfer aspects
Selected References:
R. Parsaei, I. Chatzis (2011): "Experimental Investigation of Production Characteristics of Gravity-Assisted Inert Gas Injection (GAIGI) Process for Recovery of Waterflood Residual Oil: Effects of Wettability Heterogeneity", Energy & Fuels ,25 (5), pp 2089–2099 DOI: 10.1021/ef200098y
N. Rezaei and I. Chatzis (2011): "Characterization of heterogeneities in porous media using constant rate air injection porosimetry", Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 79, Issues 3-4, November 2011, Pages 113-124; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2011.08.019
S. Zendehboudi, I. Chatzis, A. Shafiei, and M.B. Dusseault: "Empirical Modelling of Gravity Drainage in Fractured Porous Media", Energy & Fuels, 2011, 25 (3), pp 1229–1241 DOI: 10.1021/ef1015507
O. Mohammadzadeh, N. Rezaei, and I. Chatzis: "Pore-Level Investigation of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Using Solvent − Aided Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SA-SAGD) Process", Energy & Fuels, 2010, 24 (12), pp 6327–6345 DOI: 10.1021/ef100621
O. Mohammadzadeh and I. Chatzis (2010): "Pore-level investigation of heavy oil recovery using steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD)", Oil & Gas Science and Technology, Vol. 65 (2010), No. 6, pp. 839-857; DOI:10.2516 /ogst /2010010
N. Rezaei, O. Mohammadzadeh, and I. Chatzis: "Warm VAPEX: A Thermally Improved Vapor Extraction Process for Recovery of Heavy Oil and Bitumen", Energy & Fuels, 2010, 24 (11), pp 5934–5946 DOI: 10.1021/ef100749z
S. Yu, J. G. Freitas, I. Chatzis, A.J.A. Unger and J.F. Barker, (2009): "Simulating the Evolution of an Ethanol and Gasoline Source Zone within the Capillary Fringe", J. of Contaminant Hydrology, Volume 105, issues 1-2, Feb. 2009, pp. 1-17 doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.11.006
L. Nelson, J.F. Barker, T. Li, N.R. Thomson, M. Ioannidis, I. Chatzis (2009) "Field trial to assess the performance of CO2-supersaturated water injection for residual volatile LNAPL recovery",J. of Contaminant Hydrology, Volume 109, Issues 1-4, pp. 82-90 doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.08.002
L. A. James, N. Rezaei, I. Chatzis: "VAPEX, Warm VAPEX and Hybrid VAPEX - The State of Enhanced Oil Recovery for In Situ Heavy Oils in Canada", J. of Can. Petrol. Technology, Vol. 47, Number 4 (April) 2008
J.D.Smith, I. Chatzis, M.A. Ioannidis (2005): "A new technique to measure the breakthrough capillary pressure", Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology (JCPT), Vol. 44, No.11, pp. 1-7.
M. Dong, J. Foraie, S. Huang, I. Chatzis (2005): "Analysis of immiscible water-alternating-gas (WAG) injection using micromodels", J. of Can. Petr. Technology, Vol. 44, No.2, February 2005.
A. Shafeen, P.L Douglas E. Croiset, and I. Chatzis (2004): "CO2 Sequestration in Ontario, Canada. Part - I: Storage Evaluation of Potential Reservoirs", Energy Conversion and Management45, pp. 2645-2659
