Nagu Daraboina is an assistant professor at the Russell School of Chemical Engineering and associate director of Tulsa University Paraffin Deposition Projects (TUPDP). He also leads several projects in Tulsa University Center of Research Excellence (TUCoRE).
Dr. Daraboina holds M.E. (2008) degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science (IISc, India), and a Ph.D. (2012) degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from University of British Columbia (UBC, Canada). During doctoral degree (2010) Nagu worked as a Visiting Scholar in National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa (NRC, Canada) and gained valuable experience in molecular level techniques (Raman, NMR, DSC, XRD etc). From 2012 to 2014, Nagu worked as postdoctoral research fellow in Centre for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE) at Denmark Technical University (DTU, Denmark) and acquired skills in experimental and computational petroleum thermodynamics. His main research interest is in the areas of flow assurance, carbon dioxide capture & storage, petroleum thermodynamics, and polymer degradation. He has authored or coauthored more than 40 publications in these areas.

Flow Assurance
Hydrocarbon Thermodynamics
Energy and Environment

Heat Transfer
Thermodynamics
Fluid Mechanics

Journal Articles

• Alhejaili A., Babu P., and Daraboina N. Effect of Salts on TBAB Semi Clathrate Hydrate Formation:Application to Produced Water Desalinatio. Energy&Fuels, 2020.
• Alhosani A., and Daraboina N. Modelingofasphaltenedepositionduringoil/Gasflowinwellbore. Vol. 280, 2020, p. 118617.
• Daraboina N., Babu P., Nambiar A., and Linga P. Hydrate Based Desalination Process Employing a Novel Prototype Design. Vol. 218, Chemical Engineering Science, 2020, p. 115563.
• Alhosani A., and Daraboina N. Unified Model to Predict Asphaltene Deposition in Production Pipelines. Vol. 34, Energy&Fuels, 2020, pp. 1720-7.
• Ravichandran S., and Daraboina N. Mechanistic Model To Predict Hydrate Deposition under Stratified Flow Conditions. Vol. 33, Energy&Fuels, 2019, pp. 9510-9.
• Khuran M., Veluswamy H. P., Daraboina N., and Linga P. Thermodynamic and Kinetic Modelling of Mixed CH4-THF Hydrate for Methane Storage Application. Vol. 370, Chemical engineering Journal, 2019, pp. 760-71.

• Navaneetha Kannan, Seetharaman et al. “Settling and Re-Entrainment of Wax Particles in near-Gelling Systems.” AIChE Journal 64.2 (2018): 765–772. Print.

• Chi, Yuandao, Nagu Daraboina, and Cem Sarica. “Effect of the Flow Field on the Wax Deposition and Performance of Wax Inhibitors: Cold Finger and Flow Loop Testing.” Energy and Fuels 31.5 (2017): 4915–4924. Print.

• Soedarmo, Auzan, Nagu Daraboina, and Cem Sarica. “Validation of Wax Deposition Models with Recent Laboratory Scale Flow Loop Experimental Data.” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 149 (2017): 351–366. Print.

• Kumar A., Daraboina N., Kumar R., and Linga P. Experimental Investigation to Elucidate Why Tetrahydrofuran Rapidly Promotes Methane Hydrate Formation Kinetics: Applicable to Energy Storage. Vol. 120, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016, pp. 29062-8.
• Chi Y., Daraboina N., and Sarica C. Investigation of Inhibitors Efficacy in Wax Deposition Mitigation Using a Laboratory Scale Flow Loop. Vol. 62, AIChE Journal, 2016, pp. 4131-9.
• Soedarmo A., Daraboina N., and Sarica C. Microscopic Study of Wax Deposition: Mass Transfer Boundary Layer and Deposit Morphology. Vol. 30, Energy and Fuels, 2016, pp. 2674-86.
• Soedarmo A., Daraboina N., Lee H., and Sarica C. Microscopic Study of Wax Precipitationi-Static Conditions. Vol. 30, Energy and Fuels, 2016, pp. 954-61.
• Daraboina N., Pachitsas S., and Von Solms N. Natural Gas Hydrate Formation and Inhibition in gas/crude oil/Aqueous Systems. Vol. 148, Fuel, 2015, pp. 186-90.
• Daraboina N., Malmos Perfeldt C., and Von Solms N. Testing Antifreeze Protein from the Longhorn Beetle Rhagium Mordax As a Kinetic Gas Hydrate Inhibitor Using a High-Pressure Micro Differential Scanning Calorimeter. Vol. 93, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2015, pp. 1025-30.
• Daraboina N., and Von Solms N. The Combined Effect of Thermodynamic Promoters Tetrahydrofuran and Cyclopentane on the Kinetics of Flue Gas Hydrate Formation. Vol. 60, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 2015, pp. 247-51.
• Walker V., Zeng H., Ohno H., Daraboina N., Sharifi H., Bagherzadeh S., Alavi S., and Englezos P. Antifreeze Proteins As Gas Hydrate Inhibitors. Vol. 93, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2015, pp. 839-4.
• Daraboina N., Pachitsas S., and Von Solms N. Experimental Validation of Kinetic Inhibitor Strength on Natural Gas Hydrate Nucleation. Vol. 139, Fuel, 2015, pp. 554-60.
• Herslund P., Daraboina N., Thomsen K., Abildskov J., and von Solms N. Measuring and Modelling of the Combined Thermodynamic Promoting Effect of Tetrahydrofuran and Cyclopentane on Carbon Dioxide Hydrates. Vol. 381, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2014, pp. 20-27.
• Perfeldt C., Chua P., Daraboina N., Friis D., Kristiansen E., Ramløv H., Woodley J., Kelland M., and Von Solms N. Inhibition of Gas Hydrate Nucleation and Growth: Efficacy of an Antifreeze Protein from the Longhorn Beetle Rhagium Mordax. Vol. 28, Energy and Fuels, 2014, pp. 3666-72.
• Daraboina N., Malmos C., and Von Solms N. Investigation of Kinetic Hydrate Inhibition Using a High Pressure Micro Differential Scanning Calorimeter. Vol. 27, Energy and Fuels, 2013, pp. 5779-86.
• Zhong D., Daraboina N., and Englezos P. “Coal Mine Methane Gas Recovery by Hydrate Formation in a Fixed Bed of Silica Sand Particles”. Energy and Fuels, Vol. 27, 2013, pp. 4581-8.
• Daraboina N., Ripmeester J., and Englezos P. The Impact of SO2on Post Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture in Bed of Silica Sand through Hydrate Formation. Vol. 15, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2013, pp. 97-103.
• Daraboina N., and Linga P. Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Poly-N-Vinyl Pyrrolidone (PVP) on methane/Propane Clathrates Using a New Contact Mode. Vol. 93, Chemical Engineering Science, 2013, pp. 387-94.
• Daraboina N., Moudrakovski I., Ripmeester J., Walker V., and Englezos P. Assessing the Performance of Commercial and Biological Gas Hydrate Inhibitors Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy and a Stirred Autoclave. Vol. 105, Fuel, 2013, pp. 630-5.
• Zhong D., Daraboina N., and Englezos P. Recovery of CH4from Coal Mine Model Gas Mixture (CH4/N2) by Hydrate Crystallization in the Presence of Cyclopentane. Vol. 106, Fuel, 2013, pp. 425-30.
• Daraboina N., Malmos C., and Von Solms N. Synergistic Kinetic Inhibition of Natural Gas Hydrate Formation. Vol. 108, Fuel, 2013, pp. 749-57.
• Linga P., Daraboina N., Ripmeester J., and Englezos P. Enhanced Rate of Gas Hydrate Formation in a Fixed Bed Column Filled With Sand Compared to a Stirred Vessel. Vol. 68, Chemical Engineering Science, 2012, pp. 617-23.
• Daraboina N., Ripmeester J., Walker V., and Englezos P. Natural Gas Hydrate Formation and Decomposition in the Presence of Kinetic Inhibitors. 1. High Pressure Calorimetry. Vol. 25, Energy and Fuels, 2011, pp. 4392-7.
• Daraboina N., Linga P., Ripmeester J., Walker V., and Englezos P. Natural Gas Hydrate Formation and Decomposition in the Presence of Kinetic Inhibitors. 2. Stirred Reactor Experiments. Vol. 25, Energy and Fuels, 2011, pp. 4384-91.
• Daraboina N., Ripmeester J., Walker V., and Englezos P. Natural Gas Hydrate Formation and Decomposition in the Presence of Kinetic Inhibitors. 3. Structural and Compositional Changes. Vol. 25, Energy and Fuels, 2011, pp. 4398-04.
• Shukla N., Daraboina N., and Madras G. Oxidative and Photooxidative Degradation of poly(acrylic Acid). Vol. 94, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2009, pp. 1238-44.
• Shukla N., Daraboina N., and Madras G. Ultrasonic Degradation of poly(acrylic Acid). Vol. 112, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2009, pp. 991-7.
• Madras G. Kinetics of the Ultrasonic Degradation of Poly (alkyl Methacrylates). Vol. 16, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2009, pp. 273-9.
• Daraboina N., and Madras G. Thermal and Photocatalytic Degradation of Poly(methyl methacrylate), Poly(butyl methacrylate), and Their Copolymers. Vol. 47, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res, pp. 6828-34.

Conference Proceedings

• Agarwal, J. et al. “Effect of Hydrodynamic Parameters on the Wax Mass Density: Scale up from Laboratory Flow Loop to Crude Production Pipelines.” Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference. Vol. 1. 2017. 664–674. Print.

• Dubey, Anshul, Yuandao Chi, and Nagu Daraboina. “Investigating the Performance of Paraffin Inhibitors under Different Operating Conditions.” Proceedings – SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 2017. Print.

• Daraboina N., Soedarmo A., and Sarica C. “Microscopic Study of Wax Inhibition Mechanism”. Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference, Vol. 2, 2016, pp. 1240-9.
• Zhong D., Daraboina N., and Englezos P. “Coal Mine Methane Gas Recovery by Hydrate Formation in a Fixed Bed of Silica Sand Particles”. Energy and Fuels, Vol. 27, 2013, pp. 4581-8.

Book Chapters

• Sun D., Daraboina N., Ripmeester J., and Englezos P. “Capture of CO<inf>2</inf&gt; And Storage in Depleted Gas Reservoirs in Alberta As Gas Hydrate”. Gas Injection for Disposal and Enhanced Recovery, 2014, pp. 305-10.

• Research and Dissertation
• Research and Thesis
• Heat Transfer
• Independent Study
• Master's Project
• Heat and Mass Transfer
• Thermodynamics

• Society of Petroleum Enginers
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

• Most Cited Article 2017-2020
• Jack Davis Scholarship in Energy Studies
• Kumar-Gandhi prize for best oral presentation
• Gold Medal
• Most cited articles 2011-2015
• Best Reserach Poster Award
• Nominated for Young Researcher Award.
• Energy: Outstanding reviewer Award
• Outstanding Reviewer Award; Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
• Fuel : Outstanding Reviewer Award
• Outstanding Reviewer Award