Faculty & Adjuncts

Nagu Daraboina is an assistant professor at the Russel 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 30 publications in these areas.

Flow Assurance
Hydrocarbon Thermodynamics
Energy and Environment

Heat Transfer
Thermodynamics
Fluid Mechanics

Journal Articles

• 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., N. Daraboina, R. Kumar, and P. Linga. 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., N. Daraboina, and C. Sarica. Investigation of Inhibitors Efficacy in Wax Deposition Mitigation Using a Laboratory Scale Flow Loop. Vol. 62, AIChE Journal, 2016, pp. 4131-9.
• Soedarmo, A., N. Daraboina, and C. Sarica. Microscopic Study of Wax Deposition: Mass Transfer Boundary Layer and Deposit Morphology. Vol. 30, Energy and Fuels, 2016, pp. 2674-86.
• Soedarmo, A., N. Daraboina, H. Lee, and C. Sarica. Microscopic Study of Wax Precipitationi-Static Conditions. Vol. 30, Energy and Fuels, 2016, pp. 954-61.
• Daraboina, N., S. Pachitsas, and N. Von Solms. Natural Gas Hydrate Formation and Inhibition in gas/crude oil/Aqueous Systems. Vol. 148, Fuel, 2015, pp. 186-90.
• Daraboina, N., C. Malmos Perfeldt, and N. Von Solms. 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 N. Von Solms. 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., H. Zeng, H. Ohno, N. Daraboina, H. Sharifi, S. Bagherzadeh, S. Alavi, and P. Englezos. Antifreeze Proteins As Gas Hydrate Inhibitors. Vol. 93, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2015, pp. 839-4.
• Daraboina, N., S. Pachitsas, and N. Von Solms. Experimental Validation of Kinetic Inhibitor Strength on Natural Gas Hydrate Nucleation. Vol. 139, Fuel, 2015, pp. 554-60.
• Herslund, P., N. Daraboina, K. Thomsen, J. Abildskov, and N. von Solms. 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., P. Chua, N. Daraboina, D. Friis, E. Kristiansen, H. Ramløv, J. Woodley, M. Kelland, and N. Von Solms. 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., C. Malmos, and N. Von Solms. Investigation of Kinetic Hydrate Inhibition Using a High Pressure Micro Differential Scanning Calorimeter. Vol. 27, Energy and Fuels, 2013, pp. 5779-86.
• Daraboina, N., J. Ripmeester, and P. Englezos. 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 P. Linga. 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., I. Moudrakovski, J. Ripmeester, V. Walker, and P. Englezos. 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., N. Daraboina, and P. Englezos. 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., C. Malmos, and N. Von Solms. Synergistic Kinetic Inhibition of Natural Gas Hydrate Formation. Vol. 108, Fuel, 2013, pp. 749-57.
• Linga, P., N. Daraboina, J. Ripmeester, and P. Englezos. 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., J. Ripmeester, V. Walker, and P. Englezos. 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., P. Linga, J. Ripmeester, V. Walker, and P. Englezos. 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., J. Ripmeester, V. Walker, and P. Englezos. 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., N. Daraboina, and G. Madras. Oxidative and Photooxidative Degradation of poly(acrylic Acid). Vol. 94, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2009, pp. 1238-44.
• Shukla, N., N. Daraboina, and G. Madras. Ultrasonic Degradation of poly(acrylic Acid). Vol. 112, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2009, pp. 991-7.
• Daraboina, N., and G. Madras. Kinetics of the Ultrasonic Degradation of Poly (alkyl Methacrylates). Vol. 16, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2009, pp. 273-9.

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., A. Soedarmo, and C. Sarica. “Microscopic Study of Wax Inhibition Mechanism”. Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference, Vol. 2, 2016, pp. 1240-9.
• Zhong, D., N. Daraboina, and P. Englezos. “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., N. Daraboina, J. Ripmeester, and P. Englezos. “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.

• Heat Transfer
• Research and Dissertation
• Thermodynamics

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

• Energy: Outstanding reviewer Award
• Outstanding Reviewer Award; Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
• Fuel : Outstanding Reviewer Award
• Outstanding Reviewer Award