Prashanth Mandalaparty
Assistant Research Professor
Email: pmandalaparty@egi.utah.edu
Phone: 801-587-5898
Professional Research Interests and Expertise:
- Brine-rock-CO2 interactions in geological sequestration
- Optical Mineralogy
- Petrographic implications of co-injection of other acid gases into different formations
- Numerical modeling of sequestration reactions with varying degrees of heterogeneity
- Numerical modeling of groundwater flow and subsurface solute transport
- Statistical sensitivity analysis of heterogeneity in sequestration reactions
Education:
- 2011 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Utah.
- 2006 B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Osmania University, India
Memberships:
- Society of Petroleum Engineers
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Publications:
Mandalaparty, P., Deo, M.D. and Moore, J., Gas Compositional Effects on Mineralogical Reactions in Carbon Dioxide Sequestration,2011. In Press, SPE Journal.
Mandalaparty, P, Milind Deo and Moore, J, 2009, Temperature and Gas Compositional Effects on the Kinetics of Mineralogical Reactions, SPE 124909, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Dallas, TX, In Press SPEJ.
Prashanth Mandalaparty, Milind Deo, “Analysis of the effects of mineral composition on solid and aqueous phase chemistry in carbon dioxide sequestration”, 2011. In review, Environment Science and Technology.
Prashanth Mandalaparty, Milind Deo, Joseph Moore,” Effect of rock composition composition on mineralization in Carbon dioxide sequestration”. Proceedings of the 27th Annual International Pittsburgh coal conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010.