Rahul  Saha

Department Chemical Engineering
Designation Assistant Professor Grade - I
Educational Qualification M. Tech (IIT Guwahati), PhD (IIT Guwahati)
E-Mail rsaha.che@nitrr.ac.in
Contact Number 7005645345
Areas of Interest
Enhanced Oil Recovery, Colloids & Interface Science, Nanofluid, Flow in Porous Media, Rheology, Biodiesel
Publications

1. P Parmar, B Khanikar, R Saha, L Jeeru, A Agarwal, A Bera, Smart Crosslinked Polymer Gels for Water Shutoff in Oil Reservoir: A Comprehensive Review on Materials, Mechanisms, and Field Applications, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 50 (24), 20467-20495, 2025

2. R Saha, R Phukan, Enhanced oil recovery using chemical and nanoparticles for heavy oil sandstone reservoirs: Chemical vs nanofluid flooding, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 127707, 2025

3. R Phukan, R Saha, P Mazumdar, Adsorption behavior of surfactants on sandstone reservoir rocks with carbonate cements and its influence on wettability alteration, Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 27 (3), 393-408, 2024

4. R Saha, R Phukan, Retention of Surfactant by Solid–Liquid Interaction and the Process of Improving Oil Recovery by Inducing Hydrophilic Particles, Energy & Fuels 37 (18), 13734-13750, 2023

5. R Phukan, R Saha, Low salinity surfactant alternating gas/CO2 flooding for enhanced oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 212, 110253, 2022

6. R Saha, RVS Uppaluri, P Tiwari, Impact of natural surfactant (reetha), polymer (xanthan gum), and silica nanoparticles to enhance heavy crude oil recovery, Energy & Fuels 33 (5), 4225-4236, 2019

7. R Saha, RVS Uppaluri, P Tiwari, Effects of interfacial tension, oil layer break time, emulsification and wettability alteration on oil recovery for carbonate reservoirs, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 559, 92-103, 2019

8. R Saha, A Sharma, RVS Uppaluri, P Tiwari, Interfacial interaction and emulsification of crude oil to enhance oil recovery, Int. J. Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 22 (1), 1-15, 2019

9. R Saha, RVS Uppaluri, P Tiwari, Silica nanoparticle assisted polymer flooding of heavy crude oil: emulsification, rheology, and wettability alteration characteristics, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 57 (18), 6364-6376, 2018

10. R Saha, RVS Uppaluri, P Tiwari, Influence of emulsification, interfacial tension, wettability alteration and saponification on residual oil recovery by alkali flooding, Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry 59, 286-296, 2018

11. R Saha, RVS Uppaluri, P Tiwari, Effect of mineralogy on the adsorption characteristics of surfactant—Reservoir rock system, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 531, 121-132, 2017

12. R Saha, VV Goud, Ultrasound assisted transesterification of high free fatty acids karanja oil using heterogeneous base catalysts, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 5 (2), 195-207, 2015

13. SK Achar, SR Dasari, R Saha, VV Goud, Studies on Thermal, Oxidative and Cold Flow Properties of Ethyl Esters prepared from High FFA Karanja Oil, International Energy Journal 14, 15-24, 2014

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