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Merouane Khammar and John Shaw, Phase Behaviour and Phase Separation Kinetics Measurement Using Acoustic Arrays, AIP Review of Scientific Instruments, Argonne National Laboratory MS#A110586 (July 2011 Accepted)  

Bazyleva, Ala; Fulem, Michal; Becerra, Mildred; Zhao, Bei; Shaw, John M., Phase behavior of Athabasca bitumen, J. Chemical & Engineering Data, (accepted, June 2011) 

S. Reza Bagheri, J. M. Shaw, Observation of liquid crystal formation during melting of D-(+)-glucose, J. Agriculatural & Food Chemistry  (submitted, July 2011)

Dadgostar, N. and Shaw, J. M., A predictive correlation for the constant-pressure specific heat capacity of pure and ill-defined liquid hydrocarbons, Fluid Phase Equilibria (submitted, April 2011)

K.H. Michaelian, Q. Wen, B. Billinghurst, J.M. Shaw and V. Laštovka, Far-and mid-infrared Photoacoustic spectra of Tetracene, Perylene and pyrene, Vibrational Spectroscopy (Accepted, April 2011)

Ardalan Sadighian, Mildred Becerra, Ala Bazyleva, and John M. Shaw, Forced and Diffusive Mass Transfer between Pentane and Athabasca Bitumen Fractions, Energy Fuels, 2011, 25(2), pp. 782-790.  (DOI: 10.1021/ef101435r Publication Date (Web): January 14, 2011)

Nima Saber, Marco Satyro, Harvey Yarranton, John M Shaw, Multiphase Equilibrium Prediction For Ill-defined Asymmetric Hydrocarbon, Hydrocarbon World, 4 (2) 2011 (in press).

Nima Saber and John M. Shaw, On the phase behavior of Athabasca vacuum residue + n-decane, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 302(2011), 254-259. doi:10.1016/j.fluid.2010.09.038  

MD Anwarul Hasan and John M Shaw, Rheology of Reconstituted Crude Oils: Artifacts and Asphaltenes, Energy & Fuels, 2010, 24 (12), pp 6417–6427. 

S. Reza Bagheri,  Ala Bazyleva,  Murray R. Gray, William C. McCaffrey, and John M. Shaw, Observation of Liquid Crystals in Heavy Petroleum Fractions, Energy & Fuels, 2010, 24 (8), pp 4327–4332.

Obiosa-Maife, C. and Shaw, John M., Toward Identification of Molecules in Ill-defined Hydrocarbons Using Infrared, Raman, and NMR Spectroscopy. Energy and Fuels, 2011, 25(2), pp.460-471  (10.1021/ef1006808)

Richard A, McFarlane, Murray R. Gray, John M. Shaw,Evaluation of co-volume mixing rules for bitumen liquid density and bubble pressure estimation, Fluid Phase Equilibria. 293,(1), (2010) 87-100. 

Ala B. Bazyleva, MD. Anwarul Hasan, Michal Fulem, Mildred Becerra, and John M. Shaw, Bitumen and Heavy Oil Rheological Properties: Reconciliation with Viscosity Measurements, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2010, 55,(3), 1389-1397.  

Merouane Khammar and J.M. Shaw,Speed of sound prediction in 1 − n-alcohol + n-alkane mixtures using a translated SAFT-VR-Mie equation of state. Fluid Phase Equilibria 288, (1-2) (2010) 145-154.  

Cheng Xing, Robert W. Hilts, and John M. Shaw, Sorption of Athabasca Vacuum Residue Constituents on Synthetic Mineral and Process Equipment Surfaces from Mixtures with Pentane, Energy & Fuels, 2010,24,(4) 2500-2513.  

Saber, N. and Shaw, J.M., Toward multiphase equilibrium prediction for ill-defined asymmetric hydrocarbon mixtures, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 285, (1-2), (2009) 73-82. 

MD.A. Hasan, M. Fulem, A. Bazyleva, J.M. Shaw.Rheological properties of nanofiltered Athabasca bitumen and Maya crude oil. Energy Fuels, 2009, 23 (10), 5012–5021

Daniel Merino-Garcia, John M. Shaw, Herve Carrier, Harvey Yarranton and Lamia Goual, Petrophase 2009 Panel Discussion on Standardization of Petroleum Fractions, Energy Fuels, 2010, 24 (4), pp 2175–2177, DOI: 10.1021/ef9009263, Publication Date (Web): October 13, 2009

Zhao, B., Becerra, M., and Shaw, J.M.,On Asphaltene and Resin Association in Athabasca Bitumen and Maya Crude Oil. Energy & Fuels, 2009, 23, (9), 4431-4437.

Michaelian, K.H., Billinghurst, B.E., Shaw, J.M., and Lastovka, V.,Far-Infrared Photoacoustic Spectra of Tetracene, Pentacene, Perylene And Pyrene, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 49(1), 2009, 28–31.  

Fulem, M., Lastovka, V., Straka, M., Ruzicka, K., and Shaw, J.M.,Heat Capacities of Tetracene and Pentacene, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2008, 53, (9), 2175-2181.

Fulem, M., Becerra, M., Hasan, A., Zhao, B., and Shaw, J.M.,Phase Behaviour of Maya Crude Oil Based on Calorimetry and Rheometry, Fluid Phase Equilibria 272, (2008), 32-41.

Lastovka, V., Fulem, M., Becerra, M., and Shaw, J.M.,A similarity variable for estimating the heat capacity of solid organic compounds Part II. Application: Heat capacity calculation for ill-defined organic solids, Fluid Phase Equilibria 268, (2008), 134-141   

Lastovka, V., Sallamie, N., and Shaw, J.M.,A similarity variable for estimating the heat capacity of solid organic compounds Part I. Fundamentals, (Appendix A-Supplementary Data), Fluid Phase Equilibria 268, (2008), 51–60.

Zhao, B., Zhang, Xiaihui and Shaw, John M.,The Interplay between the Physical Properties of Athabasca Bitumen + Diluent Mixtures and Coke Deposition on a Commercial Hydroprocessing, Energy & Fuels 2008, 22,(3), 1747-1758.

 Zhao, B. and Shaw,  J.M., The Impact of Asphaltene-Rich Aggregate Size on Coke Deposition on a Commercial Hydroprocessing Catalyst, Energy & Fuels, 2008, 22(2), 1080-1092.  

Saber, N. and Shaw, J.M., Rapid and robust phase behaviour stability analysis using global optimization, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 264 (2008) 137-146 

Zhao, B. and Shaw, J.M., Composition and Size Distribution of Coherent Nanostructures in Athabasca Bitumen and Maya Crude Oil, Energy & Fuels 2007, 21, (5), 2795-2804.   

Zou, Xiangyang, Zhang Xiaohui  and Shaw, John M., The Phase behavior of Athabasca Vacuum Bottoms +n-Alkane Mixtures, SPE Production & Operations, 22 (2), May 2007, 265-272. 

Lastovka, V., Shaw, J.M., *Predictive Correlation for Cp of Organic Solids Based on Elemental Composition, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2007,  52 (4), 1160-1164.  (*Corrections, J. Chem. Eng. Data 2008, 53(1), 326) 

Zhang, X.H., Fulem, M., Shaw, J.M.,Liquid-Phase Mutual Diffusion Coefficients for Athabasca Bitumen + Pentane Mixture, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2007,  52(3), 691-694. 

Zhang, X, Shaw, J.M., Liquid Phase Mutual Diffusion Coefficients for Heavy Oil Plus Light Hydrocarbons, Petroleum Science and Technology, 25(6), 2007, 773–790. 

Zhang, X.H., and Shaw, J.M., The Impact of Multiphase Behavior on Coke Deposition in Heavy Oils Catalytic Hydroprocessing, Energy & Fuels, 20, (2), 473-480, 2006.

Zou, X.Y., Shaw, J.M., Phase Behavior of Heavy Oils.  Asphaltenes, Heavy Oil & Petroleomics, Mullins ed., 19, 485-505, 2006 (Book Chapter)

Zou, X.Y., Shaw, J.M., Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Mixtures. Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing, pp. 2067-2076, 2006 (Book Chapter)

Sallamie, N., Shaw, J.M., Heat Capacity for Polynuclear Aromatic Solids Using Vibration Spectra, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 237, (2005), 100-110. 

Zhang, X., Chodakowski, M., Shaw, J.M., The Impact of Multiphase Behavior on Coke Deposition in Commercial Hydrotreating Catalyst under Sedimentation Conditions, Energy & Fuels 19 (4) 1405-1411, 2005. 

Maham, Y., Chodakowski, M., Zhang, X.H. and Shaw, J.M., Asphaltene Phase Behavior: Prediction at a Crossroad, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 227, (2005), 177-182.

Shaw; John M., Methanol production process, USA patent # 6,736,955,  May 18, 2004 

Zou, X.-Y. Dukhedin-Lalla, L., Zhang, X., Shaw, J.M., Selective Rejection of Inorganic Fine Solids, Heavy Metals, and Sulfur From Heavy Oils/Bitumen Using Alkane Solvents, Industrial Eng. & Chem. Research. Volume 43, Issue 22, pp. 7103-7112, Oct. 2004. 

Zhang, X, Chodakowski, M., Shaw, J.M.,Dynamic Interfacial Zone and Local Phase Concentration Measurements in Emulsions, Dispersions and Slurries, J.  Dispersion Science & Tech., Vol. 25 (3), 277-285 (2004). 

Zou, X-Y, Shaw, J.M.,Dispersed Phases & Dispersed Phase Deposition Issues Arising in Asphaltene Rich Hydrocarbon Fluids, Petroleum Science and Technology, 22(7&8), 2004,759-771. 

Zou, X-Y, Shaw, J.M., Challenges Inherent in the Development of Predictive Deposition Tools for Asphaltene Containing Hydrocarbon Fluids, Petroleum Science and Technology, 22(7&8), 2004, 773-786.

Shaw, J.M., Behar, E., SLLV Phase Behavior and Phase Diagram Transitions in Asymmetric Hydrocarbon Fluids, Fluid Phase Equilibria, Vol. 209 (2), (2003), 185-206.

Zou, X-Y, and Shaw, J.M., “Phase Behavior – Advanced Topics”, Encyclopedia of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2003. (Book Chapters) 

Zou, X-Y, and Shaw, J.M., “Phase Behavior – An Overview”, Encyclopedia of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2003. (Book Chapters)

Shaw, J.M.,Toward Common Generalized Phase Diagrams for Asphaltenes Containing Hydrocarbon Fluids, ACS Petroleum Chemistry Div. Preprints, 47 (4), 338-342 (2002).

Minicucci, D., Zou, X-Y, Shaw, J.M.,The Impact of Liquid-Liquid-Vapor Phase Behavior on Coke Formation from Coke Precursors, Fluid Phase Equilibria, Volumes 194-197, (2002), 353-360. 

Wehr, S.D., and Shaw, J.M., A Note on the Misuse of Area Images to Obtain Particle Size Information in Solid-Solid Systems, Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, Vol. 41, (3), 365-372 (2002).

Cai, H.-Y., Shaw, J.M., Chung, K. H., Hydrogen solubility measurements in heavy oil and bitumen cuts, FUEL, 80 (8), 1055-1064 (2001).

Cai, H.-Y., Shaw, J.M., Chung, K. H., The impact of solid additives on the apparent solubility of hydrogen in petroleum fluids and model hydrocarbons, Fuel 80 (8), 1065-1078 (2001).

Shahrokhi, H. and Shaw, J. M., Fine Drop Recovery in Batch Gas-Agitated Liquid-Liquid Systems, Chemical Engineering Science, 55 (20), 4719-4735 (2000).

Abedi, S. J., Cai, H.-Y., Seyfaie, S. and Shaw, J. M.,Simultaneous Phase Behavior, Elemental Composition and Density Measurement Using X-Ray Imaging, Fluid Phase Equilibria, Volumes 158-160, (1999), 775-781. 

Abedi, S.J., Seyfaie, S. and Shaw, J.M., Unusual Retrograde Condensation and Asphaltene Precipitation in a Model Heavy Oil Systems, Petroleum Science and Technology, 16 (3&4),1998, 209-226. 

Shaw, J.M., de Loos, Th.W. and de Swaan Arons, J., A Physical Model for Solid-Liquid-Liquid- Vapour Equilibria in Reservoir Fluids, Petroleum Science and Technology, 15(5&6), 503-521 (1997).

Shaw, J.M., de Loos, Th.W. and de Swaan Arons, J., An Explanation for SLLV Phase Behavior in Reservoir Fluids, Fuel Science & Tech. Int., 15(5&6), 503-521 (1996).

Sharifi, H., and Shaw, J. M., Secondary Drop Production in Packed-Bed Coalescers, Chem. Eng. Sci., 51, 4817-4826 (1996).

Cartlidge, C. R., Dukhedin-Lalla, L., Rahimi, P., Shaw, J.M., Preliminary Phase Diagrams for ABVB + n-dodecane + hydrogen, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 117(1-2), (1996), 257-264. 

Cartlidge, C. R., Dukhedin-Lalla, L., Rahimi, P., Shaw, J.M., Preliminary Phase Diagrams for Bitumen / Heavy Oils and Related Mixtures, Fuel Science & Tech. Int., 14(1&2), 163-178 (1996b).

Shahrokhi, H. and Shaw, J.M., The Origin of Fine Drops in Batch Gas-Agitated Liquid-Liquid Dispersions, Chem. Eng. Sci., 49, 5203-5213 (1994).

Abedi, J., Dukhedin-Lalla, L. and Shaw, J.M.,The Impact of Impregnated Catalysts on Coal Particle Disintegration at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures, Energy and Fuels, 8, (5), 1049-1054  (1994).

Seyfaie, S. and Shaw, J.M., On Thermodynamic Stability Theory, Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, 18, 271-287 (1993).Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics. Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 271–287, ISSN (Online) 1437-4358, ISSN (Print) 0340-0204, DOI: 10.1515/jnet.1993.18.3.271.

Shaw, J.M., de Loos, Th. and de Swaan Arons, J., Prediction of Unusual Retrograde Condensation in Model Reservoir Fluids, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 84,(1993),  251-266. 

Abedi, J., Rahimi, P. and Shaw, J.M., Coal Particle Disintegration at Elevated Temperatures, Preprints for ACS Div. Pet. Chem., Vol. 38, #2, 346-350 (1993).

Shaw, J.M. and Konduru, R., The Behaviour of Large Gas Bubbles at a Liquid-Liquid Interface Part 2:  Liquid Entrainment, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 70(2), 381-384 (1992). 

Pozzobon, R., Shaw, J.M.,  Yushun, S., The Role of Hydrogen in Coal  Particle Disintegration at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures.   Can. J. Chem. Eng., 68 (2), 340-345 (1990).

Hatzikiriakos, S., Gaikwad, R.P., Nelson, P.R., Shaw, J.M., Hydrodynamics of Gas Agitated Liquid-Liquid Dispersions, A.I.Ch.E. J., 36, (5), 677-684 (1990).

Hatzikiriakos, S., Gaikwad, R.P., Shaw, J.M.,Transientional Drop Size Distributions in Gas Agitated Liquid-Liquid Dispersions, Chem. Eng. Sci., 45(8), 2349-2356 (1990).

Shaw, J.M., and Peters, E., A General Model for Coal Dissolution Reactions, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 28, 976-982 (1989).

Shaw, J.M., and Peters, E., The Role of Initial Reaction Conditions in Direct Coal Liquefaction, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 28, 1795-1801 (1989).

Dukhedin-Lalla, L., Yushun, S., Shaw, J. M., Rahimi, P. M., Phase Splitting of Complex Hydrocarbon Mixtures - II, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 53, (1989),  415-422. 

Shaw, J.M., Gaikwad, R.P., Stowe D.A., Phase Splitting of Pyrene-Tetralin Mixtures Under Coal Liquefaction Conditions, FUEL, 67(11), pp. 1554-1559 (1988).

Shaw John M, Oloman Colin W: Removal of chloride from process solutions. University of British Columbia January 1988: US 4717450 (3 worldwide citation)

Shaw, J.M., A Correlation for Hydrogen Solubility in Alicyclic and Aromatic Hydrocarbon Solvents, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 65 (2), pp. 293-298 (1987).

Shaw, J.M. and Lielmezs, J.,A Note of the Accuracy of Departure Function Predictions, CES, Vol. 40, No. 9, pp. 1793-1797 (1985).

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