Petroleum and Gas Labs
Working for a cleaner future.
Governments worldwide are committed to reducing the use of harmful gases, improving air quality and transitioning to greener economies.
Our laboratories
Each group has its own discrete laboratory that, as well as furthering research and commercial interests, also plays a central role in training our students, giving them an invaluable opportunity to gain practical experience using the specialist equipment housed in these unique spaces.
Spray Research Group (SRG) Lab
The Spray Research Group is an equipped laboratory for the analysis of sprays and fluid flow with the aim of supporting organisations introduce new spray and valve technology into their processes, improving business performance and reducing environmental impact.
Petroleum Technology Research Group (PTRG) Lab
The Petroleum Technology Research Group (PTRG) is actively involved in modelling and experimental research in all aspects of petroleum and gas engineering.
Petroleum Computer Simulation Research Laboratory
The Petroleum Computer Simulation Research Laboratory has a well equipped computer laboratory with the latest industry standard software that is used for the analysis of petroleum and gas scenarios.
Spray Research Group (SRG) Lab
The Spray Research Group features equipment such as:
- Phase doppler anemometry
- Particle image velocimetry
- Malvern mastersizer
- Pulse photonics
- High speed cameras and various digital imaging
- Hot wire anemometry
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Various CFD packages, CAD, Solidworks
- Fire and explosion equipment
- Descaling equipment
- Spray coating and painting equipment
Petroleum Technology Research Group (PTRG) Lab
A multi-million pound investment was made in the petroleum laboratory’s state of the art facilities which include leading edge simulation software packages used for research and consultancy as well as teaching and learning.
Example of these facilities are:
- Capillary pressure and resistivity system
- Rock compressibility and insitu acoustic velocity system
- Coreflood system configurable for any EOR processes
- Unsteady state gas permeameter and porosimeter
- The Steady State Liquid Permeameter
- Bench top unsteady state and steady state relative permeameter system
- Wax deposition flow loop for stock tank oil
- Pressure Tapped Hydrostatic Core Holder
- Automatic Porosimeter (AutoPore)
- NanoCT package
- Rolling ball viscometer
Petroleum Computer Simulation Research Laboratory
The Petroleum Computer Simulation Research Laboratory features equipment such as:
- Schlumberger (Pipesim, OFM, Petrel, Eclipse)
- Petroleum Experts (IPM Suite)
- KAPPA (Ecrin v4.12.07, Emeraude v2.60.05)
- SMT KINGDOM (SMT Suite)
- STREAMsim Technologies (Studio SL, 3DSL, FloodOPT)
- NEOTEC SPT GROUP (OLGA WELLFLO, PIPEFLO, FORGAS DRILLBENCH)
- Senergy (INTERACTIVE PETROPHYSICS);
- Fekete (WELLTEST)
- Baker Hughes
For over 30 years, the pioneering commercial and grant funded research carried out by Professor Ghasem Nasr and his Spray Research Group (SRG) at Salford has helped multi-national companies from a diverse range of industries introduce new spray and valve technology into their processes, improving business performance and reducing environmental impact.
- In 2013 this research resulted in a game changing innovation that won Professor Nasr’s team the Times Higher Education Award 2014 for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology’
- Eco-Valve is an environmentally friendly and cost-effective alternative to traditional butane valves. It can be used in over 85% of aerosol applications but uses ecologically sustainable propellants such as nitrogen and compressed air instead of hydrocarbons and VOCs
- With significant investment in 2013, 2016 and 2020 from AWI, Foresight Williams and Nivea brand owner Beiersdorf, Eco-Valve is set to transform the global creation, distribution and usage of aerosols