Yilin Fan

Dr. Fan is an Assistant Professor in Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, and the Director of the Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP).  She earned her B.S. in Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation Engineering from the China University of Petroleum and both her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa. Before joining Mines, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate from the University of Tulsa.

Dr. Fan’s research interests include, but are not limited to, steady-state and transient multiphase flow in pipelines and wellbores, gas well deliquification, artificial lift design and optimization, multiphase flow related flow assurance issues, the application of fiber optic sensor in production logging and optimization, multiphase flow metering, etc. Dr. Fan received the Best Paper Award in the 17th International Conference on Multiphase Technology, and was awarded the 2020 ACS Petroleum Research Fund. She is currently serving as a member of SPE Production and Facility Advisory Committee (P&FAC), associate editor for SPE Journal and Geoenergy Science and Engineering, and technical reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals and research grant proposals.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa
• Master, Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa
• B.S., Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Steady-state and transient multiphase flow in pipeline and wellbore
• Multiphase flow related flow assurance issues
• Application of fiber optic sensing in production engineering
• Multiphase flow metering
• Gas well deliquification
• Artificial lift design and optimization

TEACHING

• PEGN411: Mechanics of Petroleum Production
• PEGN598: Advanced Production Design

PUBLICATION

• Zhou, D., Karatayev, K., Fan, Y., Straiton, B., and Marashdeh, Q. 2024. Experimental Study of Three-Phase Slug Flow in Horizontal Pipelines Downstream of a Restriction. SPE Journal, 1-15, SPE-223970-PA. https://doi.org/10.2118/223970-PA
• Zhou, D., Karatayev, K., and Fan, Y. Water-in-Oil Emulsion Temporal and Spatial Evolution at Static Conditions and Its Impact on Pipeline Restart. SPE Journal, 29(07): 3635–3650. SPE-219741-PA. https://doi.org/10.2118/219741-PA
• Zhou, D. and Fan, Y. Modeling Pressure Gradient of Gas–Oil–Water Three-Phase Flow in Horizontal Pipes Downstream of Restrictions. Energies 2024, 17(12), 2849. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17122849
• Ali, S., Jin, G., and Fan, Y. Characterization of Gas–Liquid Two-Phase Slug Flow Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing in Horizontal Pipes. Sensors 2024, 24(11), 3402. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24113402
• Zhou, D., Karatayev, K., Fan, Y., Straiton, B., and Marashdeh, Q. 2024. Experimental Study of Oil-water Flow Downstream of Restriction in A Horizontal Pipe. Fluids 2024, 9(6), 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9060146
• Karatayev, K. and Fan, Y. Modeling Liquid Droplet Sizes in Gas-Liquid Annular Flow. Energies 2024, 17(13), 3094. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17133094
• Garcia-Ceballos, A., Benabid, M-K., Jin, G., and Fan, Y. Monitoring Slug Flow Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing Technology with Different Sensing Cables. SPE Journal, 29 (12): 6980–6992. SPE-223932-PA. https://doi.org/10.2118/223932-PA
• Alkhezzi, A. and Fan, Y. Improved Two-Fluid Model for Segregated Flow and Integrated Multiphase Flow Modeling for Downhole Pressure Predictions. Energies 2023, 16(24), 7923. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16247923
• Titov, A. , Fan, Y., Kutun, K. , and Jin, G. 2022. Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) Response of Rising Taylor. Sensors 2022, 22(3), 1266. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22031266
• Fan, Y., Soedarmo, A., Pereyra, E., and Sarica, C. 2022. A Comprehensive Review of Pseudo-slug Flow. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Volume 217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.110879
• Fan, Y., Aljasser, M. 2022. Unified Modeling of Pseudo-Slug and Churn Flows for Liquid Holdup and Pressure Gradient Predictions in Pipelines and Wellbores. SPE Production & Operation, 38(02): 350–366, SPE-212863-PA. https://doi.org/10.2118/212863-PA
• Li, Y., Zhu, J., Zeng, H., Zhang, Y., Lu, Y., Fan, Y., and Zhu, H. 2022. An Indirect Approach for Flow Pattern Transition Identification Inside a Low-Specific-Speed Centrifugal Pump with Experimental Verification and Theoretical Modeling. SPE Journal, 28 (1): 184–200. SPE-210604-PA. https://doi.org/10.2118/210604-PA
• Rastogi, A. and Fan, Y. Machine Learning Augmented Two-Fluid Model for Segregated Flow. Fluids 22, 7(1), 12. Special Issue Multiphase Flow in Pipes with and without Porous Media. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids7010012
• Fan, Y., Al-Safran, E., Pereyra, E., and Sarica, C. 2020. Modeling Pseudo-slugs Liquid Holdup in Slightly Upward Inclined Pipes. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Vol 194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107564
• Rastogi, A. and Fan, Y. Experimental and Modeling Study of Onset of Liquid Accumulation. Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering. Vol 73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2019.103064
• Fan, Y., Pereyra, E., Sarica, C. 2020. Experimental Study of Pseudo-slug Flow in Upward Inclined Pipes. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. Vol. 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103147
• Fan, Y., Pereyra, E., Sarica, C., Schleicher, E., and Hampel, U. 2019. Analysis of Flow Pattern Transition from Segregated to Slug Flow in Upward Inclined Pipes. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 115: 19-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2019.03.021
• Soedarmo, A., Fan, Y., Pereyra, E., and Sarica, C. 2018. A Unit Cell Model for Gas-Liquid Pseudo-Slug Flow in Pipes. Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering, 60: 125-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2018.10.006
• Fan, Y., Pereyra, E., and Sarica, C. 2018. Onset of Liquid Film Reversal in Inclined Pipe. SPE Journal, 23(05): 1630–1647, SPE-191120-PA. https://doi.org/10.2118/191120-PA