Brian Arthur Grimes

About

Specializes in molecular dynamics simulation, adsorption, and transport phenomena. Applications include crude oil separation/flow assurance, chromatography.

Brian Grimes joined Ugelstad laboratory in 2007 for the purpose of mathematical modeling and simulation of transport and adsorption processes. Subjects of intrest include molecular dynamic simulation of model and indigenous crude oil surfactant compounds at oil-water interfaces, sedimentaion and coalescence of emulsions, as well as mass transport and fluid flow in porous media. His current research involves constructing a multi-scale modeling framework for interfacial mass transport in liquid-liquid dispersions which incorporates molecular dynamics simulations along with continuum and population balance modeling.

Brian was born in Detroit, MI USA. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2002 from the University of Missouri-Rolla. Upon completion of his Ph.D., he obtained an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship and began his post-doc in Mainz, Germany.

Publications

2021

Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Wang, Xuehang; Anquetil-Deck, Candy; Chen, De; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2021) Microscopic Insight to Nonlinear Voltage Dependence of Charge in Carbon-Ionic Liquid Supercapacitors. Energy Material Advances
Academic article

2019

Backi, Christoph Josef; Emebu, Samuel; Skogestad, Sigurd; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2019) A simple modeling approach to control emulsion layers in gravity separators. Computer-aided chemical engineering
Academic article
Rutkowski, Gregory Philip; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2019) Microfluidically Augmented Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Integrating Nanoscale Materials with Microfluidics for Performance and Longevity Enhancement. ACS Applied Energy Materials
Academic article

2018

Backi, Christoph Josef; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Skogestad, Sigurd. (2018) A Control- and Estimation-Oriented Gravity Separator Model for Oil and Gas Applications Based upon First-Principles. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Academic article

2017

Wang, Xuehang; Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Arstad, Bjørnar; Van Aken, Katherine L.; Tyler S., Mathis; Gallegos, Alejandro. (2017) Selective Charging Behavior in an Ionic Mixture Electrolyte- Supercapacitor System for Higher Energy and Power. Journal of the American Chemical Society
Academic article

2016

Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2016) Coarse-Grained Interface Surfactant Density Maps for Calculation of the Fractional Conversion of Tetrameric Carboxylic Acids to Calcium Naphthenate Precipitates. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Academic article
Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2016) Calculation of the probability for ionic association and dissociation reactions by molecular dynamics and umbrella sampling. Molecular Physics
Academic article

2015

Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Riccardi, Enrico; van Erp, Titus Sebastiaan; Koch, Henrik; Åstrand, Per-Olof; Trinh, Thuat. (2015) Density Functional Theory Study on the Interactions of Metal Ions with Long Chain Deprotonated Carboxylic Acids. Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Academic article
Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Riccardi, Enrico; van Erp, Titus Sebastiaan; Trinh, Thuat; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2015) Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study on the Interactions between Carboxylate Ions and Metal Ions in Water. Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Academic article
Kumar, Lalit; Zhao, Yansong; Paso, Kristofer Gunnar; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Sjøblom, Johan; Lawrence, Chris. (2015) Numerical study of pipeline restart of weakly compressible irreversibly thixotropic waxy crude oils. AIChE Journal
Academic article

2014

Kovalchuk, Karina; Riccardi, Enrico; Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2014) Aggregates of poly-functional amphiphilic molecules in water and oil phases. Colloid Journal of the Russian Academy of Science
Academic article
Kovalchuk, Karina; Riccardi, Enrico; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2014) Multiscale modeling of mass transfer and adsorption in liquid-liquid dispersions. 1. Molecular dynamics simulations and interfacial tension prediction for a mixed monolayer of mono- and tetracarboxylic acids. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Academic article
Kovalchuk, Karina; Riccardi, Enrico; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2014) Multiscale modeling of mass transfer and adsorption in liquid-liquid dispersions. 2. application to calcium naphthenate precipitation in oils containing mono- and tetracarboxylic acids. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Academic article
Riccardi, Enrico; Kovalchuk, Karina; Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2014) Structure and Orientation of Tetracarboxylic Acids at Oil-Water Interfaces. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
Academic article

2012

Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2012) Population Balance Model for Batch Gravity Separation of Crude Oil and Water Emulsions. Part I: Model Formulation. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
Academic article
Skartlien, Roar; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Meakin, Paul; Sjøblom, Johan; Sollum, Espen. (2012) Coalescence kinetics in surfactant stabilized emulsions: Evolution equations from direct numerical simulations. Journal of Chemical Physics
Academic article
Grimes, Brian Arthur; Dorao, Carlos Alberto; Opedal, Nils van der Tuuk; Kralova, Iva; Sørland, Geir Humborstad; Sjøblom, Johan. (2012) Population Balance Model for Batch Gravity Separation of Crude Oil and Water Emulsions. Part II: Comparison to Experimental Crude Oil Separation Data. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
Academic article

2011

Ge, Lingling; Simon, Sebastien Charles; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Nordgård, Erland; Xu, Zhenghe; Sjøblom, Johan. (2011) Formation of Vesicles and Micelles in Aqueous Systems of Tetrameric Acids as Determined by Dynamic Light Scattering. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
Academic article
Kralova, Iva; Sjøblom, Johan; Øye, Gisle; Simon, Sebastien Charles; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Paso, Kristofer Gunnar. (2011) Heavy Crude Oils/Particle Stabilized Emulsions. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
Academic article

2010

Sundman, Ola; Nordgård, Erland; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Sjøblom, Johan. (2010) Potentiometric Titrations of Five Synthetic Tetraacids as Models for Indigenous C-80 Tetraacids. Langmuir
Academic article
Grimes, Brian Arthur; Dorao, Carlos Alberto; Simon, Sebastien Charles; Nordgård, Erland; Sjøblom, Johan. (2010) Analysis of dynamic surfactant mass transfer and its relationship to the transient stabilization of coalescing liquid-liquid dispersions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Academic article

2009

Skudas, R; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Thommes, M; Unger, KK. (2009) Flow-through pore characteristics of monolithic silicas and their impact on column performance in high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A
Academic article

2008

Liapis, AI; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2008) On film mass transfer coefficient expression in ion-exchange chromatography systems. Separation and Purification Technology
Academic article

Journal publications

Assar, Moein; Asaadian, Hamidreza; Stanko Wolf, Milan Edvard; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2024) A theoretical and experimental investigation of continuous oil–water gravity separation. Chemical Engineering Science (CES)
Academic article
Ahmadi, Mahdi; Janakiram, Saravanan; Velioğlu, Sadiye; Lindbråthen, Arne; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Hillestad, Magne. (2024) Enabling simultaneous CO2 and water vapor removal by MOF-801/Pebax mixed matrix membranes: Molecular simulation and experimental study. Carbon Capture Science & Technology (CCST)
Academic article
Assar, Moein; Simon, Sebastien Charles Roger; Sørland, Geir; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2023) A theoretical and experimental investigation of batch oil-water gravity separation. Chemical engineering research & design
Academic article
Assar, Moein; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2023) Geometrically transformed spectral methods to solve partial differential equations in circular geometries, application for multi-phase flow. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
Academic article
Assar, Moein; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2022) A new approach to analyze the equilibrium and transient behaviors of particulate systems and the subsequent application to multiphase fluid systems. Chemical engineering research & design
Academic article
Rutkowski, Gregory Philip; Azizov, Ilgar; Unmann, Evan; Dudek, Marcin; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2022) Microfluidic droplet detection via region-based and single-pass convolutional neural networks with comparison to conventional image analysis methodologies. Machine Learning with Applications (MLWA)
Academic article
Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Wang, Xuehang; Anquetil-Deck, Candy; Chen, De; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2021) Microscopic Insight to Nonlinear Voltage Dependence of Charge in Carbon-Ionic Liquid Supercapacitors. Energy Material Advances
Academic article
Backi, Christoph Josef; Emebu, Samuel; Skogestad, Sigurd; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2019) A simple modeling approach to control emulsion layers in gravity separators. Computer-aided chemical engineering
Academic article
Rutkowski, Gregory Philip; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2019) Microfluidically Augmented Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Integrating Nanoscale Materials with Microfluidics for Performance and Longevity Enhancement. ACS Applied Energy Materials
Academic article
Backi, Christoph Josef; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Skogestad, Sigurd. (2018) A Control- and Estimation-Oriented Gravity Separator Model for Oil and Gas Applications Based upon First-Principles. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Academic article
Wang, Xuehang; Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Arstad, Bjørnar; Van Aken, Katherine L.; Tyler S., Mathis; Gallegos, Alejandro. (2017) Selective Charging Behavior in an Ionic Mixture Electrolyte- Supercapacitor System for Higher Energy and Power. Journal of the American Chemical Society
Academic article
Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2016) Coarse-Grained Interface Surfactant Density Maps for Calculation of the Fractional Conversion of Tetrameric Carboxylic Acids to Calcium Naphthenate Precipitates. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Academic article
Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2016) Calculation of the probability for ionic association and dissociation reactions by molecular dynamics and umbrella sampling. Molecular Physics
Academic article
Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Riccardi, Enrico; van Erp, Titus Sebastiaan; Koch, Henrik; Åstrand, Per-Olof; Trinh, Thuat. (2015) Density Functional Theory Study on the Interactions of Metal Ions with Long Chain Deprotonated Carboxylic Acids. Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Academic article
Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Riccardi, Enrico; van Erp, Titus Sebastiaan; Trinh, Thuat; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2015) Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study on the Interactions between Carboxylate Ions and Metal Ions in Water. Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Academic article
Kumar, Lalit; Zhao, Yansong; Paso, Kristofer Gunnar; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Sjøblom, Johan; Lawrence, Chris. (2015) Numerical study of pipeline restart of weakly compressible irreversibly thixotropic waxy crude oils. AIChE Journal
Academic article
Kovalchuk, Karina; Riccardi, Enrico; Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2014) Aggregates of poly-functional amphiphilic molecules in water and oil phases. Colloid Journal of the Russian Academy of Science
Academic article
Kovalchuk, Karina; Riccardi, Enrico; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2014) Multiscale modeling of mass transfer and adsorption in liquid-liquid dispersions. 1. Molecular dynamics simulations and interfacial tension prediction for a mixed monolayer of mono- and tetracarboxylic acids. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Academic article
Kovalchuk, Karina; Riccardi, Enrico; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2014) Multiscale modeling of mass transfer and adsorption in liquid-liquid dispersions. 2. application to calcium naphthenate precipitation in oils containing mono- and tetracarboxylic acids. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Academic article
Riccardi, Enrico; Kovalchuk, Karina; Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2014) Structure and Orientation of Tetracarboxylic Acids at Oil-Water Interfaces. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
Academic article
Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2012) Population Balance Model for Batch Gravity Separation of Crude Oil and Water Emulsions. Part I: Model Formulation. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
Academic article
Skartlien, Roar; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Meakin, Paul; Sjøblom, Johan; Sollum, Espen. (2012) Coalescence kinetics in surfactant stabilized emulsions: Evolution equations from direct numerical simulations. Journal of Chemical Physics
Academic article
Grimes, Brian Arthur; Dorao, Carlos Alberto; Opedal, Nils van der Tuuk; Kralova, Iva; Sørland, Geir Humborstad; Sjøblom, Johan. (2012) Population Balance Model for Batch Gravity Separation of Crude Oil and Water Emulsions. Part II: Comparison to Experimental Crude Oil Separation Data. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
Academic article
Ge, Lingling; Simon, Sebastien Charles; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Nordgård, Erland; Xu, Zhenghe; Sjøblom, Johan. (2011) Formation of Vesicles and Micelles in Aqueous Systems of Tetrameric Acids as Determined by Dynamic Light Scattering. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
Academic article
Kralova, Iva; Sjøblom, Johan; Øye, Gisle; Simon, Sebastien Charles; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Paso, Kristofer Gunnar. (2011) Heavy Crude Oils/Particle Stabilized Emulsions. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
Academic article
Sundman, Ola; Nordgård, Erland; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Sjøblom, Johan. (2010) Potentiometric Titrations of Five Synthetic Tetraacids as Models for Indigenous C-80 Tetraacids. Langmuir
Academic article
Grimes, Brian Arthur; Dorao, Carlos Alberto; Simon, Sebastien Charles; Nordgård, Erland; Sjøblom, Johan. (2010) Analysis of dynamic surfactant mass transfer and its relationship to the transient stabilization of coalescing liquid-liquid dispersions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Academic article
Skudas, R; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Thommes, M; Unger, KK. (2009) Flow-through pore characteristics of monolithic silicas and their impact on column performance in high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A
Academic article
Liapis, AI; Grimes, Brian Arthur. (2008) On film mass transfer coefficient expression in ion-exchange chromatography systems. Separation and Purification Technology
Academic article

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