Sulfur Recovery from Gas Stream using Flameless and Flame Combustion Reactor

• Selim, H. and Gupta, A. K. and Sassi, M.: Reduction and Validation of Detailed Kinetic Reactions in Thermal Stage of Claus Process, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference, Orlando, FL, January 3-7, 2010.
• Selim, H., Gupta, A. K. and Sassi, M.: Reduced Mechanism for Hydrogen Sulfide Oxidation, 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference, Orlando, FL, January 5-8, 2009, Paper No. AIAA-2009-1392.
• Selim, H., Gupta, A. K. and Sassi, M.: Mixing of Reactants in Claus Process under Non-Reactive Conditions, Intl. Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC), Denver, CO, August 2-5, 2009, Paper No. AIAA-2009-4506.
• Sassi, M. and Gupta, A. K.: Sulfur Recovery from Acid Gases using the Claus Process and High Temperature Air Combustion (HiTAC) Technology, American Journal Environmental Sciences, American J. of Environmental Sciences Vol. 4, No. 5, 2008, pp. 502-511.
• Selim, H., Gupta, A. K. and Sassi, M.: Variation of Optimum Claus Reactor temperature with Acid Gas Composition, 6th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (6th IECEC), Cleveland, OH, July 28-30, 2008, Paper No. AIAA-2008-5797.
• Abdelhafez, A. and Gupta, A. K.: Advanced Mixing in High-Speed Flows for Efficient Combustion, Proc. Energy 2030 conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 4-5, 2008, pp. 147-160.
  
  Selim, H., Gupta, A. K. and Sassi, M.: Acid Gas Composition Effects on the Optimum Temperature in Claus Reactor, Proc. Energy 2030 conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 4-5, 2008. pp. 91-98.
• Ahmed, I and Gupta, A. K.: Pyrolysis and Steam Gasification of Paper, Proc. Energy 2030 conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 4-5, 2008.
• Maruyama, N., Tanaka, D., Tamada, M. and Gupta, A. K.: Experimental Investigation to Process High Water Content Waste to Solid Fuel using Superheated Steam, Proc. Energy 2030 conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 4-5, 2008, pp. 136-137.
• Maruyama, N., Nakanishi, S., Sadamichi, Y. and Gupta, A. K.: Design Methodology for Ecologically and Economically Optimizing Scheme for Introduction of Co-generation Systems, Design Methodology for Ecologically and Economically Optimizing Scheme for Introduction of Co-generation Systems pp. 118-123.
• Yu, K and Gupta, A. K.: Active Control for Fuel Flexible Volumetrically Efficient Combustion, Proc. Energy 2030 conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 4-5, 2008, pp. 161-162.
• Mochida, S., Abe, T. and Gupta, A. K.: Advanced Steam Gasification Technology for Plastic Wastes using High temperature Steam, Proc. Energy 2030 conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 4-5, 2008, pp. 180-181.
• Yu., M. and Gupta, A. K.: Developing Hetrogeneous Fiber Optic Sensor Network for online Monitoring of Combusotrs and Power Plants, Proc. Energy 2030 conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 4-5, 2008, pp. 306-312.
• Sassi, M., BenRejab, S., and Gupta, A. K.: CFD Simulation of Combustion in the Claus Furnace of a Sulfur Recovery Plant, 5th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium (MCS-5), Monastir, Tunisia, September 9-13, 2007.

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for CO2 Capture and Enhanced Oil Recovery

• Kee, R.J., Zhu, H., and Jackson, G.S. (2009), Book Chapter: "Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Usign Syngas" in Gas Synthesis Combustion: Fundamentals and Applications, edited by T. Lieuwen, V. Yang, and R. Yetter, CRC Press.
• Patel, S., Jawlik, P.F., and Jackson. G.S., Reviewed Conference Proceedings: "Effects of Ceria Addition on Ni/YSZ Anodes for SOFC's Operating with Syngas and n-Butane", ASME Paper # FUELCELL-2009-85090, presented at ASME 7th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference, Newport Beach, CA, June 2009.
• Maxey, C., Jackson. G.S., Reihani, S.-A.S., DeCaluwe, S.C., Patel, S., Veeraragavan, A., and Cadou, C.P, “Integration of of Catalytic Combustion and Heat Recovery with Meso-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System,” ASME Paper # IMECE-2008-67040, presented at IMECE-2008, Boston, MA, November 2008.
• DeCaluwe, S.C., Zhu, H., Kee, R.J., and Jackson, G.S., "Importance of anode microstructure in modeling solid oxide fuel cells." Journal Of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 155(6): 2008.pp. B538-B546.
• Jawlik, P. “Effects of Ceria Addition on Ni-YSZ Anodes in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Operating on Hydrogen and Syngas Fuel Feeds,” M.S. Thesis, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, December 2008.
• Jawlik, P., Patel, S., and Jackson, G.S. “Ni/CeO2/YSZ anodes for direct butane feeds in SOFC’s” (in preparation).
• Patel, S., DeCaluwe, S., and Jackson, G.S. “Detailed modeling performance of SOFC’s on syngas operation” (in preparation).

Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling with Solar Energy

• Y. Hwang, R. Radermacher, A. AlAlili, and I. Kubo, "Review of Solar Cooling Technologies", International Journal of HVAC&R Research, Vol. 14,
  No. 3, pp. 507-528, 2008.
• A. Al-Alili, Y. Hwang, R. Radermacher, I. Kubo and P. Rodgers, "High Efficiency Solar Cooling Technique", The Second International Energy 2030 Conference, 2008.
  
• Al-Alili, M.D. Islam, I. Kubo, Y. Hwang and R. Radermacher, "Modeling of a Solar Powered Absorption Cycle for Abu Dhabi", The Second
  International Energy 2030 Conference, 2008.

Waste Heat Utilization in the Petroleum Industry

• P. Kalinowski, Y. Hwang, Reinhard Radermacher, Saleh Al Hashimi, and Peter Rodgers, "Application of Waste Heat Powered Absorption Refrigeration System to the LNG Recovery Process", Int. J. of Refrigeration, V. 32, pp.
  687-694, 2009.
• Mortazavi, A., Hwang, Y., Radermacher, R., S. Al-Hashimi, and P. Rodgers, “Enhancement of LNG Propane Cycle through Waste Heat Powered Absorption” Cooling, Energy 2030 conference November, 2008.
• P. Kalinowski, Y. Hwang, and R. Radermacher, "Waste Heat Powered Absorption Refrigeration System In The LNG Recovery Process", International Sorption Heat Pump Conference, Seoul, Korea, Paper No. 6-IV-078, 2008.
  
• A. Mortazavi, Y. Hwang, R. Radermacher, S. Al-Hashimi, P. Rodgers, C. Somers, "Modeling Absorption Chillers in ASPEN", The Second International Energy 2030 Conference, 2008.
  
• A. Mortazavi, P. Rodgers, Y. Hwang, R. Radermacher, "Enhancement of LNG Plant with Waste Heat Powered Absorption Cooling", The Second International Energy 2030 Conference, 2008.
  
• A. Mortazavi1, Y. Hwang1, R. Radermacher1, S. Al-Hashimi2, P. Rodgers, "Performance Enhancement of APCI LNG Plant", The Second International Energy 2030 Conference, 2008.

Multidisciplinary Design and Characterization of Polymer Composite Seawater Heat Exchanger Module

• Bar-Cohen, A., Rodgers, P., and Cevallos, J., “Application of Thermally Enhanced Thermoplastics to Seawater-Cooled Liquid-Liquid Heat Exchangers”, Proceedings 5th European Thermal-Sciences Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, paper HEX_10, 2008
• Bar-Cohen, A., Rodgers, P., and Cevallos, J., “Application of Thermally-Enhanced Thermoplastics to Seawater-Cooled Liquid-Liquid Heat Exchangers” Proceedings 2nd International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, pp. 354-364, 2008
• Luckow, P., Bar-Cohen, A., Rodgers, P., and Cevallos, J., “Energy Efficient Polymers for Gas-Liquid Heat Exchangers”, Proceedings ASME 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Jacksonville, FL., 2008
• Luckow, P., Bar-Cohen, A., Rodgers, P., and Cevallos, J., “Energy Efficient Polymers for Gas-Liquid Heat Exchangers”, Proceedings 2nd International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Poster Presentation, pp. 138-141 (abstract), 2008
• Bar-Cohen, A., Gupta, S.K.., Rodgers, P., Cevallos, J., and Adi, M., “Mold Filling Metamodel for Polymer Composite Heat Exchangers” Proceedings 2nd International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Poster Presentation, pp. 319-321 (abstract), 2008
• A. Bar-Cohen, Luckow, P., Rodgers, P., “Minimum Mass Polymer Seawater Heat Exchangers for LNG Applications”, International Symposium on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Sustainable Energy. Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia, 2009
• Bar-Cohen, A., Cevallos, J.G., Bergles, A., Gupta, S.K., Rodgers, P., “Survey on Polymer Heat Exchangers” (in preparation), 2009
• Cevallos, J.G., Gupta S.K., Bar-Cohen, A., “Incorporating Moldability Considerations during the Design of Thermally Enhanced Polymer Heat Exchangers” (in preparation), 2009
• Bar-Cohen, A., Luckow, P., Cevallos, J.G., Gupta, S.K., 2009, “Thermal Anisotropy in Injection Molded Polymer Composite Fins” (in preparation)
• A. Riaz & H. Tchelepi, “Stability of two-phase vertical flow in EOR applications,” Poster at Energy 2030 Conference in Abu Dhabi.
• K. Kiger and C.-H. Pan, “Turbulent dynamics of particle-laden pipeline flow,” Poster at Energy 2030 Conference in Abu Dhabi.

Study on Microchannel-Based Absorber/Stripper and Electrostatic Precipitators for CO2 Separation from Flue Gas

• M. Alshehhi, S. Dessiatoun, A. Shooshtari, M. Ohadi and A. Goharzadeh, "Electrohydrodynamic (EHD)-Enhanced Separation of Fine Liquid Droplets fromGas Flows -Application to Refrigeration and Petro-chemical Processes", Second International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu-Dhabi, UAE, Nov. 2008.
• M. Alshehhi, S. Dessiatoun, A. Shooshtari, M. Ohadi and A. Goharzadeh "Parametric Performance Analysis of an Electrostatic Wire-Cylinder Aerosol Separator in Laminar Flow Using a Numerical Modeling Approach", to be submitted to HVAC & R Journal
• M. Alshehhi, S. Dessiatoun, A. Shooshtari, and M. Ohadi, “Electrohydrodynamic Enhanced Separation of Immiscible Oil Droplets from an Air Flow", to be published in International Journal of Refrigeration

Microreactors for Oil and Gas Processes Using Microchannel Technologies

• E. Al-Hajri, S. Dessiatoun, A. Shooshtari, M. Ohadi and A. Goharzadeh, “Performance Characterization of Two Selected Refrigerants in a Flat-Plate Micro-Tube Condenser,” Second International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu-Dhabi, UAE, Nov. 2008.
• S. Chowdhury, E. AL-Hajri, S. Dessiatoun, A. Shooshtari, M. Ohadi and A. Goharzadeh, “An Experimental Study of Condensation Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in a Single High Aspect Ratio Micro-channel for Refrigerant R134a”, 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ASME, June 19-21, 2006, Limerick, Ireland. EERC Phase I Final Report 12
• S. Dessiatoun, S. Chowdhury, E. Al-Hajri, E. Cetegen, M. Ohadi and A. Goharzadeh, “Studies on Condensation of Refrigerants in a High Aspect Ratio Minichannel and in a Novel Micro-groove Surface Heat Exchanger-Development of Micro-condensers in Compact two Phase Cooling Systems”, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels ASME ICNMM2007, June 18-20, 2007, Puebla, Mexico.
• E. Al-Hajri, S. Dessiatoun, A. Shooshtari, M. Ohadi and A. Goharzadeh, “Performance Characterization of Two Selected Refrigerants in a Flat-Plate Micro-Tube Condenser”, (Pending to be published in ASHRAE HCAV&R Journal).
• S. Dessiatoun, S. Chowdhury, E. Al-Hajri, E. Cetegen, M. Ohadi and A. Goharzadeh, “Studies on Condensation of Refrigerants in a High Aspect Ratio Minichannel and in a Novel Micro-groove Surface Heat Exchanger-Development of Micro-condensers in Compact two Phase Cooling Systems”, Submitted to the International Journal of Heat Transfer, 2008.
• Elnaz Kermani S. Dessiatoun, A. Shooshtari, and M. Ohadi, “Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer Performance of a Manifold Microchannel Heat Sink for Cooling of Concentrated Solar Cells” to be presented in 59th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) to be held in San Diego, California, USA on May 26-May 29, 2009.

Integration of Engineering and Business Decisions for Robust Optimization of Petrochemical Systems

• Li, G., M. Li, S. Azarm, S. Al Hashimi, T. Al Ameri, and N. Al Qasas,
  2009, "Improving Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms with Adaptive Design of Experiments and Online Metamodeling," Structural and Multidisciplinary
  Optimization, 37(5), pp. 447-461.
• Li, M., S. Azarm, N. Williams, S. Al Hashimi, A. Almansoori, and N. Al
  Qasas, "Integrated Multi-Objective Robust Optimization and Sensitivity
  Analysis with Irreducible and Reducible Interval Uncertainty," Engineering
  Optimization (forthcoming).
• Hu, W., M. Li, S. Azarm, S. Al Hashimi, A. Almansoori, and N. Al Qasas,
  "On Improving Multi-Objective Robust Optimization Under Interval Uncertainty Using Worst Possible Point Constraint Cuts," CD-ROM Proceedings of the ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 2009, San Diego, CA, USA (forthcoming). (Also, under review/revisions in Journal of Mechanical Design.)
• W. Hu, N. Al-Qasas, M. Li, S. Al Hashimi, and S. Azarm, "Multi-Objective
  Robust Optimization of Energy Systems," Poster and Abstract, Energy 2030,
  Abu Dhabi, UAE, Nov 4-5, 2008.

Dynamics and Control of Drill Strings

• C.-M. Liao, B. Balachandran, M. Karkoub, and Y. Abdel-Magid, “Drill String Dynamics,” Twelfth Conference on Nonlinear Vibrations, Dynamics, and Multibody Systems, Blacksburg, VA, USA, June 1-5, 2008.
• C.-M. Liao, B. Balachandran, M. Karkoub, and Y. Abdel-Magid, “Reduced-Order Models of Drill String Dynamics,” Second International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu-Dhabi, UAE, Nov. 2008.
• . M. Karkoub, Y. Abdel-Magid, and B. Balachandran “Drill String Torsional Vibration Suppression Using GA Optimized Controllers,” Canadian Journal of Petroleum Technology, submitted for publication, 2008.
• C.-M. Liao, B. Balachandran, M. Karkoub, and Y. Abdel-Magid, “Drill-String Vibrations: Reduced-Order Models and Experimental Results,” ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, in preparation for submission.

Studies on Mobile Sensor Platforms

Development of a Probabilistic Model for Degradation Effects of Corrosion-Fatigue Cracking in Oil and Gas Pipelines

• M. Chooka, M. Modarres, A. Seibi, "Development of a Probabilistic Model for Mechanistic Evaluation of Reliability of Oil Pipelines Subject to Corrosion-Fatigue Cracking," ASME DAC 2008.
• M. Chooka, M. Modarres, A. Seibi, "Development of a Probabilistic Model for Mechanistic Evaluation of Reliability of Oil Pipelines Subject to Corrosion-Fatigue Cracking," Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Analysis (PSA) 200, Knoxville, Tennessee in the period 7-11 Sep 2008.
• M. Modarres, and M. Chooka, Poster presentation at PHM-International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management (affiliated with the IEEE Reliability Society), Denver, CO October 2008.
• M. Chooka, M. Modarres, A. Seibi, Poster presentation at the Second International Energy 2030 Conference held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from 4-5 November 2008.