Chemical Engineering

Towards Gas Hydrate-Free Pipelines: A Comprehensive Review of Gas Hydrate Inhibition Techniques

Elhenawy, Salma; Khraisheh, Majeda; Almomani, Fares; Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A.; Hassan, Mohammad K.; ... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)

Gas hydrate blockage is a major issue that the production and transportation processes in the oil/gas industry faces. The formation of gas hydrates in pipelines results in significant financial losses and serious safety ...

Self-Healing Silicones for Outdoor High Voltage Insulation: Mechanism, Applications and Measurements

Kamand, Fadi Z.; Mehmood, Basharat; Ghunem, Refat; Hassan, Mohammad K.; El-Hag, Ayman; ... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)

This paper discusses the state of the art in the application of self-healing silicone-based materials for outdoor high-voltage insulation. Both the dynamic behavior of the dimethyl side groups of silicone rubber and the ...

Long-Term Treatment of Highly Saline Brine in a Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD) Pilot Unit Using Polyethylene Membranes

Abdelrazeq, Haneen; Khraisheh, Majeda; Hassan, Mohammad K. ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)

Membrane distillation (MD) is an attractive separation process for wastewater treatment and desalination. There are continuing challenges in implementing MD technologies at a large industrial scale. This work attempts to ...

Influence of combined natural deep eutectic solvent and polyacrylamide on the flocculation and rheological behaviors of bentonite dispersion

I. M. Al-Risheq, Dana; Shaikh, Shifa M.R.; Nasser, Mustafa S; Almomani, Fares; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A.; ... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)

The influence of hybrid coagulation/ flocculation systems on the degree of flocculation and rheological behavior of highly stable bentonite suspension has been investigated throughout this study. Natural deep eutectic ...

A review on recent advances in CO2 separation using zeolite and zeolite-like materials as adsorbents and fillers in mixed matrix membranes (MMMs)

Zagho, Moustafa M.; Hassan, Mohammad K.; Khraisheh, Majeda; Al-Maadeed, Mariam Al Ali; Nazarenko, Sergei ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)

Anthropogenic emissions have developed the environmental demands for proficient carbon dioxide (CO2) separation technologies. Adsorption and membrane technologies are widely used to separate CO2 from other light gases due ...

Molecular dynamics of CH4/CO2 on calcite for enhancing gas recovery

Carchini, Giuliano; Al-Marri, Mohammed J.; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed; Shawabkeh, Reyad; Mahmoud, Mohamed; ... more authors ... less authors ( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2022 , Article)

The effect of temperature and pressure on the adsorption of CO2 and CH4 gases on calcite (104) has been studied by means of classical molecular dynamics. The results show that carbon dioxide greatly improves methane ...

Thermodynamic characterization of deepwater natural gas mixtures with heavy hydrocarbon content at high pressures

Atilhan, Mert; Aparicio, Santiago; Ejaz, Saquib; Zhou, Jingjun; Al-Marri, Mohammed; ... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)

This paper includes high-accuracy density measurements and phase envelopes for deepwater natural gas mixtures. Mixtures primarily consist of (0.88 and 0.94) mole fraction methane and both mixtures includes heavy components ...

Reaction kinetics of carbon dioxide in aqueous blends of N-methyldiethanolamine and glycine using the stopped flow technique

Benamor, Abdelbaki; Al-Marri, Mohammed Jaber; Khraisheh, Majeda; Nasser, Mustafa S.; Tontiwachwuthikul, Paitoon ( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)

Carbon dioxide managements and its association with global worming remains a major concern among governments and the scientific community, with novel, energy efficient and more affordable technologies topping the research ...

Green hydrogen for industrial sector decarbonization: Costs and impacts on hydrogen economy in qatar

Kazi, Monzure Khoda; Eljack, Fadwa; El-Halwagi, Mahmoud M.; Haouari, Mohamed ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)

This study focuses on the development of a strategic framework for the design of a hydrogen supply chain network (HSCN) mainly investigating the potential of industrial decarbonization and multi-sectors integration (i.e., ...

Comparative Study on Gas-Sensing Properties of 2D (MoS2, WS2)/PANI Nanocomposites-Based Sensor

Parangusan, Hemalatha; Bhadra, Jolly; Al-Qudah, Razen Amer; Elhadrami, Elhassen Cheikh; Al-Thani, Noora Jabor ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)

NH3 is a highly harmful gas; when inhaled at levels that are too high for comfort, it is very dangerous to human health. One of the challenging tasks in research is developing ammonia sensors that operate at room temperature. ...

Understanding electricity generation in osmotic microbial fuel cells through integrated experimental investigation and mathematical modeling

Qin, Mohan; Ping, Qingyun; Lu, Yaobin; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; He, Zhen ( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)

(Graph Presented). Osmotic microbial fuel cells (OsMFCs) are a new type of MFCs with integrating forward osmosis (FO). However, it is not well understood why electricity generation is improved in OsMFCs compared to regular ...

Enhancing desalination and wastewater treatment by coupling microbial desalination cells with forward osmosis

Yuan, Heyang; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; He, Zhen ( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)

Both microbial desalination cells (MDCs) and forwards osmosis (FO) are emerging technologies for energy-efficient water/wastewater treatment. However, incomplete treatment/desalination in both technologies creates challenges ...

Microbial desalination cells as a versatile technology: Functions, optimization and prospective

Sevda, Surajbhan; Yuan, Heyang; He, Zhen; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M. ( Elsevier , 2015 , Other)

Saline water such as seawater or brackish water is a potential source for drinking water or for non-potable applications, but the existing desalination techniques are energy intensive. Therefore, there is an urgent need ...

Development of Bioelectrochemical Systems to Promote Sustainable Agriculture

Li, Xiaojin; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; He, Zhen ( MDPI , 2015 , Other)

Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) are a newly emerged technology for energy-efficient water and wastewater treatment. Much effort as well as significant progress has been made in advancing this technology towards practical ...

Biohydrogen production from lignocellulosic biomass: Technology and sustainability

Singh, A.; Sevda, Surajbhan; Abu Reesh, Ibrahim M.; Vanbroekhoven, Karolien; Rathore, Dheeraj; ... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI AG , 2015 , Article)

Among the various renewable energy sources, biohydrogen is gaining a lot of traction as it has very high efficiency of conversion to usable power with less pollutant generation. The various technologies available for the ...

Oxygen reduction reaction catalysts used in microbial fuel cells for energy-efficient wastewater treatment: A review

Yuan, Heyang; Hou, Yang; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; Chen, Junhong; He, Zhen ( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Other)

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as an energy-efficient wastewater treatment technology have attracted increasing interest in the past decade. Cathode catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) present a major challenge ...

Bioelectricity generation from treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater with simultaneous seawater desalination in microbial desalination cells

Sevda, Surajbhan; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; Yuan, Heyang; He, Zhen ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)

Petroleum refinery wastewater (PRW) contains a high concentration of pollutants and may pose serious environmental risks. Conventional treatment methods of PRW are energy intensive, and thus there is an urgent need to ...