GPC Research: Recent submissions
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Design and thermo-economic evaluation of an integrated concentrated solar power – Desalination tri-generation system
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)In this work, a concentrated solar power (CSP) tri-generation system that is capable of the simultaneous production of steam, power and freshwater is introduced. The abundantly available direct normal irradiance can ... -
Design and Evaluation Strategies for a Novel Hybrid Trigeneration System
( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Book chapter)Renewable energy sources that involve the use of Concentrated Solar Power systems (CSP) are receiving increased attention due to many of the prominent features that it can provide. Most importantly, the simultaneous ... -
Optimization of Sink Locations in Carbon Integration Networks
( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Book chapter)The detrimental environmental impacts of climate change that are a result of high atmospheric CO2 concentrations have prompted global efforts to limit the continuous increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Many are now ... -
Energy assessment strategies in carbon-constrained industrial clusters
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)With the increasing climate change concerns, governments around the world are working on setting targets to mitigate its upsurge. Greenhouse gases (GHG), more specifically carbon dioxide (CO2), are the highest contributors ... -
The development of a process simulator transport model for RO systems
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)This paper introduces solute-solvent interactions onto a universal transport modeling approach that has been recently introduced for predicting RO membrane performance. The mathematical modeling framework utilizes chemical ... -
The need for speed - optimal CO<inf>2</inf> hydrogenation processes selection via mixed integer linear programming
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)The race towards mitigating carbon emissions led to the development of countless processes, product chemicals, and catalysts for carbon capture, storage, and utilization. The abundance of data and potential pathways for ... -
Investigation of seasonal variations and multiple fuel options in a novel tri-generation CSP integrated hybrid energy process
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)This work presents a novel Mixed-Integer Non-linear Program (MINLP) that accounts for the presence of multiple fuels in tri-generation systems. The key novelty of this work pertains to the use of hybrid energy systems in ... -
GHG emission reduction via multiple fuel options in carbon-constrained industrial clusters
( Elsevier B.V. , 2023 , Book chapter)This paper primarily investigates the effect of incorporating multiple fuel options onto carbon constrained industrial clusters. The purpose of doing so was to maximize the profit through the optimal allocation of multiple ... -
Magneto-Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Nd-Fe-B-Epoxy-Bonded Composite Materials
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)Polymer-bonded magnets are a class of composite material that combines the magnetic properties of metal particles and the molding possibility of a polymeric matrix. This class of materials has shown huge potential for ... -
Computational applications using data driven modeling in process Systems: A review
( Elsevier Ltd , 2023 , Article Review)Modeling and optimization of various processes enable more efficient operations and better planning activities for new process developments. With recent advances in computing power, data driven models, such as Machine ... -
The investigation of treatment design parameters on carbon integration networks
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)Carbon Integration methods help identify the appropriate allocation of captured carbon dioxide (CO2) streams into CO2-using sinks, and are especially useful when a number of CO2 sink options are present simultaneously. The ... -
Enhanced electrochemical conversion of CO2 into formic acid using PbSO4/AtSn electrode: Catalyst synthesis and process optimization
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Electrochemical carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction is among the most promising and effective methods for producing valuable fuels while simultaneously addressing global warming. Numerous metal-based materials showed promising ... -
Efficient electrochemical conversion of CO2 into formic acid using colloidal NiCo@rGO catalyst
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)A simple approach was used to synthesize a catalyst based on colloidal NiCo with rGO support. The catalyst was uniformly deposited on acid-treated Sn foil using drop-casting method. The prepared NiCo@rGO catalyst was ... -
Impact of composition and salinity on swelling and gel strength of poly (acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) preformed particle gel
( Institute for Ionics , 2023 , Article)The effects of various material compositions and reservoir environments on the ultimate strength and swelling kinetics of a commercial preformed particle gel (PPG) have been investigated. This study used different ratios ... -
Development of eco-friendly chitosan-g-polyacrylamide preformed particle gel for conformance control in high-temperature and high-salinity reservoirs
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Oil and gas extraction has become challenging nowadays due to the accompanying amount of excess produced water that results in poor recoverability of hydrocarbon, besides other environmental and economic isues. A recent ... -
Biodegradable polysaccharide grafted polyacrylamide inhibitor for corrosion in CO2- saturated saline solution
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)A biodegradable polysaccharide-based inhibitor is grafted with polyacrylamide (PAM) for oilfields’ sweet corrosion. The green properties of agar and PAM were incorporated to synthesize an agar-grafted-PAM (AGGPAM) inhibitor. ... -
Understanding the progress and challenges in the fields of thermo-catalysis and electro-catalysis for the CO2 conversion to fuels
( Institute for Ionics , 2024 , Article Review)The need to limit anthropogenic CO2 emissions and lower the atmospheric CO2 concentration makes CO2 conversion an imminent requirement. Availability of suitable facilities and prior understanding how electro and thermal ... -
Synthesis and evaluation of novel and efficient Ni-based dual functional materials (DFMs) for integrated CO2 capture and hydrogenation
( Institution of Chemical Engineers , 2023 , Article)We report on the synthesis and evaluation of novel, highly active and stable bimetallic DFMs for simultaneous CO2 adsorption and subsequent hydrogenation to value added products. The DFMs contain various combinations of ... -
Hydrogen storage in gas reservoirs: A molecular modeling and experimental investigation
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Hydrogen is one of the clean energy sources that can be used instead of fossil fuel sources to reduce greenhouse emissions. However, hydrogen supply intermittency significantly reduces the deployment and reliability of ... -
Carbon dioxide hydrogenation to value-added products using Cu-based catalytic materials
( Institute of Physics , 2023 , Conference)In this work, we report on the synthesis and evaluation of catalytic materials composed of copper/calcium oxide/alumina (Cu/CaO/Al2O3) for carbon dioxide conversion to value-added products. Catalytic materials were synthesized ...
