Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Author "Elkamel, Ali"
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Comparing Non-Steady State Emissions under Start-Up and Shut-Down Operating Conditions with Steady State Emissions for Several Industrial Sectors: A Literature Review
Obaid, Juwairia; Ramadan, Ashraf; Elkamel, Ali; Anderson, William A. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017-02-04)This study investigates the emissions of various industrial facilities under start-up, shut-down, and normal operations. The industries that have been investigated include power and/or heat generation, energy-from-waste ... -
A Controlled Experiment Investigating the Effects of Explanatory Manual on Adherence to Operating Procedures
Shi, Cao; Chan, Keziah; Elkamel, Ali (MDPI, 2019-04-14)Operators’ adherence to operating procedures is a crucial factor for process safety in the process industry. Instruction manuals that document Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) are commonly used both as training ... -
Design and simulation of a petcoke gasification polygeneration plant integrated with a bitumen extraction and upgrading facility and net energy analysis
Lazzaroni, E.; Elsholkami, Mohamed; Martelli, E.; Elkamel, Ali (Elsevier, 2017-09-18)The in-situ extraction of bitumen from oil sands, particularly steam assisted gravity drainage, has been the fastest growing production technology in the industry. Integrated with upgrading operations to enhance the fuel ... -
Multi-products productions from Malaysian oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB): Analyzing economic potentials from the optimal biomass supply chain
Abdulrazik, Abdulhalim; Elsholkami, Mohamed; Elkamel, Ali; Simon, Leonardo (Elsevier, 2017-12-01)The economic potentials of Malaysian oil palm empty fruit bunch are realized by several motivating factors such as abundance, cheapness and are generally feasible to produce multi-products that range from energy, chemicals ... -
New composite sustainability indices for Cradle-to-Cradle process design: Case study on thinner recovery from waste paint in auto industries
Ordouei, Mohammad Hossein; Elkamel, Ali (Elsevier, 2017-11-10)In a conventional chemical process design, the main focus is on the process economy resulting in the generation of huge amounts of waste materials within the process. Such design approach demands end-of-pipe treatment, ... -
Optimal processing route for the utilization and conversion of municipal solid waste into energy and valuable products
Rizwan, Muhammad; Saif, Yousef; Almansoori, Ali; Elkamel, Ali (Elsevier, 2018-02-10)A systematic design of municipal solid waste (MSW) management system can lead to identify a promising and/or sustainable way of handling MSW by processing it into energy and valuable products. In this study, a systematic ... -
Performance of polyacrylamide and poly(acrylamide/sodium acrylate) hydrogel-coated mesh for separation of oil/water mixtures
Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R.; Alsubaei, Amal; Elkamel, Ali (Elsevier, 2018-12-01)Hydrogels are widely used as a coagulant in water treatment in addition to using in tissue engineering due to their high water absorption capacity and biocompatibility. Our research objective is to synthesize a reinforced ... -
Predictive models and detection methods applicable in water detection framework for industrial electric arc furnaces
Alshawarghi, Hamzah; Elkamel, Ali; Moshiri, Behzad; Hourfar, Farzad (Elsevier, 2019-09-02)This paper introduces the development of empirical predictive models and detection methods that are incorporated into a water detection framework for an industrial steelmaking electric arc furnace (EAF). The predictive ... -
Pyrolysis, kinetics analysis, thermodynamics parameters and reaction mechanism of Typha latifolia to evaluate its bioenergy potential
Ahmad, Muhammad Sajjad; Mehmood, Muhammad Aamer; Taqvi, Syed Taha Haider; Elkamel, Ali; Liu, Chen-Guang; Ren, Xujian; Rahimuddin, Sawsan Abdulaziz; Gull, Munazza (Elsevier, 2017-09-01)This work was focused on understanding the pyrolysis of Typha latifolia. Kinetics, thermodynamics parameters and pyrolysis reaction mechanism were studied using thermogravimetric data. Based on activation energies and ... -
Simulation-Optimization Framework for Synthesis and Design of Natural Gas Downstream Utilization Networks
Al-Sobhi, Saad A.; Elkamel, Ali; Erenay, Fatih S.; Shaik, Munawar A. (MDPI, 2018-02-01)Many potential diversification and conversion options are available for utilization of natural gas resources, and several design configurations and technology choices exist for conversion of natural gas to value-added ... -
A system dynamics model for optimal allocation of natural gas to various demand sectors
Daneshzand, Farzaneh; Amin-Naseri, Mohammad Reza; Asali, Mehdi; Elkamel, Ali; Fowler, Michael (Elsevier, 2019-09-02)Natural gas is the most promising fossil fuel in the transition to a low-carbon energy future, and many countries have long term plans to increase its share in their energy supply mix through pricing regulations. While ... -
A systematic approach for modeling of waterflooding process in the presence of geological uncertainties in oil reservoirs
Hourfar, Farzad; Salahshoor, Karim; Zanbouri, Hosein; Elkamel, Ali; Pourafshary, Peyman; Moshiri, Behzad (Elsevier, 2018-03-04)In this paper, a systematic approach which is able to consider different types of geological uncertainty is presented to model the waterflooding process. The proposed scheme, which is based on control and system theories, ...