Research Area |
Brief Description |
Gas Processing |
Improving the removal of sulfur from natural gas from UAE gas fields Making sulfur more effectively by combustion of hydrogen sulfide
Dr. C. Peters, Dr. A S Berrouk
Sorbent development for removal of i) mercury in the natural gas and ii) BTEX removal prior to sulfur recovery process
Dr. A. Al Shoaibi
Development of graphene-based amine functionalized solid sorbent for natural gas sweetening.
Dr. A. Abdala |
Catalysis |
Carbon-based catalysts for hydro-treating crude oils is aiming to develop new catalysts with high effectiveness factor, high thermal conductivity, and very low pressure drop even at high flow rates.
New catalytic systems with very high effectiveness factor for hydrogen production through steam reforming of methane.
Functionalized meso-porous zeolites, carbon, or silica as selective adsorbents for natural gas mixture separations.
Dr. R. Vladea |
Thermodynamics |
Development of physical property models for CO2 systems: Thermodynamic, transport and phase equilibrium of pure components and mixtures. The project is related to ADCO CO2 EOR process.
Molecular modeling of chemical systems for novel process and product design: Ionic liquids, electrolyte mixtures, etc. The project is related to the new Gas Research Center.
Dr. I. Economou |
Computational Fluid Dynamics |
Simulation of hydrodynamics and heat transfers in Fluidized Catalytic Cracking units and bubble columns for reactor efficiency improvement
Dr. A. S. Berrouk |
Fuel cells and Hydrogen Technology |
Understanding the processes that determine the efficiency of fuel cells Generating power using solid oxide fuel cells from off-well gases captured from oil and gas fields in UAE
Dr A. Almansoori |
Polymer Engineering |
Graphene-based conductive polyolefin for high-voltage power cable applications.
Dr. A. Abdala
Polymer composites by compounding polymers with functional fillers and additives to enhance mechanical, electrical and biodegradation properties. Polymer based oil sensors
Dr. V. Mittal
Polymer composites: Solution and melt blending of various polymers and their functional derivatives, additives and nano-materials to improve mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. Testing and characterization of materials.
Dr. S. Vukusic |
Separation Technology |
Adsorption kinetics and isotherms for separation of toxic components either from gas and liquid streams. Modeling and simulation of packed bed absorbers for gas/liquid adsorption with appropriate experimental validation
Dr. A. Al Shoaibi |
Process Systems Engineering |
Application of multivariate statistics for the data mining, feature extraction and classification of chemo-metric data
Dr. U. Kruger |
Chemical kinetics of pyrolysis/ gasification / combustion |
Experimental and modeling studies oriented to Degradation kinetics of plastic waste in batch/fluidized beds using pyrolysis/gasification/combustion
Dr. A. Al Shoaibi |
Production Chemistry |
Understanding the phenomena that lead to flow assurance problems during oil production and developing solutions to mitigate them
Dr. F. Vargas
Development of oilfield scale management strategies in order to extend field lifetime using scale-inhibitor treatments.
Dr. Ghada Bassioni |
Water treatment |
Applications of nano-materials for oil-spill cleanup and waste-water treatment.
Dr. A. Abdala |
Chemistry of Construction materials |
Study of oil well cement necessary for drilling purposes to investigate optimum recipes of cement-admixture combinations.
Dr. Ghada Bassioni |
For more information, interested students can consult All CHEG faculty members' research interests under /Research/Faculty Interests and All their research projects under /Research/Current Projects
