Department of Chemical Engineering

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
 
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Patents Issued

M.M. Hossain, A.A. Ayandiran, S.A. Razzak, H. Binous, “Alumina-supported vanadium oxide dehydrogenation catalyst”, US Patent 10,130,936, 2018.
   

M. M. Hossain, A. H. Elbadawi, M. Y. Khan, S.A. Razzak, “Oxidative cracking of alkanes with fluidized vanadium catalyst”, US Patent 10,138,178, 2018.
   

M.M, Hossain, A. H. Elbadawi, M.S. Ba-Shammakh, S.A. Razzak, Fluidizable alkane dehydrogenation catalyst, US Patent 9,914,677, 2018
   

M.M, Hossain, A. H. Elbadawi, M. Y. Khan, S.A. Razzak, “Fluidizable vanadium catalyst for oxidative cracking of hydrocarbons to olefins in a gas phase oxygen free environment”, US Patent 10,053,400, 2018.
   

M.M, Hossain, A. A. Ayandiran, S.A. Razzak, H. Binous, “Fluidizable vanadium catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes to olefins in a gas phase oxygen free environment”, US Patent 9,878,305, 2018.
   

M.M, Hossain, A. H. Elbadawi, S.A. Razzak, “Fluidizable catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes to olefins in an oxygen free environment”, US Patent 9,815,752, 2017
   

M.M, Hossain, A. H. Elbadawi, M.S. Ba-Shammakh, S.A. Razzak, “Fluidizable catalysts for oxidative dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons”, US Patent 9,725,381, 2017.
   
Patents Applied

M. M. Hossain, A. H. Elbadawi, M. Y. Khan, S.A. Razzak, “Method of making vanadium catalyst”, US Patent App. 16/035,098, 2018.
   
Patents Pending

A. Nzila, S. A. Razzak, S. Sankara, Efficient bacteria to remove cooking-oil and grease from wastewater and other contamined environment
   

M.M, Hossain, A. H. Elbadawi, M.S. Ba-Shammakh, S.A. Razzak, Novel VOx-Nb/La-Al2O3 fluidizable catalyst for ODH of ethane to ethylene in oxygen free environment
   
Refereed Journal Articles

Razzak S.A, Hossain S.A., Rahman S.M., Hossain M.M., Zhu J-X. (2018) A Multigene Genetic Programming Approach for Modeling Effect of Particle Size in a Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor,  Chemical Engineering Research and Design,  CHERD-D-17-00039, Accepted on April 12, 2018  
   

A. Sagir, Razzak, S.A., Hossain, M.M. (2018) Fluidizable Ni/Ce-meso-Al2O3 for gasification of glucose: Effect of catalyst reduction on hydrogen selectivity, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2018, Accepted on April 08, 2018. 
   

M. A. Kazeem, S.M.Z. Hossain, Hossain M.M., Razzak S.A. (2018) Application of Central Composite Design to Optimize Culture Conditions of   Chlorella vulgaris in a Batch Photobioreactor, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, Accepted on April 04, 2018
   

S.M.Z. Hossain, Hossain M.M., Razzak S.A. (2018) Optimization of CO2 biofixation by Chlorella vulgaris using a tubular photobioreactor, Chemical Engineering & Technology, Accepted on April 03, 2018
   

S.M.Z. Hossain, Al-Noaimi A.M.A., Razzak S.A., Ezuber H.M, Albastaki, N., Ali M.O.S., Alkaabi S.A.S.,  Hossain M.M., (2018), Multiobjective Optimization of Microalgae (Chlorella sp.) Growth in a Photobioreactor  using Box-Behnken Design Approach, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.23168
   

Sagir, A., Binous H., Razzak, S.A., Hossain, M.M., Enhancement of glucose gasification by Ni/La2O3-Al2O3 towards the thermodynamic extremum at supercritical water conditions, Renewable Energy, Accepted on April 10, 2017
   

S. A. Razzak, S.A. Ali, Hossain M. M., de Lasa H.,  Biological CO2 Fixation with Production of Microalgae in Wastewater-A Review, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017,76, pp.379-390 
   

E. Bdwi, Ali S., Quddus, M. R., Al-Bogami S., Razzak S. A., Hossain M. M.,  Kinetics of the Promotional Effects of Oil Soluble Dispersed Metal (Mo, Co and Fe) Catalysts on Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of VGO, Energy & Fuels, 2017, 31(3), pp. 3132-3142
   

Sagir, A., Khan M.Y., Razzak, S.A., Hossain, M.M.,  Ceria-stabilized meso-Al2O3: synthesis, characterization and desorption kinetics, Journal of Porous Materials, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s10934-017-0376-3.
   

A. W. H. Elbadawi, Ba-Shammakh M. S., Al-Ghamdi S., Razzak, S. A., Hossain, M.M., de Lasa H.I. Phenomenologically Based Kinetics of ODH of Ethane to Ethylene Using Lattice Oxygen of VOx/Al2O3-ZrO2 Catalyst, Chemical Engineering Research and Design,  2017, 117, pp. 733-745
   

A. H. Ebadawi  Khan M. Y., Quddus M.R., Razzak, S.A., Hossain, M.M.  Kinetics of oxidative cracking of n-hexane to olefins over VOx/Ce-Al2O3 under gas phase oxygen-free environment, AIChE Journal, 2017,63 (1), pp. 130-138.
   

A. Nzila, Razzak S. A., A. M. Al-Thukair, S. Sankaran, Characterization of aerobic oil-and-grease bacteria from wastewater, Environmental Technology, 2017, 38 (6), pp. 661-670
   

A. Nzila, Razzak S. A., Zhu J. , Bioaugmentation: an emerging strategy of industrial wastewater treatment for reuse and discharge, ijerph-133428, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 2016, 13(9) pp. 846-866
   

S. A. Razzak, S. A. Ali, M. Ilyas, Hossain M.M., Moutanda A,  Biological CO2 Fixation using Chlorella vulgaris and its Co-pyrolysis Characteristics through Thermogravimetric Analysis,  BBBSE-16-0199, Bioprocess and Biosystem Engineering, 2016, 39, pp. 1651-1658
   

A. A. Afees, Bakare A. I., H. Binous , S. Al-Ghamdi , S. A. Razzak,  M.M Hossain,  Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to propylene over VOx/CaO-γAl2O3 using lattice oxygen, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2016, 6, pp. 5154-5167
   

M. S. Kamal, S. A. Razzak , M. M. Hossain , Catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compound-A Review, Atmospheric Environment, 2016, 140, pp. 117-134
   

A. H. Elbadawi, Al-GhamdiS., Ba-Sammakh M., Razzak S.A., Hossain M.M., Reduction kinetics and catalytic activity of VOx/γ-Al23-ZrO2for gas phase oxygen free ODH of ethane, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016, 284, pp. 448-457
   

A. H. Elbadawi , Ba-Sammakh M., S. A. Razzak, , Al-Ghamdi S., Hossain, M.M. , de Lasa H, A Fluidizable VOx/γ-Al23-ZrO2 Catalyst for the ODH of Ethane to Ethylene Operating in a Gas Phase Oxygen Free Environment, Chemical Engineering Science, 2016, 145, pp.59-70.
   

A.H.Elbadawi, M. Osman, S. A. Razzak, M.M. Hossain,   VOx-Nb/La-γAl2O3 catalysts for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2016, 61, pp.106-116
   

S. A. Razzak, I. Al Aslani., Hossain M.M., Hydrodynamics and mass transfer of CO2 in water in a tubular photobioreactor, Engineering in Life Sciences, 2016, 16, pp.355-363.
   

A. H. Al-Rashidy,  Ali S. A., Ahmed S., Razzak S. A., Hossain M.M.,  Phenomenological Kinetics Modeling of Simultaneous HDS of Dibenzothiophene and Substituted Dibenzothiophene over CoMoP/Al2O3 Catalysts, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2015, 104, pp.819-827.  
   

 A. M. Shamseldin,  Quddus M. R., Razzak S. A., Hossain, M. M., de Lasa H., NiO/Ce-γAl2O3 oxygen carrier for chemical looping combustion, Energy and Fuels, 2015, 29(9), pp. 6095-6103.
   

S. A. Ali, Razzak S. A., Hossain M. M., Apparent kinetics of high temperature oxidative decomposition of microalgal biomass, Bioresource Technology, 2015,175,pp.569-577

   

S. A. Razzak, Ilyas M., Ali  S. A. M.,  Hossain M. M., Effects of CO2 Concentration and pH on Mixotrophic Growth of Nannochloropsis oculata, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2015, 176, pp.1290-1320
   

S. A. Razzak, Rahman S. M., Hossain M. M., Effects of Particle Size and Shape on Solids Holdups Distributions in a LSCFB Reactor Modeling using Abductive Network, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2015, 9999, pp.1-8.

   

 I. A. Bakare, Shamseldin M., Razzak S. A., Al-Ghamdi, S., Hossain, M. M., de Lasa, H. I., Fluidized bed ODH of ethane to ethylene over VOx-MoOx/γ-Al2O3 catalyst: Desorption kinetics and catalytic activity, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015, 278, pp. 207-216
   

A. N. Khondoker,  Rahman S. M., Malik K., Hossain N., Razzak S. A., Khan R. A., Dynamics of Energy Sector and Greenhouse Emissions in Saudi Arabia, Climate Policy, 2015, 15(4) pp. 517-541.  
   

S. A. Razzak, Hossain M. I., Rahman S. M., Hossain M. M., Application of Support Vector Machine Modeling on Phase Distribution in the Riser of an LSCFB Reactor, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 2014, 12(1), pp. 123-134.

   

S. A. Razzak, M.M. Hossain, R. A. Lucky, A.S. Bassi, H. deLasa, Integrated CO2 Capture, Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production by Microalgae Culturing-A Review, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, 27, pp. 622-653.
   

S. A. Razzak, Applications of Feed-Forward Neural Network to Study Irregular Shape Particle Effects on Hydrodynamics Behavior in a Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Riser, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 2013,11(1),443-452.
   

S. A. Razzak, Study of Phase Distribution of a Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor Using Abductive Network Modeling Approach,Chemical Product and Process Modeling, 2013, 8 (2), pp.77-91.
   

S. A. Razzak, Hydrodynamics modeling of an LSCFB riser using ANFIS methodology: Effects of particle shape and size, Chem. Eng. J., 2012, 195-196, pp.49-61.
   

S. A. Razzak, S.M. Rahman, M.M. Hossain, J. Zhu, Investigation of Artificial Neural Network Methodology for Modeling of a Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Riser, Powder Technology, 229 (2012) 71-77.
   

S. A. Razzak, Rahman, S.M., Hossain, M.M., Zhu, J., Artificial Neural Network and Neuro-Fuzzy Methodology for Phase Distributions Modeling of a Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Riser, I&EC Research, 2012, 51(38), pp. 12497-12508 .
   

S. A. Razzak, S. Barghi, J-X. Zhu, Effects on particle shape, density and diameter on distribution of phase holdups in a GLSCFB riser, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.,2010,49,6998-7007.
   

S. A. Razzak, S. Barghi, J-X. Zhu, Phase distributions in a gas-liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed Riser, Canadian J. of Chem. Eng.,.2010,88 (8),579-585.
   

S. A. Razzak, S. Barghi, J-X. Zhu, Axial hydrodynamics studies in a gas-liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed riser, Powder Tech, 2010,199, 77-86.
   

A. Atta, Razzak S. A., Nigam K and. Zhu J-X, (Gas)-Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactors: Characteristics and Applications, I&EC Research, 48(17), 7876-7892, 2009.
   

S. A. Razzak, S. Barghi, J-X. Zhu, Application of Electrical Resistance Tomography on liquid-solid two phase flow characterization in an LSCFB riser. Chem. Eng. Sc., 64, pp2851-2858, 2009.
   

S. A. Razzak,  Zhu J-X and Barghi S, Radial Distributions of Phase Holdups and Phase Propagation Velocities in a Three-Phase Gas-Liquid-Solid Fluidized Bed (GLSCFB) Riser, I&EC Research, 48(1), 281-289, 2009.
   

S. A. Razzak, S. Barghi, J-X. Zhu, Y. Mi, Phase holdup measurement in a gas–liquid–solid circulating fluidized bed (GLSCFB) riser using electrical resistance tomography and optical fibre probe, Chem. Eng. J. ,,147, pp 210-218, 2009.
   

S. A. Razzak, J-X. Zhu,S. Barghi, Particle Shape, Density and Size Effect on Distribution of Phase Holdups in an LSCFB Riser. Chem. Eng. Technol.,2009, 32,pp.1-10.
   

S. A. Razzak , Agarwal K., Zhu J-X. and Zhang C., Numerical Investigation on the Hydrodynamics of an LSCFB Riser, Powder Technol., 188(1), 42-51, 2008.
   

 S. A. Razzak, Barghi S. and Zhu J-X., Electrical Resistance Tomography for flow characterization of a Gas-Liquid-Solid Three-Phase Circulating Fluidized Bed, Chem. Eng. Sci., 62(24), 7253-7263, 2007.
   

H. D. Zughbi, Razzak S. A., Simulation of Flow and chemical Reactions in a Claus Sulfur Converter,  Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2005, 44, 9828-9839.
   
Refereed Conference Proceedings 

S. A. Razzak, CO2 Scale-up effects modeling in a LSCFB reactor using abductive network, 65th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 4-9, 2015, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

   

S. A. Razzak, Ali S.M., Binous H., Hossain M.M.,  CO2 Investigation of Carbon Content Analysis of Chlorella vulgaris and Nannochlropsis Oculata Using TOC Analyzer for CO2 Bioremediation and Biofuel Production, AIChE Annual Meeting, October 4-9, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

   

Ali S. M., Razzak S. A., Hossain, M.M., CO2 Mitigation and Carbon Content Analysis of Chlorella Vulgaris Culturing in Synthetic Wastewater Media, 64th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 19-22, 2014, Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada.

   

Shamseldin A. M., Quddus M. R., Razzak S. A., de Lasa, H.I., Hossain, M.M. (2014), NiO/Ce-γAl2O3 Oxygen Carrier for Chemical Looping Combustion, 64th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 19-22, 2014, Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada.

   

Razzak S. A., Ilyas M., Hossain M.M., CO2 Mitigation and Carbon Content Analysis of Chlorella Vulgaris Culturing in Synthetic Wastewater Media, CSChE Conference, October 2014, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada.

   

Hossain M.M., Quddus M, Aheed A., Binous H., Razzak S. A., de Lasa H. I., Biomass Gasification/Combustion using NiO as an Oxygen Career in CLC process, AIChE Annual Meeting 2014, Atlanta,GA, USA.

   

Hossain M.M., Al-Wadood A., Osman M., Bashammakh M.M., Razzak S. A., de Lasa H. I., V2O5-Nb/La-Al2O3 Catalysts for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane to Ethylene, AIChE Annual Meeting 2014, Atlanta,GA, USA.

   

S. A. Razzak, Hossain M.M., Ilyas, M. Investigation of CO2 Capture By Growth Kinetics Studies of Chlorella vulgaris in Batch Photobioreactor Under Different Air-CO2 Mixing Ratio,AIChE Annual Meeting 2014, Atlanta,GA, USA.

   

Ilyas, M.,Razzak S. A, pH Effect on growth of Nannochlropsis Oculata in the study of CO2 capture, AIChE Annual Meeting 2014, Atlanta,GA, USA.

   

Bakare, I.A., A. AlWadood, Razzak S. A., Al-Ghamdi S. de Lasa, H.I., Hossain, M.M., Fluidized bed ODH of ethane to ethylene over VOx-MoOx/γ-Al2O3 catalyst: Desorption kinetics and catalytic activity, ISCRE 23 & APCRE 7, September 7-10, 2014, Bangkok, Thailand.

   

Shamseldin A. M. , Quddus M.R., Razzak S. A., Hossain Z. de Lasa, H.I., Hossain, M.M. Fe2O3/Ce-γAl2O3 Oxygen Carrier for Chemical Looping Combustion, 23rd Canadian symposium on catalysis, May 11-14, 2014, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

   

A. Al-Wadood, M. Osman, S. Al-Ghamdi, M. Ba-Shammakh, S. A. Razzak, , H. I. de Lasa, Hossain, M. M., Fluidized-bed ODH of ethane to ethylene over V2O5-Nb/La-Al2O3 catalysts, 23rd Canadian symposium on catalysis, May 11-14, 2014, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

   

S. A. Razzak, M. Ilyas, M.M. Hossain, Effect of Different Ratio of Air-CO2 Mixing Feed On the Growth of Nannochloropsis Oculata in Batch Photobioreactor, AIChE Annual Meeting 2013, California,USA.

   

M. M. Hossain, S. A. Razzak, NiO/Ce-γ-Al2O3 Oxygen Carrier for Chemical-Looping Combustion: Reactivity and Stability, AIChE Annual Meeting 2013, California, USA. 

   

S. A. Razzak, S. M. Rahaman, M. M. Hossain, J. Zhu, Solid Holdups Distribution Modeling in an Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed using ANFIS, CSChE Conference, October 2012, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

   

S. A. Razzak, Hydrodynamics Modeling of AN LSCFB Riser using ANFIS, International Symposium on Multiphase Flow and Transport Phenomena, April 2012, Agadir, Morocco.

   

Hossain, M. M., Quddus, M. R., Razzak, S. A., De Lasa, H. I., Study of integrated biomass gasification and chemical-looping combustion for CO2 capture, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Research Institute -Annual Catalysts in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals Symposium Papers, 2012.

   

S. A. Razzak, S. M. Rahaman, M.M. Hossain, J. Zhu, Artificial Neural Network Methodology for Modelling of a Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Raiser, CSChE Conference, October 2011, London, ON, Canada.

   

S. A. Razzak, G Chandok, A. Bassi, Investigation of Growth of Chlorella vulgaris UTEX 2714 on Anaerobically Digested Wastewater from Dairy Manure Effluent, CSChE Conference, October 2010, Saskatoon,SK, Canada.

   

S. A. Razzak., M. Rahman, M.M. Hossain, J. Zhu. (2011), Artificial Neural Network Methodology for Modeling of a Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Riser, 61st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 23-26, London, ON, Canada.

   

S. A. Razzak, G Chandok, A. Bassi, Investigation of Growth of Chlorella vulgaris UTEX 2714 on Anaerobically Digested Wastewater from Dairy Manure Effluent, CSChE Conference, October 2010, Saskatoon,SK, Canada.

   

A. Bassi, G Chandok, S. A. Razzak, P. Schnurr, Investigation of Chlorella Microalgae Cultivation On Anaerobically Digested Manure , AIChE Annual Meeting, November 2010, Saltlake City,UT, USA.

   

S. A. Razzak, G Chandok, A. Bassi, Investigation of Lipid and Biodiesel Production from Chlorella vulgaris (UTEX  2714) Microalgae Cultured in Photo Bioreactors (PBRs), First Canada - U.S. Symposium on Microalgae for Bioenergy, June , 2010, London, ON, Canada.

   

S. A. Razzak, S. Barghi, J-X. Zhu, Flow Characterization in a GLSCFB Riser at Different Axial Locations, WCCE8 (GLS9), Montreal, Canada, August, 2009.

   

S. A. Razzak, S. Barghi, J-X. Zhu,  Local Holdups and Phase propagation velocity Measurement in GLSCFB Riser using Electrical Resistance Tomography and Optical Fibre Probe, AIChE annual Meeting, USA, November, 2008.

   

S. A. Razzak, Measurement of Phase Holdup in a Gas-Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Riser Using Electrical Resistance Tomography and Optical Fiber Probe, 1st PTRC Symposium, London, Ontario, Canada, July 11, 2008.

   

S. A. Razzak, S. Barghi, J-X. Zhu, Electrical Resistance Tomography for flow characterization of a Gas-Liquid-Solid Three-Phase Circulating Fluidized Bed, GLS-8 Conference, India, December, 2007.

   

S. A. Razzak, S. Barghi, J-X. Zhu, Measurement of Hold-up and Propagation Velocities in Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Using Electrical Resistance Tomography, AIChE Annual Meeting, USA, November, 2007.

   

S. A. Razzak, S. Barghi, J-X. Zhu, Study of Holdup and Solid Propagation Velocity in Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Using Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) , CSChE Meeting, Canada, October 27-31, 2007.

   

S. A. Razzak, K. Agarwal,C. Zhang, J-X. Zhu, Numerical Simulation of an LSCFB Riser, The Eighteenth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, Daejeon, KOREA, 27-30 August, 2007.

   

S. A. Razzak, S. Barghi, J-X. Zhu, Measurement of Hold-up and Propagation Velocities in Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Using Electrical Resistance Tomography, PARTEC, Germany, March, 2007.

   

Awal M. R., S. A. Razzak, Zughbi H. D., "Liquids Phase Holdup and Separation Characteristics as a Function of Well Inclination", SPE SA, SPE Technical Symposium of Saudi Arabian Section, May, 2005.

   

S. A. Razzak & H. D. Zughbi, "Simulation of Flow and Chemical Reaction in a Claus Converter", CHEMECA, 32 Australian Chemical Engineering Conference, Sydney, Australia, September, 2004.

   

S. A. Razzak & Zughbi H. D., "Flow in a partially packed vessel", International conference on Chemical and Bioprocess  Engineering, August, 2003.

 
 
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