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Publications

1.

M.C. Branch, M. Sadeqi, A.A. Al-Farayedhi, and P.J. Van Tigglen, “Measurements of the Structure of Laminar Premixed Flames of CH4 /NO2 /O2 and CH2O/NO2 /O2  Mixtures,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 83, pp.228-239, 1991.

2.

M.A. Badar, S.M. Zubair, and A.A. Al-Farayedhi, “Second-Law-Based Thermo-dynamic Optimization of a Sensible Heat Transfer Energy Storage System,” Energy, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp.641-649, June 1993.

3.

P. Gandhidasan, and A.A. Al-Farayedhi, “Solar Regeneration of Liquid Desiccants Suitable for Humid Climates,” Energy, Vol. 19, No. 8, pp.831-836, August 1994.

4.

A. Iob, M.A. Ali, B.S. Tawabini, J.A. Anabtawi, S.A. Ali, and A.A. Al-Farayedhi, “Prediction of Reformate Research Octane Number by FT-IR Spectroscopy,” Fuel, Vol. 74, No. 2, pp.227-231, 1995.

5.

M.A.I. El-Shaarawi, A.A. Al-Farayedhi, and M.A. Antar, “Boundary Layer Flow About and Inside a Liquid Sphere,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 119, pp.42-49, December 1997.

6.

C. S. Khalid Ahmed, P. Gandhidasan, and A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “Simulation of a Hybrid Liquid Desiccant Based Air-Conditioning System,” Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp.125-134, 1997.

7.

A. Z. Al-Garni, A. Z. Sahin, and A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “Reliability Study of Fokker F-27 Airplane Brakes,” Reliability Engineering and Safety, Vol. 56, pp.143-150, 1997.

8.

C. S. Khalid Ahmed, P. Gandhidasan, S. M. Zubair, and A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “Exergy Analysis of a Liquid Desiccant Based Air-Conditioning System,” Energy, The International Journal, Vol. 23(1), pp.51-59, 1998.

9.

B. S. Yilbas, M. Sami, and A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “Closed Form and Numerical Solution to Laser Heating Process,” Journal of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Part C, Vol. 212, pp.141-151, 1998.

10.

S. Younas Ahmed, P. Gandhidasan, and A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “Thermodynamic Analysis of Liquid Desiccants,” Solar Energy, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp.11-18, 1998.

11.

Syed Younas Ahmed, P. Gandhidasan, and A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “Pipeline Drying Using Dehumidified Air with Low Dew Point Temperature,” Applied Thermal Energy, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp.231-244, 1998.

12.

A. A. Al-Farayedhi, P. Gandhidasan, and A. S. Younas, “Regeneration of Liquid Desiccant Using Membrane Technology,” Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 40, pp.1405-1411, 1999.

13.

M. A. Habib, S. A. M. Said, A. A. Al-Farayedhi, S. Al-Dini, A. Asghar, and S. A. Gbadebo, “Heat Transfer Characteristics of Pulsated Turbulent Pipe Flow,” Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 34, pp.413-421, 1999.

14.

A. A. Al-Farayedhi, M. A. Antar, and A. Khan, “Effect of Equivalence Ratio on the Concentration of CH4 /NO2 /O2 Combustion Products,” International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 23, pp.1165-1175, 1999.

15.

A. Z. Al-Garni, A. Z. Sahin, and A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “Modeling of Weather Characteristics and Wind Power in the Eastern Part of Saudi Arabia,” International Journal of Energy and Research, Vol. 23, pp.805-812, 1999.

16.

A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “Flame Propagation in a Tent Camp,” International Journal of Energy and Research, Vol. 25, pp.555-561, 2001.

17.

A. Z. Sahin, A. Z. Al-Garni, and A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “Analysis of a Small Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Performance,” International Journal of Energy and Research, 1999.

18.

A. A. Al-Farayedhi, A. M. Al-Dawood, and P. Gandhidasan, “Effects of Blending MTBE with Unleaded Gasoline on Exhaust Emissions of SI Engines,” Transactions of the ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 122, pp.239-247, 2000.

19.

M. A. Antar, A. A. Al-Farayedhi, and M. A. I. El-Shaarawi, “Steady and Transient Liquid Sphere Heating in a Convective Gas Stream,” Heat and Mass Transfer Journal, Vol. 36, pp.147-157, 2000.

20.

A. A. Al-Farayedhi, P. Gandhidasan, and M. A. Al-Mutairi, “Evaluation of Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in a Gauze-Type Structured Packing Air Dehumidifier Operating with Liquid Desiccant,” International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol. 25, pp.330, 2001.

21.

M. A. Antar, M. A. I. El-Shaarawi, and A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “Effect of Spinning on the Flow Around a Liquid Sphere in a Gas Stream,” ASME Journal of Fluid Engineering, 1999.

22.

A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “Effects of Octane Number on Exhaust Emissions of a Spark Ignition Engine,” International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 26, pp.279-289, 2002.

23.

P. Gandhidasan, A. A. Al-Farayedhi and A. A. Al-Mubarak, “Dehydration of Natural Gas Using Solid Desiccants,” Energy, The International Journal, Vol. 26, pp.855, 2001.

Unrefereed Journals

1.

A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “PC Program Developed for Estimating Pipeline Drying Time,” Oil and Gas Journal, Vol. 97, No. 7, pp.52-55, 1999.

2.

P. Gandhidasan, A. A. Al-Farayedhi, and Ali Al-Mubarak, “PC Program Estimating TEG Circulation Rate, Number of Trays,” Oil and Gas Journal, Vol. 97(25), pp.36-40, 1999.

Technical Notes

1.

P. Gandhidasan, and A.A. Al-Farayedhi, “Thermal Performance Analysis of Partly Closed/Open Solar Regenerators,” Trans. of ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 117, No. 2, pp.151-153, May 1995.

Refereed Conference Papers

1.

P. I. Chen, and A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “A Computer-Aided Instruction in Thermo-dynamics,” Proceedings, Fifth National Computer Conference, pp.155-174, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1979.

2.

M.C. Branch, A.A. Al-Farayedhi, and M. Sadeqi, “Laser Induced Fluorescence Measurements of the Structure of CH4 /NO2 /O2 Flames,” Proceedings, The Second ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Conference, Vol. I, pp.181-186, 1987.

3.

M.C. Branch, A.A. Al-Farayedhi, and M. Sadeqi, “Flame Structure and Reaction Kinetics of CH4 /NO2 /O2 and CH2O/NO2 /O2 Flames,” Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp.5-7, November 22-25, 1987.

4.

P. Gandhidasan, and A.A. Al-Farayedhi, “Modeling the Performance of Partly Closed/Open Solar Regenerator,” Proceedings, The Fifth International Energy Conference, Korea, Vol. III, pp.399-406, October 1993.

5.

P. Gandhidasan, and A.A. Al-Farayedhi, “Analysis of Partly Closed/Open Solar Regenerator,” The Sixth International Conference of Energy, Alexandria, Egypt,  April 19-22, 1993.  (6 pages)

6.

P. Gandhidasan, and A.A. Al-Farayedhi, “Thermal Performance Analysis of a Partly Closed/Open Solar Regenerator,” Proceedings, ASME International Energy Conference, Texas, USA, 1994.  (Also appeared in the Trans. of ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 117, No. 2, pp.151-153, May 1995.)

7.

P. Gandhidasan, and A.A. Al-Farayedhi, “Applications of Liquid Desiccant Technology,” Proceedings, The Fourth Saudi Engineering Conference, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Vol. IV, pp.331-337, 1995.

8.

S.A.M. Said, Y.M. Sulaiman, and A.A. Al-Farayedhi, “CFC Chillers in Saudi Arabia: Analysis and Options,” Proceedings, the Second International Thermal Energy Congress, Agadir, Morocco, Vol. I, pp.254-257, 1995.

9.

M. A. Antar, A. A. Al-Farayedhi, and M. A. I. El-Shaarawi, “Transient Heating of Circulating Liquid Sphere Subjected to a Step Change in Temperature,” Al-Azhar Engineering 5th International Conference, pp.214-225, December 19-22, 1997.

10.

M. A. Antar, A. A. Al-Farayedhi, and M. A. I. El-Shaarawi, “Forced Convection Heating of Liquid Sphere in Gas Stream,” Proceedings, Second Trabzon Internal Energy and Environment Symposium, pp.335-339, July 27-29, 1998.

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I. Allam, F. S. Qureshi, A. A. Al-Farayedhi, and A. K. Sheikh, “The Effects of Temperature, Sliding Velocity, and Load on Friction Behavior of MoS2 and Graphite Under Sliding Conditions,” Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers, Toronto, Canada, pp.379-385, May 19-22, 1998.

12.

A. A. Al-Farayedhi, and M. A. Antar, “Burning Rates of Tent Fabric in a Convective Environment,” The 5th Saudi Engineering Conference, Umm Al-Qura University, No. 4, pp.494-503, 1999.

13.

M. A. Antar, and A. A. Al-Farayedhi, “A Simplified Numerical Approach for Solving Multi-Dimensional Transient Heat Conduction Problems,” The 5th Saudi Engineering Conference, Umm Al-Qura University, No. 4, pp.373-381, 1999.

14.

P. Gandhidasan, A. A. Al-Farayedhi, and A. A. Al-Mubarak, “Analysis of Energy Requirements for Dehydration of Natural Gas,” Workshop on Energy Conservation in Industrial Applications, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, pp.267-273, Feb. 12-14, 2000.

15.

A. A. Al-Farayedhi, A. M. Al-Dawood and P. Gandhidasan, “Effects of Blending Crude Ethanol with Unleaded Gasoline on Exhaust Emissions of SI Engines,” SAE Paper 2000-01-2857, 2000.

16.

P. Gandhidasan, A. A. Al-Farayedhi, and A. A. Al-Mubarak, “Design of a Solid Desiccant Bed Suitable for Dehydration of Natural Gas,” 16th World Petroleum Congress (WPC), Calgary, Canada, 11-15 June 2000

17. A. A. Al-Farayedhi, P. Gandhidasan, and M. A. Antar, "Performance of Heat and Mass Transfer in a Structured Packing Liquid Desiccant Regenerator,"  The 13th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, Progress in Transport Phenomena, 2002.
18 A. A. Al-Farayedhi, A. M. Al-Dawood, and P. Gandhidasan, "Experimental Investigation of SI Engine Performance Using Oxygenated Fuel," ICE Spring Techincal Conference ASME, pp 7-18, 2002.

Reports

1.

A.A. Al-Farayedhi, and P.I. Chen, “A Computer-Aided Method in Thermodynamic Analysis - Instruction Manual: Part I,” Mechanical Engineering Department, KFUPM, 1979.

2.

A.A. Al-Farayedhi, and P.I. Chen, “A Computer-Aided Method in Thermodynamic Analysis - Instruction Manual: Part II,” Mechanical Engineering Department, KFUPM, 1979.