Research Activities

Carried out many research projects in the area of thermofluids that resulted in numerous publications in top-rated international journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics (JFM), Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Computers and Fluids, Int. Journal of Impact Engineering, AIChE and many others. The published work covers both areas of basic and applied research. In addition, several patents have been filed in the U.S. Patent Office; some were published and the others are in the pipeline.

 

Research Interest

 

  • Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Thermal and Effluent Dispersion in Large Water Bodies under transient conditions
  • Steady and Transient Water Circulation in Natural Circulation Boilers
  • Erosion in Thermofluid Systems
  • Oxyfuel Combustion Systems

Sample of Funded Research Projects

 

  • Particle and thermal dispersion models for the Safaniya sea area, Vol. II, Thermal dispersion model, Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1990

  • Ras Tanura Refinery/Terminal Upgrade Environmen­tal Impact Assessment, Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1992.

  • Aramco Sustaining Research Project/Environmental Studies/Thermal and Brine Model for the Arabian Gulf, Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1994.

  • Aramco Sustaining Research Project/Environmental Studies/ Produced Water Dispersion in the Arabian Gulf, Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1999.

  • Natural Convection from Undulated Vertical Surface Embedded in Porous Media: An Experimental Study, funded by SABIC Industries, 2001.

  • Erosion in Heat Exchanger Tubes, funded by Saudi Aramco, 2003.

  • Development of a Pass-Through Electric Submersible Pump – Phase I: Evaluation of Technical Feasibility, funded by Saudi Aramco, 2004.

  • Evaluation of Deadleg Criterion, funded by Saudi Aramco, 2004.

  • Effect of Free Stream Fluctuations on Laminar Mixed Convection from a Spherical Particle, funded by SABIC Industries, 2005.

  • Analysis of Water Circulation in Boilers, funded by Saudi Aramco, 2006.

  • Numerical Investigation of Erosion in a Protruded Tube, funded by SABIC Industries, 2006.

  • Evaluation of Flow Maldistribution in Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers, funded by Saudi Aramco, June 2006.

  • Turbulent Natural Convection Flow in Parallel- and Converging-Plate Vertical Channels, funded by KFUPM, 2006.

  • Vortex Shedding-Free Strainer, funded by Saudi Aramco, 2008.

  • Development of a Pass-Through Electric Pump – Phase II: Design of a Prototype, funded by Saudi Aramco, 2008

  • Maximum Limits of Swing Rates in Boilers, funded by Saudi Aramco, 2009

  • Developing an Air-Water-Oil Multiphase Flow Meter in the Presence of Solid Particles, Funded by KACST, 2012

  • Experimental and computational investigation of erosion-corrosion in piping systems, funded by KACST-NSTIP, 2014.

  • Developing a Multi-Stage Airlift Pump Operating under Continuous Multiphase Flow Conditions, funded by KFUPM, 2015.

  • Oxygen Transport Reactor for Liquid Fuel Combustion, funded by Saudi Aramco, in progress.

  • Experimental Investigation of Oil-Water Separation Using Inline T-shaped Separator”, funded by SABIC Industries, in progress.

  • Experimental investigations on the erosion-corrosion behavior of metals in pipes, funded by KFUPM, in progress

  • Design of a Carbon-Free 3D Ion Transport Membrane Reactor for Gas Turbine Combustors, funded by KACST-TIC for Carbon Capture and Sequestration, in progress.

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Thesis Supervision/Advising

 

  • Inam Muhammad, "Energy recovery systems for reverse osmosis water desalination process", M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, May 1984.

  • D. Naylor, "An interferometric study of natural convection heat transfer in horizontal eccentric annuli", M. Sc. Thesis, The University of Western Ontario, July 1985.

  • S.M. Ahmed, "Heat convection from a horizontal cylinder rotating in a quiescent fluid", M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, October 1985.

  • S. Rahman, "Effect of variable properties on the behavior of turbulent, axisymmetric, buoyant and dense jets discharged to quiescent ambients", M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, November 1985.

  • M.S. Siddiqui, "Coupled convective heat transfer from an inclined flat plate enclosure", M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, January 1987.

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  • K. Shamsheer, "Natural convection from an inclined elliptic cylinder", M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, June 1990.

  • Abdullah Moosa Muhanna, “Numerical investigation of laminar natural convection flows in obstructed vertical channels”, M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, January, 1991.

  • A.M. Al-Qutub, "Supersonic Jet Impingement on a Flat Surface at Angles from -5o to 30o", M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, August 1992.

  • Ali Abdul-Aziz Shehata, "Mixed convection from a horizontal cylinder rotating in a cooling cross-stream", M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, June 1994.

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  • Ikram-Ul-Haq Siddique, “Calculations of turbulent flow and heat transfer in periodically converging-diverging channels”, M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, May, 1995.

  • M. Abdul-Razzaq Khan, “Numerical simulation of turbulent natural convection in enclosures”, M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, June, 1996.

  • R. Alassar, "Unsteady hydrodynamic forces on spheroidal bodies”, Ph. D.Thesis, KFUPM, December, 1996.

  • E.H. Ahmad, "Effect of free stream fluctuations on mixed convection from two-dimensional bodies", Ph. D. Thesis, KFUPM, 1997.

  • F. Mahfoudh, "Effect of surface oscillations on heat convection", Ph. D. Thesis, 1998.

  • M. Owais Iqbal, “Numerical investigation of pulsating flows in abrupt expansion pipes”, M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, June, 1998.

  • T. F. Ayinde, “Wake Flow with Varying Separation Points”, Ph.D. Thesis, KFUPM, November, 2002.

  • S. Anwar, “Natural Convection Flow in Parallel-Plate Vertical Channels”, M.Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, December, 2003.

  • M. E. Kabir, “Numerical investigation of erosion of a pipe protruded in a sudden contraction", M.Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, June 2005.

  • Shaik Abdul- Qaiyum, “Modeling of blood flow in a time-varying shape passage”, M.Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, April, 2005.

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  • Mostafa H. El-Sharqawy, “Modeling of Heat Transfer in a Vertical Ground Heat Exchanger”, Ph.D. Thesis, KFUPM, April, 2008.

  • Atia E. Khalifa, “Experimental and numerical investigation of flow induced vibration in a high pressure double volute centrifugal pump”, ”, Ph.D. Thesis, KFUPM, June, 2009.

  • B.J. Al-Minshawy, “Heat conduction from two spheres”, M. Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, May, 2010.

  • M. Azharuddin, “Performance analysis of oxygen transport reactors utilizing ion transport membranes”, M.Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, December, 2011.

  • Shaik Pervez Ahmed, “Modeling of a combined ITM-Porous oxygen transport reactor: Towards a spatially uniform temperature ITM”, M.Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, May, 2012.

  • Mufatiu M. Bello, “Experimental and numerical investigations of flow-accelerated corrosion downstream orifices”, M.Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, May 2012.

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  • M.A. Nemitallah, “Application of oxyfuel combustion technology into gas turbine combustors and ion transport membrane reactors”, Ph.D. thesis, KFUPM, April 2013.

  • Furqan Tahir, “Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Oxy-Fuel Combustion Using Porous Plate Reactor, M.Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, May 2014.

  • Binash Imteyaz, “Numerical Modeling of Oxy-Combustion of Liquid Fuel in the Furnace of a Water-Tube Boiler”, M.Sc. Thesis, KFUPM, November 2014.

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Academic Committees

 

  • Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Committee (January 1987 - August 1991), carried out major revision of the Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanical Engineering curricula and the new curricula were implemented starting September, 1989.

  • Chairman of the Ph. D. Program Committee (1990 -1991 and 1994-1997).

  • Chairman of the ME Textbook Committee (1980 -1983).

  • Chairman of a Departmental ad-hoc Committee to review and update the M.E. graduate program in the areas of Fluid and Thermal Sciences.

  • Coordinator Mechanical Engineering Seminars during the academic years 1992/93, 93/94, and 94/95

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  • Member of the ME Laboratory Development Committee (1979-1990).

  • Member of the ME Graduate Committee (1981-1988)

  • Member of the ME Planning Committee (1986-1991 and 1993-94)

  • Member of an ME ad-hoc committee to study a proposal for the establishment of an Aerospace Engineering Program at KFUPM, 1994.

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  • Coordinated the implementation of the new ME and AME curricula.

  • Director of the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (1981-1991 and 2002-2010). Revised and updated all experiments being offered for ME 301 and ME 311 and writing all handouts.

  • Director of the Pumping Machinery (1996-2002). Prepared all laboratory experiments for ME 438 course as well as the laboratory manual. Taking care of all aspects of laboratory development.

  • Offered several short courses to practicing engineers in the areas of pumping machinery, piping systems and fluid power systems.

  • Undergraduate Coordinator, ME Department, KFUPM, 2011 – Present.

  • Chairman of Departmental Committee for selection of the recipients of the Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished Advising Awards for the academic year 2012/013

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