Afzal, Waheed - University of Aberdeen - Chemical and Materials Engineering Research Group

个人简介

Waheed's research covers thermodynamics of carbon capture and utilization, impact of sulphur species on oil and gas systems, gas hydrates, lignocellulosic products, and applications of ionic liquids in chemical processes. He has managed research projects funded by the Gas Processors Association, Institut Fran?ais du Pétrole, and US Department of Energy while working in France, Denmark and the US. Before joining the University of Aberdeen in 2015, Waheed had been an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of the Punjab, Lahore for several years. He received his 3-year post-doctoral training from the University of California, Berkeley. He attended école Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (MINES ParisTech) for PhD in Process Engineering and the University of the Punjab, Lahore for MS in Total Quality Management and BSc (Engg) in Chemical Engineering. He also attended the University of Aberdeen for PgCert in Higher Education. Based on his doctoral work, he was awarded the “Docteur de L’Union Européenne”. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy of the United Kingdom.

研究领域

Value-added chemical products from renewable feedstocks Lignocellulosic biofuels Applications of ionic liquids in chemical processes Carbon capture and utilization Impact of sulphur species on oil and gas systems Clean energy technologies Gas hydrates Thermo-physical properties of industrially-important fluids

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Shahid, MZ., Usman, MR., Akram, MS., Khawaja, SY. & Afzal, W. 'Initial Interfacial Tension for Various Organic–Water Systems and Study of the Effect of Solute Concentration and Temperature'. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1021/ACS.JCED.6B00703 Afzal, W., Liu, X. & Prausnitz, JM. (2015). 'Physical Data for a Process to Separate Krypton from Air by Selective Absorption in an Ionic Liquid'. Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol 404, pp. 124-130. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1016/J.FLUID.2015.06.037 Yang, F., Afzal, W., Cheng, K., Liu, N., Pauly, M., Bell, AT., Liu, Z. & Prausnitz, JM. (2015). 'Nitric-acid Hydrolysis of Miscanthus giganteus to Sugars Fermented to Bioethanol'. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, vol 20, no. 2, pp. 304-314. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1007/S12257-014-0658-4 [ONLINE] AURA: NITRIC_ACID_HYDROLYSIS_OF_MISCANTHUS_GIGANTEUS_TO_SUGARS_FER... [ONLINE] AURA: NITRIC_ACID_HYDROLYSIS_OF_MISCANTHUS_GIGANTEUS_TO_SUGARS_FER... Yang, F., Liu, Z., Afzal, W., Bell, AT. & Prausnitz, JM. (2015). 'Pretreatment of Miscanthus giganteus with Lime and Oxidants for Biofuels'. Energy & Fuels, vol 29, no. 3, pp. 1743-1750. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1021/EF502517D [ONLINE] AURA: PRETREATMENT_OF_MISCANTHUS_GIGANTEUS_WITH_LIME_AND_OXIDANTS_... Liu, X., Afzal, W., He, M. & Prausnitz, JM. (2014). 'Solubilities of Small Hydrocarbons, Viscosities of Diluted Tetraalkylphosphonium Bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl) Phosphinates'. AIChE Journal, vol 60, no. 7, pp. 2607-2612. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1002/AIC.14453 Awwad, N., Liu, X., Afzal, W. & Prausnitz, JM. (2014). 'Viscosities and Densities of Phosphonium-Based Ionic Liquids Mixed with Dodecane'. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, vol 228, no. 8, pp. 839-850. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1515/ZPCH-2013-0494 Yu, G., Afzal, W., Yang, F., Padmanabhan, S., Liu, Z., Xie, H., Shafy, MA., Bell, AT. & Prausnitz, JM. (2014). 'Pretreatment of Miscanthus× giganteus using Aqueous Ammonia with Hydrogen Peroxide to Increase Enzymatic Hydrolysis to Sugars'. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, vol 89, no. 5, pp. 698-706. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1002/JCTB.4172 Afzal, W., Liu, X. & Prausnitz, JM. (2014). 'High Solubilities of Carbon Dioxide in Tetraalkyl Phosphonium-Based Ionic Liquids and the Effect of Diluents on Viscosity and Solubility'. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, vol 59, no. 4, pp. 954-960. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1021/JE400655J Liu, X., Afzal, W. & Prausnitz, JM. (2014). 'Unusual trend of viscosities and densities for four ionic liquids containing a tetraalkyl phosphonium cation and the anion bis (2, 4, 4-trimethylpentyl) phosphinate'. The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, vol 70, pp. 122-126. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1016/J.JCT.2013.09.037 Liu, Z., Padmanabhan, S., Cheng, K., Xie, H., Gokhale, AA., Afzal, W., Na, H., Pauly, M., Bell, AT. & Prausnitz, JM. (2014). 'Two-step delignification of miscanthus to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis: aqueous ammonia followed by sodium hydroxide and oxidants'. Energy & Fuels, vol 28, no. 1, pp. 542-548. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1021/EF401317Z