RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES

DEPARTMENT RESEARCH AREA 

The department faculty is involved in a variety of research areas either fundamental  or applications to the kingdom diverse chemical and petrochemical  industries. The following is a list of the main research activities. The details can also be checked in faculty member personal page.

 

	Separation Processes		Material Science and Engineering
	Modeling of facilitated mass transfer across liquid membranes Use of liquid membranes to separate metal ions and organic species Gas separation by liquid membranes Recycling of oil using solvents		Corrosion and its protection Material inspection and testing Phosphate ores transportation,  concentration and processing Oxidation and corrosion at high temperature Modeling of Iron extraction processes

	Process Control		Process Synthesis and Integration
	Development of model-based advanced control strategies Model identification of chemical processes Application of process control to chemical and desalination plants		Pollution control through process integration Process intensification Computer-aided process synthesis and design

	Chemical & Petrochemical Industries		Electrochemical Engineering
	Synthesis gas manufacturing Phosphoric acid production Phosphoric fertilizer production Hydrocarbon synthesis by oxidative dehydrogenation		Development of suitable electrodes for hydrogen production Modeling and simulation of electrochemical systems Mass transfer enhancement in electrochemical cells Electrochemical corrosion control

	Biochemical Engineering		Fluid Mechanics
	Oxygen transfer enhancement in bioprocesses Extraction and isomerization of glucose Enzymes reactions and application Modeling of activated sludge reactors Nonlinear analysis of  bioprocesses		Hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian two-phase systems Hydrodynamics of gas-solid, liquid-solid and three phase contacting devices Computational Fluid Dynamics Rheology of fluids

 

	Catalysis &  Reaction Engineering		Mass and Heat Transfer
	Modeling of fixed and fluidized bed reactors Chaos and bifurcation analysis Preparation and development of catalysis Bubble and gas lift reactors Kinetics of catalytic chemical reactions		Oxygen transfer enhancement for liquid waste treatment Effect of non-reactive, insoluble particles on mass transfer Heat transfer enhancement using advanced strategies Mass transfer enhancement in fluids Bio-fouling on RO membrane

		Environmental Engineering
		Water treatment and desalination Treatment of industrial waste Air pollution control Fuel cell technology for clean power production