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Catalyst Manufacturing and Testing

  1. Murugan, P., N. Mahinpey, and T. Mani, (2009) "Thermal cracking and combustion kinetics of asphaltenes derived from Fosterton oil", Fuel Processing Technology, 90 (10), 1286-1291.
  2. Song, S., A. J. Akande, R. Idem, and N. Mahinpey, (2007), "Inter-relationship between preparation methods, nickel loading, characteristics and performance in the reforming of crude ethanol over Ni/Al2O3 catalysts: A neural network approach", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 20(2), 261-271.

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Pyrolysis Process

  1. Mani, T., P. Murugan, and N. Mahinpey, (2011), "Pyrolysis of oat straw and the comparison of product yield with wheat and flax straw pyrolysis", Energy & Fuels, 25 (7), 2803-2807.PDF Link
  2. Aqsha, A., N. Mahinpey, T. Mani, F. Salak Asghari, and P. Murugan, (2011), "Study of sawdust pyrolysis and its devolatilization kinetics", Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 89(6) 1451-1457.PDF Link
  3. Tushar, M. S. H. K., N. Mahinpey, P. Murugan, T. Mani, (2010), "Analysis of gaseous and liquid products from pressurized Pyrolysis of flax Straw in a fixed bed reactor", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 49(10), 4627-4632.PDF Link
  4. Mani, T., P. Murugan, J. Abedi, and N. Mahinpey, (2010), "Pyrolysis of Wheat Straw in a thermogravimetric Analyser: effect of particle size and heating rate on devolatilization and estimation of global kinetics", IChem E Journal-Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Official journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering: Part A, 88(8), 952-958.PDF Link
  5. Murugan, P., N. Mahinpey, T. Mani, and K. Asghari, (2010), "Effect of Low-temperature oxidation on the pyrolysis and combustion of whole oil", Energy, 35(5), 2317-2322.PDF Link
  6. Mahinpey, N., P. Murugan, T. Mani, and R. Raina, (2009), "Analysis of bio-oil, biogas, and biochar from pressurized pyrolysis of wheat straw using a tubular reactor", Energy & Fuels, 23(5), 2736-2742.
  7. Murugan, P., N. Mahinpey, T. Mani, and N. Freitag, (2009) "Pyrolysis and combustion kinetics of Fosterton oil using thermogravimetric analysis", Fuel, 88(9), 1708-1713.
  8. Murugan, P., N. Mahinpey, K.E. Johnson, and M. Wilson, (2008), "Kinetics of the pyrolysis of lignin using thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry methods", Energy & Fuels, 22(4), 2720-2724.

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CO2 Capture Technologies

  1. Mahinpey, N., K. Asghari, and P. Mirjafari, (2011), "Biological Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide in Geological Formations", IChemE Journal-Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Official journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering: Part A, 89(9) 1873-1878.PDF Link
  2. Mirjafari, P., K. Asghari and N. Mahinpey, (2007), "Investigating the application of enzyme carbonic anhydrase for CO2 sequestration purposes", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 46(3), 921-926.

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Waste Recycle and Management

  1. Mani, T., P. Murugan, and N. Mahinpey, (2011), "Pyrolysis of oat straw and the comparison of product yield with wheat and flax straw pyrolysis", Energy & Fuels, 25 (7), 2803-2807.PDF Link
  2. Aqsha, A., N. Mahinpey, T. Mani, F. Salak Asghari, and P. Murugan, (2011), "Study of sawdust pyrolysis and its devolatilization kinetics", Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 89(6) 1451-1457.PDF Link
  3. Murugan, P., T. Mani, N. Mahinpey, and K. Asghari, (2011) "The low temperature oxidation of Fosterton asphaltenes and its combustion kinetics", Fuel Processing Technology, 92 (5) 1056-1061.PDF Link
  4. Mani, T., P. Murugan, J. Abedi, and N. Mahinpey, (2010), "Pyrolysis of Wheat Straw in a thermogravimetric Analyser: effect of particle size and heating rate on devolatilization and estimation of global kinetics", IChem E Journal-Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Official journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering: Part A, 88(8), 952-958.PDF Link

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Kinetic Analysis and Modelling

  1. Aqsha, A., N. Mahinpey, T. Mani, F. Salak Asghari, and P. Murugan, (2011), "Study of sawdust pyrolysis and its devolatilization kinetics", Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 89(6) 1451-1457.PDF Link
  2. Murugan, P., T. Mani, N. Mahinpey, and K. Asghari, (2011) "The low temperature oxidation of Fosterton asphaltenes and its combustion kinetics", Fuel Processing Technology, 92 (5) 1056-1061.PDF Link
  3. Mani, T., N. Mahinpey, and P. Murugan, (2011), "Reaction kinetics and mass transfer studies of biomass char gasification with CO2", Chemical Engineering Science, 66(1), 36-41.PDF Link
  4. Mani, T., P. Murugan, J. Abedi, and N. Mahinpey, (2010), "Pyrolysis of Wheat Straw in a thermogravimetric Analyser: effect of particle size and heating rate on devolatilization and estimation of global kinetics", IChem E Journal-Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Official journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering: Part A, 88(8), 952-958.PDF Link
  5. Mahinpey, N., P. Murugan, T. Mani, (2010), "Comparative kinetics and thermal behavior: the study of crude oils derived from Fosterton and Neilburg fields of Saskatchewan", Energy & Fuels, 24(3), 1640-1645.PDF Link
  6. Mani, T., P. Murugan, and N. Mahinpey, (2009), "Determination of distributed activation energy model kinetic parameters using simulated annealing optimization method for non-isothermal pyrolysis of lignin", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 48(3), 1464-1467.
  7. Murugan, P., N. Mahinpey, T. Mani, and N. Freitag, (2009) "Pyrolysis and combustion kinetics of Fosterton oil using thermogravimetric analysis", Fuel, 88(9), 1708-1713.
  8. Murugan, P., N. Mahinpey, and T. Mani, (2009) "Thermal cracking and combustion kinetics of asphaltenes derived from Fosterton oil", Fuel Processing Technology, 90 (10), 1286-1291.
  9. Dhanushkodi, S.R., N. Mahinpey, and M. Wilson, (2008), "Kinetic and 2-D reactor modeling for simulation of the catalytic reduction of NOx in the monolith honey comb reactor", IChemE journal, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Official journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineeing: Part B, 86(4) 303-309.
  10. Murugan, P., N. Mahinpey, K.E. Johnson, and M. Wilson, (2008), "Kinetics of the pyrolysis of lignin using thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry methods", Energy & Fuels, 22(4), 2720-2724.
  11. Ren, Y., N. Mahinpey, and N. P. Freitag, (2007), "A kinetic model for the combustion of coke derived at different coking temperatures", Energy & Fuels, 21(1), 82-87.
  12. Song, S., A. J. Akande, R. Idem, and N. Mahinpey, (2007), "Inter-relationship between preparation methods, nickel loading, characteristics and performance in the reforming of crude ethanol over Ni/Al2O3 catalysts: A neural network approach", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 20(2), 261-271.
  13. Ren, Y., N. P. Freitag, and N. Mahinpey, (2007), "A simple kinetic model for coke combustion during an in-situ combustion (ISC) process", Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology-JCPT, 46(4), 47-53.

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Process Simulation and Optimization

  1. Esmaili, E., and N. Mahinpey, (2011), "Adjustment of Drag Coefficient Correlations in three dimensional CFD simulation of Gas-Solid Bubbling Fluidized Bed", Advances in Engineering Software, 42 (6) 375-386.PDF Link
  2. Kaushal, P., J. Abedi, and N. Mahinpey, (2010), "A comprehensive model for biomass gasification in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor", Fuel, 89(12), 3650-3661.PDF Link
  3. Mani, T., P. Murugan, and N. Mahinpey, (2009), "Determination of distributed activation energy model kinetic parameters using simulated annealing optimization method for non-isothermal pyrolysis of lignin", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 48(3), 1464-1467.
  4. Vejahati, F., N., Mahinpey, N. Ellis, and M. B. Nikoo, (2009), "CFD simulation of gas-solid bubbling fluidized bed: a new method for adjusting drag law", The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 87(1), 19-30.
  5. Nikoo, M. B., N. Mahinpey, (2008), "Simulation of biomass gasification in fluidized bed reactor using ASPEN PLUS", Biomass & Bioenergy, 32(12), 1245-1254.
  6. Dhanushkodi, S.R., N. Mahinpey, and M. Wilson, (2008), "Kinetic and 2-D reactor modeling for simulation of the catalytic reduction of NOx in the monolith honey comb reactor", IChemE journal, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Official journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineeing: Part B, 86(4) 303-309.
  7. Song, S., A. J. Akande, R. Idem, and N. Mahinpey, (2007), "Inter-relationship between preparation methods, nickel loading, characteristics and performance in the reforming of crude ethanol over Ni/Al2O3 catalysts: A neural network approach", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 20(2), 261-271.

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