Browsing SINTEF Open by Author "Zaabout, Abdelghafour"
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An advancement in CO2 utilization through novel gas switching dry reforming
Ugwu, Ambrose; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This study is the first experimental demonstration of CO2 capture and utilization for dry methane reforming using a novel chemical looping concept, “Gas Switching Dry Reforming” (GSDR) to produce syngas. The new reactor ... -
Blue, green, and turquoise pathways for minimizing hydrogen production costs from steam methane reforming with CO2 capture
Pruvost, Florian; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Arnaiz del Pozo, Carlos; Zaabout, Abdelghafour (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Rising climate change ambitions require large-scale clean hydrogen production in the near term. “Blue” hydrogen from conventional steam methane reforming (SMR) with pre-combustion CO2 capture can fulfil this role. This ... -
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage in Methanol Production Using a Dry Reforming-Based Chemical Looping Technology
Ugwu, Ambrose; Osman, Mogahid; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This further investigates the concept of gas switching dry reforming (GSDR) that efficiently converts the two major greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) into a valuable product (syngas) for gas-to-liquid (GTL) syntheses. The ... -
Carbon-negative hydrogen from biomass using gas switching integrated gasification: Techno-economic assessment
Helf, Antonia; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Keller, Florian; Cloete, Jan Hendrik; Zaabout, Abdelghafour (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Ambitious decarbonization pathways to limit the global temperature rise to well below 2 °C will require large-scale CO2 removal from the atmosphere. One promising avenue for achieving this goal is hydrogen production from ... -
Combined Syngas and Hydrogen Production using Gas Switching Technology
Ugwu, Ambrose; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Donat, Felix; van Diest, Geert; Albertsen, Knuth; Müller, Christoph; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper focuses on the experimental demonstration of a three-stage GST (gas switching technology) process (fuel, steam/CO2, and air stages) for syngas production from methane in the fuel stage and H2/CO production in ... -
Comparison of phenomenological and fundamental modelling approaches for predicting fluidized bed reactor performance
Cloete, Schalk; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Johansen, Stein Tore; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)Two approaches to modelling fluidized bed reactors were evaluated and compared in this work: a phenomenological 1D approach based on empirical closures and a more fundamental 2D approach based on computational fluid dynamics ... -
Economic assessment of the swing adsorption reactor cluster for CO2 capture from cement production
Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Giuffrida, Antonio; Romano, Matteo C.; Zaabout, Abdelghafour (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Cement production is responsible for about 8% of global CO2 emissions. Most of these emissions originate from the process itself and thus cannot be avoided via clean energy, leaving CO2 capture as the only viable solution. ... -
The effect of frictional pressure, geometry and wall friction on the modelling of a pseudo-2D bubbling fluidised bed reactor
Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Johansen, Stein Tore; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; van Sint Annaland, Martin; Gallucci, Fausto; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)The two fluid model (TFM) closed by the kinetic theory of granular flows (KTGF) has been developed to a high level of maturity over the past three decades. However, significant uncertainties still remain about the influence ... -
Experimental Demonstration of a Novel Gas Switching Combustion Reactor for Power Production with Integrated CO2 Capture
Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Johansen, Stein Tore; Annaland, MV; Gallucci, F; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)This paper experimentally demonstrates the feasibility of a novel gas switching combustion (GSC) reactor as an alternative to the traditional chemical looping combustion (CLC) process for power production with integrated ... -
Experimental Demonstration of a Novel Gas Switching Combustion Reactor for Power Production with Integrated CO2 Capture
Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Johansen, Stein Tore; Annaland, MV; Gallucci, F; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)This paper experimentally demonstrates the feasibility of a novel gas switching combustion (GSC) reactor as an alternative to the traditional chemical looping combustion (CLC) process for power production with integrated ... -
Experimental demonstration of pressurized chemical looping combustion in an internally circulating reactor for power production with integrated CO2 capture
Osman, Mogahid; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study presents an experimental demonstration of pressurized chemical looping combustion (CLC) in an internally circulating reactor (ICR). The ICR concept is a novel alternative to the conventional interconnected ... -
Gas Switching Reforming (GSR) for syngas production with integrated CO2 capture using iron-based oxygen carriers
Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Dahl, Paul Inge; Ugwu, Ambrose; Tolchard, Julian R; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The process behavior of a Gas Switching Reforming (GSR) reactor was studied using three different iron-based oxygen carrier materials: Iron-oxide on Alumina, Iron-Nickel oxide on Alumina and Iron-Ceria on Alumina. It was ... -
Gas Switching Reforming for syngas production with iron-based oxygen carrier-the performance under pressurized conditions
Ugwu, Ambrose; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Tolchard, Julian R; Dahl, Paul Inge; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)A four-stage Gas Switching Reforming for syngas production with integrated CO2 capture using an iron-based oxygen carrier was investigated in this study. The oxygen carrier was first reduced using dry methane, where high ... -
Gas switching technology: Economic attractiveness for chemical looping applications and scale up experience to 50 kWth
Ugwu, Ambrose; Arnaiz del Pozo, Carlos; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Nazir, Shareq Mohd; Kalendar, Nimet Uzun; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Szima, Szabolcs; Fogarasi, Szabolcs; Donat, Felix; van Diest, Geert; Cloete, Jan Hendrik; Jiménez Álvaro, Ángel; Albertsen, Knuth; Cormos, Ana-Maria; Cormos, Calin-Cristian; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Gas switching technology (GST) was introduced to facilitate operation and scale-up of pressurized chemical looping-based technologies thus bringing the expected benefits of reducing costs and energy penalty of CO2 capture. ... -
The generality of the standard 2D TFM approach in predicting bubbling fluidized bed hydrodynamics
Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Johansen, Stein Tore; Annaland, MV; Gallucci, F; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Hydrodynamic simulations of a pseudo-2D bubbling fluidized bed were carried out and compared to experiments conducted over a wide range of flow conditions. The primary purpose of this study was to assess the generality of ... -
Heat pump-driven adsorption CO2 capture for simple and cost-effective retrofits of coal power plants
Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Giuffrida, Antonio; Romano, Matteo C.; Zaabout, Abdelghafour (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Coal-fired power plants emit almost a third of fossil CO2 emissions worldwide, and continued operation of existing plants will consume the entire remaining CO2 budget for 1.5 °C of global warming. Hence, there is an urgent ... -
Hydrodynamic investigation into a novel IC-CLC reactor concept for power production with integrated CO2 capture
Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Cloete, Schalk; Amini, Shahriar (SINTEF Proceedings;1, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2015)This paper presents an investigation of the hydrodynamics of a new Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) reactor concept for power generation with integrated CO2 capture. This concept consists of an internal circulating fluidized ... -
Hydrogen production by water splitting using gas switching technology
Ugwu, Ambrose; Donat, Felix; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Müller, Christoph; Albertsen, Knuth; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; van Diest, Geert; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study demonstrates a novel “Gas Switching Water Splitting (GSWS)” technology for production of pure H2with integrated CO2capture. The reactor concept is based on the chemical looping technology where an oxygen carrier ... -
Hydrogen production by water splitting using gas switching technology
Ugwu, Ambrose; Donat, Felix; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Müller, Christoph; Albertsen, Knuth; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; van Diest, Geert; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study demonstrates a novel “Gas Switching Water Splitting (GSWS)” technology for production of pure H2 with integrated CO2 capture. The reactor concept is based on the chemical looping technology where an oxygen carrier ... -
Integration assessment of turquoise hydrogen in the European energy sector
Teso, Adrián; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Arnaiz del Pozo, Carlos; Abanades, Alberto; Zaabout, Abdelghafour (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Turquoise hydrogen from natural gas pyrolysis has recently emerged as a promising alternative for low-carbon hydrogen production with a high-value pure carbon by-product. However, the implications of this technology on the ...