Blar i SINTEF Industri på forfatter "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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Internally Circulating Reactor (ICR) Concept Applied to Pressurized Chemical Looping Processes
Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The internally circulating reactor (ICR) has significant potential to reduce costs and simplify scale-up of pressurized chemical looping process concepts. An ICR consists of a single reactor body divided into two or three ... -
Mapping the operating performance of a novel internally circulating fluidized bed reactor applied to chemical looping combustion
Osman, Mogahid; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Chemical looping combustion is a promising technology for minimizing the energy penalty of CO2 capture. To accelerate the scale-up and commercialization of this technology for pressurized operation, the internally circulating ... -
A Novel Swing Adsorption Reactor Cluster (SARC) for Cost Effective Post-combustion CO2 Capture: A Thermodynamic Assessment
Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Romano, Matteo C.; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Giuffrida, Antonio; Morud, John; Chiesa, Paolo; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The SARC consists of a number of standalone reactors where a solid sorbent is carbonated by a flue gas and regenerated by a combination of vacuum and temperature swing. Efficiency is maximized through heat integration ... -
Review of pressurized chemical looping processes for power generation and chemical production with integrated CO2 capture
Osman, Mogahid; Khan, Mohammed Nazeer Ul Hasan; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Chemical looping has great potential for reducing the energy penalty and associated costs of CO2 capture from fossil fuel-based power and chemical production while maintaining high efficiency. However, pressurized operation ... -
Review on reactor configurations for adsorption-based CO2 capture
Dhoke, Chaitanya; Zaabout, Abdelghafour; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Adsorption-based CO2 capture has enjoyed considerable research attention in recent years. Most of the research efforts focused on sorbent development to reduce the energy penalty. However, the use of suitable gas–solid ... -
Sorbents screening for post-combustion CO2 capture via combined temperature and pressure swing adsorption
Dhoke, Chaitanya; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Krishnamurthy, Shreenath; Seo, Hwimin; Luz, Ignacio; Soukri, Mustapha; Park, Yong-ki; Blom, Richard; Amini, Shahriar; Zaabout, Abdelghafour (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Adsorption-based post-combustion CO2 capture is enjoying significant research attention due to its potential for significant reductions in energy penalty, cost and environmental impact. Recent sorbent development work has ... -
Study of the Cost Reductions Achievable from the Novel SARC CO2 Capture Concept Using a Validated Reactor Model
Dhoke, Chaitanya; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Amini, Shahriar; Zaabout, Abdelghafour (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)New process concepts, such as the swing adsorption reactor cluster (SARC) CO2 capture process, are often techno-economically investigated using idealized modeling assumptions. This study quantifies the impact of this ...