We have extensive peer reviewed publications in plant design, plant optimization, and fundamental research.
1) Density, Viscosity, Refractive Index, and Electrical Conductivity of Degraded
Monoethanolamine Solutions at Standard Temperatures. Ju, Huitian ; ElMoudir, Walid ;
Aboudheir, Ahmed; Mahinpey, Nader. Journal of Chemical &; Engineering Data, 2017, Submitted.
2) Solvent Reclaimer System at Searles Valley Minerals Facility in Trona, California. Walid
Elmoudir, James Fairchild, Ahmed Aboudheir. GHGT-12, Energy Procedia 37 (2014) 6156 –
6165.
3) Optimization of an Existing 130 Tonne per Day CO 2 Capture Plant from a Flue Gas
Slipstream of a Coal Power Plant. Ahmed Aboudheir and Walid Elmoudir. GHGT-11, Energy
Procedia 37 (2013) 1509 – 1516.
4) Design Parameters Affecting the Commercial Post Combustion CO 2 Capture Plants.
Ahmed Aboudheir and Walid Elmoudir. GHGT-11, Energy Procedia 37 (2013) 1517 – 1522.
5) 1D and 2D absorption-rate/kinetic modeling and simulation of carbon dioxide absorption
into mixed aqueous solutions of MDEA and PZ in a laminar jet apparatus. Mohamed
Edali, Raphael Idem, Ahmed Aboudheir. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 4
(2010) 143 – 151.
6) Kinetics of carbon dioxide absorption into mixed aqueous solutions of MDEA and MEA
using a laminar jet apparatus and a numerically solved 2D absorption rate/kinetics
model. Mohamed Edali, Ahmed Aboudheir, Raphael Idem, International Journal of
Greenhouse Gas Control, 3 (2009) 550 – 560.
7) Performance of Formulated Solvent in Handling Enriched CO 2 Flue Gas Stream. Ahmed
Aboudheir and Walid Elmoudir. GHGT-9, Energy Procedia 1 (2009) 195 – 204.
8) Kinetics, Modeling, and Simulation of the Experimental Kinetics Data of Carbon Dioxide
Absorption into Mixed Aqueous Solutions of MDEA and PZ using Laminar Jet Apparatus
with a Numerically Solved Absorption-Rate/Kinetic Model. Raphael Idem, Mohamed
Edali, Ahmed Aboudheir, GHGT-9, Energy Procedia 1 (2009) 1343-1350.
9) Experimental, kinetic and 2-D reactor modeling for simulation of the production of
hydrogen by the catalytic reforming of concentrated crude ethanol (CRCCE) over a Ni-
based commercial catalyst in a packed-bed tubular reactor. Akpan, E. R., Akande, A. J.
Aboudheir, A. Ibrahim, H. H. and Idem, R. O., Chem. Eng. Sci. 2007, 62, 3112-3126.
10) Kinetics, Experimental and Reactor Modeling Studies of the Carbon Dioxide Reforming of
Methane (CDRM) over a New Ni/CeO 2 -ZrO 2 Catalyst in a Packed Bed Tubular Reactor.
Enefiok Akpan, Yanping Sun, Prashant Kumar, Hussam Ibrahim, Ahmed Aboudheir, Raphael
Idem, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2007, 62 (15), 4012-4024.
11) Using a Packed-Column Model to Simulate the Performance of a Membrane Absorber,
David deMontigny, Ahmed Aboudheir, Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul, and Amit Chakma, Ind.
Eng. Chem. Res. 2006, 45, 2580-2585.
12) Modelling the Performance of a CO2 Absorber Containing Structured Packing, David
deMontigny, Ahmed Aboudheir, and Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.
2006, 45, 2594-2600.
13) Kinetics of the Absorption of CO2 into Mixed Aqueous Loaded Solutions of
Monoethanolamine and Methyldiethanolamine, Naveen Ramachandran, Ahmed
Aboudheir, Raphael Idem, and Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2006, 45,
2608-2616.
14) Experimental Studies and Comprehensive Reactor Modeling of Hydrogen Production by
the Catalytic Reforming of Crude Ethanol in a Packed Bed Tubular Reactor over a Ni/Al 2 O 3
Catalyst. Ahmed Aboudheir, Abayomi Akande, Raphael Idem, Ajay Dalai, International
Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2006, 31, 752 – 761.
15) Kinetic Modeling of Hydrogen Production by the Catalytic Reforming of Crude Ethanol
over a Co-precipitated Ni-Al 2 O 3 Catalyst in a Packed Bed Tubular Reactor. Abayomi
Akande, Ahmed Aboudheir, Raphael Idem, Ajay Dalai, International Journal of Hydrogen
Energy, 2006, 31, 1707 – 1715.
16) Rigorous Model for Predicting the Behavior of CO2 Absorption into AMP in Packed-Bed
Absorption Columns. Ahmed Aboudheir, Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul, and Raphael Idem.
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2006, 45, 2553-2557.
17) A Novel Design for the Nozzle of the Laminar Jet Absorber, Ahmed Aboudheir, Paitoon
Tontiwachwuthikul, Amit Chakma, and Raphael Idem, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2004, 43, 2568-
2574.
18) Kinetics of the Reactive Absorption of Carbon Dioxide in High CO 2 -Loaded, Concentrated
Aqueous Monoethanolamine Solutions, Ahmed Aboudheir, Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul,
Amit Chakma, and Raphael Idem, Chem. Eng. Sci. 58 (23), 5195-5210 (2003).
19) On the numerical Modeling of Gas Absorption into Reactive Liquids in a Laminar Jet
Absorber, Ahmed Aboudheir, Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul, Amit Chakma, and Raphael
Idem, Can. J. Chem. Eng. 81 (3), 604-612 (2003).
20) Mass Transfer Parameter Estimation Using Optimization Technique: Case Study in CO 2
Absorption with Chemical Reaction, Ji, X., W. Critpiphat, A. Aboudheir, and P.
Tontiwachwuthikul, Can. J Chem. Eng., 77 (1), 69-73 (1999).
21) Operation Experience of MSF Desalination Plant at Abu-Kammash Chemical Complex,
Pareek, N., A. Aboudheir, H. Hassan Beck; M. Elgarni, Desalination, 73, 417-428 (1989).
Patents
System and Process for Reclaiming Single and Mixed Amine Solvents. Patent, Ahmed
Aboudheir and Walid Elmoudir. International Publication Number: WO 2013/143001 A1.