Energy & Water Security, 15th 17th February, Doha, Qatar

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Sunday, February 15, 2015

7:30

9:00

Welcome Reception and Registration

Session Chair: Fadwa Eljack

9:00

9:30

The Role of Technology in Addressing the Worlds Challenges in Water, Energy and Food
Adel Sharif (Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Qatar)

9:30

10:00

Low fouling and Energy Consumption two-stage Forward and Reverse Osmosis Desalination Process
Malak Hamdan (Surrey University, UK)

10:00

10:30

State of the Art of Model Based Research in Seawater Desalination

Iqbal Mujtaba (University of Bradford, UK)

10:30

11:00

Coffee Break

11:00

11:30

Energy efficiency improvements by fouling mitigation in oil refineries

Francesco Coletti (Imperial College London, UK)

11:30

14:00

Lunch/ORYX-GTL Seminar

Session Chair: Meihong Wang

14:00

14:30

Sustainable Approaches for Abnormal Situation Management

Fadwa Eljack (Qatar University, Qatar)

14:30

15:00

Energy efficient thermal retrofit options for crude oil transport in pipelines
Emilio Diaz-Bejarano (Imperial College London, UK)

15:00

15:30

Environmentally benign biodiesel production from renewable sources

Basu Saha (London South Bank University, UK)

15:30

16:00

16:00

16:30

Gas-to-Liquid Technology Research at Texas A&M Qatar and its Potentials

Nimir Elbashir (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

16:30

17:00

Energy efficient heat exchange and catalysis: the UNIHEAT project

Sandro Macchietto (Imperial College London, UK)

17:00

17:30

Morphology-Dependent Photocatalytic Performance of Oxide Semiconductors and Their Importance for

Environmental and Energy Applications
Dong Suk Han (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

17:30

17:45

Transport from HBKU to Katara

17:45

20:00

Dinner
(Katara)

20:00

20:15

Transport from Katara to Hotel

Coffee Break
Session Chair: Ahmed Abdel-Wahab

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Energy & Water Security, 15th 17th February, Doha, Qatar

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Monday, February 16, 2015

Session Chair: Chedly Tizaoui
Techno-economic Assessment of CO2 Quality Effect on its Storage and Transport (CO2QUEST)
Haroun Mahgerefteh (University College London, UK)

8:30

9:00

9:00

9:30

9:30

10:00

10:00

10:30

CO2 Solubility Performance of Deep Eutectic Solvents

Mert Atilhan (Qatar University, Qatar)

10:30

11:00

Coffee Break

The Role of Molecular Thermodynamics in Developing Industrial Processes and Novel Products that Meet
the Needs for a Sustainable Future
Ioannis Economou (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)
Heat Integration Study of Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant Integrated with Post-combustion CO2
Capture and Compression
Xiaobo Luo ( Hull University, UK)

Session Chair: Raj Patel

11:00

11:30

GHG footprint reduction through Carbon Integration

Patrick Linke (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

11:30

12:00

Role of Alternative Aviation Fuels on Reducing the Carbon Footprint

Kumaran Kannaiyan (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

12:00

12:30

Study of Process Intensification for Post-Combustion CO2 Capture through Modelling and Simulation
Meihong Wang (Hull University, UK)

12:30

14:00

Lunch
Session Chair: Ioannis Economou

14:00

14:30

Evaluation and modelling of demand and generation at distribution level for Smart Grid implementation
Haile Rajamani (University of Bradford, UK)

14:30

15:00

Synthetic Fuel Formulation from Natural Gas via GTL: A Synopsis and the Path Forward
Elfatih Elmalik (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

15:00

15:30

Use of Ultrasound for Monitoring Reaction Kinetics of Biodiesel Synthesis: Experimental and Theoretical
Studies Raj Patel (University of Bradford, UK)

15:30

16:00

16:00

16:30

Overview of Water & Environmental Research Activities at Texas A&M University at Qatar
Ahmed AbdelWahab (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

16:30

17:00

Towards sustainable water management in industrial cities

Saba Al-nouri (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

17:00

17:30

Transport from HBKU to Souq Waqif

17:30

20:00

Dinner
(Souq Waqif)

20:00

20:15

Transport from Souq Waqif to Hotel

Coffee Break
Session Chair: Basu Saha

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Session Chair: Adel Sharif
8:30

9:00

9:00

9:30

9:30 10:00
10:00

10:30

10:30

11:00

Optimal Valve Spacing for Next Generation CO2 Pipelines

Solomon Brown (University College London, UK)
Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Enhanced Water
Treatment
Chedly Tizaoui (Swansea University, UK)
Incorporation of Life Cycle Assessment into the Systematic Synthesis of Wastewater Treatment Plants
Miao Guo (Imperial College London, UK)
On the Performance of Porous Covalent Organic Polymers for CO2 Capture Process at Elevated Pressures
Ruh Ullah (Qatar University, Qatar)
Coffee Break
Round Table / Panel Discussion on

11:00

12:00

Global Energy & Water major challenges (Coordinators Patrick Linke & Iqbal Mujtaba)
Michael Hoffmann, Wongyong Choi, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab Sandro Macchietto, Haroun Mahgerefteh, Adel Sharif,
Round Table / Panel Discussion on

12:00

13:00

Vision for enhancing collaboration between UK & Qatar universities & research institutions
(Led by Iqbal Mujtaba & Nimir Elbashir)
Mert Atilhan, Sandro Macchietto, Haroun Mahgerefteh
Adel Sharif, Patrick Linke, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, Fadwa Eljack Ioannis Economou

13:00

14:30

Lunch

14:30

17:00

Close & Free time in Doha

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