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 9:30The Role of Technology in Addressing the World’s Challenges in Water, Energy and Food

Adel Sharif (Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Qatar)

9:30 10:00Low fouling and Energy Consumption two-stage Forward and Reverse Osmosis Desalination Process

Malak Hamdan (Surrey University, UK)

10:00 10:30State of the Art of Model Based Research in Seawater Desalination

Iqbal Mujtaba (University of Bradford, UK)

10:30 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 11:30Energy 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 14:30Sustainable Approaches for Abnormal Situation Management

Fadwa Eljack (Qatar University, Qatar)

14:30 15:00Energy efficient thermal retrofit options for crude oil transport in pipelines

Emilio Diaz-Bejarano (Imperial College London, UK)

15:00 15:30Environmentally benign biodiesel production from renewable sources

Basu Saha (London South Bank University, UK)

15:30 16:00 Coffee BreakSession Chair: Ahmed Abdel-Wahab

16:00 16:30Gas-to-Liquid Technology Research at Texas A&M Qatar and its Potentials

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

16:30 17:00Energy efficient heat exchange and catalysis: the UNIHEAT project

Sandro Macchietto (Imperial College London, UK)

17:00 17:30Morphology-Dependent Photocatalytic Performance of Oxide Semiconductors and Their Importance for

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

17:30 17:45 Transport from HBKU to Katara

17:45 20:00Dinner(Katara)

20:00 20:15 Transport from Katara to Hotel

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

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Monday, February 16, 2015Session Chair: Chedly Tizaoui

8:30 9:00Techno-economic Assessment of CO2 Quality Effect on its Storage and Transport (CO2QUEST)

Haroun Mahgerefteh (University College London, UK)

9:00 9:30The Role of Molecular Thermodynamics in Developing Industrial Processes and Novel Products that Meet

the Needs for a Sustainable FutureIoannis Economou (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

9:30 10:00Heat Integration Study of Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant Integrated with Post-combustion CO2

Capture and CompressionXiaobo Luo ( Hull University, UK)

10:00 10:30CO2 Solubility Performance of Deep Eutectic Solvents

Mert Atilhan (Qatar University, Qatar)

10:30 11:00 Coffee BreakSession Chair: Raj Patel

11:00 11:30GHG footprint reduction through Carbon Integration

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

11:30 12:00Role of Alternative Aviation Fuels on Reducing the Carbon Footprint

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

12:00 12:30Study 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 14:30Evaluation and modelling of demand and generation at distribution level for Smart Grid implementation

Haile Rajamani (University of Bradford, UK)

14:30 15:00Synthetic Fuel Formulation from Natural Gas via GTL: A Synopsis and the Path Forward

Elfatih Elmalik (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

15:00 15:30Use of Ultrasound for Monitoring Reaction Kinetics of Biodiesel Synthesis: Experimental and Theoretical

Studies Raj Patel (University of Bradford, UK)

15:30 16:00 Coffee BreakSession Chair: Basu Saha

16:00 16:30Overview of Water & Environmental Research Activities at Texas A&M University at Qatar

Ahmed AbdelWahab (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

16:30 17:00Towards 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 20:00Dinner

(Souq Waqif)

20:00 20:15 Transport from Souq Waqif to Hotel

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

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Session Chair: Adel Sharif

8:30 9:00Optimal Valve Spacing for Next Generation CO2 Pipelines

Solomon Brown (University College London, UK)

9:00 9:30Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Enhanced Water

TreatmentChedly Tizaoui (Swansea University, UK)

9:30 10:00Incorporation of Life Cycle Assessment into the Systematic Synthesis of Wastewater Treatment Plants

Miao Guo (Imperial College London, UK)

10:00 10:30On the Performance of Porous Covalent Organic Polymers for CO2 Capture Process at Elevated Pressures

Ruh Ullah (Qatar University, Qatar)

10:30 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 12:00

Round Table / Panel Discussion onGlobal Energy & Water major challenges (Coordinators Patrick Linke & Iqbal Mujtaba)

Michael Hoffmann, Wongyong Choi, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab Sandro Macchietto, Haroun Mahgerefteh, Adel Sharif,

12:00 13:00

Round Table / Panel Discussion onVision 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