Abdulrahim Ahmad Alzahrani

@kau.edu.sa

Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering Dept., College of Engineering
King Abdulaziz University

Abdulrahim Ahmad Alzahrani


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Dr. Abdulrahim Al-Zahrani is Professor at the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering from King Fahd University for Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) in 1982 and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in 1985, 1989, respectively from Oregon State University (USA).
His research interests are varied and cover a wide spectrum of the chemical engineering. These include process modeling, control and simulation, Catalysis, fluidization engineering, industrial waste treatment and recycling and use of local ores in industries. He has over 118 published Journal papers, over 38 published conference papers, over 30 research reports and over 8 patents.
Dr. Al-Zahrani has served as a principal/co-principal investigator to 25 projects funded from Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and King Abdulaziz University. He is a member of the research group of SABIC Chair for Heterogeneous Catalysis (two millions S.R, per year) during the period of 2006 to 2015. He is the head of the research group of SABIC Chair for Heterogeneous Catalysis during the period from 2016 to present. He served as the Chairman of Chemical & Materials Eng. Dept. for two years (2006 -2007) and Vice Dean of Engineering for Research and Graduate studies for six years (2008-2013). Dr. Zahrani is the Editor-in-Chief of King Abdulaziz Journal [Engineering Sciences] from 2014 until present. He has served as a principal/co-principal investigator to more than 10 Strategic Research Projects. He is a member of the King Abdulaziz University Promotion Committee and Research Ethics Committee from 2014 until Present.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. "Modeling and Control Studies of a Magnetically Staged Fluidized Bed", Chemical
Engineering Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U. S. A., Jan. 1989.
Minor Electrical & Computer Engineering.

M.Sc. Chemical Engineering Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, June 1985.
Minor Mathematics

B.Sc. Chemical Engineering Dept., College of Engineering Sciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, June 1982.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Reactor Design and Catalysis
- Automatic Control, Modeling and Identification of Chemical Processes
- Recycling and Treatment of Industrial Wastes
- Use of Local Resources (Ores) in Industry
- Heat and Mass Transfer in Two and Three phase Fluidized Bed
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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Reverse water-gas shift reaction on MoOx/β-, Y-, ZSM-5 commercial zeolites: Effect of acid/base properties
    N Pasupulety, SS Al-Haddad, S Podila, MA Alamoudi, AA Al-Zahrani
    Arabian Journal of Chemistry 19 , 2026
    2026
  • A Study on IIIA Group Metals (B or Ga or Tl) Doped Mo2C-HZSM-5 Catalysts for Methane Dehydroaromatization
    N Pasupulety, MA Alamoudi, AA Al-Zahrani
    Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis 20 (4), 631-639 , 2025
    2025
  • Current Research Status and Future Perspective of Ni- and Ru-Based Catalysts for CO 2 Methanation
    M Usman, S Podila, MA Alamoudi, AA Al-Zahrani
    Catalysts 15 (3), 203 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 15
  • CO 2 methanation over Ni/SiO 2–Al 2 O 3 catalysts: effect of Ba, La, and Ce addition
    M Usman, S Podila, AA Al-Zahrani, MA Alamoudi
    RSC advances 15 (14), 10958-10969 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • Role of perovskites phase in Ni-based catalysts for low temperature CO2 methanation
    M Usman, S Podila, AA Al-Zahrani
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 95, 173-184 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 25
  • Highly Efficient PtSn/Al 2 O 3 and PtSnZnCa/Al 2 O 3 Catalysts for Ethane Dehydrogenation: Influence of Catalyst Pretreatment Atmosphere
    S Podila, AA Al-Zahrani, MA Daous, H Alhumade
    Catalysts 14 (5), 312 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Influence of CaCe ratio on the hydrogen production from ammonia over CaO-CeO2 supported Co catalysts
    S Podila, AA Al-Zahrani, N Pasupulety, MA Alamoudi
    Arabian Journal of Chemistry 16 (11), 105235 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • Conversion of municipals waste into syngas and methanol via steam gasification using CaO as sorbent: An Aspen Plus modelling
    AM Ali, M Shahbaz, M Inayat, K Shahzad, AA Al-Zahrani, AB Mahpudz
    Fuel 349, 128640 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 49
  • Synergistic evaluation of co-torrefaction performance of rice husk and coffee bean ground blends for biosolid production for industrial fuel sustainability
    AM Ali, A Waheed, M Shahbaz, AA Mirani, K Shahzad, AA Al-Zahrani, ...
    Fuel 343, 127891 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 20
  • Preparation and Study of XCeO 3 ( X : Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) Perovskite-type oxide supported Cobalt Catalyst for Hydrogen Production by Ammonia Decomposition
    OA Al-attar, S Podila, AA Al-Zahrani
    Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 48 (7), 8667-8677 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 27
  • Morphological, structural, surface, thermal, chemical, and magnetic properties of Al-doped nanostructured copper ferrites
    S Rather, HS Bamufleh, H Alhumade, AA Taimoor, U Saeed, ...
    Ceramics International 49 (12), 20261-20272 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 20
  • Optimization of fluidized-bed process parameters for coating uniformity and nutrient-release characteristics of controlled-release urea produced by modified lignocellulosic …
    AM Ali, B Azeem, AM Alghamdi, K Shahzad, AA Al-Zahrani, MI Rashid, ...
    Agronomy 13 (3), 725 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 13
  • Polygeneration syngas and power from date palm waste steam gasification through an Aspen Plus process modeling
    A Mahmood Ali, M Shahbaz, K Shahzad, M Inayat, S Naqvi, ...
    Elsevier , 2023
    2023
  • Polygeneration syngas and power from date palm waste steam gasification through an Aspen Plus process modeling
    AM Ali, M Shahbaz, K Shahzad, M Inayat, S Naqvi, AA Al-Zahrani, ...
    Fuel 332, 126120 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 63
  • Spray drying of PEG6000 suspension: reaction engineering approach (REA) modeling of single droplet drying kinetics
    B Al Zaitone, A Al-Zahrani, O Ahmed, U Saeed, AA Taimoor
    Processes 10 (7), 1365 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 17
  • Investigation of convective heat transfer from a high temperature prolate spheroid to moving fluid
    B Al Zaitone, M Usman, A Al-Zahrani, S Rather, U Saeed
    Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications 82 (4), 124-136 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Influence of Ce substitution in LaMO3 (M= Co/Ni) perovskites for COx-free hydrogen production from ammonia decomposition
    S Podila, H Driss, AM Ali, AA Al-Zahrani, MA Daous
    Arabian Journal of Chemistry 15 (1), 103547 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 39
  • Turning CO2 into di-methyl ether (DME) using Pd based catalysts–Role of Ca in tuning the activity and selectivity
    AS Malik, SF Zaman, AA Al-Zahrani, MA Daous
    Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 103, 67-79 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 16
  • Duplicating freshwater productivity of adsorption desalination system using aluminum metal filings
    H Alhumade, A Askalany, H Rezk, AA Al-Zahrani, SF Zaman
    Water 13 (22), 3231 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 3
  • Artificial intelligence based modelling of adsorption water desalination system
    H Alhumade, H Rezk, AA Al-Zahrani, SF Zaman, A Askalany
    Mathematics 9 (14), 1674 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 15

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Development of highly selective PdZn/CeO2 and Ca-doped PdZn/CeO2 catalysts for methanol synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation
    AS Malik, SF Zaman, AA Al-Zahrani, MA Daous, H Driss, LA Petrov
    Applied Catalysis A: General 560, 42-53 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 163
  • Hydrogen production by ammonia decomposition using high surface area Mo 2 N and Co 3 Mo 3 N catalysts
    S Podila, SF Zaman, H Driss, YA Alhamed, AA Al-Zahrani, LA Petrov
    Catalysis Science & Technology 6 (5), 1496-1506 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 128
  • New spectral techniques for systems of fractional differential equations using fractional-order generalized Laguerre orthogonal functions
    AH Bhrawy, YA Alhamed, D Baleanu, AA Al-Zahrani
    Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis 17 (4), 1137-1157 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 125
  • Hydrolytic and thermal stability of organic monolayers on various inorganic substrates
    NS Bhairamadgi, SP Pujari, FG Trovela, A Debrassi, AA Khamis, ...
    Langmuir 30 (20), 5829-5839 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 123
  • Structure and catalytic properties of Ni/MWCNTs and Ni/AC catalysts for hydrogen production via ammonia decomposition
    H Zhang, YA Alhamed, Y Kojima, AA Al-Zahrani, H Miyaoka, LA Petrov
    International journal of hydrogen energy 39 (1), 277-287 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 118
  • Optimizing Pd: Zn molar ratio in PdZn/CeO2 for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol
    OA Ojelade, SF Zaman, MA Daous, AA Al-Zahrani, AS Malik, H Driss, ...
    Applied Catalysis A: General 584, 117185 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 117
  • Extraction of alumina from local clays by hydrochloric acid process
    AA Al-Zahrani, MH Abdul-Majid
    Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Engineering Sciences 20 (2), 29-41 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 110
  • Thermodynamic analysis of a reverse osmosis desalination unit with energy recovery system
    A Al-Zahrani, J Orfi, Z Al-Suhaibani, B Salim, H Al-Ansary
    Procedia Engineering 33, 404-414 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 109
  • Selective hydrogenation of CO2 to CH3OH and in-depth DRIFT analysis for PdZn/ZrO2 and CaPdZn/ZrO2 catalysts
    AS Malik, SF Zaman, AA Al-Zahrani, MA Daous, H Driss, LA Petrov
    Catalysis Today 357, 573-582 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 84
  • Tuning catalytic performances of cobalt catalysts for clean hydrogen generation via variation of the type of carbon support and catalyst post-treatment temperature
    H Zhang, YA Alhamed, A Al-Zahrani, M Daous, H Inokawa, Y Kojima, ...
    International journal of hydrogen energy 39 (31), 17573-17582 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 81
  • A new generalized Laguerre-Gauss collocation scheme for numerical solution of generalized fractional pantograph equations
    AH Bhrawy, AA Al-Zahrani, YA Alhamed, D Baleanu
    Rom. J. Phys 59 (7-8), 646-657 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 80
  • Recycling of spent bleaching clay and oil recovery
    AA Al-Zahrani, MA Daous
    Process Safety and Environmental Protection 78 (3), 224-228 , 2000
    2000
    Citations: 75
  • Ammonia decomposition over citric acid induced γ-Mo2N and Co3Mo3N catalysts
    LA Jolaoso, SF Zaman, S Podila, H Driss, AA Al-Zahrani, MA Daous, ...
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 43 (10), 4839-4844 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 74
  • Ammonia decomposition over citric acid chelated γ-Mo2N and Ni2Mo3N catalysts
    SF Zaman, LA Jolaoso, S Podila, AA Al-Zahrani, YA Alhamed, H Driss, ...
    international journal of hydrogen energy 43 (36), 17252-17258 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 70
  • Polygeneration syngas and power from date palm waste steam gasification through an Aspen Plus process modeling
    AM Ali, M Shahbaz, K Shahzad, M Inayat, S Naqvi, AA Al-Zahrani, ...
    Fuel 332, 126120 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 63
  • Fractional sub-equation method for the fractional generalized reaction Duffing model and nonlinear fractional Sharma-Tasso-Olver equation
    H Jafari, H Tajadodi, D Baleanu, AA Al-Zahrani, YA Alhamed, AH Zahid
    Central European Journal of Physics 11 (10), 1482-1486 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 63
  • Preparation of activated carbon from fly ash and its application for CO 2 capture
    YA Alhamed, SU Rather, AH El-Shazly, SF Zaman, MA Daous, ...
    Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 32 (4), 723-730 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 62
  • MgFe and Mg–Co–Fe mixed oxides derived from hydrotalcites: highly efficient catalysts for COx free hydrogen production from NH3
    S Podila, H Driss, SF Zaman, AM Ali, AA Al-Zahrani, MA Daous, LA Petrov
    international journal of hydrogen energy 45 (1), 873-890 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 61
  • Carbon monoxide hydrogenation on potassium promoted Mo2N catalysts
    SF Zaman, N Pasupulety, AA Al-Zahrani, MA Daous, SS Al-Shahrani, ...
    Applied Catalysis A: General 532, 133-145 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 61
  • Effect of preparation methods on the catalyst performance of Co/MgLa mixed oxide catalyst for COx-free hydrogen production by ammonia decomposition
    S Podila, H Driss, SF Zaman, AM Ali, AA Al-Zahrani, MA Daous, LA Petrov
    International journal of hydrogen energy 42 (38), 24213-24221 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 57

Publications

1- Levein, K. L. and Al-Zahrani, A. A., " Magnetically Staged Fluidized bed for Counter Current Gas/Solids Contacting, Powder Technology, 64, 1990, p. 133-143.

2- Noorwali, N. M., and Al-Zahrani, A. A., "Optimal Heat Exchanger Network for Energy Conservation of a Crude Oil Refinery", Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Engineering Science (Special Issue), 1991, p17.

3- Al-Zahrani, A. A. and Noorwali, M. M., "Heat transfer Coefficient in Annuli of Different Diameter Ratios and Different Bulk Temperatures", Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Engineering Science (Special Issue), 1991, p.25.

4- Al-Zahrani, A . A. and Hussien, M., "Regeneration of Spent Bleaching Clay and Oil Recovery", Science International, 4(4), 1992, p. 373.

5- Al-Zahrani, A. A. and Noorwali, M. M.," An Adaptive Bilinear Model-Predictive Control Algorithm for a Plate Heat Exchanger", Developments in Chemical & Material Processing Engineering, 2, 1994, p. 158.

6- Al-Zahrani, A. A. and Noorwali, M. M., "A study of Pressure Fluctuations in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed", Powder Technology, 1993, p. 185.

7- Al-Zahrani, A. A. and Noorwali, M. M., "Advance logarithms for Average Level Control", J. of Control and Computers, vol. 23, , p. 79-83.

8- Al-Zahrani, A. A., "Adaptive Bilinear Model-Predictive Control", Inter. J. for Computer Applications in Technology, Vol. 8, No. 5/6, 1995, p. 393-399.

9- Al-Zahrani, A.A. and Al-Tajam, M.A., "Measurement of Heat Transfer Coefficient in Liquid- Solid Fluidized Bed Reactor", Powder Technology, 80(1994)25.

10- Al-Zahrani, A. A. and Al-hamed, Y. A., "Regeneration of Spent Bleaching Clay and Oil Recovery by Boil-off Method and Acid Treatment", Middle East Forum, 1 (1995), p. 17-28.

11- Al-Zahrani, A.A.," Bilinear Development of Bilinear Models for Some Chemical Processes, King Abdulaziz University J.: Eng. , , pp. 3-12.

12- Al-Zahrani A. A. and Daous, M. A., "Bed Expansion and Average Bubble Rise Velocity in a Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed", Powder Technology, 87 (1996), p. 255-257.

13- Al-Zahrani, A. A. and Al-hamed, Y. A., "Regeneration of Spent Bleaching Clay by Calcination and Acid Treatment", Journal of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 38(3), 1996, p. 71-75.

14- Al-Hamed, A. S. and Al-Zahrani, A. A.," A Model for Extraction of Oil from Spent Bleaching Clays", Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 23 (2B), 1998, p. 165-176.

15- Daous, M. A. and Al-Zahrani, A.A., “Modeling solids and gas flow through an L-Valve”, Powder Technology, 99, 1998, p.86-89.

16- Al-Hamed, Y. A. and Al-Zahrani, A. A., “Techno-Economical Evaluation of Oil Recovery and Regeneration of Spent Bleaching Clay", Journal of King AbdulAziz University: Engineering Science, 11 (2), 1999, p. 115-126.

17- Al-Zahrani, A. A., “Heat Transfer Coefficient in Liquid-Solids Fluidized Beds”, Indian Chemical Engineer: Section A., Vol. 41, No.4, 1999, p.282.

18- Al-Zahrani, A. A., Al Shahrani, S. S. and Al Tawil, Y. A., “Study on the Activation of Saudi Clays”, Chemical Engineering World, v 34, n 12, 1999, p 91-101

19- Al-Zahrani, A. A.,” Particle Size Distribution in a Continuous Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed”, Powder Technology, 107, 2000, p. 54- 59.

20- Al-Zahrani, A. A. and Daous, M. A., “Recycling of Spent Bleaching Clay and Oil Recovery”, Trans IChemE, 78, Part B, 2000, p. 22-24.

21- Al-Zahrani, A. A, “An Adaptive Bilinear Model-Predictive Control Algorithm for a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor”, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 2000, Vol. 13, Nos. 3/ 4/ 5, 261 - 265 (2000).

22- Al-Zahrani, A. A., “Process and Economical Evaluation for the Production of Active Clay from Local Row Clay by Sulfuric Acid Treatment”, Science International, 12(1), 59-66, 2000.

23- Al-Zahrani, A. A., Al Shahrani, S. S. and Al Tawil, Y. A., “Study on the Activation of Saudi Natural Bentonite, Part I: Investigation of Optimum Conditions and Kinetics of the Sulfuric Acid Activation Process”, Journal of King Saud University, Vol. 13 (1), Eng. , PP. 57-72 (2001).

24- Al-Zahrani, A.A. and Al-hamed, Y.S., Solvent Extraction of Oil from Spent Bleaching Clay, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic / Hazardous Substance & Environmental Engineering, A35(9), 15577-1590 (2001).

25- Al-Zahrani, A. A., Al Shahrani, S. S. and Al Tawil, Y. A., “Study on the Activation of Saudi Natural Bentonite, Part II: Characterization of the produced active clay and its Test as an Adsorbing agent”, Journal of King Saud University,13(2), Eng. , p. 203-224 (2002).

26- Al-Zahrani, A.A., “Decomposition of Saudi Phosphate Rock with Nitric Acid”, Alexandria Engineering Journal, V. 39 (2000), No. 6, 977-981.

27- Al-Zahrani, A . A. and Hussien, M., “Production of Liquid Alum Coagulant from Local Saudi Clays”, King AbdulAziz University: Engineering Science, 15(1), 2004, p. 3 -17.

28- Daous, M. A. and Al-Zahrani, A.A, “ A Simple Approach to Measure the Gas Phase Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in a Bubble Column”, Chemical Engineering Technology, 29(12) 2006, 1438 – 1443.

29- Al-Zahrani, A. A. and Hussien, M. , " Extraction of Alumina From Local Clays by Hydrochloric Acid Process ", King AbdulAziz University: Engineering Science, 20(2), 2009. p. 29 - 41.

30- Abdulrahim Al-Zahrani ; Gaber IDRIS, “Biological Treatment of Hydrocarbon Contaminants: Petroleum Hydrocarbon uptake by Pseudomonas alkanolytica”, Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Engineering Sciences, (2010) 39-53.
31- K. Kumbilieva, L. Petrov, Y. Alhamed, A. Al Zahrani, Reaction mechanism and deactivation modes of heterogeneous catalytic systems, Chin. J. Catal., 32(3) (2011) 387-404. DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(10)60181-7 Published: MAR 2011.

32- A. H. El-Shazly, A.A. Al-Zahrani, S.S. Al-Shahrani, “ Improvement of NO3 Removal from Wastewater by Using Batch Electrocoagulation Unit with Vertical Monopolar Aluminum Electrodes”, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 6(2011) 4141 -4149.

33- L. Petrov, Y. Alhamed, A. Al Zahrani, M. Daous, Role of chemical kinetics in the heterogeneous catalysis studies, Chin. J. Catal., 32 (7) (2011) 1085-1112. DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(10)60181-7.

34- F. Abdel-Hady, Abdulrahim Alzahrany and Mostafa Hamed, "Experimental validation of upward electrospinning process", ISRN NanotechnologyVolume 2011 (2011), Article ID 851317, 14 pages, doi:10.5402/2011/851317.

35- L. Petrov, M. Daous, Y. Alhamed, A. Al-Zahrani, Kh. Maximov, Use of intraparticle mass transfer parameters as a design tool for catalyst pellets, Chin. J. Catal., 33 (2012) 1166-1175.

36- Zytoon, Mohamed; El-Shazly, Ahmed; Noweir, Madbuli; Al-zahrani, Abdulraheem ,"Quantitative Safety Analysis of a Lab-Scale Bioreactor for Hydrogen Sulfide Biotreatment Using Fault Tree Analysis" , Process Safety Progress, Volume: 32 Issue: 4 Pages: 376-386 DOI: 10.1002/ Published: DEC 2013.
37- A.H. El-Shazlya, A.A. Al-Zahrani, Y.A. Al-Hamed, S.A. Nosiera, "Effect of fixed bed characteristics on the performance of pulsed water flow humidification-dehumidification solar desalination unit", Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 51, Issue 4-6( 2013) p. 863-871.
38- A.H. El-Shazlya, A.A. Al-Zahrani, Y.A. Al-Hamed, S.A. Nosiera, "Productivity Intensification of Humidification Dehumidification Desalination Unit by Using Pulsed Water Flow Regime" Desalination, 293(2012)53-60.
39- Hossein Jafari, Haleh Tajadodi, Dumitru Baleanu, Abdulrahim A. Al-Zahrani,Yahia A. Alhamed,Adnan H. Zahid, “Fractional sub-equation method for the fractional generalized reaction Duffing model and nonlinear fractional Sharma-Tasso-Olver equation”, Cent. Eur. J. Phys., 11(10) • 2013 • 1482-1486 (2013), DOI: 10.2478/S 11534-013-0203-7.
40- J. A. T. Machado, Dumitru Baleanu, Abdulrahim A. Al-ZahraniI, Y A. Alhamed, Adnan Zahid, Tamer E. Yousif , “On Similarities In Infrares Spectra of Complex Drugs”, Rom. Rep. Phys. Volume: 66 Issue: 2 Pages: 382-393 (2014).
41- A.H. El-Shazlya, A.A. Al-Zahrani, Y.A. Al-Hamed,”Kinetics and Performance Analysis of Batch Electrocoagulation Unit for the Removal of a Mixtue of Phosphate and Nitrate Ions from Industrial Effluents”, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci. 8 (2013) 3176 -3185.

GRANT DETAILS

Last 10 years
21- Catalysts Development for Dehydrogenation of Propane to Propene, sponsored by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, 2010- 2012 (Project Budget: SR 1,800,000)

22- H2S biological treatment, Funded by King Abdulaziz University, 2012.
23- Gold Supported Catalysts for CO and VOCs Oxidation. A collaboration research program between King Abdulaziz University (KAU) and The Queens University of Belfast, Supported by KAU, 2011- 2015 (Project Budget: SR 3,148,000).
24- Investigation of Mo2N catalyst for syngas conversion to higher oxygenates, supported by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, 2015-2018 (Project Budget: SR 1,750,200).
25- Development of a new polymer modified electrode using polyaniline coated graphite: Application to electrooxidation of organic effluent. Sponsored by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, 2014-2015 (Project Budget: SR 1,748,800).
26- Partial oxidation of methanol (POM) over transition metal promoted nanostructure gold catalysts supported on CeO2-ZrO2 . supported by SABIC Chair, 2014-2015 (Project Budget: SR 350,000).
27- Catalytic synthesis of light olefins using CO2 and H2, sponsored by SABIC, Jan 2017-Dec. 2018 (Project Budget: SR 2,245,600).
28- Catalytic Dehydrogenation of n-Butane to Butene Isomers, sponsored by SABIC, Jan 2017-Dec 2018 (Project Budget: SR 1,950,600).
29- Potential cost reduction by an innovative design of closed parabolic trough solar collector, . Sponsored by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, 2018-2020, (Project Budget: SR 1,748,800). 1,840,400 SR

RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)

Patents

1. Al-hamed, Y., Al-zahrani, A., Daous, M. & El-yahyaoui, K. (2008), Process of Oxidative Dehydrogenation Using a Boria-Alumina Catalyst. PCT International Publication Number WO 2008/141827 A1. World Intellectual Property Organization.
2. L. Petrov, Y. Alhamed, A. Al Zahrani, M. Daous, M. Umar, M. Al-Hazmi, Platinum containing catalysts for propane dehydrogenation, EPA № 12005440.8/26.07.2012
3. L. Petrov, Y. Alhamed, A. Al Zahrani, M. Daous, M. Umar, M. Al-Hazmi, Alkane dehydrogenation catalyst and process for its preparation, EPA № 12006767.3/27-09-2012,
4. L. Petrov, Y. Alhamed, A. Arafat, A. Al Zahrani, M. Daous, M. Al-Hazmi (2014) Gold containing catalysts for propane dehydrogenation. PCT International Publication Number WO 2014/181289 A2. World Intellectual Property Organization.
5. H. Zhang, L. Petrov, Y. Alhamed, A. Al-Zahrani, M. Daous, M. Al-Hazmi, Mixed oxide catalysts for ammonia decomposition, PCT International Publication Number WO2015177773A1. World Intellectual Property Organization.
6. S. Zaman, M. Daous, Y. Alhamed, A. Al-Zahrani, L. Petrov, J.Touitou, Zn-CeO2-ZrO2 Catalyst for Hydrogen production via methanol partial oxidation, US20180185823, NOV. 2018.

7. H. Inokawa, S. Zaman, M. Daous, A. Al-Zahrani, L. Petrov, Vanadium Oxide catalyst supported on CeO2-ZrO2 for Formaldehyde Production via Partial Oxidation of Methanol, Patent No . : US 10 , 207 , 253 B1 ( 45 ) Date of Patent : Feb . 19 , 2019.
8. S. Zaman, H Inokawa, M. Daous, A. Al-Zahrani, L. Petrov; Mn-CeO2 Catalyst for Dimethyl Ether Production via Oxidative Dehydration of Methanol, Pub. No. US: 2020/0129960 A1. Apr. 2020 .