All Outputs (80)

Materials and meta-data for thermochemical electrolysis. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
RAJENDRAN, V., MUTHUKRISHNAN, R., BALOGUN, Y., KURUSHINA, V., PRATHURU, A., HOSSAIN, M. and FAISAL, N.H. 2023. Materials and meta-data for thermochemical electrolysis. Presented at the 2023 Scotland's hydrogen economy and the chemical sciences, 23 May 2023, St Andrews, UK.

One of the important challenges is to develop coating materials for thermochemical containment vessels and pipes that encounters the highly corrosive and harsh environment produced by the molten salt at high temperature. Overall assessment based on t... Read More about Materials and meta-data for thermochemical electrolysis..

Modelling, optimisation and analysis of tubular high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis cell. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KURUSHINA, V., SOMAN, A., RAJENDRAN, V., PRATHURU, A., HOSSAIN, M., HORRI, B.A., CAI, Q. and FAISAL, N. 2023. Modelling, optimisation and analysis of tubular high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis cell. Presented at the 2023 All-energy and dcarbonise conference, 10-11 May 2023, Glasgow, UK.

Developing electrolyser cells with enhanced hydrogen production and their scalable manufacturing can play an important role in enabling not only eco-friendly development but also cost-effective, reliable, and sustainable opportunities. Thermomechanic... Read More about Modelling, optimisation and analysis of tubular high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis cell..

Numerical investigations of a swirling two-phase air-water upward flow in straight and convergent vertical pipe. (2023)
Journal Article
MANIMARAN, R., KUMAR, M.S., KARUNAMURTHY, K. and HOSSAIN, M. 2023. Numerical investigations of a swirling two-phase air-water upward flow in straight and convergent vertical pipe. International journal of fluid mechanics research [online], 50(2), pages 31-57. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.2023048031

In this paper, a numerical study is presented to analyze the flow parameters such as longitudinal and transverse velocities, hydrodynamic pressure, and volume fraction inside a vertical pipe. A vertical ascending swirl flow is established with the sp... Read More about Numerical investigations of a swirling two-phase air-water upward flow in straight and convergent vertical pipe..

Structural design and analysis of a high temperature solid oxide steam tubular electrolyser. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KURUSHINA, V., SOMAN, A., RAJENDRAN, V., PRATHURU, A., HOSSAIN, M., HORRI, B., CAI, Q. and FAISAL, N. 2023. Structural design and analysis of a high temperature solid oxide steam tubular electrolyser. Presented at the 2023 All things hydrogen conference (ATH23) [online], 14 March 2023, Aberdeen, UK. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/56ut5jjb

The hydrogen production is an active area of the innovation and development in the perspective of the next decade, with the relative dominance of the alkaline, proton exchange and solid oxide (SO) technology. The gradual maturity of the latter techno... Read More about Structural design and analysis of a high temperature solid oxide steam tubular electrolyser..

Scalable metamaterial thermally sprayed catalyst coatings for nuclear reactor high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HOSSAIN, M., FAISAL, N., PRATHURU, A., KURUSHINA, V., CAI, Q., HORRI, B. and SOMAN, A. 2022. Scalable metamaterial thermally sprayed catalyst coatings for nuclear reactor high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis. Presented at the 4th International conference on energy and power 2022 (ICEP2022), 11-13 December 2022, Dhaka, Bangledesh: [virtual conference].

The UK government in their 2021 Hydrogen Strategy recognises that the low carbon hydrogen plays a critical role in achieving transition to net zero and sets a target of 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy... Read More about Scalable metamaterial thermally sprayed catalyst coatings for nuclear reactor high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis..

Numerical prediction of the effect of thermal plume of a standing human on the airborne aerosol flow in a room: assessment of the social distancing rule. (2022)
Journal Article
HOSSAIN, M., CHINENYE-KANU, N., FAISAL, N.H., PRATHURU, A., ASIM, T. and BANIK, S. 2023. Numerical prediction of the effect of thermal plume of a standing human on the airborne aerosol flow in a room: assessment of the social distancing rule. Aerosol science and engineering [online], 7(1), pages 96-106. Available from: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s41810-022-00165-2

The purpose of the study is to investigate the dispersion of droplet nuclei/aerosol which are produced during coughing and continuous talking to quantify the risk of infection due to airborne disease transmission. A three-dimensional modelling of aer... Read More about Numerical prediction of the effect of thermal plume of a standing human on the airborne aerosol flow in a room: assessment of the social distancing rule..

RGU ECHO work in progress. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HOSSAIN, M. and MCGOWAN, J. 2022. RGU ECHO work in progress. Presented at the 2022 RGU annual learning and teaching conference (RGU LTC 2022): enhancing for impact, 21 October 2022, Aberdeen, UK.

The mental health (MH) and wellbeing (MW) of higher education students is a subject that has increased in visibility in recent years. The evidence available for students as a population indicates: higher risk of poor mental wellbeing; the challenging... Read More about RGU ECHO work in progress..

Application of thermal spray coatings in electrolysers for hydrogen production: advances, challenges, and opportunities. (2022)
Journal Article
FAISAL, N.H., PRATHURU, A., AHMED, R. et al. 2022. Application of thermal spray coatings in electrolysers for hydrogen production: advances, challenges, and opportunities. ChemNanoMat [online], 8(12), article number e202200384. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.202200384

Thermal spray coatings have the advantage of providing thick and functional coatings from a range of engineering materials. The associated coating processes provide good control of coating thickness, morphology, microstructure, pore size and porosity... Read More about Application of thermal spray coatings in electrolysers for hydrogen production: advances, challenges, and opportunities..

Numerical analysis of a horizontal pressure differential wave energy converter. (2022)
Journal Article
RENGANATHAN, M. and HOSSAIN, M. 2022. Numerical analysis of a horizontal pressure differential wave energy converter. Energies [online], 15(20), articles 7513. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207513

CFD modeling of an innovative wave energy device has been carried out in this study. OpenFoam wave modeling solver interFoam has been employed in order to investigate the energy extraction capability of the wave energy device. The innovative concept... Read More about Numerical analysis of a horizontal pressure differential wave energy converter..

An improved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for predicting hydrate deposition rate and wall shear stress in offshore gas-dominated pipeline. (2022)
Journal Article
UMUTEME, O.M., ISLAM, S.Z., HOSSAIN, M. and KARNIK, A. 2022. An improved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for predicting hydrate deposition rate and wall shear stress in offshore gas-dominated pipeline. Journal of natural gas science and engineering [online], 107, article 104800. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2022.104800

Gas hydrates in pipelines is still a flow assurance problem in the oil and gas industry, and requires a proactive hydrate plugging risk predicting model. As an active area of research, this work has developed a 3D 10m length by 0.0204m diameter horiz... Read More about An improved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for predicting hydrate deposition rate and wall shear stress in offshore gas-dominated pipeline..

Developing an effective capacity sizing and energy management model for integrated hybrid photovoltaic-hydrogen energy systems within grid-connected buildings. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ATTEYA, A.I., ALI, D. and HOSSAIN, M. 2022. Developing an effective capacity sizing and energy management model for integrated hybrid photovoltaic-hydrogen energy systems within grid-connected buildings. In Proceedings of the 11th International conference on Renewable power generation (RPG 2022): meeting net zero carbon, 22-23 September 2022, London, UK: [virtual event]. New York: IET [online], pages 204-212. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2022.1823

The ongoing energy transition has accelerated renewables integration within many sectors requiring addressment of their intermittency challenges. Implementing hydrogen energy storage with renewables is a solution; however, Renewable-Hydrogen hybrid s... Read More about Developing an effective capacity sizing and energy management model for integrated hybrid photovoltaic-hydrogen energy systems within grid-connected buildings..

Investigation of the effects of pipe diameter of internal multiphase flow on pipe elbow vibration and resonance. [Dataset] (2022)
Data
ASIEGBU, N.M., HOSSAIN, M., DROUBI, G.M. and ISLAM, S.Z. 2023. Investigation of the effects of pipe diameter of internal multiphase flow on pipe elbow vibration and resonance. [Dataset]. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, part E: journal of process mechanical engineering [online], 237(4), pages 1319-1330. Available from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/09544089221115520

This output contains supplementary material of tables and figures to accompany the main article of 'Investigation of the effects of pipe diameter of internal multiphase flow on pipe elbow vibration and resonance' by Nkemjika Mirian Asiegbu, Mamdud Ho... Read More about Investigation of the effects of pipe diameter of internal multiphase flow on pipe elbow vibration and resonance. [Dataset].

Investigation of the effects of pipe diameter of internal multiphase flow on pipe elbow vibration and resonance. (2022)
Journal Article
ASIEGBU, N.M., HOSSAIN, M., DROUBI, G.M. and ISLAM, S.Z. 2023. Investigation of the effects of pipe diameter of internal multiphase flow on pipe elbow vibration and resonance. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, part E: journal of process mechanical engineering [online], 237(4), pages 1319-1330. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/09544089221115520

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of internal two-phase flow induced transient forces at 90° elbows have been carried out to evaluate the effect of pipe diameter on the characteristics of multiphase flow induced vibration. Simulations of two-pha... Read More about Investigation of the effects of pipe diameter of internal multiphase flow on pipe elbow vibration and resonance..

Mathematical model for heat transfer during laser material processing. (2022)
Journal Article
MOSTAFA, A. and HOSSAIN, M. 2022. Mathematical model for heat transfer during laser material processing. Advances in industrial and manufacturing engineering [online], 5, article 100087. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aime.2022.100087

The article presents development of a new heat transfer model for calculating temperature distribution in porous and non-porous materials during laser cutting. The novelty of this model lies in incorporating melting and vaporisation progression of po... Read More about Mathematical model for heat transfer during laser material processing..

Using nanoporous core-samples to mimic the effect of petrophysical parameters on natural gas flowrate in an unconventional gas reservoir. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
OGOUN, E., ABUNUMAH, O., AISUENI, F., HOSSAIN, M., GIWA, A. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Using nanoporous core-samples to mimic the effect of petrophysical parameters on natural gas flowrate in an unconventional gas reservoir. In Techconnect briefs 2022: papers from 2022 TechConnect world innovation conference and expo, 13-15 June 2022, Washington, USA. Danville: TechConnect [online], pages 67-70. Available from: https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/TCB2022/pdf/352.pdf

Natural gas was for quite a long time regarded as an unwanted by-product of oil exploration and production that was mostly flared to the atmosphere. This happened because there was no feasible economic means of bringing it to the market. In this work... Read More about Using nanoporous core-samples to mimic the effect of petrophysical parameters on natural gas flowrate in an unconventional gas reservoir..

Using contact angle measurements for determination of the surface free energy of the ceramic membranes. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HASHIM, I.A., AISUENI, F., OGUNLUDE, P., RAMALAN, M., OGOUN, E., HUSSAINI, M. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Using contact angle measurements for determination of the surface free energy of the ceramic membranes. In Techconnect briefs 2022: papers from 2022 TechConnect world innovation conference and expo, 13-15 June 2022, Washington, USA. Danville: TechConnect [online], pages 5-8. Available from: https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/TCB2022/pdf/177.pdf

The surface free energy is one of the factors that characterises the surfaces of materials. The sessile drop method is the most popular method for determining its value. A contact angle between the surface and the edge of liquid droplets is measured... Read More about Using contact angle measurements for determination of the surface free energy of the ceramic membranes..

Developing a capacity sizing and energy management model for a hybrid photovoltaic-hydrogen grid-connected building scenario. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ATTEYA, A.I., ALI, D. and HOSSAIN, M. 2022. Developing a capacity sizing and energy management model for a hybrid photovoltaic-hydrogen grid-connected building scenario. Presented at the 2022 All-energy exhibition and conference: low carbon heating and cooling, 11-12 May 2022, Glasgow, UK.

The admission of renewable energy systems into the grid is subject to significant variability due to their intermittency, requiring central generations to cover any transient variation between renewable power input and consumer demand. To allow suppo... Read More about Developing a capacity sizing and energy management model for a hybrid photovoltaic-hydrogen grid-connected building scenario..

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of multi-phase flow transition in presence of solid particles. (2021)
Thesis
ALAITA, D.A. 2021. Computational fluid dynamics modelling of multi-phase flow transition in presence of solid particles. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1603672

Multi-phase flow is the type of flow common in the oil and gas industry, as oil reservoirs contain mixtures of oil, gas and water with sand particles from sandstone reservoirs. Accurate design of oil and gas production equipment greatly depends on de... Read More about Computational fluid dynamics modelling of multi-phase flow transition in presence of solid particles..

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of fluid flow inside fractured reservoirs. (2021)
Thesis
AL-MASHHADANIE, H.A.J. 2021. Computational fluid dynamics modelling of fluid flow inside fractured reservoirs. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1603660

Fractured media exist in most layers of the earth's crust, often dominating bulk properties of subsurface geological formations. Therefore, fractured media are involved in many key engineering sectors that impact humans living on Earth. Fractured for... Read More about Computational fluid dynamics modelling of fluid flow inside fractured reservoirs..

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of multiphase flows in double elbow geometries. (2021)
Journal Article
OGUNSESAN, O.A., HOSSAIN, M. and DROUBI, M.G. 2021. Computational fluid dynamics modelling of multiphase flows in double elbow geometries. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: journal of process mechanical engineering [online], 235(6), pages 1835-1846. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/09544089211021744

This study investigates the effects of elbow on the transition and development of multiphase flow using computational fluid dynamics modelling techniques. The Eulerian - Multifluid VOF model coupled with an Interfacial Area Transport Equation has bee... Read More about Computational fluid dynamics modelling of multiphase flows in double elbow geometries..