Oil and Gas

Biography

Yassir Makkawi obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh (2003). Prior to that, he worked as a process engineer for eight years, serving the oil and gas industry sectors in the Middle East. His first academic post was at Heriot-Watt University, where he worked as a Research Associate. he then moved to the University of Edinburgh as a Research Fellow, then to the University of Sheffield as a Teaching and Research Fellow. He joined the academic staff at Aston University as a lecturer in 2008. His research is focused on the broad areas of particle technology and biomass thermochemical conversion. He has particular current interest in wet suspension and particle-particle interactions, experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) modelling of biomass gasification and pyrolysis in fluidized bed reactors, adsorption for gas separation and purification.

Abstract

Abstract : Bio‐fuel production in a downer reactor: a computational modelling study