Contact Information
Professor
Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering,
Azadi Ave., Tehran, Iran
B.O.Box:11365-9465
Tel: +(98) (21) 6616 5425
Fax: +(98) (21) 6601 2983
Email: kazemini@sharif.edu
Books:
Three books are translated from English to Farsi:
1. "Kinetics of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions," of Boudart, translated to Farsi for the
Markaz-e-Nashr Publisher affiliated to the Iranian Academy of Sciences, 2001.
2. "Chemical Engineering Handbook," of Chopie and Hicks, translated to Farsi for the
Markaz-e-Nashr Publisher affiliated to the Iranian Acadamy of Science. 2004.
3. " Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering," of Fogler (the 1 st 6 Chapters),
translated to Farsi for the University Book Center Publishers, 2006.
Papers published in refereed Journals in the past ten years:
1. "CFD Modeling of Gas-Liquid Hydrodynamics in a Stirred Tank Reactor," Iran Journal
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, In Press, 2007.
2. "Mathematical Modeling of a Fixed Bed Chromatography Reactor for Fisher Tropsch
Synthesis,"Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering, In Press, 2007.
3. "Kinetic Investigation of NDMA to UDMH Hydrogenation on a Pd/C Catalyst," Iranian
Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction B, Vol.30, No.B5, 2006.
4. " A Simulated Counter-current Moving Bed Reactor for Oxidation of CO at Low
Concentration over Pt/A12O3," Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, Vol.159,
H. K.Rhee, L. S. Nam and J. M. Park; Editors, Elsevier Publications, 2006.
5. " Evaluation of Zeolites in Production of Tetrahydrofuran from 1, 4-Butanediaol;
Performance Tests and Kinetic Investigations," Journal of Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry Research, In Press, 2006.
6. "Reactor Modeling of a Non-Catalytic OCM Process," Iranian Journal of Chemical
Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2005.
7. " Preparation and Evaluation of Sulfanation Process Catalyst," Sharif Quarterly
Scientific and Research Review, No. 28, 2004.
8. "Development of an Empirical Model for Catalyst Lifetime in Isobutane/Butene
Alkylation," Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, No.42, pp
. 3886-3892, 2003.
9. " Transient Modeling of Dual Fuel Catalytic Converter," Iranian Journal of Science
and Technology, Transaction B, Vol. 27, No. B2, 2003.
10. " Development of a Power-Law Expression for Catalyst Deactivation in Liquid-Phase
Isobutane Alkylation," Scientia Iranica, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 334-340, 2003.
11. "Treatment of Diatomaceous Earth to Obtain its Catalyst Support," Scientia Iranica,
Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 350-356, 2003.
12. "Equilibrium Isotherms for Co, CO2, CH4 and C2H4 on the 5A Molecular Sieve by a
Simple Volumetric Apparatus," Journal of Separation and Purification Technologies,
No. 28, pp. 53-56, 2002.
13. "Modeling of the Effect of Operational Parameters and Concentration of some
Corrosion Inhibitors on the Corrosion of Mild Steel," Journal of Anti-Corrosion Methods
and Materials, Vol. 49, No. 6, 2002.
14. "Deactivation Behavior of the Catalyst in Solid Acid Catalyzed Alkylation: Effect of
Pore Mouth Plugging," Chemical Engineering Science, 57, 3611-20, 2002.
15. "Effect of Phosphonate Based Corrosion Inhibitors in a Cooling Water System,"
British Corrosion Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2002.
16. "An Experimentally Determined Configuration for Simulated Moving Beds as a
Separating Reactor in Gas Phase, " Iranica Scientia, 9, 7, 2002.
17. " Design of a Solid Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Stack of 1KW," Sharif Quarterly
Scientific and Research Review, No. 24, 2002.
18. "Catalytic Converter Reducing Dual Fuel Engine Emission," Journal of Iranica
Scientia, 7, 2, 2002.
19. "Preparation and Evaluation of Reforming Catalyst of Ni-Alumina Type," Iran Journal
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Vol. 18, No.1 and 2, 2000.
20. "A New Immobilized Alkali H2/O2 Fuel Cell," Journal of Power Sources, 88, 262-8, 2000.
21. "Simultaneous Catalytic Reaction and Separation by SPA Process in a Simulated
Moving Bed," Journal of Petroleum and Coal, 42, 3-4, 2000.
22. "Mass Balance and Water Management for H2-Air Fuel Cell of the Alkaline Matrix
Type," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 23, 6, 1998.
23. "Mechanism Discrimination in Heterogeneous Reaction," Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry Research, 37, 362-6, 1998.
24. "The Stability Analysis Modeling of pH and Ionic Strength Inactivation of Penicillin-G
Acylase Obtained from Various Species of Escherichia E-Coli," Biochemical Engineering
Journal, 2, 81-8, 1998.
Papers published in proceeding of National and International Conferences:
1. "A two dimensional transiet CFD model of hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a
bubble column reactor", 5th International conference on Unsteady-state Processes in
Catalysis, USPC-5, Osaka, Japan, 2006.
2. "Investigating effects of different preparation parameters on precipitating-aging step
toward determining an optimum Ni-hydrogenation catalyst with different promoters",
17th International congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, CHISA2006, Prauge,
Czech Republic, 2006.
3. "A three dimensional CFD modeling of hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a gas-liquid
impeller stirred tank reactor", 17th International congress of Chemical and Process
Engineering, CHISA2006, Prauge, Czech Republic, 2006.
4. "An experimental kinetic optimization of NDMA hydrogenation to UDMH and DMA
on a Pd/C catalyst", 17th International congress of Chemical and Process Engineering,
CHISA2006, Prauge, Czech Republic, 2006.
5. "An optimum catalyst for dehydration of 1, 4-butanediol in production of
tetrahydrofuran", 17th International congress of Chemical and Process Engineering,
CHISA2006, Prauge, Czech Republic, 2006.
6. "Reactor modeling of direct conversion of methane to methanol in a catalytic
fluidized bed", 17th International congress of Chemical and Process Engineering,
CHISA2006, Prauge, Czech Republic, 2006.
7. "Preparation and Physicochemical Investigation of Ethylene Oxide Production Catalyst"
,11th Iranian National chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 2006.
8. "Investigation of power law equation performance to prediction of the Butene/Isobutene
Alkylation Catalyst deactivation.", 11th Iranian National chemical Engineering Congress,
Tehran, Iran, 2006.
9. "Reactor modeling of Direct Conversion of Methane to methanol in a Catalytic Fluidized
Bed reactor", 11th Iranian National chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 2006.
10. "Optimization of Production Time of Penicillin from Glucose and submerged Corn Extract"
, 11th Iranian National chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 2006.
11. "Experimental Study of The Influence of Al,Mg and Zn Promoters on Activity and
Selectivity of Ni/Keiselghur on Vegtable Oil Hydrogenation", 11th Iranian National
chemical EngineeringCongress, Tehran, Iran, 2006.
12. "Preparation and Investigation of The optimum Ni/Keiselghur catalyst for Hydrogenation
of Edible Oil", 11th Iranian National chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 2006.
13. "Modeling for kinetic of degradation of aflatoxin B, in pistachio by radiation and humidity",
16th International congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, CHISA2004, Prauge,
Czech Republic, 2004.
14. "A mathematical model for deactivation of methanol synthesis catalyst by sintering" ,
16th International congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, CHISA2004, Prauge,
Czech Republic, 2004.
15. "Investigation of Octane Number improvement because of Aromatic production
Increasing in Catalytic Reforming process", 9th Iranian National chemical Engineering
Congress, Tehran, Iran, 2004.
16. "Preparation and Kinetic Investigation of V2O5 Catalyst in sulfur Acid production process"
, 9th Iranian National chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 2004.
17. "Solid alkylation catalyst and the green gasoline", World Petroleum Congress 2nd
Regional Meeting, Doha, Qatar, 2003.
18. "A mathematical model to determine the Dynamic profiles of Solid-Liquid mass transfer
coefficient in a Trickle flow and Fixed-Bed reactor", 53th Canadian Chemical Engineering
Conference, 6th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimization for Energy
Saving and Pollution Reduction, CSChE2003,Alberta, Canada,2003.
19. " The effect of acid site concentration on the catalyst lifetime in solid acid catalyzed
alkylation",4th European Congress of chemical Engineering, Granada, Spain, 2003.
20. "Experimental investigation of Sulfated Zirconia catalyst for Butene/ IsoButane Alkylation",
8th Iranian National chemical Engineering Congress, Mashhad, Iran, 2003.
21. "A mathematical model for deactivation of a solid acid catalyst in liquid-phase isobutene
alkylation", 15th International congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, CHISA2002,
Praha, Czech Republic, 2002
22. "Solid acid catalytic Alkylation: A means for gasoline-aromatics reduction", 17th World
Petroleum Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2002.
23. "Mathematical optimization of production and separation process of partial Oxidation
of Methane to Synthesis gas in membrane reactor", 7th Iranian National chemical
Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 2002.
24. "Modeling of the effect of operating parameter and inhibitor concentration on steal
corrosion in Heat exchangers", 7th Iranian National chemical Engineering Congress,
Tehran, Iran, 2002.
25. "Presentation of the experimental model to determine the lifetime of the catalyst in
liquid phase Buten/Butane Alkilation in CSTR reactor", 7th Iranian National chemical
Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 2002.
26. "Solid Acid Catalytic Alkylation: A Mean for Gasoline-Aromatics Reduction," Accepted
for Presentation in the 17th World Petroleum Congress, Riodejaniro, Brazil, Sept. 2002.
27. "Kinetic Modeling of Partial Oxidation of Methane for Production of Syngas," 6th
Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress, Isfahan, Iran, 2001.
28. "Investigation of Sonochemical Pyrolysis of Hydrocarbons in Ultrasonic Reactors,"
6th Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress, Isfahan, Iran, 2001.
29. "Kinetic and Reactor Modeling of the OCM Process," 6th Iranian National Chemical
Engineering Congress, Isfahan, Iran, 2001.
30. "Design of a lKW Solid Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Stack," 1st Iranian National Fuel
Cell Symposium, Tehran, Iran, 2001.
31. "Adsorption Equilibrium Data for CO, C02, CH4 and C2H4 on SA Molecular Sieve,"
International Conference on Particle Technology Organized by the European Federation
of Chemical Engineers, Budapest, Hungry, 2001.
32. "A New Configuration for Simulated Moving Beds as a Reactive ¬Separator," 2nd
International Symposium on Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Materials, Tehran, Iran, 2000.
33. “ Development of a 1kW Fuel cell Stack”, 14th International congress of Chemical
and Process Engineering, CHISA2000, Praha, Czech Republic, 2000.
34. "Simulated Moving Beds: A Novel Method for Simultaneous Separation and Reaction
in Gas Phase," International Conference on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection
and Bioengineering Organized by DCHEMA, Frankfourt, Germany, 2000.
35. "Treatment of Waste Water of the Arak Petrochemical Complex Through Electrochemical
Means," 4th International Iranian Congress in Chemical Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, 2000.
36. "Determining of Optimized Operating Parameters For Dissociation of Organic Solvents
in an Ultrasonic Reactor," 4th International Iranian Congress in Chemical Engineering,
Shiraz, Iran, 2000.
37. "Optimized Regeneration Condition for Used Catalysts of a Sulfuric Acid Production Plant,"
4th International Iranian Congress in Chemical Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, 2000.
38. ”A Design Algorithm For Stack Preparation of an SPE Fuel Cell," 4th International
Iranian Congress in Chemical Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, 2000.
39. "A Transient Model for Catalytic Converters Utilizing Dual Fuel of Natural Gas / Gas Oil,"
4th International Iranian Congress in Chemical Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, 2000.
40. "Presenting a Numerical Method for Solving Electrochemical Systems Mathematical Models,"
4th International Iranian Congress in Chemical Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, 2000.
41. "A Transient Model for the Performance of Dual Fuel Catalytic Converter," 14th Chemical
and Process Engineering Congress, CHISA2000, Prauge, Czech Republic, 2000.
42. "Development of 1 KW Fuel Cell Stack," 14th Chemical and Process Engineering Congress,
CHISA2000, Prauge, Czech Republic, 2000.
43. "Application of Gas Diffusion Electrodes in Alkaline Fuel Cells: An Experimental and
Theoretical Study," 4th Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 1998.
44. "Investigation of the Deactivation Phenomena in Alkaline Fuel Cell Electrodes," 4th
Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 1998.
45. "A New Pattern for Simulated Moving Bed Process as a Reactor¬ Separator," 4th
Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 1998.
46. "Kinetic Investigation of Methane Oxidation in Dual Fuel Catalytic Converter," 4th
Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 1998.
47. "Two Dimensional Catalytic Reactor Modeling for Conversion of S02 to S03," 4th
Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 1998.
48. "Experimental Optimization of Parameters Affecting Ethylene-Ethane Selectivity in
FT - Synthesis," 12th Chemical and Process Engineering Congress, CHISA98, Prauge,
Czech Republic, 1998.
49. "Catalytic Converter Performance in Dual Fuel Engines," 12th Chemical and Process
Engineering Congress, CHISA98, Prauge, Czech Republic, 1998.
50. "The Kinetics of pH Deactivation of Penicillin - G Acylase Obtained from E-Coli," 12th
Chemical and Process Engineering Congress, CHISA98, Prauge, Czech Republic, 1998.
51. "Fuel Cells as a Mean of Producing Clean Energy from Fossil Fuel: An Experimental
Approach," 2nd International Congress on Non¬Renewable Energy Sources, Tehran, Iran,
1998.
52. "Catalytic Converter Performance Using Natural Gas / Gas Oil in Dual Fuel Engines,"
2nd International Congress on Non-Renewable Energy Sources, Tehran, Iran, 1998.
53. "Developing of a Mathematical Model of Random Pore Network for Investigation of
Pore Effect on Reaction - Diffusion Phenomena in Solid Catalysts," 4th Iranian National
Chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 1998.
54. "Diffusion, Adsorption and Reaction on a Porous Fractal Catalyst," 2nd Iranian
National Surface Engineering Seminar, Tehran, Iran, 1997.
55. "Design and Construction of a Fuel Cell," 3rd Iranian National Chemical Engineering
Congress, Ahwaz, Iran, 1997.
56. "Experimental Investigation of Effects of Different Parameters on Production of
Ethylene and Ethane from Syngas in the Catalytic FT Reaction," 3rd Iranian National
Chemical Engineering Congress, Ahwaz, Iran, 1997.
57. "Performance of Catalytic Converter in Dual Diesel Fuel Engines," 3rd Iranian
National Chemical Engineering Congress, Ahwaz, Iran, 1997.
58. "Design and Construction of an Equipment for Determining the Exact Equilibrium
Gas / Solid Concentration through a Volumetric Method," 8th Gas, Oil and Petrochemical
Conference, Tehran, Iran, 1997.
59. "Reaction on Fractal Surfaces," 2nd Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress,
Tehran, Iran, 1996.
60. "Mathematical Model for Reduction in Activation of Catalysts in Heavy Oil Processes,"
2nd Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 1996.
61. "Fuel Cells as an Alternative mean of Producing Electricity in Iran," 2nd International
Conference in Solar Energy in Islamic Countries, Tehran, Iran, 1996.
62. "Design and Modeling of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: An Electrochemical Study," 2nd
International Conference in Solar Energy in Islamic Countries, Tehran, Iran, 1996.
63. "Kinetics of Porous Electrodes for Fuel Cells," 2nd International Conference in Solar
Energy in Islamic Countries, Tehran, Iran, 1996.
64. "Mathematical Modeling of Water Balance in a Alkaline Fuel Cell," 2nd Iranian
National Chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 1996.
65. "Optimization of Catalyst Sizes Used in Hydrocarbons Processing," 7th Gas, Oil
and Petrochemical Conference, Tehran, Iran, 1996.
66. "Modeling of Catalyst Deactivation in Catalytic Processes of Heavy Oil and Residues,"
11th Chemical and Process Engineering Congress, CHISA96, Prauge, Czech Republic, 1996.
67. "Mathematical Modeling of an Engineered Surface Applied to Bimetallic Catalys
t Preparation," 5th World Congress on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering, Isfahan,
Iran, 1995.
68. "Fractal Analysis in Heterogeneous Catalysis: An Approach for Mechanism Description,"
5th World Congress on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering, Isfahan, Iran, 1995.
69. "Preparation of Single Metallic Reforming Catalyst: A Complementary Experimental and
Theoretical Study," 1st Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress, Tehran, Iran, 1994.
70. "A Microscopic / Macroscopic Study of Reforming Catalyst Preparation through Wet
Impregnation Technique," 1 st International Symposium on Oil, Gas and Petrochemical
Materials, Tehran, Iran, 1994.
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