Dr Saif Z. S. Al Ghafri

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Honorary Research Fellow

Contact

+44 (0)20 7594 1227saif.al-ghafri06

Location

231ACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

Summary

Education

2009 – 2013 PhD in Chemical Engineering- Imperial College London (ICL), UK

[Phase Behaviour and Physical Properties of Reservoir Fluids under Addition of Carbon Dioxide]

2006 - 2007 MSc in Advanced Chemical & Process Systems Engineering- Imperial College, UK

[Modelling and Optimisation of Hydrogen Production by Hybrid PSA-Membrane System]

2003 - 2006 B.Eng. Honours in Chemical Engineering (1^st class) - University of Nottingham, UK

Employment

12/2015 – present Research Fellow; School of Mech. & Chem. Engineering, UWA, Australia

12/2017 – present Honorary Research Fellow; Department of Chemical Engineering, ICL, UK

12/2015 – 12/2017 Honorary Research Associate; Department of Chemical Engineering, ICL, UK

11/2013 – 11/2015 Research Associate; QCCSRC, Department of Chemical Engineering, ICL, UK

11/2009 – 11/2015 Ph.D. Research; QCCSRC, Department of Chemical Engineering, ICL, UK

11/2007 – 11/2009 Process Engineer; Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), Muscat, Oman

Publications

Journals

Xiao X, Trusler JPM, Yang X, et al.Xiao X, Trusler JPM, Yang X, Thol M, Al Ghafri SZS, Rowland D, May EF close, 2022, Erratum: “Equation of state for solid benzene valid for temperatures up to 470 K and pressures up to 1800 MPa” [J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 50, 043104 (2021)], Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Vol:51, ISSN:0047-2689, Pages:1-11

Li M, Lim VWS, Ghafri SZSA, et al.Li M, Lim VWS, Ghafri SZSA, Ling N, Adebayo AR, May EF, Johns ML close, 2022, Minimum miscibility pressure of CO2 and oil evaluated using MRI and NMR measurements, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol:214, ISSN:0920-4105

Al Ghafri SZS, Munro S, Cardella U, et al.Al Ghafri SZS, Munro S, Cardella U, Funke T, Notardonato W, Trusler JPM, Leachman J, Span R, Kamiya S, Pearce G, Swanger A, Rodriguez ED, Bajada P, Jiao F, Peng K, Siahvashi A, Johns ML, May EF close, 2022, Hydrogen liquefaction: a review of the fundamental physics, engineering practice and future opportunities, Energy and Environmental Science, Vol:15, ISSN:1754-5692

Jiao F, Al Ghafri SZ, Seneviratne KN, et al.Jiao F, Al Ghafri SZ, Seneviratne KN, Akhfash M, Hughes TJ, Johns ML, May EF close, 2022, Interfacial tension measurements of methane plus propane binary and methane plus propane plus n-heptane ternary mixtures at low temperatures, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, Vol:171, ISSN:0021-9614

Sadaghiani MS, Siahvashi A, Norris BWE, et al.Sadaghiani MS, Siahvashi A, Norris BWE, Al Ghafri SZS, Arami-Niya A, May EF close, 2022, Prediction of solid formation conditions in mixed refrigerants with iso-pentane and methane at high pressures and cryogenic temperatures, Energy, Vol:250, ISSN:0360-5442

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