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Journal papers, book chapters and reviews by members of the Biomass Conversion Research Group, 2012 to date.

2024 – 2025
Kanwal Rashid, Muhammad Aslam, Ervin Rácz, Sohail Nadeem, Zakir Khan, Nawshad Muhammad, Zeeshan Rashid, Ahmed M. Aljuwayid, Muhammad Kashif Shahid, Muhammad Irfan. “Mesoporous silica-grafted deep eutectic solvent-based nanofiltration membranes for water purification: synthesis, hydrophilicity and heavy metals rejection performance” Nanotechnology Reviews, 2024, 13, p. 20230213.
Zeeshan Hameed, Zakir Khan, Shahzad Khurram, Abrar Inayat, Naila Amin, Muhammad Aslam, Ian Watson. “Co-gasification study of blends of municipal solid waste with sugarcane bagasse and rice husk using the Coats-Redfern method” Journal of the Energy Institute, 2024, 113, p. 101542.
Naila Amin, Zakir Khan, Abdul Razzaq, Moinuddin Ghauri, Shahzad Khurram, Abrar Inayat, Mujtaba Jaffery, Zeeshan Hameed. “Municipal solid waste air gasification using waste marble powder as a catalyst for syngas production” Journal of the Energy Institute, 2024, 113, p. 101496.
Zakir Khan, Muhammad Shahbaz, Syed Ali Ammar Taqvi, Ahmed AlNouss, Tareq Al-Ansari, Usama Ahmed. “Equilibrium modelling of steam gasification of a PKS system and CO2 sorption using CaO: a digitalized parametric and techno-economic analysis” Journal of Digital Chemical Engineering, 2024, 13, p. 100184.
Razia Talib, Zakir Khan, Shahzad Khurram, Abrar Inayat, Khurram Shahzad, Ian A. Watson. “Efficiency enhancement of a combined cycle power plant by thermal integration of multiple waste heat streams with organic Rankine cycle” Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2024, e3168.
2022 – 2023
Razia Talib, Zakir Khan, Shahzad Khurram, Abrar Inayat, Moinuddin Ghauri, Mohsin Abbas, Ian Watson. “Energy efficiency enhancement of a thermal power plant by novel heat integration of internal combustion engine, boiler, and organic Rankine cycle” Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023, e3013.
N. Amin, M. Aslam, Z. Khan, M. Yasin, S. Hossain, M. K. Shahid and others. “Municipal solid waste treatment for bioenergy and resource production: potential technologies, techno-economic-environmental aspects and implications of membrane-based recovery” Chemosphere, 2023, vol. 323.
Aamer Bilal Asghar, Saad Farooq, Muhammad Shahzad Khurram, Mujtaba Hussain Jaffery, Krzysztof Ejsmont. “Estimation of the solid circulation rate in a circulating fluidized bed system using an adaptive neuro-fuzzy algorithm” Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 11.
2020 – 2021
Zeeshan Hameed, Muhammad Aslam, Zakir Khan, Khuram Maqsood, A. E. Atabani, Moinuddin Ghauri, Muhammad Shahzad Khurram, Mohammad Rehan, Abdul-Sattar Nizami. “Gasification of municipal solid waste blends with biomass for energy production and resources recovery: current status, hybrid technologies and innovative prospects” Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021, vol. 136, p. 110375.
Abrar Inayat, Zakir Khan, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Shahbaz, Murni M. Ahmad, M. I. Abdul Mutalib, Suzana Yusup. “Heat integration modeling of hydrogen production from date seeds via steam gasification” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021.
Farrukh Jamil, Muhammad Aslam, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Awais Bokhari, Sikander Rafiq, Zakir Khan, Abrar Inayat, Ashfaq Ahmed, Shakhawat Hossain, Muhammad Shahzad Khurram, Muhammad S. Abu Bakar. “Greener and sustainable production of bioethylene from bioethanol: current status, opportunities and perspectives” Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2020.
Muhammad S. Abu Bakar, Ashfaq Ahmed, Deane M. Jeffery, Syarif Hidayat, Rahayu S. Sukri, Teuku Meurah Indra Mahlia, Farrukh Jamil, Muhammad Shahzad Khurram, Abrar Inayat, Surendar Moogi, Young-Kwon Park. “Pyrolysis of solid waste residues from lemon myrtle essential oil extraction for bio-oil production” Bioresource Technology, 2020, vol. 318, p. 123913.
2018 – 2019
Mehmood Ali, Muhammad Saleem, Zakir Khan, Ian A. Watson. “The use of crop residues for biofuel production” In: Biomass, Biopolymer Based Materials, and Bioenergy, edited by Deepak Verma, Elena Fortunati, Siddharth Jain and Xiaolei Zhang. Woodhead Publishing, 2019, pp. 369–395. ISBN 978-0-08-102427-0.
Abrar Inayat, Farrukh Jamil, Mohsin Raza, Shahzad Khurram, Chaouki Ghenai, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb. “Upgradation of waste cooking oil to biodiesel in the presence of a green catalyst derived from date seeds” Biofuels, 2019, pp. 1–6.
Muhammad Ghaffar Doggar, M. Shahzad Khurram, Saima Mirza, Moinuddin Ghauri, Farrukh Jamil, Nawshad Muhammad, Sikandar Rafiq, Mujtaba Hussain Jaffery. “Biomass power generation potential and utilization in Pakistan” Current Organic Chemistry, 2019, vol. 23(21), pp. 2350–2365.
Muhammad Shahzad Khurram, Jeong-Hoo Choi. “Effect of lower bed height on collapse velocity in a two-stage bubbling fluidized bed with a standpipe for solid transport” Korean Chemical Engineering Research, 2018, vol. 56(6), pp. 864–870.
2016 – 2017
Jon Corton, Iain Donnison, John McCalmont, Ian Watson, Zakir Khan, Paula Blanco-Sanchez, Xi Yu, George Fletcher, Steve Croxton, Manosh Paul, James Sharp. “The impact of biomass feedstock composition and pre-treatments on tar formation during biomass gasification” In: Advances in Biofeedstocks and Biofuels, edited by Lalit Kumar Singh and Gaurav Chaudhary. Wiley-Scrivener, 2017, pp. 33–53.
Yoo Sube Won, Muhammad Shahzad Khurram, A Reum Jeong, Jeong-Hoo Choi, Ho-Jung Ryu. “Predicting the transport velocity by the correlation on particle entrainment rate in a gas fluidized bed” Korean Chemical Engineering Research, 2017, vol. 55(5), pp. 638–645.
Moinuddin Ghauri, Khurram Shahzad, M. Shahzad Khurram, Mujtaba Hussain Jaffery, Najaf Ali, Waqar Ali Khan, Keith R. Cliffe. “Development of a temperature programmed identification technique to characterize the organic sulphur functional groups in coal” Energies, 2017, vol. 10, p. 782, pp. 1–14.
M. Shahzad Khurram, Jeong-Hoo Choi, Yoo Sube Won, A-Reum Jeong, Ho-Jung Ryu. “Relationship between solid flow rate and pressure drop in the riser of a pressurized circulating fluidized bed” Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 2016, vol. 49(7), pp. 595–601.
2014 – 2015
Zakir Khan, Abrar Inayat, Suzana Yusup, Murni M. Ahmad. “Kinetic parameters determination using an optimization approach in integrated catalytic adsorption steam gasification for hydrogen production” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2015, vol. 40(3), pp. 8824–8832.
Zakir Khan, Suzana Yusup, Murni M. Melati, Brigid Chin Lai Fui. “Hydrogen production from palm kernel shell via integrated catalytic adsorption (ICA) steam gasification” Energy Conversion and Management, 2014, vol. 87, pp. 1224–1230.
2012 – 2013
A. W. Bhutto, A. A. Bazmi, G. Zahedi. “Greener energy: issues and challenges for Pakistan — wind power prospective” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, vol. 20, pp. 519–538.
A. W. Bhutto, A. A. Bazmi, G. Zahedi. “Underground coal gasification: from fundamentals to applications” Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2013, vol. 39(1), pp. 189–214.
A. W. Bhutto, A. A. Bazmi, G. Zahedi. “Greener energy: issues and challenges for Pakistan — solar energy prospective” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012, vol. 16(5), pp. 2762–2780.
A. W. Bhutto, A. A. Bazmi, G. Zahedi. “Greener energy: issues and challenges for Pakistan — hydel power prospective” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012, vol. 16(5), pp. 2732–2746.