Research

Design and operation tools/process for large scale fluidized bed systems for electricity generation; industrial scale drying system for crop material; industrial scale fluidized bed gasifiers for bio-mass utilization; mathematical models for the simulation of two-phase turbulent reactive/non-reactive systems; thermo-fluids, two-phase flow systems; turbulence modeling; non-intrusive measurement systems; fluidized beds: hydrodynamics and combustion, hydrodynamics of aggregate formation, cyclone modeling, bio-mass gasification, natural gas processing.

Activities

Chair, Research Management Board, Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI)

Chair, Management Board for TRIUMF, Canada

Chair, Ontario Council on University Research (OCUR)

Journal Articles

M. Koksal, M. Golriz, and F. Hamdullahpur (2005), “Experimental Investigation of Wall-to-Bed Heat Transfer in a Circulating Fluidized Bed with Air Staging,” International Journal of Energy Research (publication pending).

M. Koksal, and F. Hamdullahpur (2005), “Gas Mixing in Circulating Fluidized Beds with Secondary Air Injection,” Chemical Engineering Research and Design (publication pending).