Jafar Towfighi
Professor
Speciality: kinetics and reactor design
  • BS/BA: Chemical Engineering
  • MS: Chemical Engineering
  • PhD: Chemical Engineering
  • Phone: 82883311
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  • Email: towfighi@modares.ac.ir
    • Address: School of Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University
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Research Areas:
 
  •         ·Optimal Control of Pyrolysis Reactors
  •         ·Thermal & Catalytic Cracking
  •         ·Reforming to Synthesis Gas
  •         ·Process Modeling & Simulation
  •         ·Kinetic Models for Thermal Cracking Reactions
  •         ·Reactor & Bioreactor Design
  •         ·Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA)
  •         ·Gas Sweetening
Research & Development Projects:
 
 
 
  • Design and Construction of a Vaccume Swing Adsorption Pilot Plant for Separation of CO2 from Flue Gases, Oil Ministry, Exdcutive Director, 2012
 
  • Investigation of Challenges and Obstacles for Technology Development in Oil Industries, Ministry of Oil, Islamic Republic of Iran, Executive Director, 2011
 
  • Synthesis of Carbon Nano Tubes Catalysts for Light Olefins Production from Thermal-Catalytic Cracking of Naphtha, Iran National Science Foundation(INSF), Executive Director, 2011
 
  • Technology Development of PSA, National Iranian Gas Company, Executive Director, (2008)
 
  • Feasibility Study of Methanol Reduction Methods in the Bottom of Methanol Distillation Column, Kharg Petrochemical Complex, Executive Director, (2008)
 
 
  • Separation of Carbon Dioxide from Tail Gases using Adsorption Columns in Lab. Scale, National Iran Gas Company, M. R. Mehrnia, Supervisor, 2008
 
  • Design and Set up of an Experimental Thermal Cracking Furnace, Petrochemical Research & Development Corporation, Executive Director, 2007
 
        ·        Design and Set up of a PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) Pilot    Plant for Separation of Gaseous Mixtures, Executive Director, (2005).
 
        ·        Technical and Economic Evaluation of Olefin Unit of Abadan Petrochemical Company, Executive Director, (2003).
 
        ·        Software Preparation for Simulation of Olefin Furnaces of Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex, Executive Director, (2001).
 
        ·        Software Preparation for Simulation of Olefin Furnaces of Abadan Petrochemical Complex, Executive Director, (2002).
 
        ·        Basic Design of an Industrial Olefin Furnace in Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex, Executive Director, (2001).
 
        ·        Software Preparation for Simulation of Olefin Furnaces of Arak Petrochemical Complex, Executive Director, (2000).
 
        ·        Optimization of Tabriz OlefinPlant Furnaces, Executive Director,(1998).
 
        ·        Process Design of Amir Kabir Olefin Plant with Gas and Liquid Feed stocks 520000 TPY, Executive Director, (1998).
 
        ·        Process Design of Sixth Olefin Plant 230000 TPY, Executive Director, (1997).