Chemical Engineering

Curriculum Vitae of Seyed M. Sadrameli
Seyed Mojtaba Sadrameli,
Professor of Chemical Engineering, TMU, P.O. Box 14115-114, Tehran, Iran.
Tel/Fax: 0098 21 82884902, Email: Sadramel@modares.ac.ir; m.sadrameli@gmail.com
Education:
Ph.D, (1984-1988), Chemical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K..
M.Sc., (1983-1984), Chemical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K..
B.Sc., (1975-1980), Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Research Interests and Skills
Heat transfer, compact heat exchanger design, and process design
Industrial energy management/ waste minimization
Renewable fuels, hydrogen and biofuel production from biomass gasification and pyrolysis
Conceptualization, computer simulation and optimization of chemical processes
Good understanding of chemical and petrochemical industries
Familiar with process simulators such as PROII, HYSYS, and ASPEN PLUS
Career History
2003- Present Professor of Chemical Engineering, TMU, Tehran, Iran
2006- 2008 Research Prof. of Chem. Eng., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Research activities were focused on the production of biofuels from renewable biomassderived
materials such crop oils. Emphasis has been placed on developing new
thermal/catalytic cracking processes for the production of biojet fuel and octane
enhancement hydrocarbons. This project is part of the SUNRISE (SUstainable eNergy
Research, Infrastructure and Supporting Education Initiative)
$ 3.0M grant funded by different governmental and non governmental agencies. The
followings are list of the ongoing projects:
- Thermal cracking of vegetable oils for the production of Biojet fuel (BioJP-8).
- Characteristics and performance test of a mini-turbine engine using biojet fuels
- Catalytic cracking of vegetable oil for the production of aromatics
- Catalytic cracking of crop oils for the production of aliphatic hydrocarbons
- Pyrolysis of crop oil seed cakes for BioOil production
- Production of valuable chemicals, biopolymers from crop oils cracking
2005- 2006 Research Associate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, (UF Solar
Energy and Energy Conversion Laboratory), Gainesville, FL.
Activities have been concentrated on the following projects:
Hydrogen production from biomass gasification and pyrolysis (increasing hydrogen
production efficiency using CO2 sorbent materials)
Biomass end-use energy applications
2003- 2005 Visiting Professor of Chem. Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Taught two courses in Chemical Engineering Department (Process Design and Material
and Energy Balances in Chemical Processes) and collaborated in research work at
Mechanical Engineering (UF Solar Energy and Energy Conversion Laboratory)
1995-1996 Visiting Professor, ETH, Zurich, Department of Process Engineering, Presentation of
a graduate course on Energy Management.
1999- 2003 Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, TMU, Tehran, Iran
1996- 2001 Director of Process Engineering Group, TMU, Tehran, Iran
1988- 1999 Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, TMU, Tehran, Iran
1991- 1993 Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, TMU, Tehran, Iran
Other Activities:
2001-2003 Member of the Faculty Promotion Committee at TMU, Tehran, Iran
1996- 1998 Director of Energy Conservation Projects, Ministry of Energy, Iran
1990- 1992 Consultant for National Iranian Oil Co., Iran
1980- 1983 Process Engineer, Dupont Co., Isfahan, Iran.
Curriculum Vitae of Seyed M. Sadrameli
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Heat Transfer
- Industrial Heat Recovery Systems
- Energy Management and Renewable Energy
- Advanced Transport Phenomena
- Heat Transfer I and II
- Fluid Mechanics
- Applied mathematics
- Differential equations
- Material and Energy balances of chemical processes
- Process Design of Chemical Processes
- Modeling and Simulation of Chemical Engineering Processes
- Environmental Engineering in Oil Production
Publications:
80 referred journal publications
100 conference presentations
10 keynote and workshop presentations
Theses and Dissertations Directed:
More than 100 M.Sc. theses
More than 20 Ph.D. theses
Industrial Projects and Grants: Some of the following projects have been carried out with the cooperation
of international companies such as Linde and Jasper in Germany.
In the US:
Development of a simulation package for the simulation and optimization of a heat recovery system in the
aluminum melting furnaces, Jasper Co., Geseke, Germany, 2003-2004
Design and commissioning of a continuous bench-scale setup (10 kg/hr) for the production of biojet fuel
from thermal cracking of vegetable oils, UND, ND, 2006-2007
Design of a pilot plant for the production of 2500 kg/hr biojet fuel from crop oils, UND, ND, 2007-2008
In Iran:
Simulation Package for the thermal cracking furnaces of olefin plant
Heat recovery systems in Esfahan oil refinery
Process design of an olefin plant (520000 TPY and liquid/gaseous feedstock)
Energy audit in a lubricating oil refinery
Simulation and Optimization of Styrene Plant in Tabriz Petrochemical Complex
Simulation of Ethyl benzene Plant in Tabriz Petrochemical Complex (Project manager of $20000 project
from Tabriz Petrochemical Co. in Iran)
Energy audit of Arak Petrochemical Complex (Project manager of $50000 granted project from the Ministry
of Oil in Iran)
Application of encapsulated PCM in Building materials for energy saving ($100000 project from National
Iranian Oil Company, 2010-2012)
List of Recent Publications (2003-present):
All the papers can be viewed in www.scholar.google.com.
2016
Y. Azizi, S. M. Sadrameli, “Thermal management of a LiFePO4 battery pack at high temperature
environment using a composite of phase change materials and aluminum wire mesh plates”, Energy
Management and Conversion, 128, 294-302, 2016.
A Jamekhorshid, S.M. Sadrameli, R. Barzin, M. Farid, “Composite of Wood-Plastic and Micro-
Encapsulated Phase Change Material (MEPCM) Used for Thermal Energy Storage”, Accepted for
publication in Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016.
Curriculum Vitae of Seyed M. Sadrameli
M.R. Mousavi, S.M. Sadrameli, Application of phase change materials in the efficiency enhancement of
solar panels, Sharif Journal of Mech. Eng., University of Sharif, 33(3), 77-82, Spring 2016.
H. Seifi, S.M. Sadrameli Bound cleavage at carboxyl group-glycerol backbone position in thermal cracking
of the triglycerides in sunflower oil, JAAP, 121, 1-10, 2016.
S.M. Sadrameli, Thermal/catalytic cracking of liquid hydrocarbons for the production of olefins: A state-ofthe-
art review II: Catalytic cracking review, Fuel, 173, 285-297, 2016.
S. M. Sadrameli, Mathematical Models for the Simulation of Thermal Regenerators: A state-of-the-art
review, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 58, 462-476, 2016.
A Bayat, S.M. Sadrameli, J. Towfighi, Production of Green Aromatics via Catalytic Cracking of Canola Oil
Methyl Ester (CME) Using HZSM-5 Catalyst with Different Si/Al Ratios, Fuel, 180, 244-255, 2016.
H. Seifi, S.M. Sadrameli, Improvement of Renewable Transportation Fuel Properties by Deoxygenation
Process using Thermal and Catalytic Cracking of Triglycerides and their Methyl Esters, Applied Thermal
Engineering, 100, 1102-1110, 2016.
M. Alizadeh, S.M. Sadrameli, Development of Free Cooling Based Ventilation Technology for Building:
Energy Storage Unit, Performance Enhancement Techniques and Design Considerations-A review,
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 58, 619-645, 2016.
M. Alizadeh, S.M. Sadrameli, Modeling of Thermal Cracking Furnaces via Exergy Analysis Using Hybrid
Artificial Neural Network–Genetic Algorithm, ASME, Journal of Heat Transfer, 318(4), 324-334, 2016.
M. Maghami, J. J. Yousefi, S.M. Sadrameli, A. Haghtalab, Liquid-Liquid Phase Equilibrium in Ternary
Mixture of Waste Fish Oil Biodiesel-Methanol-Glycerol: Experimental Data and Thermodynamic Modeling,
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 409, 124-130, 2016.
R. Parvizsedghy, S.M. Sadrameli, J. Towfighi, Upgraded biofuel diesel production by thermal cracking of
Castor biodiesel, Energy and Fuels, 30(1), 326-333, 2016.
A. Mirahmad, S.M. Sadrameli, A. Jamekhorshid, A Comprehensive Study on a Latent Heat Thermal
Energy Storage System and its Feasible Applications in Greenhouses, Iranian Journal of Chemical
Engineering, 13(2), 61-73, 2016.
A. Mirahmad, S.M. Sadrameli, H. Seifi, Modeling and Simulation of a Latent Heat Thermal Energy
Storage System (LHTES) Containing Phase Change Materials, Sharif Journal of Mechanical Eng., 31-3(2),
33-39, 2016.
2015
S. M. Sadrameli, Thermal/Catalytic Cracking of Hydrocarbons for the Production of Olefins: A state-ofthe-
art review I: Thermal cracking review, Fuel, 140, 102-115, 2015.
A Bayat, S.M. Sadrameli, Conversion of Canola oil and Canola oil Methyl Ester (CME) to Green
Aromatics over a HZSM-5 Catalyst: a Comparative Study, RSC Advances, 5, 28360-28368, 2015.
S. M. Sadrameli, H. Ajdari, Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Thermal Regenerators Including
Solid Radial Conduction Effects, Applied Thermal Engineering, 76, 441-448, 2015.
M. Maghami, S. M. Sadrameli, B. Ghobadian, Production of Biodiesel from Fishmeal Plant Waste Oil
Using Ultrasonic and Conventional Methods, Applied Thermal Engineering, 75, 575-580, 2015.
2014
Curriculum Vitae of Seyed M. Sadrameli
A. Jamekhorshid, S. M. Sadrameli, A. Bahramian, Process Optimization and Modeling of
Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Using Response Surface Methodology, Applied Thermal
Engineering, 70, 183-189, 2014.
R. Parvizsedghy, S. M. Sadrameli, Consequence Modeling of Hazardous Accidents in a Supercritical
Biodiesel Plant, Applied Thermal Engineering, 66(1-2):282-289, 2014.
A. Jamekhorshid, S. M. Sadrameli, M. Farid, A Review of Microencapsulation Methods of Phase Change
Materials (PCMs) as a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Medium, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews,
32(3):531-542, 2014.
M. Maleki, S. M. Sadrameli, F. Dorkoosh, H. Sharifi, Synthetic and physical characterization of phase
change materials microencapsulated by complex coacervation for thermal energy storage applications, Int. J.
Energy Research, 38(11):1492-1500, 2014.
A. Mirahmad, S.M. Sadrameli, H. Seifi, Theoretical and Experimental Studies on a Latent Heat Thermal
Energy Storage System (LHTES) Containing Flat Slabs of Phase Change Materials, International of Journal
of Smart Grid and Clean Energy, 3(2):234-240, 2014.
2013
H. Seifi, S. M. Sadrameli, J. Towfighi, Development of a molecular kinetic model and tuning of its required
kinetic parameters for thermal cracking of light hydrocarbons, Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering,
10(2):33-54, 2013.
M. Omraei, S. Sheybani, S. M. Sadrameli, J. Towfighi, Preparation of Biodiesel Using KOH-MWCNT
Catalysts: An 2 Optimization Study, Ind. & Eng. Chem., 52(5):1829–1835, 2013.
2012
S. Farajzadeh Bibalan, S. M. Sadrameli, Kinetic Modeling of Sunflower oil Methanolysis Considering the
Effects of Interfacial Area Reaction System, Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 9(1):50-59, 2012.
M. Rostamizadeh, M. Khanlarkhani, S. M. Sadrameli, Simulation of energy storage system with Phase
Change Materials (PCMs), Energy and Buildings, 49, pp. 419-422, 2012.
Alena Kubátová, Jana S?t’ávová, Wayne S. Seames, Yan Luo, S. M. Sadrameli, Michael J. Linnen
Ganna V. Baglayeva, Irina P. Smoliakova, and Evguenii I. Kozliak, Triacylglyceride Thermal Cracking:
Pathways to Cyclic Hydrocarbons, Energy and Fuels, 26(1):672-685, 2012.
Swapnil Gandhi, Julie Kadrmas, Jana Š?ávová, Alena Kubátová, Darrin Muggli, Wayne S. Seames, S.M.
Sadrameli, and Brian M. Tande, Extraction of fatty acids from noncatalytically cracked triacylglycerides: 1.
Extraction with water and aqueous sodium hydroxide, J. Separation and Science Tech., 47(1):66-72, 2012.
2003-2011
Maleki M., Vaez M., Sharifi H., S. M. Sadrameli, Using Phase Change Materials for Thermal Comfort and
Energy Savings in Buildings, International Geoinformatics Research and Development Journal,
2(4):21-29, 2011.
Alena Kubátová, Yan Luo, Jana Š?ávová, S.M. Sadrameli, Ted Aulich, Evguenii Kozliak, Wayne Seames,
New path in the thermal cracking of triacylglycerols (canola and soybean oil), Fuel, 90(8): 2598-2608, 2011.
M. Alyani, J. Towfighi, S.M. Sadrameli, Effect of process variables on product yield distribution in thermal
catalytic cracking of naphtha to light olefins over Fe/HZSM-5, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering,
28(6):1351-1358, 2011.
Yan Luo, Irshad Ahmed, Alena Kubátová, Jana Š?ávová, Ted Aulich, S.M. Sadrameli, W.S. Seames, The
thermal cracking of soybean/canola oils and their methyl esters, Fuel Proc. Tech., 91(6): 613-617, 2010.
Curriculum Vitae of Seyed M. Sadrameli
Keyvanloo, K., J. Towfighi, S. M. Sadrameli, Investigating the Effect of Key Factors, their Interactions and
Optimization of Naphtha Steam Cracking by Statistical Design of Experiments, Journal of Analytical and
Applied Pyrolysis, 87(2):224-230, 2010.
S. M. Sadrameli, A.E.S Green, Modeling Representations of Canola Oil Catalytic Cracking for the
production of Renewable Aromatics, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 86(1):1-7, 2009.
S. M. Sadrameli, W. Seames, M. Mann, Prediction of higher heating values for saturated fatty acids from
their physical properties, Fuel, 87(10/11):1776-1781, 2008.
M. R. Mahishi, S. M. Sadrameli, S. Vijayaraghavan, Y. Goswami, A Novel Approach to Enhance the
Hydrogen Yield of Biomass Gasification Using CO2 Sorbent, ASME Journal of Eng. for Gas Turbines and
Power, 130(011501):1-8, 2008.
S. M. Sadrameli, A.E.S Green, Systematics of Renewable Olefins from Thermal Cracking of Canola Oil,
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 78(2):445-451, 2007.
S. M. Sadrameli, Y. Goswami, Optimum Operating Conditions for a Combined Power and Cooling
Thermodynamic Cycle, Applied Energy, 84(3):254- 265, 2007.
M. E. Masoomi, M. Shahrokhi, S. M., Sadrameli, J. Towfighi, Modeling and Control of a Naphtha Thermal
Cracking Pilot Plant, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res, 45(10):3574-3582, 2006.
M. E. Masoomi, S. M., Sadrameli, Towfighi, Simulation, Optimization and Control of Thermal Cracking
Pilot Plant Furnace, Energy, 31(4):516-527, 2006
S. M. Sadrameli, A.E.S. Green, Systematics and modeling representations of naphtha thermal cracking for
olefins production, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 73(2):305-313, 2005.
M. Mofarahi, S. M. Sadrameli, Towfighi, J., Four-Bed Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption Process for
Propylene/Propane Separation, Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res. 44(5):1557-1564, 2005.
A.E.S. Green, S. M. Sadrameli, Analytical Representations of Experimental Results for Polyethylene
Pyrolysis Yields, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 72 (2):329-335, 2004
A. Modaresi, S. M. Sadrameli, Modeling and Setup of a Cooling Energy Storage System, Heat Transfer
Engineering, An International Journal, Taylor and Francis, 25 (4), 2004.
M. H. Hamzeh, S. M. Sadrameli, Modeling and Simulation of a side-port regenerative glass Furnace,
Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Eng, 23(2):81-88, 2004
A.Niaei, J. Towfighi, S. M. Sadrameli, The combined simulation of heat transfer and pyrolysis
reaction in industrial cracking furnaces, Applied thermal Engineering, 24(14-15):2251-2265, 2004.
A.ZarrineKafsh, S. M. Sadrameli, Simulation of Fixed-bed Regenerative heat exchangers for Flue
gas Heat Recovery, Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering, 24 (2-3):373-382, 2004.
M. Mofarahi, S. M. Sadrameli, J. Towfighi, Characterization of activated carbon by propane and
propylene adsorption, Journal of Chemical Engineering and Data, ACS, 48(5):1256-1261, 2003
A. Manafzadeh, S. M. Sadrameli, J. Towfighi, Coke deposition by physical condensation of polycyclic
hydrocarbons in the transfer line exchanger (TLX) of ethylene plant, Journal of Applied
Thermal Eng.Engineering, Elsevier, vol. 23(11):1347-1358, 2003.
S. M. Sadrameli, et.al., Dynamic Simulation of Demethanizer Column, Petroleum Technology Quarterly,
Spring issue, pp. 111-115, 2003.
Curriculum Vitae of Seyed M. Sadrameli
N. Ghodsipoor, S. M. Sadrameli, Experimental and Sensitivity Analysis of a Rotary Air Pre-heater for the
Flue Gas Heat Recovery, Applied Thermal Engineering, Elsevier, 23(5):571-580, 2003.
N. Tabrizi, S. M. Sadrameli, Modeling and Simulation of A Fixed bed Regenerator Utilizing PCM
materials , International Journal of Energy Research, 27(4):431-440, 2003.
M. E. Masoomi, S. M. Sadrameli, J. Towfighi, Simulation and Optimization of a Naphtha Thermal Cracking
Pilot Plant, Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Eng., 22(1), 2003
A, Niaei, J. Towfighi, S. M. Sadrameli, Prediction of Furnace Run Length for the Pyrolysis on Naphtha by a
PC-Based Simulator, Scientia Iranica, 10(3), 2003
SH. Ebn Jalal, S. M. Sadrameli, E. Vasheghani, Simulation and sensitivity analysis of hydrogen purification
in PSA unit of ethylene plant, Amirkabir Journal of Engineering, 14(53):58-70, 2003.
A.Niaei, S.M. Sadrameli, J. Towfighi, Coke Formation Mechanisms and Coke Inhibiting Methods in
Pyrolysis Furnaces, Journal of Chemical Eng. of Japan, 35(10), 923-937, 2002.
Books:
Sadrameli, M., Simulation of a Cryogenic Fixed bed Regenerator for Energy Recovery, MSc thesis,
University of Leeds, Leeds 1984.
Sadrameli, M., Investigation of Asymmetric and Unbalanced Regenerators, Ph.D. thesis, University of
Leeds, Leeds, U.K., 1988
Sadrameli, M., Industrial Heat Recovery Systems, A Book published by The Ministry of Energy, Iran, 1997.
Sadrameli, M. Heat Conduction, Farsi translation of the book entitled Heat Conduction by: S. Kakac and Y.
Yener, 2000.
Sadrameli, M. Pazuki, H., Advanced Heat Transfer, in Farsi, Milad Pub., Iran, 2001
List of Recent Presentations:
Sadrameli S. M., et al, Fouling in Transfer line of Ethylene Plant by Physical condensation, Proceedings of
the Heat Exchanger Fouling Conference, Eng. Foundation, Davos, Switzerland, August 2001
Sadrameli, S. M., “Renewable Energy Projects in Iran”, Training Workshop on Renewable Energy
Technologies for Clean Environment and Sustainable Development, 26-29 March 2002, Amman, Jordan
Niaei, A., , Towfighi, J., S. M. Sadrameli, Masoomi, M., Study of the Pyrolysis Reactions and Coke
Deposition in Industrial Naphtha Cracking, Lecture notes in the Proceedings of the International
Conference on Computational Science-Part I, ICCS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 723-732, 2002.
Niaei, M. Masoumi, J. Towfighi, S. M. Sadrameli, M. Shahrokhi, Computer control pilot plant system for
suding of pyrolysis reactions and coke deposition in thermal cracking process - experimental results,
15th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, 25 - 29 August 2002, Praha, Czech
Republic
M. Mofarahi, S. M. Sadrameli, J. Towfighi, Simulation of a Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption Process for
Propylene/Propane Separation, 54th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, Oct. 3-6, 2004.
Curriculum Vitae of Seyed M. Sadrameli
C. Martin, S.M. Sadrameli, Y. Goswami, Comparison of optimum operating conditions for a combined
power and cooling thermodynamic cycle, Proceedings of SWC2005, Solar World Congress, August, 14-
17, Orlando, USA, 2005.
M. Mahishi, S. M. Sadrameli, et. al, Hydrogen production from Ethanol: A Thermodynamic Analysis of a
Novel Sorbent Enhanced Gasification Process, Proceedings of IMECE05, 2005 ASME Int. Mech. Eng.
Congress, and Exposition, Nov. 5-11, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2005.
S. M. Sadrameli, A.E.S Green, Modeling Representations of Renewable Olefins from Thermal Cracking of
Canola Oil, 4th International Conference on Energy Research & Development (ICERD-4), Nov. 17-19,
Kuwait, 2008.
S. M. Sadrameli, A. Modarresi, Experimental and Theoretical Studies of an Ice Storage Regenerator System,
Seventh Jordanian International Mechanical Engineering Conference, JIMEC’7, Sept. 27-29, Amman,
Jordan, 2010.
M. Maleki, S. M. Sadrameli, F. Dorkoosh, Preparation and Characterization of Microcapsules as Phase
Change Materials For Thermal Energy Storage, 10th Int. Conf. for Enhanced Building Operations,
ICEBO 2010, Oct. 26-28, Kuwait, 2010.
S. Farajzadeh, S. M. Sadrameli, Kinetic modeling of corn oil methanolysis considering the effect of
interfacial area of reaction system, 2nd Int. Conference on Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials,
CEAM 2010-VF, Nov. 15-26, 2010.
M. Maleki, S. M. Sadrameli, F. Dorkoosh, Microencapsulation of Phase Change Materials by Complex
Coacervation for Thermal Energy Storage Systems, 20th Int. Conference on Management of Technology,
Miami, Florida, USA, 10-14 April 2011.
S. M. Sadrameli, M. Omraei, Production of biodiesel by transestrification of canola oil using solid base
catalyst KOH/g-Al2O3, TMS 2012, 141st Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, Fl, USA, 11-15 March
2012.
A.Mirahmad, S. M. Sadrameli, Theoretical and Experimental Studies on a Latent Heat Thermal Energy
Storage System (LHTES) containing flat slabs of Phase Change Materials, 2013 International Conference on
Smart Grid and Clean Energy Technologies, ICSGCE 2013, 11-13 October 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
S.M. Sadrameli, H.R.B. Ajdari, Theoretical and Experimental Studies of a Fixed Bed Regenerator for Heat
Recovery in Aluminum Furnaces, TMS 2015, Light Metals, Orlando, Fl, USA, 15-19 March 2015.
S. M. Sadrameli, A. Mirahmad, S.R. Mousavi, Y. Azizi, Innovative Research Studies on the Energy
Management Systems Using Phase Change Materials for Commercialization, COMS2016, ASME, 28-30
August 2016, Houston, USA.