Dr. Muhammad Asif

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Dr. Muhammad Asif

Associate Professor

Qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering) Hanyang University, South Korea, www.hanyang.ac.kr 

Research Interests: 

  • CO2 capture and utilization
  • Desalination
  • Thermal Energy Storage
  • Multi-physics modelling and simulation.
  • Process modelling and simulation.
  • Renewable Energy

 

masif@giki.edu.pk
Ext: 2352

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering) – Ph.D.

Hanyang University, South Korea, www.hanyang.ac.kr 

Master of Science (Mechanical Engineering) – M.S

Hanyang University, South Korea, www.hanyang.ac.kr 

Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) – B.Sc.

U.E.T, Lahore, Pakistan, www.uet.edu.pk 

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • CO2 capture and utilization
  • Desalination
  • Thermal Energy Storage
  • Multi-physics modelling and simulation.
  • Process modelling and simulation.
  • Renewable Energy

EMPLOYMENT

  • ACADEMICS:

Associate Professor  July 1, 2022 Present

Assistant Professor  Aug. 2015-June 2022
 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology Topi, KPK, Pakistan

Lecturer Feb. 2010-Aug 2012

  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Project Engineer (Mechanical)Jan. 2006 till Aug 2008P

  • Packages Ltd. Lahore

Teaching Assignments

         Undergraduate Level

  • Thermodynamics I & II (ME-231, and ME232)
  • Heat Transfer (ME-333)
  • Refrigeration and Air-conditioning (ME-439)
  • Thermo-Fluid-1 Lab (ME-346)
  • Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics (ME-211, ME212)

Graduate Level

  • Mass, Momentum, and Energy Transport (ME-521)
  • Advance Heat Transfer (ME-531)
  • Solar Energy Utilization (ME-595)
  • Advance Solar Thermal Engineering (ME-695)

 

Research Grants Successfully Acquired

  • Techno-Economic Analysis of Coal Power Generation Using Thar Coal, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (3/2016~12/2016), as a PI (0.1326 million)
  • Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Solar-Assisted Vacuum Membrane Distillation for Brackish and Sea Water Desalination, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (3/2017 ~ 8/2021) as a PI, (5.65 million).
  • Phase Change Material (PCM) and Nano-Fluids Assisted triangular Corrugated Solar Absorber for Domestic Water Heating Systems, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (4/2019 ~ 3/2022), As a Co-PI (PKR 2.0 million).

RESEARCH

Summary https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=izR22MAAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Reviewing for International Referred Journals (SCI/SCI-E)

  • Energy Conversion and Management
  • Journal of Energy Engineering
  • Fuel (The Science and Technology of Fuel and Energy)
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Greenhouse gases: Science and technology
  • International Journal of Global Warming
  • Desalination and water Treatment

Journal Publications

2014

M. Asif, W.-S. Kim, Modelling and simulation of the combined removal of SO2 and CO2 by aqueous ammonia, Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 4 (2014) 509-527. https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1420

M. Asif, W.-S. Kim, Numerical study of NOx abatement using ozone injection integrated with wet absorption, Ozone: Science & Engineering, 36, (2014) 472-484. https://doi.org/10.1080/01919512.2014.904739

M. Asif, C.-u. Bak, W.-S. Kim, Energy minimization and ammonia abatement for CO2 capture using a blend of ammonia and 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol solution, Separation Science and Technology, 50, (2014),10, 1565-1576.  https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2014.976880

M. Asif, Y.A.C. Jande, S.M. Shim, W.S. Kim, Energy minimization in monoethanolamine-based CO2capture using capacitive deionization, International Journal of Energy Research, 38 (2014) 1531-1540. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.3168

2015

M. Asif, C.-u. Bak, M.W. Saleem, W.-S. Kim, Performance evaluation of Integrated Gasification Combine Cycle (IGCC) integrated with blended solution of ammonia and AMP, Fuel, 160 (2015), 513-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2015.08.008

C.-u. Bak, M. Asif, W.-S. Kim, Experimental study on CO2 capture by chilled ammonia process, Chemical Engineering Journal, 265 (2015) 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2014.11.145

M. Asif, W.-S. Kim, Process simulation of ammonia-based CO2 capture and regeneration in packed column, International Journal of Global warming, (2015), 8, 3, 401-415. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGW.2015.072657

2016

M.W. Saleem, Y.A.C. Jande, M. Asif, W.S. Kim, Hybrid CV-CC Operation of capacitive deionization in comparison with constant current and constant voltage, Separation Science and Technology, 51 (2016), 1063-1069. https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2015.1127258

Kashif Y, M. Asif, Process simulation and thermodynamic evaluation of integrated gasification combine cycle using low grade coal, International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology, 2016, 7, 1, 83-96. International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology, https://doi.org/10.1504/IJRET.2016.073404   

2017

M. Asif, H. Aftab, H. A. Syed, M. M. Perwez, M.A. Ali, Simulation of corrugated plate heat exchanger  for heat and flow analysis, International Journal of Heat and Technology, 35(1), 2017. https://doi.org/10.18280/ijht.350127

2018

M. Asif, P. Dong, X. Xi, Catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 from 600 MW supercritical coal power plant to produce methanol: A techno-economic analysis, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, (2018), 43 (5), 2726-2741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.12.086

A. Zaffar, B. Ibrahim, M.A. Sarwar, J.A. Chattha, M. Asif, Optimisation of blade profiles of cross flow turbine, International Journal of Power and Energy Conversion, 2018, 9 (4), 311-326. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPEC.2018.094952   

M. Asif, M. Suleman, Ihtishamul Haq, Syed Asad Jamal, Post-Combustion CO2 Capture with chemical absorption and hybrid system: current status and challenges. Greenhouse Gas Sci Technol. 0:1–34 (2018); DOI: 10.1002/ghg. https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1823

2020

Suleman, M. Asif, S. A. Jamal, P. Dong, X. Xi, A numerical study on effects of operational parameters and membrane characteristics on performance of vacuum membrane distillation, Desalination and Water Treatment, 183 (2020), 182-193. https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2020.25320

Asif, I. Haq, P. Dong, X. Xi, Thermal analysis of methanol production from low grade coal of Thar coalfield: An alternate route to utilize indigenous coal efficiently, International Journal of Global Warming, (2020), 10.1504/IJGW.2020.10030528. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGW.2020.10030528

Asif, I. Haq, P. Dong, X. Xi, Thermal analysis of methanol production from low grade coal of Thar coalfield: An alternate route to utilize indigenous coal efficiently, International Journal of Global Warming, (2020), 10.1504/IJGW.2020.10030528. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGW.2020.10030528

2021

Rabbi, M. Asif, A numerical study on effects of heat transfer, copper mesh in packed bed and porosity, on charging time of paraffin based packed bed thermal energy storage, Energy Storage, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1002/est2.254.

Suleman, M. Asif, S. A. Jamal, Temperature, and concentration polarization in membrane distillation: a technical review, Desalination and Water Treatment, (2021), https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2021.27398

Alam, M. Asif, M. Suleman, Techno-economic evaluation of multi-stage vacuum membrane distillation (MSVMD), I.F = 1.320; https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2021.27409.

Rabbi, M. Asif, W. Bibi, A Numerical Study on Effects of Axially and Radially Cascaded Phase Change Material on Charging/Discharging Time of Paraffin Based Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage, Energy Storage, https://doi.org/10.1002/est2.273.

Alam, M. Asif, Jawad Rabbi, Wajeeha Bibi, Effect of multi-staging in vacuum membrane distillation on productivity and temperature polarization; Journal of membrane Science and Research, 2021. https://doi.org/10.22079/JMSR.2021.534548.1480 ; http://www.msrjournal.com/article_246769.html

2022

Jawad Rabbi, Muhammad Asif, A.J. Jafry, Wajeeha Bibi, T.A. Cheema, Investigation of morphological characteristics of concentric tube thermals energy storage. Journal of Engineering Research, https://doi.org/10.36909/jer.ICEPE.19521 .

Ihtishamul Haq, Asif, Energy, exergy, and economic analysis of methanol synthesis via coal gasification using solid to liquid concept, https://doi.org/10.1504/IJRET.2022.123969

Saad Ahmad, A.T. Jafry, Muteeb u. Haq, Muhammad Asif, K. Ahmad, F. U. Zafar, Experimental study of castor biodiesel ternary blends with ethanol, butanol, diethyl ether and dibutyl ether in a diesel engine, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-022-11786-7.

2023

Shoaib Malik, Ali Turab Jafry, M. Asif, Comparative analysis of multi-effect distillation coupled with solar energy and combined cycle power plant, Desalination and water Treatment, 281, (2023) https://www.deswater.com/DWT_abstracts/vol_281/281_2023_38.pdf   

Patents (Korean)

  1. Hybrid CV-CC Method of Capacitive Deionization for Water Desalination (P20150096OP)
  2. Capacitive deionization in solvent-based CO2 capture (P20140741OP)

Conference Publications

  1. M. Asif, S.-J. Lee, S.-M. Shim, W.-S. Kim, Numerical study on design parameters of CO2 absorber column using a rate-based dynamic model, in:  7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, HEFAT 2010, Antalya, Turkey, 2010.
  2. M. Asif, S.-M. Shim, W.-S. Kim, Dynamic modeling for predicting thermal behaviors of aqueous ammonia in a CO2 absorption process, in:  BIOENERGY, Finland, 2009.
  3. Y. Kashif, H. Khazar, M. Asif, Thermodynamic Evaluation of IGCC (Integrated Gasification Combine Cycle) Power Plant using Thar Coal, in:  IBCAST 2015, IEEE, Islamabad, 2015, pp. 419-427.
  4. H. Khazar, M. Asif, H.T Ali, H. Ijaz, Fatigue life estimation of large-scale composite wind turbine blades, in: IBCAST 2015, IEEE, Islamabad, 2015, pp. 60-66.
  5. M. Asif, T.A. Cheema, J.A. Chattha, Performance evaluation of oxygen-blown gasifier, 8th International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC) # 39965, Jordon, 2017.
  6. Syed Asad Jamal, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Suleman, Thermodynamic analysis of vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) to desalinate sea water using solar energy, Proceedings of SIMEC, 2019, 15-16 March 2019, Karachi, Pakistan, pp. 126-133.
  1. Muhammad Asif, Ihtishamul Haq, Pengyu Dong, Xinguo Xi, Thermal analysis of methanol production from low grade coal of Thar coalfield: An alternate route to utilize indigenous coal efficiently, 17th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST) 2020, Islamabad, Pakistan
  2. Syed Farhad Shah, Shahzad Manzoor, Adeel Mazoor, Atif Iqbal, Muhammad Asif,Ali Turab Jafry, “Modelling and Experimental Analysis of a Novel Evacuated Tubes based Parabolic Trough Solar Collector for Water Heating Applications”, International Conference on Emerging Power Technologies (ICEPT), April 10-11, 2021, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan.
  3. Jawad Rabbi,  Asif, Ali Turab Jafry, “Enhancement of thermal energy storage using copper mesh in paraffin based packed bed”, International Conference on Energy, Water and Environment – ICEWE-2021 New Campus, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore 31st March 2021, Lahore, Pakistan.
  4. Suleman, M. Asif, Waqas Alam, Syed Asad Jamal, Faraz Ahmad, “Seawater desalination using vacuum membrane distillation”, International Conference on Energy, Water and Environment – ICEWE-2021 New Campus, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore 31st March 2021, Lahore, Pakistan.
  5. Muteeb ul Haq, Ali Turab Jafry, Muhammad Asifand Saad Ahmad, “Comparison of spray characteristics for bio diesel and diesel fuels using eulerian–lagrangian multiphase formulation”, International Conference on Energy, Water and Environment – ICEWE-2021 New Campus, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore 31st March 2021, Lahore, Pakistan.
  6. Rabbi, J.; Asif, M.; Bibi,W. Investigation of Optimal Aspect Ratio and Optimal Number of Fins for Thermal Performance of Finned-Concentric-Tube Thermal Energy Storage. Eng. Proc. 2021, 12, 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2021012004
  7. Bibi, W.; Asif, M.; Rabbi, J. Investigation of Membrane Fouling in Vacuum Membrane Distillation (VMD) Using Blocking Filtration Laws. Eng. Proc. 2021, 12, 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2021012082