List of Publications
1. Q. Abbas, B. Golman, and P. Skrzypacz, “Modeling and numerical analysis for cylindrical flow-through catalytic membrane reactor with power-law reaction kinetics: Revealing dead-core phenomena,” Chem. Eng. Sci., vol. 297, p. 120283, Sep. 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2024.120283.
2. Skrzypacz, Q. Abbas, S. Szafert, V. Andreev, A. Amirali, and B. Golman, “Avoidance of Dead-Zone Formation in Flow-through Catalytic Membrane Reactor,” Eng. Sci., vol. 36, p. 1646, Jul. 2025, doi: 10.30919/es1646.
3. Q. Abbas, “Analysis and Optimization of Transport and Reaction Processes in the Cylindrical Flow-Through Catalytic Membrane Reactors,”, Graduate School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, 2024. [Online]. Available: http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/7701.
Research Experience
1. Research Assistant (RA), SEDS-2021003
• Worked on a research project with the title “Analytical and numerical methods for solving catalytic reactions and transport problems for porous pellets and membrane reactors with controlled catalyst activity.”
• This research project aimed to study the formation of dead zones in the catalytic flow-through membrane reactors and to investigate the performance of such reactors in series and series-parallel reactions with power-law kinetics of fractional order.
2. Research Assistant (RA), IRN-AP19676969
• The title of this project was “Developing a Numerical Algorithm to Prevent the Dead-Zone Formation in Flow-Through Catalytic Membrane Reactors”.
• This research aimed to propose a bisection algorithm to compute relevant membrane velocity and suppress the formation of undesired dead zones effectively.
• Moreover, the research focused on investigating the impact of the Thiele modulus and reaction exponent on dead-zone length and its successful suppression.
Work Experience
Intern at Engro Fertilizers Limited (2018)
• Contributed to the Urea Production Section (URUT-II), focusing on the “Urea Reactor”.
• Analysed methods to improve the efficiency of the reactor by modifying various operational parameters.
