Journal papers in progress

1. Hassan Pour, F., Hakawati, R., Khan, M., Makkawi, Y., Thermal conversion of food waste to bio-fuels and char – A review.
2. Khan, M., Hakawati, R., Makkawi, Y., Thermal conversion of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) waste to bio-fuels and char – A review.
3. Makkawi, Y., El Sayed, Y., Salih, M., Hakawati, R., Khan, M., Banks, S., Bridgewater, T., Characterization of biochar from fast pyrolysis of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) waste
4. Hassan Pour, F., Hakawati, R., Khan, M., Makkawi, Y., Characterization of biochar and bio oil from the fast pyrolysis of food waste.
5. Mihad Ibrahim and Yassir Makkawi, A review of solar-thermal pyrolysis and gasification of biomass: fundamentals, challenges and potentials.
6. Mihad Ibrahim, Nahid Awad and Yassir Makkawi, Temperature/Saline Tolerant Microalgae for Biochar and Biofuel production – A review.

Journal papers under review

1. Lad, J. and Makkawi, Y., Experimental study of methyl chloride adsorption on molecular sieves, silica gels and activated carbon, Chemical Engineering Science. Under Review,   2019 (IF=2.8)

Published journal papers

1. Makkawi, Y., Yu, X., Ocone, R., Parametric analysis of biomass fast pyrolysis in a downer fluidized bed reactor. Renewable Energy. Accepted, in press, 2019 (IF 4.9).
2. Makkawi, Y., El Sayed, Y., Nancarrow, P, Salih, M., Banks, Scott, Jones, S., Bridgwater, T., Fast pyrolysis of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) waste in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. Renewable Energy. Accepted, in press, 2019 (IF 4.9).
3. Mohamed Hassan and Yassir Makkawi, A hydrodynamic model for biomass gasification in a circulating fluidized bed riser, Chemical Engineering and Processing- Process Intensification, Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification, 2018, 148–161, 2018 (IF 3.09)
4. Xi Yu, Paula Blancoa, Yassir Makkawi, Anthony Bridgwater, CFD and experimental studies on a circulating fluidised bed reactor for biomass gasification, Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 2018, 284-29, 2018 (IF 3.09)
5. Muktar Bashir, Yu, X., Hassan, M., Yassir Makkawi. Modelling and performance analysis of biomass fast pyrolysis in a solar-thermal reactor, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 3795−3807, 2017 (IF 6.14)
6. Elewuwa, F., Makkawi, Y., A computational model of hydrogen production by steam reforming of DME in a large scale CFB reactor: Part II: Parametric analysis, International Journal of hydrogen production, 19819-19828, 2016 (IF 4.2)
7. Huaiyu Yang, Xi Yu, Vishal Raval, Yassir Makkawi, Alastair Florence, Effect of Oscillatory Flow on Nucleation Kinetics of Butyl Paraben, Crystal Growth Des., 875−886, 2016 (IF 4.0)
8. Elewuwa, F., Makkawi, Y., Hydrogen production by steam reforming of DME in a large scale CFB reactor: Part I: Computational model and predictions, International Journal of hydrogen production, 15865–15876, 2015 (IF 4.2)
9. Yu, X., Hassan, M., Ocone, R., Makkawi, Y., A CFD study of gas-solid separation in a downer pyrolysis reactor equipped with a novel gas-solid separator- II: Thermochemical performance and products, Fuel Processing Technology, 51-63, 2015 (IF 3.95)
10. Yu, X., Makkawi, Y., Ocone, R., Berruti, R., Beriens, C., Huard, M., A CFD study of biomass pyrolysis in a downer reactor equipped with a novel gas-solid separator - I: hydrodynamic performance. Fuel Processing Technology, 366-382, 2014 (IF 3.95)

Conference papers/ presentations

1. Yassir Makkawi, Yehya El Sayed, Fatemeh Hassan Pour, Muhammad Khan, Mohamed Badrelzaman, Rawan Hakawati1, Pyrolysis of Food Waste for Sustainable Production of Biofuels in Marginal Enviroments, 8th International Congress on Sustainability Science and Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 1-3, 2019.
2. Raffaella Ocone, Xi Yu, Yassir Makkawi, Intermediate - Regime in Particle-Fluid Flow, 8th World Congress on Particle Technology in Orlando, FL, April 22-26, 2018.
3. Yassir Makkawi, Paul Nancarrow, Tony Bridgwater, Scott Banks and Stuart Jones, Analysis of product distribution and characteristics of bio-oil and bio-char from fast pyrolysis of date palm tree waste, BioChar 2017: Production, Characterization and Applications, 19-26 Aug 2017, Italy.
4. Raffaella Ocone, Xi Yu, Yassir Makkawi, Corey Badger, S. Kokou Dadzie, Intermediate Regime in Particle-Fluid Flow, September 8-10, 2017, Yangzhou, China.
5. Yassir Makkawi, Energy from waste through biomass gasification, 8th annual conference on Energy from Waste, 7-8 Dec 2015, London, UK.
6. Yassir Makkawi, Bio-fuel production in a downer reactor:  a computational modelling study, International Conference and Expo on Oil and Gas, Nov 16-18, Dubai, UAE